Make Me Smart
Show • 728 episodesIs U.S. trade policy being run on vibes?
May 9 • 19m
So, about that U.S.-UK trade "deal"
May 8 • 15m
The million-dollar starter home?
May 7 • 18m
Is the clean energy economy doomed?
May 6 • 24m
Economics on Tap: Airport Edition
May 2 • 15m
Buy less, pay more?
May 1 • 10m
What’s driving the GDP slowdown?
Apr 30 • 10m
The Canadian economy goes “elbows up”
Apr 29 • 21m
The Canadian Dispatch
Apr 28 • 6m
Inflation's self-fulfilling prophecy
Apr 25 • 20m
Congress' tug-of-war for tariff authority
Apr 24 • 10m
Introducing ... The Ryssdal Window
Apr 23 • 7m
The religious roots of ESG investing
Apr 22 • 26m
Trump vs. Powell
Apr 17 • 10m
Let's talk about Zeno's paradox
Apr 16 • 13m
Will Congress deliver Trump's tax cuts?
Apr 15 • 27m
Brexit ... but make it American
Apr 14 • 15m
Selling America
Apr 11 • 34m
Your hot takes on this week's tariff insanity
Apr 10 • 11m
Another day, another tariff switch-up
Apr 9 • 11m
Is the tide turning against Trump’s tariffs?
Apr 7 • 18m
Can you tariff-proof a cocktail?
Apr 5 • 29m
Our post-tariff takeaways
Apr 3 • 18m
Trump’s tariff test. Will it work?
Apr 2 • 15m
The tariff countdown
Apr 1 • 21m
CoreWeave’s IPO tests money magic of AI
Mar 29 • 32m
The chilling effect of ICE arrests
Mar 28 • 10m
Beyond the “Signalgate” headlines
Mar 27 • 13m
Trump’s race for the world’s rare earth minerals
Mar 26 • 24m
The Trump administration’s big group chat fail
Mar 24 • 14m
Our tribute to cherry blossom season
Mar 21 • 19m
We have a constitutional crisis. Now what?
Mar 18 • 17m
Shutdown averted. How it all went down.
Mar 15 • 22m
“Tariff on the brain”
Mar 13 • 11m
Let’s talk about Newsom the Govcaster
Mar 12 • 17m
Will climate tax credits stay or go?
Mar 11 • 12m
Oh, the irony!
Mar 8 • 27m
What is an economy of caution?
Mar 4 • 15m
An asteroid miss and the WaPo opinion shift
Feb 27 • 12m
Is Apple actually going “America First”?
Feb 25 • 9m
A brewing legal battle and the future of the Fed
Feb 22 • 24m
DOGE’s next target: IRS
Feb 21 • 9m
Is recession risk rising?
Feb 20 • 13m
Should we be worried about bird flu?
Feb 18 • 17m
A gulf between the White House and the press
Feb 15 • 24m
How to actually tackle government waste
Feb 14 • 15m
Is there a better way to measure the economy?
Feb 13 • 14m
What we can learn from a past tariff tiff
Feb 12 • 20m
Are Trump’s firings legal?
Feb 8 • 22m
Chaos is not an economic strategy
Feb 6 • 11m
Chaos is not an economic strategy
Feb 6 • 11m
Is this a coup?
Feb 6 • 11m
Is this a coup?
Feb 6 • 11m
The migrant workforce under Trump
Feb 5 • 27m
The migrant workforce under Trump
Feb 5 • 27m
The strategy behind Trump’s executive orders
Feb 3 • 13m
The strategy behind Trump’s executive orders
Feb 3 • 13m
Silicon Valley’s quiet rebellion
Feb 1 • 27m
Silicon Valley’s quiet rebellion
Feb 1 • 30m
The Cuban dispatch II
Jan 31 • 10m
The Cuban dispatch II
Jan 31 • 10m
From Burning Questions: Is the future insurable?
Jan 28 • 20m
The Cuban dispatch
Jan 28 • 11m
Finally, a resolution to the Purdue Pharma case?
Jan 25 • 28m
The mainstreaming of meme coins
Jan 23 • 11m
The American diet under Trump
Jan 22 • 27m
The tax cut zealots vs. the budget hawks
Jan 18 • 23m
TikTok’s eleventh hour
Jan 16 • 13m
What Biden is leaving Trump
Jan 15 • 12m
How to live with wildfires
Jan 15 • 22m
The rise of private firefighting
Jan 14 • 27m
The rise of private firefighting
Jan 14 • 28m
Why anime is everywhere all at once (rerun)
Jan 7 • 30m
Why anime is everywhere all at once (rerun)
Jan 7 • 31m
How Big Food changed the way we eat (rerun)
Dec 24, 2024 • 24m
Want to protect our democracy? Start here! (rerun)
Dec 17, 2024 • 33m
“Make Me Smart’s” annual holiday episode
Dec 14, 2024 • 19m
The drug price blame game
Dec 13, 2024 • 12m
The great HQ migration
Dec 12, 2024 • 19m
Trump’s contradictory economic agenda
Dec 11, 2024 • 39m
CEO killing and our for-profit health care system
Dec 10, 2024 • 17m
For NASA, the moon just got farther away
Dec 7, 2024 • 23m
The AI in your Spotify Wrapped
Dec 5, 2024 • 7m
A developing relationship with Africa
Dec 4, 2024 • 8m
How billionaires took over U.S. elections
Dec 4, 2024 • 28m
Should the Fed open more regional reserve banks?
Dec 2, 2024 • 14m
How small acts can create global change
Nov 27, 2024 • 18m
The history behind Black Friday
Nov 26, 2024 • 32m
COP29’s contentious climate change deal
Nov 25, 2024 • 17m
The growing empire of women’s sports
Nov 23, 2024 • 24m
The new face of Trump’s tariffs plan
Nov 21, 2024 • 6m
A harbinger of change in Medialand
Nov 20, 2024 • 13m
The myth America exported to the world
Nov 20, 2024 • 26m
Trump’s revenge agenda
Nov 18, 2024 • 12m
How Intel missed the AI boat
Nov 15, 2024 • 23m
Whaddya wanna know about a second Trump term?
Nov 14, 2024 • 11m
Can Trump claw back climate money?
Nov 13, 2024 • 15m
Trump, COP29 and the future of climate finance
Nov 12, 2024 • 25m
A crisis without a solution
Nov 12, 2024 • 19m
Elon Musk is now in the room where it happens
Nov 9, 2024 • 23m
Your post-election thoughts and feelings
Nov 7, 2024 • 13m
How Trump won working class voters
Nov 6, 2024 • 13m
The rise of election betting
Nov 6, 2024 • 20m
The blue vs. red economy
Nov 5, 2024 • 9m
Election Day and costly courtroom showdowns
Nov 2, 2024 • 21m
Some not-so-scary news for the Fed
Oct 31, 2024 • 10m
Is Big Tech’s investment in AI paying off?
Oct 30, 2024 • 10m
Live from Boston, Part 2: Heather Cox Richardson
Oct 29, 2024 • 41m
Keeping calm in the eye of the election storm
Oct 28, 2024 • 8m
Make Me Smart: Live in Boston
Oct 26, 2024 • 34m
How We Survive: The Last Frontier
Oct 24, 2024 • 31m
Texts, emails and the deception of elderly political donors
Oct 23, 2024 • 10m
Things are changing fast in the home insurance market
Oct 22, 2024 • 30m
The rise of pharmacy deserts
Oct 21, 2024 • 20m
Birkin bag buyers and the consumer-driven economy
Oct 19, 2024 • 24m
The risky business of corporate political spending
Oct 17, 2024 • 10m
The rise of the podcaster’s political capital
Oct 16, 2024 • 9m
Mining and the clean energy paradox
Oct 15, 2024 • 30m
FEMA’s job is getting even harder
Oct 15, 2024 • 12m
What TikTok knew of the app’s toll on teens
Oct 12, 2024 • 22m
The future of FEMA funding
Oct 10, 2024 • 18m
Who will pay for Helene’s damage?
Oct 9, 2024 • 12m
Live from Denver: The Economics of Being Single
Oct 8, 2024 • 41m
The cost of the Israel-Hamas war
Oct 7, 2024 • 12m
The political attacks on economic data
Oct 5, 2024 • 25m
Whaddya wanna know about the Fed’s move to cut interest rates?
Oct 3, 2024 • 13m
The connection between fast fashion and drug trafficking
Oct 2, 2024 • 11m
Why immigration numbers are a headache for economists
Oct 2, 2024 • 24m
The heavy price of living in disaster-prone areas
Sep 30, 2024 • 11m
How some politicians are trying to sell their image
Sep 28, 2024 • 21m
Should jobs require a college degree?
Sep 26, 2024 • 12m
The little short-term spending bill that could
Sep 25, 2024 • 12m
Kai on the military and climate change
Sep 24, 2024 • 30m
The return of Three Mile Island
Sep 21, 2024 • 22m
The lurking threat of political deepfakes
Sep 19, 2024 • 12m
The Fed says go big or go home
Sep 18, 2024 • 13m
Interest rates, inflation and the American consumer
Sep 18, 2024 • 28m
How big will the Fed go?
Sep 16, 2024 • 13m
Trump’s no-tax agenda is growing
Sep 14, 2024 • 21m
One giant leap for private SpaceX-ploration
Sep 13, 2024 • 11m
Is the economy really the top issue this election?
Sep 11, 2024 • 14m
Project 2025 and the fate of the federal workforce
Sep 10, 2024 • 27m
Closing the mental health parity gap
Sep 9, 2024 • 11m
Tax dodgers meet their match
Sep 7, 2024 • 21m
Harris throws a bone to the business folks
Sep 5, 2024 • 16m
Where’s the real money in AI?
Sep 4, 2024 • 20m
The crypto election
Sep 4, 2024 • 33m
Biden’s student debt relief legacy in limbo
Aug 31, 2024 • 17m
Klarna’s plan to swap workers with AI
Aug 30, 2024 • 11m
What happened to corporate DEI efforts?
Aug 28, 2024 • 12m
Wheelchair rugby’s Chuck Aoki makes us smart about the Paralympics
Aug 28, 2024 • 22m
The supermarket supermerger heads to court
Aug 26, 2024 • 14m
The Democratic Party’s billionaire whiplash
Aug 24, 2024 • 18m
Harris’ hazy plan to ban price gouging
Aug 22, 2024 • 11m
Let’s decode Fed speak
Aug 22, 2024 • 14m
The new wave of private school vouchers
Aug 21, 2024 • 27m
An increasingly anxious U.S. labor market
Aug 20, 2024 • 8m
The complicated and costly challenge of rebuilding Gaza
Aug 17, 2024 • 21m
Trump’s pipe dream: slashing energy prices by half
Aug 15, 2024 • 12m
The new rules of the road for real estate agents
Aug 14, 2024 • 15m
The growing threat of GPS attacks on airlines
Aug 12, 2024 • 10m
Peacock sticks the landing at Paris Olympics
Aug 10, 2024 • 36m
What betting markets can and can’t tell us about the election
Aug 8, 2024 • 18m
Google’s ruling and Biden’s antitrust legacy
Aug 8, 2024 • 21m
So you’ve been part of a data breach. Now what?
Aug 7, 2024 • 33m
The stock market temper tantrum, explained
Aug 5, 2024 • 20m
The global rise of right-wing populism (rerun)
Jul 30, 2024 • 31m
Make Me Smart: 2024 Olympics edition
Jul 27, 2024 • 26m
Biden’s economic legacy
Jul 25, 2024 • 10m
Campaign trail myths about immigration and the economy
Jul 24, 2024 • 13m
The growing U.S. soccer economy
Jul 24, 2024 • 22m
Kamala Harris and the glass cliff
Jul 23, 2024 • 12m
What happens to Biden’s campaign money if he quits the race?
Jul 20, 2024 • 25m
The elephant in the room at the RNC
Jul 18, 2024 • 10m
The populist threat to climate action
Jul 17, 2024 • 15m
Want to protect our democracy? Start here!
Jul 16, 2024 • 32m
The deluge of Trump news
Jul 15, 2024 • 17m
A funding freeze for Biden
Jul 13, 2024 • 21m
A new normal for interest rates?
Jul 11, 2024 • 21m
Who’s ready for retirement?
Jul 10, 2024 • 18m
The problem with the American 30-year mortgage
Jul 9, 2024 • 29m
Let’s get smart about the 1.5 degree global warming limit
Jul 9, 2024 • 20m
From “This Is Uncomfortable”: The high price of cheap clothes
Jul 5, 2024 • 34m
From “Million Bazillion”: Why is there so much gold at Fort Knox?
Jul 4, 2024 • 26m
Our GPS system is wearing down
Jul 3, 2024 • 8m
The evolution of the American office
Jul 2, 2024 • 24m
A one-two punch for the power of federal agencies
Jul 1, 2024 • 19m
Our take on the debate (and drone light shows)
Jun 29, 2024 • 30m
SCOTUS shakes up SEC
Jun 27, 2024 • 12m
Keeping up with the Supreme Court
Jun 26, 2024 • 10m
Are we living in a K-shaped economy?
Jun 26, 2024 • 20m
Are we living in a K-shaped economy?
Jun 26, 2024 • 20m
The conservative push to weed out anti-Trump federal workers
Jun 24, 2024 • 13m
The IRS battles a fraud-plagued tax credit
Jun 22, 2024 • 21m
Turbulent times at Boeing
Jun 21, 2024 • 11m
From “What Happened in Alabama?”: The history of Black land loss
Jun 19, 2024 • 47m
The economics of building a life around friends
Jun 19, 2024 • 27m
The false economic narratives continue
Jun 18, 2024 • 14m
The problem with Trump’s idea to replace income taxes with tariffs
Jun 15, 2024 • 22m
The push to wipe medical debt from credit reports
Jun 13, 2024 • 15m
The early bird dance club business is booming
Jun 12, 2024 • 17m
How the rise of judicial originalism has shaped our economy
Jun 12, 2024 • 31m
The long road to restore the Port of Baltimore
Jun 10, 2024 • 15m
Less is not always more in economic data
Jun 8, 2024 • 21m
Why the Fed won’t hop on the rate-cutting bandwagon just yet
Jun 6, 2024 • 11m
What summer heat waves mean for prisons
Jun 5, 2024 • 12m
The good, the bad and the ugly of election polling
Jun 5, 2024 • 32m
A shadow looms over the Fed
Jun 3, 2024 • 15m
The long game of high interest rates
Jun 1, 2024 • 21m
The growing troubles at OpenAI
May 30, 2024 • 11m
A Trump-Musk bromance
May 29, 2024 • 10m
How Big Food changed the way we eat
May 29, 2024 • 23m
Biden doubling down on tariffs
May 25, 2024 • 25m
How the Palestinian financial system is tied up in Israel
May 23, 2024 • 10m
Private equity, endless shrimp and Red Lobster’s decline
May 22, 2024 • 16m
Neoliberalism’s sleight of hand
May 22, 2024 • 36m
Getting deep about deepfakes
May 20, 2024 • 20m
The price tag on friendship
May 18, 2024 • 25m
Whaddya wanna know about key inflation measures?
May 17, 2024 • 16m
The great Bumble fumble
May 15, 2024 • 17m
From “Million Bazillion”: What are labor unions?
May 14, 2024 • 31m
The value of “third places”
May 13, 2024 • 18m
What grocery aisle gossip can tell us about the economy
May 11, 2024 • 28m
The lowdown on joint fundraising committees
May 9, 2024 • 20m
A phantom debt menace
May 8, 2024 • 15m
The power of college endowments
May 8, 2024 • 28m
Private equity is coming for pet care
May 6, 2024 • 16m
Europe’s new economic engines
May 4, 2024 • 18m
No “stag” no “flation”
May 2, 2024 • 11m
The rising pressure on poll workers
May 2, 2024 • 9m
The trade-offs of the trade deficit
May 1, 2024 • 25m
Biden’s regulation rush
Apr 29, 2024 • 14m
College campus protests and the value of a degree
Apr 27, 2024 • 30m
A stock pop and a stock flop
Apr 25, 2024 • 11m
To ban or not to ban
Apr 25, 2024 • 19m
The dollar store dilemma
Apr 23, 2024 • 26m
Big change coming to nursing homes
Apr 23, 2024 • 21m
A revamp for Title IX
Apr 20, 2024 • 28m
What you need to know about tariffs
Apr 18, 2024 • 19m
A new day for labor organizing in the South?
Apr 18, 2024 • 20m
What we often get wrong about teens and screen time
Apr 17, 2024 • 29m
The rise of the (tax) resistance
Apr 16, 2024 • 13m
Why owning a car is getting so expensive
Apr 13, 2024 • 22m
Bonds, Boeing and Beyoncé
Apr 11, 2024 • 12m
The last mile of the inflation fight just got bumpy
Apr 10, 2024 • 15m
The EV market’s growing pains
Apr 9, 2024 • 31m
A new round of student debt relief
Apr 8, 2024 • 11m
Let’s talk about earthquakes and the economy
Apr 6, 2024 • 29m
The economic ripple effects of the Baltimore bridge collapse
Apr 4, 2024 • 12m
It’s the end of an era for giant GE
Apr 3, 2024 • 17m
The water technology our future might depend on
Apr 2, 2024 • 26m
How much does the stuff we buy actually cost?
Apr 1, 2024 • 20m
A steel industry tug of war
Mar 30, 2024 • 30m
How our feelings about the economy are shaping the election
Mar 28, 2024 • 21m
Boeing and the “glass cliff”
Mar 27, 2024 • 12m
The political and economic power of white evangelicals
Mar 26, 2024 • 30m
The trickle-down effects of the Dobbs abortion decision
Mar 25, 2024 • 13m
Immigration and U.S. economic growth
Mar 23, 2024 • 22m
Government shutdown déjà vu
Mar 21, 2024 • 13m
Why are Americans so unhappy?
Mar 21, 2024 • 20m
America’s news deserts and the 2024 election
Mar 19, 2024 • 31m
Gaza’s food crisis
Mar 19, 2024 • 16m
Our annual cherry blossom episode
Mar 16, 2024 • 29m
Reddit, meme stocks and an IPO
Mar 14, 2024 • 12m
Thoughts on TikTok
Mar 13, 2024 • 15m
Boycotts, buycotts and the rise of consumer activism
Mar 12, 2024 • 27m
Class, income and a shift in American politics
Mar 12, 2024 • 13m
What happened to Apple’s car?
Mar 9, 2024 • 32m
The recession that’s always six months away
Mar 7, 2024 • 10m
Super Tuesday aftermath
Mar 7, 2024 • 16m
The global rise of right-wing populism
Mar 6, 2024 • 33m
What’s left out of the inflation calculation
Mar 5, 2024 • 12m
The clash of two tech titans
Mar 2, 2024 • 31m
Whaddya wanna know about inflation?
Mar 1, 2024 • 16m
McConnell to end reign as Senate Republican leader
Feb 29, 2024 • 17m
Why anime is everywhere all at once
Feb 28, 2024 • 30m
The work that awaits Congress in March
Feb 27, 2024 • 11m
Economic sanctions vs. boycotts
Feb 24, 2024 • 26m
Nvidia’s AI chips are the hot new thing
Feb 22, 2024 • 10m
Is spying really happening at U.S. ports?
Feb 22, 2024 • 11m
NATO’s place in the global economy
Feb 21, 2024 • 33m
Thoughts on Navalny’s death
Feb 17, 2024 • 23m
Biden is entering his TikTok era
Feb 15, 2024 • 15m
What it’s like to be in Gaza right now
Feb 15, 2024 • 27m
Love, money and this economy
Feb 14, 2024 • 30m
The real danger behind Trump’s remarks on NATO
Feb 13, 2024 • 15m
Gender and the labor market
Feb 10, 2024 • 30m
The snowball effect of high interest rates on the national debt
Feb 8, 2024 • 17m
The young (wealthy) Americans
Feb 8, 2024 • 8m
Immigration policy as economic policy
Feb 7, 2024 • 25m
20 years of Facebook
Feb 6, 2024 • 12m
The car industry has a forced-labor problem
Feb 3, 2024 • 24m
Copyright law in the age of AI
Feb 1, 2024 • 10m
Our takeaway from the Big Tech CEO hearing
Jan 31, 2024 • 14m
Turbulence at Boeing
Jan 31, 2024 • 20m
How popular food brands get away with using prison labor
Jan 29, 2024 • 14m
The politics of a booming energy industry
Jan 27, 2024 • 21m
What does a UAW endorsement mean for Biden?
Jan 25, 2024 • 14m
What Congress doesn’t want to talk about (tax hikes)
Jan 24, 2024 • 12m
What happens when private equity firms own nursing homes?
Jan 24, 2024 • 29m
When campaign-finance law looks like an unfunny joke
Jan 23, 2024 • 14m
It’s a rough housing market out there, folks
Jan 20, 2024 • 28m
More Big Tech layoffs. Is AI to blame?
Jan 18, 2024 • 15m
What federal rulemaking power has to do with the economy
Jan 17, 2024 • 14m
The afterlife of MLK’s call for a guaranteed income
Jan 16, 2024 • 21m
When substances are legal but dangerous
Jan 13, 2024 • 28m
The federal budget loop de loop
Jan 11, 2024 • 15m
The risky business of bitcoin ETFs
Jan 10, 2024 • 12m
The death of social media as we know it
Jan 10, 2024 • 26m
Let’s talk about privilege in the workplace
Jan 8, 2024 • 17m
From “Million Bazillion”: What’s a recession?
Jan 5, 2024 • 28m
The new in-space economy (rerun)
Jan 2, 2024 • 27m
Who benefits from the welfare-to-work system?
Dec 29, 2023 • 46m
A U.S. history lesson through food (rerun)
Dec 26, 2023 • 31m
The real costs of reality TV
Dec 22, 2023 • 43m
Where’s the (lab-grown) beef? (rerun)
Dec 19, 2023 • 29m
How technology can help solve the water crisis in the West
Dec 15, 2023 • 27m
The dirty side of the fast-fashion business (rerun)
Dec 12, 2023 • 26m
And that’s a wrap on 2023
Dec 9, 2023 • 25m
The battle over aid to Ukraine
Dec 7, 2023 • 11m
Taking the pulse of the U.S. bond market
Dec 6, 2023 • 19m
What is MAGAnomics, actually?
Dec 5, 2023 • 33m
Millennial mom dread
Dec 5, 2023 • 14m
Economics on Tap: Wastewater beer edition
Dec 2, 2023 • 35m
COP28’s big question: who should pay for the climate crisis?
Nov 30, 2023 • 15m
Is GM feeling iffy about EVs?
Nov 30, 2023 • 13m
The circular economy and closing our resource loop
Nov 29, 2023 • 22m
OpenAI’s “breakthrough”
Nov 28, 2023 • 15m
Who wants to work in Congress anymore?
Nov 23, 2023 • 13m
The origins of America’s consumer-driven economy
Nov 22, 2023 • 22m
The rise of stay-or-pay hiring
Nov 21, 2023 • 12m
Grief and work in the time of war
Nov 18, 2023 • 23m
The governing work that remains to be done
Nov 17, 2023 • 13m
What would a Starlink IPO mean for Elon Musk’s geopolitical clout?
Nov 16, 2023 • 17m
The moral conundrum of carbon credits
Nov 15, 2023 • 31m
Has the movie business reached peak superhero?
Nov 14, 2023 • 20m
Polarization, partisanship and threats to democracy
Nov 11, 2023 • 34m
Actors and studios strike a (tentative) deal
Nov 10, 2023 • 12m
The national debt is turning economists’ heads
Nov 9, 2023 • 12m
The promises and risks of carbon capture
Nov 8, 2023 • 24m
Elon Musk’s Starlink business going gangbusters
Nov 7, 2023 • 11m
Promises won’t pay for climate adaptation
Nov 4, 2023 • 32m
AI safety takes center stage
Nov 3, 2023 • 12m
Where the fractured GOP goes from here
Nov 2, 2023 • 13m
Hydrogen’s potential as a climate solution
Oct 31, 2023 • 29m
Who profits from war?
Oct 31, 2023 • 16m
Why the definition of “employer” really matters
Oct 28, 2023 • 30m
Spending cuts aren’t the only answer to the budget deficit
Oct 27, 2023 • 15m
A new speaker of the House, finally
Oct 26, 2023 • 12m
Economic lessons from the video game industry
Oct 24, 2023 • 28m
The work Congress could be doing
Oct 24, 2023 • 15m
Thoughts on Gaza
Oct 21, 2023 • 33m
AI robocalls and ethical concerns for New Yorkers
Oct 20, 2023 • 18m
The “for-profit” in our health care system is showing
Oct 19, 2023 • 17m
Nuclear energy’s role in decarbonizing the economy
Oct 17, 2023 • 24m
Is a crackdown coming for Realtors?
Oct 17, 2023 • 16m
The FDA’s formaldehyde fight
Oct 14, 2023 • 22m
X faces fines for misinformation
Oct 13, 2023 • 9m
Was the Twitter clout-chasing really worth it?
Oct 12, 2023 • 12m
Shareholders vs. stakeholders, and the purpose of a corporation
Oct 11, 2023 • 25m
Israel, Ukraine and U.S. military aid
Oct 10, 2023 • 16m
A moment of economic peril
Oct 7, 2023 • 27m
Hot strike summer isn’t over
Oct 6, 2023 • 12m
The speaker ouster and its cost to our democracy
Oct 5, 2023 • 18m
Crypto goes to court
Oct 3, 2023 • 33m
Consumers are still living it up
Oct 3, 2023 • 14m
Washington’s looming deadlines (note the plural)
Sep 30, 2023 • 25m
The sliver of the federal budget Congress is fighting over
Sep 29, 2023 • 14m
Musk and the military industrial complex
Sep 28, 2023 • 17m
The real problem with passing the federal budget
Sep 27, 2023 • 33m
Why big GOP money matters less than ever
Sep 26, 2023 • 17m
Corruption is a bipartisan problem
Sep 23, 2023 • 40m
What a shock to the economy could mean right now
Sep 22, 2023 • 13m
AI and its role in elections
Sep 21, 2023 • 16m
The clash of Bidenomics and MAGAnomics
Sep 19, 2023 • 30m
What’s happening in Congress is not normal
Sep 19, 2023 • 17m
The quest for a perfect smile
Sep 16, 2023 • 24m
What happened to stakeholder capitalism?
Sep 15, 2023 • 18m
Air conditioning and political dysfunction
Sep 14, 2023 • 12m
What you need to know about ranked choice voting
Sep 12, 2023 • 28m
Retail theft and capitalism today
Sep 12, 2023 • 14m
Our 1,000th episode!
Sep 9, 2023 • 27m
What happened to economic conservatism?
Sep 8, 2023 • 12m
A new demographic reality is coming
Sep 7, 2023 • 16m
How farmworkers were left behind
Sep 6, 2023 • 28m
The jumbled world of college sports
Sep 2, 2023 • 26m
Name that (economic) tune
Aug 31, 2023 • 9m
Who should get overtime pay?
Aug 31, 2023 • 16m
The plastic recycling hoax
Aug 29, 2023 • 24m
The rise of homeownership sans insurance
Aug 29, 2023 • 13m
Smash the patriarchy … and the pumpkins
Aug 26, 2023 • 23m
A glitch in the consumer-driven recovery
Aug 25, 2023 • 10m
Nvidia is riding the AI wave
Aug 23, 2023 • 14m
Our driverless car future
Aug 22, 2023 • 25m
The case to raise the inflation target
Aug 22, 2023 • 13m
Turmoil in the television industry
Aug 19, 2023 • 29m
The misunderstood Inflation Reduction Act
Aug 18, 2023 • 15m
What Los Angeles can learn from Detroit about addressing homelessness
Aug 17, 2023 • 17m
Artificial intelligence at work
Aug 16, 2023 • 20m
A possible U-turn for driverless cars?
Aug 15, 2023 • 17m
The clean energy economy has a NIMBY problem (rerun)
Aug 9, 2023 • 30m
The (interim) Joint Chiefs of Staff?
Aug 5, 2023 • 36m
Political dysfunction dents the U.S. credit rating
Aug 3, 2023 • 13m
The doctor will see you now … for climate anxiety
Aug 3, 2023 • 16m
The higher education business model is changing
Aug 1, 2023 • 26m
DeSantis’ fiscal formula
Aug 1, 2023 • 13m
The wild grain chase
Jul 29, 2023 • 26m
So … whaddya wanna know about student loan repayments?
Jul 27, 2023 • 14m
Barbie, T-Swift and the Fed?
Jul 26, 2023 • 11m
A thrilling era for space discovery
Jul 26, 2023 • 32m
Another government showdown?
Jul 25, 2023 • 17m
Hot on the job
Jul 22, 2023 • 31m
When will the streamers’ content river run dry?
Jul 21, 2023 • 16m
It’s getting hot in here
Jul 20, 2023 • 15m
The “American Whitelash” and economic fear
Jul 18, 2023 • 36m
Hot labor summer is here
Jul 18, 2023 • 18m
Our wildest “Economics on Tap” episode yet!
Jul 15, 2023 • 27m
Hollywood on strike
Jul 14, 2023 • 17m
Insurers retreat from the coasts
Jul 13, 2023 • 15m
The dirty side of the fast-fashion business
Jul 12, 2023 • 24m
The Twitter vs. Meta drama continues
Jul 8, 2023 • 29m
A blueprint for AI regulation in hiring?
Jul 7, 2023 • 18m
Has Twitter Meta its match?
Jul 6, 2023 • 19m
The welfare-to-work industrial complex part 2
Jul 3, 2023 • 56m
The economic ripple effects of the Supreme Court’s big decisions
Jul 1, 2023 • 27m
“Bidenomics” and the tricky art of selling an idea
Jun 29, 2023 • 13m
Recession? What recession?
Jun 29, 2023 • 17m
The origins of the Fed’s 2% inflation target
Jun 28, 2023 • 28m
The welfare-to-work industrial complex
Jun 27, 2023 • 48m
The U.S. is graying. What does that mean for the economy?
Jun 24, 2023 • 31m
A medical brain drain out of Texas
Jun 23, 2023 • 14m
The Titanic sub and the migrant shipwreck
Jun 22, 2023 • 14m
The economic status of Black Americans
Jun 21, 2023 • 29m
What it really takes to live in New York City
Jun 17, 2023 • 26m
The fringe medical group pushing anti-LGBTQ laws
Jun 16, 2023 • 18m
Reddit’s pricing protest
Jun 14, 2023 • 15m
Live from Seattle Part 2: We talk to Lindy West
Jun 14, 2023 • 37m
EV batteries, industrial policy and you
Jun 13, 2023 • 15m
Make Me Smart: Live in Seattle
Jun 10, 2023 • 39m
What’s behind the climate culture wars? (rerun)
Jun 9, 2023 • 25m
A Fedspeak dilemma: to “skip” or “pause” rates?
Jun 8, 2023 • 17m
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” is in the spotlight
Jun 6, 2023 • 33m
The real story behind the red-blue hiring divide
Jun 6, 2023 • 20m
YouTube’s 180 on misinformation
Jun 3, 2023 • 21m
A tale of two debt dramas on Capitol Hill
Jun 2, 2023 • 15m
Extraordinary measures for extraordinary times
May 31, 2023 • 19m
Where’s the (lab-grown) beef?
May 31, 2023 • 27m
Inflation is still here, folks
May 27, 2023 • 28m
The U.S. Treasury is running out of cash
May 26, 2023 • 14m
Investors are asking ChatGPT for stock market advice
May 25, 2023 • 15m
The pandemic’s panic-neglect cycle isn’t over
May 24, 2023 • 32m
The thing living in the back of Jay Powell’s mind
May 23, 2023 • 18m
The back and forth over the debt ceiling
May 20, 2023 • 28m
The law that rules the internet lives to see another day
May 19, 2023 • 15m
Everything you wanted to know about the debt ceiling
May 18, 2023 • 17m
How streaming upended the TV industry
May 16, 2023 • 22m
Let’s talk about taxes
May 16, 2023 • 16m
The law that could bring Florida’s economy to a halt
May 13, 2023 • 27m
The banking situation may not be over yet
May 12, 2023 • 18m
The economic ripples of conflict in Sudan
May 11, 2023 • 14m
Why the U.S. has failed to end poverty
May 10, 2023 • 25m
News from the SLOOS
May 9, 2023 • 19m
Women are driving the labor market
May 6, 2023 • 26m
What happened to checks and balances for the Supreme Court?
May 5, 2023 • 20m
ChatGPT’s growing carbon footprint
May 4, 2023 • 17m
The resurgence of child labor in America
May 2, 2023 • 26m
The U.S. could default sooner than we thought
May 1, 2023 • 13m
Remember credit-default swaps?
Apr 29, 2023 • 14m
The limits of economic sanctions against Russia are showing
Apr 28, 2023 • 13m
What will Fox really pay Dominion?
Apr 26, 2023 • 12m
The economic consequences of anti-trans legislation
Apr 25, 2023 • 36m
Is cable news breaking?
Apr 25, 2023 • 20m
What is the proxy for Twitter?
Apr 22, 2023 • 26m
What car repos say about this economy
Apr 21, 2023 • 15m
How accurate are economic forecasts?
Apr 20, 2023 • 20m
The new in-space economy
Apr 18, 2023 • 25m
Why the dollar’s dominance is hard to dislodge
Apr 18, 2023 • 14m
The geopolitical center of gravity could be changing
Apr 15, 2023 • 19m
What the Pentagon leak says about online anonymity
Apr 14, 2023 • 17m
What to say when kids ask about the wage gap
Apr 12, 2023 • 31m
The new wave of AI tools is changing us
Apr 11, 2023 • 25m
Another week, another shooting
Apr 11, 2023 • 18m
A warning about America’s industrial policy
Apr 8, 2023 • 22m
The problem with Clarence Thomas’ luxe vacays
Apr 7, 2023 • 14m
Who’s paying Trump’s legal bills?
Apr 5, 2023 • 19m
The recent phenomenon of the AR-15’s popularity
Apr 5, 2023 • 33m
A lucrative indictment
Apr 4, 2023 • 16m
Make Me Smart: A very cherry blossomy edition
Apr 1, 2023 • 25m
It all comes down to the (hush) money
Mar 31, 2023 • 19m
Why didn’t Silicon Valley Bank knock on the Fed’s discount window?
Mar 30, 2023 • 22m
Demystifying the gender wage gap
Mar 28, 2023 • 24m
Another school shooting in America
Mar 28, 2023 • 7m
JPMorgan got fooled by the ‘nickel’ rocks that it bought
Mar 25, 2023 • 33m
TikTok in the hot seat
Mar 24, 2023 • 12m
Will recent bank failures affect debt ceiling talks?
Mar 22, 2023 • 17m
The regulatory debacle behind SVB’s meltdown
Mar 21, 2023 • 33m
Why SVB makes the Federal Reserve’s inflation fight awkward
Mar 21, 2023 • 11m
The era of paid social media has begun
Mar 18, 2023 • 25m
A rescue mission for First Republic Bank
Mar 16, 2023 • 16m
Your questions about SVB answered
Mar 16, 2023 • 17m
Is time running out for TikTok?
Mar 14, 2023 • 25m
Let the SVB blame game begin
Mar 14, 2023 • 14m
Why SVB’s failure could be a very big deal
Mar 11, 2023 • 23m
All the single ladies … in the U.S. economy
Mar 10, 2023 • 17m
Why does iced coffee cost more than hot coffee?
Mar 9, 2023 • 19m
A U.S. history lesson through food
Mar 8, 2023 • 31m
The history behind the Fed’s Humphrey-Hawkins hearing
Mar 7, 2023 • 14m
In 2023, America has a child labor problem
Mar 4, 2023 • 22m
The job market shrugs off the Fed
Mar 2, 2023 • 17m
What lobbying Congress can really buy
Mar 2, 2023 • 22m
The clean energy economy has a NIMBY problem
Mar 1, 2023 • 28m
Has corporate America stepped back from the culture wars?
Feb 28, 2023 • 14m
What’s behind New York’s sky-high rents?
Feb 25, 2023 • 20m
Teenagers want more sleep — and they need it
Feb 24, 2023 • 20m
The new AI-powered Bing has entered the chat
Feb 23, 2023 • 19m
Welcome to the next chapter of the pandemic
Feb 21, 2023 • 29m
A climate change housing bubble is on the horizon
Feb 18, 2023 • 22m
What’s age got to do with it?
Feb 16, 2023 • 14m
The Super Bowl wins that don’t happen
Feb 15, 2023 • 18m
America is in a situationship with industrial policy
Feb 15, 2023 • 28m
Why we’re seeing more flying objects over U.S. airspace
Feb 14, 2023 • 18m
The national debt is getting pricey
Feb 11, 2023 • 19m
Say goodbye to Twitter’s free API
Feb 9, 2023 • 11m
How to check if text was written by AI
Feb 8, 2023 • 16m
Inside the world of sports betting
Feb 8, 2023 • 28m
SOTU RIP?
Feb 7, 2023 • 16m
Is it time to hit the reset button?
Feb 4, 2023 • 27m
The Pope tweeted what now?
Feb 2, 2023 • 13m
Could the debt ceiling fight have been averted?
Feb 2, 2023 • 18m
Generative AI: What’s all the hype about?
Feb 1, 2023 • 28m
Why this debt ceiling fight is already different
Jan 30, 2023 • 13m
A thawing housing market?
Jan 28, 2023 • 16m
California’s flood-drought paradox
Jan 27, 2023 • 13m
What happens if the U.S. defaults on its debt?
Jan 25, 2023 • 18m
What’s behind the climate culture wars?
Jan 25, 2023 • 23m
Don’t bank on that trillion-dollar coin
Jan 24, 2023 • 11m
ChatGPT is coming for Google search
Jan 21, 2023 • 21m
FTX reboot?
Jan 20, 2023 • 10m
Is hybrid work worth it for companies?
Jan 19, 2023 • 17m
WT … Oh no!
Jan 18, 2023 • 25m
Exxon Mobil’s decadeslong climate hoax
Jan 14, 2023 • 25m
Keeping up with Congress
Jan 13, 2023 • 18m
What’s the deal with ESG and the GOP?
Jan 12, 2023 • 18m
The lasting implications of Jan. 6
Jan 11, 2023 • 31m
Our very first episode of the year!
Jan 10, 2023 • 20m
This is not your grandpa’s union (rerun)
Jan 4, 2023 • 31m
Let’s talk about Ukraine (rerun)
Dec 28, 2022 • 29m
The moral hazard of solar geoengineering (rerun)
Dec 21, 2022 • 28m
How sci-fi can make us smart (rerun)
Dec 14, 2022 • 30m
Our holiday party episode
Dec 10, 2022 • 25m
The economic and human cost of the opioid epidemic
Dec 9, 2022 • 13m
More jobs are always a good thing, right?
Dec 8, 2022 • 18m
Climate change is disrupting the insurance industry
Dec 7, 2022 • 24m
AI isn’t all fun and games
Dec 6, 2022 • 12m
Why women are gaining more jobs than men
Dec 3, 2022 • 28m
Dude, where’s my EV charging station?
Dec 1, 2022 • 12m
Why was so much money sitting in FTX?
Dec 1, 2022 • 17m
Tech layoffs: The Great Correction?
Nov 30, 2022 • 31m
China is at a COVID-19 crossroads
Nov 29, 2022 • 17m
Is globalization a myth?
Nov 23, 2022 • 29m
The FTX meltdown is a cautionary tale
Nov 22, 2022 • 17m
The big quit: teachers’ edition
Nov 19, 2022 • 26m
FTX-bomb
Nov 18, 2022 • 14m
Should we care about political polls?
Nov 17, 2022 • 16m
Unpacking Mastodon
Nov 16, 2022 • 32m
Are U.S.-China relations thawing?
Nov 15, 2022 • 15m
It’s time to talk about climate reparations
Nov 12, 2022 • 18m
Crypto world is reeling
Nov 11, 2022 • 17m
What’s the deal with Twitter Blue?
Nov 10, 2022 • 17m
The rise of outside money in local school board elections
Nov 9, 2022 • 30m
Elon Musk’s Twitter troubles
Nov 8, 2022 • 14m
Oil industry: Help wanted
Nov 5, 2022 • 22m
Brands are breaking up with Twitter
Nov 4, 2022 • 11m
We’re (still) not in a recession. Right?
Nov 1, 2022 • 25m
Scared that affirmative action might go away?
Nov 1, 2022 • 15m
Gambling on politics?
Oct 29, 2022 • 17m
The climate crisis vs. the energy crisis
Oct 28, 2022 • 12m
Political ads can lie to you
Oct 26, 2022 • 15m
Is Miami’s housing market ignoring the climate crisis?
Oct 25, 2022 • 34m
Consequences for Kanye West
Oct 25, 2022 • 17m
Are we SURE about these Elon Musk deals?
Oct 22, 2022 • 27m
Corporate profits, we see you
Oct 21, 2022 • 12m
Can spending billions on political ads actually win elections?
Oct 20, 2022 • 18m
Health care is going hybrid
Oct 18, 2022 • 31m
The surprising factors that affect who gets to live where
Oct 17, 2022 • 16m
This isn’t your run of the mill grocery store merger
Oct 15, 2022 • 17m
We’re still in a bear market, folks
Oct 14, 2022 • 17m
Hurricane season, then and now
Oct 13, 2022 • 15m
From “Marketplace Tech”: How credit scores shape our financial reality
Oct 11, 2022 • 27m
What have you been been wrong about?
Oct 10, 2022 • 11m
There’s a new backlog of ships hitting the U.S.
Oct 8, 2022 • 28m
How oil and gas companies fuel the anti-abortion movement
Oct 7, 2022 • 15m
Student loan forgiveness should boost your credit score — eventually
Oct 6, 2022 • 16m
The social, political and economic forces behind Iran’s protests
Oct 5, 2022 • 29m
To rebuild or not to rebuild?
Oct 3, 2022 • 17m
What Trevor Noah’s departure says about late-night show biz
Oct 1, 2022 • 27m
What flood insurance?
Sep 29, 2022 • 14m
The racist backlash over Black characters is a labor story
Sep 27, 2022 • 28m
The home care worker shortage just got worse
Sep 27, 2022 • 17m
The economy isn’t cute
Sep 24, 2022 • 23m
Making it easier to get life-saving drugs
Sep 22, 2022 • 10m
How does the Fed’s quantitative (un)easing plan work?
Sep 22, 2022 • 18m
China’s economy is going through a phase
Sep 20, 2022 • 32m
Eyes on Puerto Rico
Sep 19, 2022 • 13m
Is this our ’80s tribute show?
Sep 17, 2022 • 21m
Republican governors take a page from history
Sep 16, 2022 • 19m
Questions about inflation, questions about the queen
Sep 14, 2022 • 16m
These aren’t your grandpa’s high interest rates
Sep 14, 2022 • 28m
COVID is still here. And it’s costing the economy.
Sep 12, 2022 • 15m
Thank you, Black Twitter
Sep 9, 2022 • 21m
Thoughts on the queen, and more
Sep 9, 2022 • 11m
The price of your burrito isn’t going down. Here’s why.
Sep 7, 2022 • 16m
What’s going on with AI?
Sep 6, 2022 • 28m
The UK’s got a pound problem
Sep 3, 2022 • 22m
Our hollowed-out shells make a surprise appearance
Sep 2, 2022 • 15m
Time to talk student loan forgiveness and inflation
Sep 1, 2022 • 13m
Productivity: an early warning sign?
Aug 30, 2022 • 28m
We’re going into the dragon’s den
Aug 30, 2022 • 12m
The fight over mRNA tech is on
Aug 27, 2022 • 27m
Bye, gas-powered cars
Aug 26, 2022 • 16m
Another solution to our student loan debt problem?
Aug 25, 2022 • 15m
It’s raining dark money this election season
Aug 24, 2022 • 29m
Growing pains toward a clean energy economy?
Aug 23, 2022 • 14m
Some mortgage lenders call it quits
Aug 20, 2022 • 23m
Goodbye cable, hello streaming!
Aug 19, 2022 • 12m
Should we just call the Inflation Reduction Act the “Climate Bill”?
Aug 18, 2022 • 17m
Reviewing a decade of DACA
Aug 17, 2022 • 33m
WeWork founder has reentered the chat … how?
Aug 16, 2022 • 19m
Mar-a-Lago, here we come
Aug 13, 2022 • 28m
Welcome to a new phase of the pandemic
Aug 12, 2022 • 20m
We answer your questions about the “Inflation Reduction Act”
Aug 11, 2022 • 17m
Monkeypox and the era of overlapping health crises
Aug 9, 2022 • 35m
The complicated economics of electric vehicles
Aug 9, 2022 • 18m
From “Million Bazillion”: What is cryptocurrency?
Aug 2, 2022 • 30m
Enjoy the summer, because the Fed drops the hammer this fall
Jul 30, 2022 • 19m
Berry, berry, quite contrary
Jul 29, 2022 • 17m
As oil prices drop, consider this!
Jul 27, 2022 • 13m
The Fed could use an assist
Jul 27, 2022 • 26m
No, we’re not in a recession
Jul 26, 2022 • 14m
Tell us what you really think
Jul 23, 2022 • 29m
The James Webb Space Telescope is out of this world (rerun)
Jul 21, 2022 • 34m
Where have all the minivans gone?
Jul 21, 2022 • 17m
How to end the roller coaster ride of high gas prices
Jul 19, 2022 • 29m
What happened to the global tax deal?
Jul 18, 2022 • 14m
“We’re done. The virus is not done with us”
Jul 16, 2022 • 22m
How Social Security deals with inflation
Jul 15, 2022 • 14m
This is not your grandpa’s union
Jul 12, 2022 • 30m
Get your euros
Jul 12, 2022 • 18m
“The world’s richest man is a troll”
Jul 9, 2022 • 16m
Minions are everywhere
Jul 7, 2022 • 14m
Can capitalism solve climate change?
Jul 5, 2022 • 26m
Make Me Smart: Athletic Edition
Jul 2, 2022 • 20m
How bad is inflation? It depends.
Jul 1, 2022 • 13m
Can I help fight inflation and still have fun?
Jun 29, 2022 • 16m
What to know about affordable housing
Jun 28, 2022 • 26m
Post-Roe, business not as usual
Jun 27, 2022 • 15m
“Everything is on the table”
Jun 25, 2022 • 23m
A vibe check on the economy
Jun 23, 2022 • 13m
Are recessions normal?
Jun 23, 2022 • 22m
Inflation: Nobody really knows what the what
Jun 21, 2022 • 33m
Will corporate America stand up?
Jun 18, 2022 • 30m
Making sense of the Jan. 6 hearings, Day 3
Jun 17, 2022 • 21m
The Fed hiked interest rates. Here’s what you can do about inflation.
Jun 15, 2022 • 13m
If you care about the economy, you should care about Jan. 6
Jun 14, 2022 • 26m
Big lie “big rip-off”
Jun 14, 2022 • 14m
Let’s talk about that prime-time Jan. 6 committee hearing
Jun 11, 2022 • 22m
A big “huh?” moment in crypto regulation
Jun 10, 2022 • 20m
Where do the terms “bear” and “bull” markets come from?
Jun 8, 2022 • 16m
America’s housing crisis is bananas
Jun 8, 2022 • 26m
The cost of our comfort
Jun 7, 2022 • 16m
The lobbyists who spend more money on gun rights than the NRA
Jun 4, 2022 • 24m
Enter, Judge TikTok
Jun 3, 2022 • 20m
Does inflation disprove Modern Monetary Theory?
Jun 1, 2022 • 18m
Can America fix its gun problem?
May 31, 2022 • 28m
When President Trump almost pushed gun control
May 28, 2022 • 23m
Police response to Texas school shooting draws scrutiny
May 27, 2022 • 15m
Let’s talk about the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas
May 25, 2022 • 18m
Money isn’t leaving politics any time soon
May 24, 2022 • 30m
Budgets show our priorities
May 24, 2022 • 19m
What bear markets of the past can tell us about today
May 20, 2022 • 20m
Are slowing home sales a sign of things to come?
May 19, 2022 • 20m
When the stock market tanks, where does the money go?
May 19, 2022 • 14m
The trouble with crypto
May 17, 2022 • 28m
It’s not partisan to call out white supremacy
May 17, 2022 • 20m
Political campaigns are secretly talking to PACs
May 14, 2022 • 24m
We learn (some of) what Jerome Powell is thinking
May 12, 2022 • 12m
Where do electric car batteries go when they die?
May 11, 2022 • 16m
What we need to know about Title 42
May 10, 2022 • 31m
Is crypto ready for mom and pop investors?
May 9, 2022 • 22m
We won’t make you wait for the book
May 6, 2022 • 21m
*Looks at stock market* Everyone, take a deep breath.
May 6, 2022 • 19m
If inflation has peaked, why are we still raising interest rates?
May 4, 2022 • 19m
What happened to the Federal Reserve’s inclusive employment goal?
May 4, 2022 • 32m
Immigration is (still) a labor market story
May 2, 2022 • 15m
Elon Musk is ponying up Tesla stock to buy Twitter
Apr 30, 2022 • 23m
Wait, the Russians are making MORE money on oil?
Apr 29, 2022 • 16m
What your grocery store is telling us about supply chains
Apr 28, 2022 • 17m
The American (rental) dream?
Apr 27, 2022 • 26m
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Apr 26, 2022 • 15m
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