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Kimberly Adams
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Aug 7, 2021 · Episode 491
A wheel loader removes almond trees from a California orchard. They will be replaced with a crop that requires less water.

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  • Aug 6, 2021 · Episode 490

    Chill out and wear a mask

     A health care worker displays a COVID-19 vaccine record card at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Oregon.
    Nathan Howard/Getty Images

    We’ll do a little apocalyptic fact-checking today. Plus, some of our favorite Olympic moments so far.

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  • Aug 5, 2021 · Episode 489

    Pandemic pups have an economic effect

    Leo the Pomeranian hangs out at the Big Engine Bar with his owner, Mary Hanson, at the Buffalo Chip during the 80th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota on August 9, 2020.
    Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images

    We’re answering your questions about wildfires, dogs and vaccines today. Plus, we get an update from Kimberly’s Uncle Davids.

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  • US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen poses for a family photo during a Eurogroup meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on July 12, 2021.
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    America’s debt isn’t like other kinds of debt, or even other countries’ debts. On today’s show, we’ll break down how this perennial partisan fight works.

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  • Aug 3, 2021 · Episode 487

    The eviction moratorium blame game

    A sign calling for fighting evictions is set on the ground as Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) spends the night outside the U.S. Capitol to call for for an extension of the federal eviction moratorium on July 31, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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    We’ll pick apart statements from the White House and Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Plus: the Ozarks, wolf turns and mysterious jetpack pilots.

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  • Some economists worry that the latest COVID-19 delta variant surge will make shoppers pull back again.
    Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

    On this punchy happy hour episode, we’ll talk about why the media need to do better reporting on the delta variant. And speaking of failure … we’ll talk about Congress too

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  • Jul 30, 2021 · Episode 485

    A different kind of Hollywood superhero fight

    Scarlett Johansson attends the Los Angeles World Premiere of Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Endgame" at the Los Angeles Convention Center on April 23, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
    Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney

    Plus: some vaccination history, the Steak-umm Twitter and a few technical difficulties, because why not?

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  • Jul 29, 2021 · Episode 484

    You can’t hide from Facebook

    You can’t hide from Facebook
    Damien Meyer/AFP via Getty Images

    Plus, more answers to your questions about the Congressional Budget Office, Navy planes and unemployment benefits.

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  • Jul 27, 2021 · Episode 483

    WeWork’s whole bananapants story

    Adam Neumann, former CEO of the We Company, seen here in 2018
    Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for the WeWork Creator Awards

    We’ll look back at how Adam Neumann built WeWork, assess its SPAC-powered second act and ask what we learned from it all.

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  • A city-operated mobile pharmacy advertises the COVID-19 vaccine in a neighborhood near Brighton Beach on July 26 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
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    Is it like drunk driving? Is it like being scammed? Today we’ll talk about vaccines, “social death” and the path forward.

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About the show

“Make Me Smart” is a podcast about the economy, technology, society, and culture hosted by Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams. New episodes on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. In a time when the world is moving faster than ever, this podcast is where we unpack complex topics, together. Because none of us is as smart as all of us.

Before coming to Marketplace, Adams reported on the political, social and economic upheaval in Egypt following the Arab Spring. While reporting in Cairo, she received awards from the National Association of Black Journalists, the Religion Communicators Council, and the Association for Women in Communication. She was also competitively selected for the International Women’s Media Foundation “Great Lakes” Reporting fellowship to Uganda, where she reported on environmental, economic and LGBT issues.

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