From Beanie Babies to Labubus, Americans love collecting. But why?
October 12, 2025
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as posted by the channelArcheologists have found evidence of humans’ desire to collect as far back as prehistoric times. But why are we compelled to do it? That was the question NPR host Melinda Penkava posed on an episode of "Talk of the Nation" in 1999. Korva Coleman revisits that episode and the question amid the current Labubu craze.
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