S3 E5: Free Market Man vs. Communistress vs. Tariffs

Jon and Stephen Recorded Readings

For the fifth episode of Season 3, we have a triple header. That’s right, not just one, but three stories unified by theme and even recurring characters. That theme? Economic satire.

Proceed at your own risk. You’ve been warned.

For our first stop, a dastardly scheme unfolds against the innocent residents of Virginia and the supply-side economics they hold so dearly within their hearts. But can one well-intentioned retail worker spare his home state from destruction? Or will the automated help line stymy our villain’s nefarious plans all on its own?

For the second stop, we turn our attention to the sworn enemy of Communistress, the Defender of Cash, Profit, and the Laissez Faire Way. That’s right, Free Market Man is here to save the day!

For the third and final stop, Free Market Man returns to earn his anti-hero badge as the Defender of Soft Currency, Shareholder Value, and the Laissez Faire Way confronts an old foe, the dastardly shepherd of tariffs known as the Protectionist.

View the original stories on Vocal to read along (ordered by appearance):

• “The Revolution will be assisted by the next available representative”: https://vocal.media/fiction/the-revolution-will-be-assisted-by-the-next-available-representative
• “Free Market Man”: https://vocal.media/fiction/free-market-man
• “Free Market Man Returns”: https://vocal.media/humor/free-market-man-returns

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Cover photo by Vladimir Solomianyi and licensed through Unsplash.