Make Me Smart

772 Episodes

1. Economics on Tap: Wastewater beer edition

   Published: 12/2/2023
2. COP28’s big question: who should pay for the climate crisis?

   Published: 11/30/2023
3. Is GM feeling iffy about EVs?

   Published: 11/30/2023
4. The circular economy and closing our resource loop

   Published: 11/29/2023
5. OpenAI’s “breakthrough”

   Published: 11/28/2023
6. Who wants to work in Congress anymore?

   Published: 11/23/2023
7. The origins of America’s consumer-driven economy

   Published: 11/22/2023
8. The rise of stay-or-pay hiring

   Published: 11/21/2023
9. Grief and work in the time of war

   Published: 11/18/2023
10. The governing work that remains to be done

    Published: 11/17/2023
11. What would a Starlink IPO mean for Elon Musk’s geopolitical clout?

    Published: 11/16/2023
12. The moral conundrum of carbon credits

    Published: 11/15/2023
13. Has the movie business reached peak superhero?

    Published: 11/14/2023
14. Polarization, partisanship and threats to democracy

    Published: 11/11/2023
15. Actors and studios strike a (tentative) deal

    Published: 11/10/2023
16. The national debt is turning economists’ heads

    Published: 11/9/2023
17. The promises and risks of carbon capture

    Published: 11/8/2023
18. Elon Musk’s Starlink business going gangbusters

    Published: 11/7/2023
19. Promises won’t pay for climate adaptation

    Published: 11/4/2023
20. AI safety takes center stage

    Published: 11/3/2023