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Episode Summary

‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ has built a delirious new culture of consumption — and trapped users in a vortex of debt. To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/magazine/buy-now-pay-later-klarna-affirm-shopping.html By Amy X. Wang Read by Soneela Nankani Narration produced by Tanya Pérez Engineered by Quinton Kamara

Episode Notes

‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ has built a delirious new culture of consumption — and trapped users in a vortex of debt.

To read the full story, please visit: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/magazine/buy-now-pay-later-klarna-affirm-shopping.html

By Amy X. Wang
Read by Soneela Nankani
Narration produced by Tanya Pérez
Engineered by Quinton Kamara