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Podcast: Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian
Episode: What’s Trending: Crying horses to crying to a paid stranger & would you bet $40 on your relationship?
Description: On What’s Trending, Hongbin Jeong, Nadiah Koh and Alexandra Parada share trending stories from insuring love to outsourcing emotional support and finding comfort in a crying toy. We began with a viral tale from China where a woman cashed out a decade-old “love insurance” policy after marrying her long-term partner, sparking debate over whether romance can, or should, be insured.We then looked at the rise of paid “instant reply providers”, strangers who earn money simply by responding immediately to people who need to vent, revealing how attention and emotional validation have become commodities. And finally, we examine...