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Make Me Smart

Each weekday, Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal and Kimberly Adams make today make sense. Along with our sup

Episodes

Total: 520

A Trump-Musk bromance

2024/5/29

After years of having a frosty relationship, Elon Musk and Donald Trump are warming up to each othe

Today we’re talking about food. Specifically, Big Food. In his book, “Barons: Money, Power, a

More tariffs from the Joe Biden administration on Chinese goods are on the way, and he gave his bles

After Israel threatened to cut ties between Israeli and Palestinian banks, Treasury Secretary Yelle

Red Lobster, the popular seafood chain, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week after c

Over the last 50 years, an ideology known as neoliberalism has transformed the American economy — f

Over the last 50 years, an ideology known as neoliberalism has transformed the American economy — fo

Today, we’re talking about the different efforts to invest in artificial intelligence. First u

Prices have been rising for pretty much everything these days. And for some, it’s raising the

Inflation isn’t going anywhere, and listeners wanna know what’s up with two of the gover

The great Bumble fumble

2024/5/15

Today, we’re diving into Bumble’s controversial anti-celibacy ad campaign, what it says

With the big push to unionize auto workers in the South, it looks like it might be another hot labor

With the big push to unionize auto workers in the South, it looks like it might be another hot labor

A “third place” is where people hang out when they’re not at home or work, and the

A “third place” is where people hang out when they’re not at home or work, and they’re becoming incr

The latest survey data from the University of Michigan shows consumer sentiment in the U.S. is at a

Joint fundraising committees allow aligned political campaigns to raise more money faster. We&#8217

A phantom debt menace

2024/5/8

Increasingly popular buy now, pay later services allow shoppers to split their purchases into small

College endowment funds are at the center of student protester’s calls for their schools to di

Private equity plays a major role in lots of sectors across the U.S. economy, and now it’s get