Make Me Smart
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Subscribers: 3706
Reviews: 15
Episodes: 250
AKF
Apr 21, 2023
Informative & entertaining. But the previous female host had better chemistry with the guy. I wish she'd come back.
Jason
Jan 27, 2023
Brianne
Nov 14, 2020
They keep me sane while delivering education about current topics.
Sep 24, 2020
Alex
Sep 19, 2020
Love this show!
Aman
May 29, 2020
This is incredibly essential podcast, coronavirus or not. Kai, Molly and the crew are a joy and cut through the partisan bs straight to the facts.
Jan 2, 2020
david pegna
Oct 28, 2019
i really enjoy this podcast, the way you layout the interviews and the lenght of them the topics you talk about and the comedy..
Oct 1, 2019
Mar 7, 2019
Feb 4, 2019
Frank
Jan 17, 2019
love this podcast. so informative and entertaining.
Joel Henderson
Oct 3, 2018
Tom Pachelli
Aug 12, 2018
An engaging & informative podcast with timely topics. Kai and Molly are a fantastic pair. The writing and production are as good, or better, than anything else out there.
A Podcast Republic user
Jul 27, 2018
Description
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Kai shares some news
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May 16, 2025 |
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You've got questions about this economy. We've got answers!
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May 15, 2025 |
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Congress' AI power grab
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May 14, 2025 |
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K2-18b and the search for alien life
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May 13, 2025 |
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What's inside the new GOP tax bill?
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May 12, 2025 |
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Is U.S. trade policy being run on vibes?
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May 09, 2025 |
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So, about that U.S.-UK trade "deal"
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May 08, 2025 |
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The million-dollar starter home?
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May 07, 2025 |
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Is the clean energy economy doomed?
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May 06, 2025 |
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How are companies handling tariffs? Exactly like we predicted
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May 05, 2025 |
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Economics on Tap: Airport Edition
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May 02, 2025 |
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Buy less, pay more?
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May 01, 2025 |
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What’s driving the GDP slowdown?
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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The Canadian economy goes “elbows up”
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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The Canadian Dispatch
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Inflation's self-fulfilling prophecy
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Congress' tug-of-war for tariff authority
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Introducing ... The Ryssdal Window
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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The religious roots of ESG investing
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Could the Supreme Court gut preventative care under Obamacare?
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Selling America: Special Coverage From Marketplace
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Trump's immigration crackdown is coming for legal workers
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Trump vs. Powell
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Let's talk about Zeno's paradox
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Will Congress deliver Trump's tax cuts?
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Brexit ... but make it American
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Selling America
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Your hot takes on this week's tariff insanity
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Another day, another tariff switch-up
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Move over taco Tuesday! Tariff Tuesday is here
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Is the tide turning against Trump’s tariffs?
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Can you tariff-proof a cocktail?
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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Our post-tariff takeaways
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Trump’s tariff test. Will it work?
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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The problem with running the government like a business
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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The tariff countdown
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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CoreWeave’s IPO tests money magic of AI
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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The chilling effect of ICE arrests
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Beyond the “Signalgate” headlines
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Trump’s race for the world’s rare earth minerals
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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The Trump administration’s big group chat fail
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Our tribute to cherry blossom season
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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We answer more of your questions about tariffs
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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U.S. trade tensions with the EU just got tenser
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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What we can learn from a past tariff tiff (rerun)
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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We have a constitutional crisis. Now what?
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Shutdown averted. How it all went down.
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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“Tariff on the brain”
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Let’s talk about Newsom the Govcaster
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Unpacking our collective COVID-19 trauma, five years on
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Will climate tax credits stay or go?
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Oh, the irony!
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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Your questions about government economic data answered
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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What is even happening with the politics of this economy?!
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Angel City FC and the rise of women’s pro soccer
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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What is an economy of caution?
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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What the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting says about the world economic order
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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Whaddya wanna know about federal layoffs and this economy?
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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An asteroid miss and the WaPo opinion shift
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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“Unlocking the Gates” on housing and economic opportunity
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Is Apple actually going “America First”?
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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A brewing legal battle and the future of the Fed
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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DOGE’s next target: IRS
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Is recession risk rising?
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Should we be worried about bird flu?
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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A gulf between the White House and the press
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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How to actually tackle government waste
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Is there a better way to measure the economy?
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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What we can learn from a past tariff tiff
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Trump’s purge of federal workers and its historical parallels
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Are Trump’s firings legal?
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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Chaos is not an economic strategy
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Is this a coup?
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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The migrant workforce under Trump
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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The strategy behind Trump’s executive orders
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Silicon Valley’s quiet rebellion
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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The Cuban dispatch II
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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What you need to know about DeepSeek and the AI race
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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From Burning Questions: Is the future insurable?
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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The Cuban dispatch
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Finally, a resolution to the Purdue Pharma case?
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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How Trump’s executive orders are impacting migrant workers
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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The mainstreaming of meme coins
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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The American diet under Trump
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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The tax cut zealots vs. the budget hawks
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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TikTok’s eleventh hour
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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What Biden is leaving Trump
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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How to live with wildfires
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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The rise of private firefighting
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Why anime is everywhere all at once (rerun)
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Wheelchair rugby’s Chuck Aoki makes us smart about the Paralympics (rerun)
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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How Big Food changed the way we eat (rerun)
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Want to protect our democracy? Start here! (rerun)
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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“Make Me Smart’s” annual holiday episode
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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The drug price blame game
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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The great HQ migration
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Trump’s contradictory economic agenda
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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CEO killing and our for-profit health care system
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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For NASA, the moon just got farther away
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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The AI in your Spotify Wrapped
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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A developing relationship with Africa
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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How billionaires took over U.S. elections
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Should the Fed open more regional reserve banks?
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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How small acts can create global change
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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The history behind Black Friday
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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COP29’s contentious climate change deal
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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The growing empire of women’s sports
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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The new face of Trump’s tariffs plan
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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A harbinger of change in Medialand
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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The myth America exported to the world
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Trump’s revenge agenda
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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How Intel missed the AI boat
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Whaddya wanna know about a second Trump term?
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Can Trump claw back climate money?
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Trump, COP29 and the future of climate finance
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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A crisis without a solution
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Elon Musk is now in the room where it happens
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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Your post-election thoughts and feelings
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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How Trump won working class voters
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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The rise of election betting
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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The blue vs. red economy
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Election Day and costly courtroom showdowns
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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Some not-so-scary news for the Fed
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Is Big Tech’s investment in AI paying off?
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Live from Boston, Part 2: Heather Cox Richardson
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Keeping calm in the eye of the election storm
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Make Me Smart: Live in Boston
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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How We Survive: The Last Frontier
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Texts, emails and the deception of elderly political donors
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Things are changing fast in the home insurance market
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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The rise of pharmacy deserts
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Birkin bag buyers and the consumer-driven economy
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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The risky business of corporate political spending
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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The rise of the podcaster’s political capital
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Mining and the clean energy paradox
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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FEMA’s job is getting even harder
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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What TikTok knew of the app’s toll on teens
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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The future of FEMA funding
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Who will pay for Helene’s damage?
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Live from Denver: The Economics of Being Single
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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The cost of the Israel-Hamas war
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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The political attacks on economic data
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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Whaddya wanna know about the Fed’s move to cut interest rates?
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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The connection between fast fashion and drug trafficking
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Why immigration numbers are a headache for economists
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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The heavy price of living in disaster-prone areas
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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How some politicians are trying to sell their image
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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Should jobs require a college degree?
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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The little short-term spending bill that could
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Kai on the military and climate change
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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The return of Three Mile Island
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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The lurking threat of political deepfakes
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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The Fed says go big or go home
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Interest rates, inflation and the American consumer
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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How big will the Fed go?
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Trump’s no-tax agenda is growing
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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One giant leap for private SpaceX-ploration
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Is the economy really the top issue this election?
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Project 2025 and the fate of the federal workforce
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Closing the mental health parity gap
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Tax dodgers meet their match
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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Harris throws a bone to the business folks
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Where’s the real money in AI?
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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The crypto election
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Biden’s student debt relief legacy in limbo
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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Klarna’s plan to swap workers with AI
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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What happened to corporate DEI efforts?
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Wheelchair rugby’s Chuck Aoki makes us smart about the Paralympics
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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The supermarket supermerger heads to court
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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The Democratic Party’s billionaire whiplash
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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Harris’ hazy plan to ban price gouging
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Let’s decode Fed speak
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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The new wave of private school vouchers
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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An increasingly anxious U.S. labor market
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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The complicated and costly challenge of rebuilding Gaza
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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Trump’s pipe dream: slashing energy prices by half
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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The new rules of the road for real estate agents
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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From Burning Questions: How can I eat for the planet (without getting stressed out)?
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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The growing threat of GPS attacks on airlines
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Peacock sticks the landing at Paris Olympics
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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What betting markets can and can’t tell us about the election
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Google’s ruling and Biden’s antitrust legacy
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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So you’ve been part of a data breach. Now what?
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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The stock market temper tantrum, explained
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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The global rise of right-wing populism (rerun)
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Make Me Smart: 2024 Olympics edition
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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Biden’s economic legacy
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Campaign trail myths about immigration and the economy
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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The growing U.S. soccer economy
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Kamala Harris and the glass cliff
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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What happens to Biden’s campaign money if he quits the race?
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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The elephant in the room at the RNC
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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The populist threat to climate action
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Want to protect our democracy? Start here!
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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The deluge of Trump news
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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A funding freeze for Biden
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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A new normal for interest rates?
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Who’s ready for retirement?
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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The problem with the American 30-year mortgage
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Let’s get smart about the 1.5 degree global warming limit
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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From “This Is Uncomfortable”: The high price of cheap clothes
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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From “Million Bazillion”: Why is there so much gold at Fort Knox?
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Our GPS system is wearing down
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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The evolution of the American office
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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A one-two punch for the power of federal agencies
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Our take on the debate (and drone light shows)
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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SCOTUS shakes up SEC
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Keeping up with the Supreme Court
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Are we living in a K-shaped economy?
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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The conservative push to weed out anti-Trump federal workers
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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The IRS battles a fraud-plagued tax credit
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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Turbulent times at Boeing
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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From “What Happened in Alabama?”: The history of Black land loss
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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The economics of building a life around friends
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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The false economic narratives continue
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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The problem with Trump’s idea to replace income taxes with tariffs
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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The push to wipe medical debt from credit reports
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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The early bird dance club business is booming
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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How the rise of judicial originalism has shaped our economy
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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The long road to restore the Port of Baltimore
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Less is not always more in economic data
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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Why the Fed won’t hop on the rate-cutting bandwagon just yet
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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What summer heat waves mean for prisons
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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The good, the bad and the ugly of election polling
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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A shadow looms over the Fed
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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The long game of high interest rates
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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The growing troubles at OpenAI
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May 30, 2024 |
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A Trump-Musk bromance
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May 29, 2024 |
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How Big Food changed the way we eat
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May 29, 2024 |
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Biden doubling down on tariffs
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May 25, 2024 |
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How the Palestinian financial system is tied up in Israel
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May 23, 2024 |
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Private equity, endless shrimp and Red Lobster’s decline
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May 22, 2024 |
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Neoliberalism’s sleight of hand
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May 22, 2024 |
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Getting deep about deepfakes
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May 20, 2024 |
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The price tag on friendship
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May 18, 2024 |
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Whaddya wanna know about key inflation measures?
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May 17, 2024 |
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The great Bumble fumble
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May 15, 2024 |
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From “Million Bazillion”: What are labor unions?
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May 14, 2024 |
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The value of “third places”
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May 13, 2024 |
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What grocery aisle gossip can tell us about the economy
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May 11, 2024 |
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The lowdown on joint fundraising committees
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May 09, 2024 |
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A phantom debt menace
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May 08, 2024 |
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The power of college endowments
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May 08, 2024 |
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Private equity is coming for pet care
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May 06, 2024 |
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Europe’s new economic engines
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May 04, 2024 |
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No “stag” no “flation”
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May 02, 2024 |
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The rising pressure on poll workers
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May 02, 2024 |
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The trade-offs of the trade deficit
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May 01, 2024 |
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Biden’s regulation rush
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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College campus protests and the value of a degree
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Apr 27, 2024 |