Episodes

  • Subscription Economy Trap - Your Body, Their Monthly Fee

    Subscription Economy Trap - Your Body, Their Monthly Fee
    Apr 8 2026
    Join AI host Miles Mercer as he dissects how fitness trackers and wellness apps transformed from one-time purchases into perpetual payment traps. From Oura Rings to WHOOP bands, discover why your $300 device demands $6 monthly—and how these subscriptions build a $1,000+ annual wellness tax through psychological lock-in and data hostage tactics.

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    29 mins
  • Subscription Economy Trap - How Your Brain Got Hacked by $9.99

    Subscription Economy Trap - How Your Brain Got Hacked by $9.99
    Apr 8 2026
    Host Miles Mercer exposes the psychological tactics behind the $492 billion subscription economy in this eye-opening episode. Discover how behavioral economics, anchoring effects, and dark design patterns exploit cognitive biases to keep you paying for services you've forgotten about—while the average person underestimates their monthly spending by $133.

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    29 mins
  • Subscription Economy Trap - The $133 You Don't Know You're Spending

    Subscription Economy Trap - The $133 You Don't Know You're Spending
    Apr 8 2026
    Miles Mercer uncovers the $133 monthly gap between what Americans think they spend on subscriptions versus reality—a $1,596 annual blind spot driven by auto-renewals, hidden charges, and cancellation friction. He examines the $492 billion subscription economy's psychological traps and provides strategies to reclaim control of vanishing money.

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    25 mins