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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

Is recession risk rising?

2025/2/20

A growing number of young American consumers say they’re opting out of the economy entirely o

Today we’re talking about bird flu. It’s infecting flocks of chickens, causing egg pric

Associated Press journalists have been blocked from accessing spaces like the Oval Office after the

Elon Musk and his DOGE team have been inside the pipes of the federal government on a mission to cu

Throughout the 2024 election campaign, voters kept saying the economy felt bad, even though it loo

If President Donald Trump goes through with his plan to levy sweeping tariffs on foreign imports, i

President Donald Trump’s recent steps to remove federal employees is drawing comparisons to g

President Donald Trump’s recent steps to remove federal employees is drawing comparisons to governme

President Donald Trump has fired dozens of government officials since he took office. The latest is

President Donald Trump has fired dozens of government officials since he took office. The latest is

Elon Musk and the rest of the DOGE gang have been inside the guts of the federal government attempt

Is this a coup?

2025/2/6

Is Elon Musk’s control of government offices as an unelected official a coup? Lots of people seem t

It’s hard to overstate the role immigrant workers play in the U.S. economy. Key industries re

Kimberly’s back from Cuba just in time to discuss the onslaught of President Donald Trump’s e

Kimberly’s back from Cuba just in time to discuss the onslaught of President Donald Trump’s executiv

This week, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta sent out a memo warning employees against leaking confidenti

This week, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta sent out a memo warning employees against leaking confidential com

The Cuban dispatch II

2025/1/31

On the show today, we check in with Kimberly to hear more about her adventures in Cuba, a country th

Today, we’re diving into a listener’s question about the new artificial intelligence chatbot on the

Today we’re handing the mic over to the team behind “Burning Questions” from Marke