Should You Give Up Owning a Home? with Kyla Scanlon

Hasan sits down with author and economic commentator, Kyla Scanlon, to discuss affordable housing in America, Gen Z’s financial nihilism, how the housing crisis is impacting birth rates. Fix your bug problem before it gets worse. Go to https://pestie.com/HASAN for 10% off your order. Visit https://kolkatachai.co and use code HASAN10 for 10% off anything on the website. Kyla's book, IN THIS ECONOMY?, is available for sale here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737854/in-this-economy-by-kyla-scanlon/ Read Kyla's latest NYT column: "The Housing Crisis Is Also a Retirement Crisis" (gift link) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/opinion/housing-retirement-crisis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xlA.1vnx.uWk-4LiLx1xU&smid=nytcore-ios-share Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam Executive Producer/Director: Tyler Babin Executive Producer/Showrunner: Scott Vrooman Producer: Kayla Feng Producer/ Copywriter: Annie Fick Cinematographer: Austin Morales Editor: Hobson Feltus Assistant Editor: Zae Jordan Talent Coordinator: Tanya Somanader Executive Assistant: Samuel Piland 0:00 America is in financial Hell 9:34 Introducing Kyla Scanlon 11:15 What is a ‘vibecession’? 15:12 How are things right now? 17:01 What is ‘financial nihilism’? 18:07 Annie’s diagram 20:56 Gambling 23:39 Little treats 25:52 Ads 28:12 Hasn’t it always been this way? 30:44 Bark Air, NY to LA = $7,000 33:53 ‘The housing theory of everything’ 36:23 The low birth rate 38:20 Should home ownership still be a part of the American Dream? 40:15 Why are homes so expensive? 41:30 Whose fault is this crisis? 43:46 Upzoning, the sewers, & The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 46:58 Can I live in an old Blockbuster? I think it would be cool 47:59 Eric Adams’ solution: No windows 51:04 Should we forget about housing and go all in on the stock market? 52:31 100 years of the S&P 500 after more TMNT talk 56:16 Why doesn’t the stock market make any sense right now? 57:38 Everything is priced in. 1:00:09 The AI bubble & circular finance 1:03:13 Kyla’s financial advice 1:05:05 Who is Kyla’s favorite ninja turtle? YOU CAN WATCH ON CNN.COM/WATCH OR THE CNN APP. New to HMDK? 👉🏾 Watch past episodes https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE6linSnhLs0dd6APJS0_u12PLhQoRXD3 👉🏾 Follow HMDK on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hmdk 👉🏾 Follow Hasan on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hasanminhaj 👉🏾 Follow Hasan on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@hasanminhaj 👉🏾 Listen to the podcast https://lemonada.lnk.to/HasanMinhajDoesntKnowYT And if you haven’t yet, now is a great time to subscribe to Lemonada Premium. Just hit the 'subscribe' button on Apple Podcasts, or, for all other podcast apps head to lemonadapremium.com to subscribe. ———————— THE SHOW: Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know is a long-form interview podcast hosted by two-time Peabody Award-winning comedian Hasan Minhaj. The show features in-depth conversations with politicians, public figures, financial experts, scientists, intellectuals, authors and celebrities. Rather than sticking to standard talking points, Minhaj aims to ask deeper, more probing questions that reveal personal perspectives and challenge conventional narratives. The tone is direct and curious, and focused on uncovering what guests really think beyond rehearsed answers. KEYWORDS: Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know, Hasan Minhaj, Hasan Minhaj podcast, politics, political, political interviews, science interviews, financial interviews, politics interview, history interviews, culture interviews, interviews, political comedy, comedy, political, news, podcast, comedy podcast, politics podcast, Patriot Act, Patriot Act Netflix, issues, current affairs podcast, current events podcast, current events, talk show, trending political news, funny, satire, political satire, celebrity interviews, political videos, Democratic Party, Republican Party, us politics, American politics, long form interview, long form political, history interview, science interview