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Kimberly Adams
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Feb 5, 2019 · Episode 99

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  • Jan 30, 2019 · Episode 98

    Can we shut down the shutdowns?

    Storm clouds fill the sky over the U.S. Capitol Building, June 13, 2013 in Washington, DC.
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    How did closing the government became a political weapon in the first place?

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  • Jan 23, 2019 · Episode 97

    Think before you major

    Students pull a mock 'ball & chain' representing the $1.4 trilling outstanding student debt at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2016.
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    The years of your life, the mountains of debt… more people wonder if higher ed pays off.

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  • Jan 16, 2019 · Episode 96

    Do it for the ‘gram

    Visitors take pictures of themselves at the Supercandy Pop-Up Museum in Cologne, western Germany.
    ROLF VENNENBERND/AFP/Getty Images

    And by “it” we mean “deleting Facebook.” Wait, what?

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  • Architecture students at the Technical University of Munich in 2018.
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    Can design thinking help us solve this country’s problems at scale? What about existential-crisis scale?

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  • The Twitter account of far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was suspended for a week in August. 
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    As a year of social media scandals ends, let’s revisit our talk with internet law professor Kate Klonick.

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  • Adam Conover at Marketplace HQ.
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    We’re rerunning our interview with fact-checking comedian Adam Conover. His mission is kind of like ours: Challenging assumptions and questioning everything in a bid to make us all smarter. Doesn’t that sound useful over the holidays?

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  • Dec 19, 2018 · Episode 95

    Dusting off our crystal ball for 2019

    Dusting off our crystal ball for 2019
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    We’ve got a whole bunch of our favorite guests back to help us reflect on the year that was and look at what’s ahead.

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  • Dec 11, 2018 · Episode 94

    Bottomless fixations

    We're taking a wide view this week.
    Jean Revillard via Getty Images

    China! Cults! Sex on the internet! And so much more!

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  • Rep. Joe Kennedy III speaks to supporters of House Democrats taking part in a sit-in at the House Chamber outside the U.S. Capitol on June 23, 2016, in Washington, D.C.
    Pete Marovich/Getty Images

    An idea we’ve been obsessed with is gaining momentum as a national political platform.

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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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