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Make Me Smart: Fat Bear Week Edition
Episode 1466
On today’s show, Alaska Public Media reporter Ava White joins Kimberly to make us smarter about Fat Bear Week and the issues that are top of mind for…
7 months, 1 week ago
The music industry vs. AI
Episode 1465
Today we’re diving into the business of music. Trapital founder Dan Runcie joins Kimberly to explain what Anthropic’s recent copyright settlement wit…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
What happened to American soft power?
Episode 1464
President Trump is not a fan of the United Nations—he made that clear in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly today. Under Trump, the Un…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The aftermath of the Hyundai plant raid
Episode 1463
On today’s show, Kimberly is joined by Marlon Hyde, business and economics reporter for WABE in Atlanta, to unpack the fallout of the massive ICE rai…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Rep. Ayanna Pressley on the troubling rise in Black women's unemployment
Episode 1462
This week, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates and made it clear that its attention is turning to the labor market. It’s showing cracks, particula…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The "little treat" economy
Episode 1461
The latest retail sales data shows U.S. consumers are still spending it up, even in the face of higher tariff costs and a shaky labor market. Wealthi…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Who has the power of the purse these days?
Episode 1460
Today’s news comes with a side of pawpaws. Kimberly is joined by Laura Blessing, senior fellow at the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown Univ…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The rise of political violence in America
Episode 1459
In the wake of yesterday’s assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, Regina Bateson, a political science professor at the University of Colo…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
The future of education research in limbo
Episode 1458
On today’s show, host of APM Reports’ “Sold a Story” podcast Emily Hanford joins Kimberly to make us smarter about the science of reading movement. I…
8 months ago
From "How We Survive": ESG, Reincarnated
Episode 1457
Hey Smarties! Today we’re sharing an episode from the latest season of “How We Survive,” Marketplace’s climate solutions podcast. Host Amy Scott and …
8 months ago