Season 2 · Episode 1

Redditland | Ep 1 | Gamestop

February 1, 202244m 59s

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In late 2020 a comment was posted on the social media website Reddit. It might have been inconsequential. Forgotten. But it wasn't, and soon the world's eyes were on the site. It tipped the first domino that, a few months later, would flip the stock market upside down and set Wall Street on fire. This is the story of David and Goliath, and the start of presenter Katie Puckrik's journey into the world of this lesser-known website - where communities flourish and irony reigns supreme.

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