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Topic: Consumer advocacy

Consumer advocacy involves individuals or organizations working to protect and promote the rights and interests of consumers in the marketplace.

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The podcast episodes provided cover a range of consumer advocacy issues, from challenging unfair business practices in the music and food industries to fighting for fair lending and banking policies.

For example, the episode 'How Spotify picks its winners' explores concerns about Spotify's algorithms potentially favoring certain artists, while 'All You Can Eat: The True Story Behind America's Most Popular Seafood' sheds light on labor abuses and environmental damage in the shrimp farming industry.

Other episodes like 'The birth of the modern consumer movement' and 'Why banks are fighting changes to an anti-redlining program' delve into the history and ongoing battles of the consumer advocacy movement, highlighting the importance of holding corporations and government accountable.

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