Make Me Smart
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Make Me Smart is a business podcast hosted by Marketplace. It has 250 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.
Each weekday, Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams makes today make sense along with her Marketplace colleagues, breaking down happenings in tech, the economy, and culture. Because none of us is as smart as all of us.
business ·en ·250 episodes
Vietnam's economy on the rise
Seattle's tech industry blues
Anthropic’s head of economics answers our questions about AI and the job market
Here’s how the ultrarich avoid paying taxes
"Marketplace" Live
Rejecting climate doomerism with solarpunk
Who can stop insider trading on prediction markets?
ICE and the “wide, deep, and ever-growing” surveillance state
Make Me Smart: Lunar Edition
One wild year of Trump's tariffs
Inside the "Super Bowl of energy”
Make Me Smart about the business of sake
The humanitarian risks of a fertilizer shock
The super PAC spending flooding the primaries
The economics behind the rise of BTS and Korean culture
Who gets to set limits on AI?
How the farm bill became the everything bill
Can Hollywood make a comeback?
The economic ripple effects of ICE in Minnesota
The ski industry squeeze
The big money in the Texas primaries
The Trump administration scrapped the endangerment finding. Now what?
The U.S., Iran, and the rise of drone warfare
Make Me Smart: Vermont Edition
Kai returns to unpack Trump's new tariff
Sled hockey's Declan Farmer makes us smart about the Winter Paralympics
The view from cattle country
Congress set aside $50 billion to transform rural health care. Will it work?
Medical providers grapple with Trump's attempts to end gender-affirming care for minors
From "This Is Uncomfortable": In America, cultural education doesn't come cheap
Can AI bots help us find love?
The power of reading and writing as self-care
From "This Is Uncomfortabe": Help! My coworker wants a copy of my house key!
What do American families really care about right now?
The political cloud hanging over the Fed
Make Me Smart about Olympic figure skating
What does the end of TPS mean for Haitian workers in the U.S.?
Trump’s rift with Europe
The infrastructure side of the AI boom
What is media capture?
The changes coming to federal student loans in 2026
On the ground in Minnesota
It's brutal out here (in the job market)
Trump vs. the courts
New year, new mayor, New York
Venezuela and Trump's new Monroe Doctrine
The road to rebuilding, one year after the LA wildfires
From "This Is Uncomfortable": Wait, I think I’m being underpaid
From "This Is Uncomfortable": "You'll never be ready to buy a home"
Cheers to hosting better parties this holiday season (rerun)
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