Make Me Smart

772 Episodes

1. What federal rulemaking power has to do with the economy

   Published: 1/17/2024
2. The afterlife of MLK’s call for a guaranteed income

   Published: 1/16/2024
3. When substances are legal but dangerous

   Published: 1/13/2024
4. The federal budget loop de loop

   Published: 1/11/2024
5. The risky business of bitcoin ETFs

   Published: 1/10/2024
6. The death of social media as we know it

   Published: 1/10/2024
7. Let’s talk about privilege in the workplace

   Published: 1/8/2024
8. From “Million Bazillion”: What’s a recession?

   Published: 1/5/2024
9. The new in-space economy (rerun)

   Published: 1/2/2024
10. Who benefits from the welfare-to-work system?

    Published: 12/29/2023
11. A U.S. history lesson through food (rerun)

    Published: 12/26/2023
12. The real costs of reality TV

    Published: 12/22/2023
13. Where’s the (lab-grown) beef? (rerun)

    Published: 12/19/2023
14. How technology can help solve the water crisis in the West

    Published: 12/15/2023
15. The dirty side of the fast-fashion business (rerun)

    Published: 12/12/2023
16. And that’s a wrap on 2023

    Published: 12/9/2023
17. The battle over aid to Ukraine

    Published: 12/7/2023
18. Taking the pulse of the U.S. bond market

    Published: 12/6/2023
19. What is MAGAnomics, actually?

    Published: 12/5/2023
20. Millennial mom dread

    Published: 12/5/2023