I'm Audie Cornish, and this is the Assignment. And I really wanted to do an episode looking back at the big pop culture moments, but honestly, those are getting weirder and like harder to pin down. So ...

I'm Audie Cornish, and this is the assignment. All year long, the economy has felt like it's on the brink of something. And if our social media feeds are any indication that something doesn't sound ...