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Nov 27, 2018 · Episode 92
Property for sale in Arcadia, California on May 17, 2016.

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  • Nov 21, 2018 · Episode 91

    How do you get out of your echo chamber?

    Social media can be a tool for human connection, but some experts say some follower-type platforms can instead exacerbate loneliness.
    Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

    First, admit you’re in one.

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  • Nov 14, 2018 · Episode 90

    Are we in a new gilded age?

    An Amazon fulfillment center warehouse in Peterborough, England. 
    Oli Scarff/Getty Images

    And, uh, how’d the last one end again?

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  • Nov 6, 2018 · Episode 89

    You voting in 2016 vs. you voting in 2018

    A voter walks into a polling station on Nov. 6 in Charleston, West Virginia.
    Patrick Smith/Getty Images

    By the time this episode is out, midterm results will be rolling in. So let’s take a pause before that wave hits to ask: How are you doing?

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  • Oct 31, 2018 · Episode 88

    Should you trust polling?

    A woman votes on Nov. 8, 2016, in Durham, North Carolina.
    Sara D. Davis/Getty Images

    A week before midterms, 21 percent of people we polled said not really.

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  • Oct 23, 2018 · Episode 87

    Why is the price of college such a mystery?

    Why is the price of college such a mystery?
    Sean Gallup/Getty Images

    With “early decision” and “early action” deadlines looming for colleges across the United States, graduating high school seniors are stuck figuring what any given school will actually cost. The sticker price is just the start.

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  • Oct 17, 2018 · Episode 86

    What it’s like to live in 2043

    One of the many features of David Wilts' smart home: a living room that transforms into a screening room.
    Courtesy: David Wilts

    … and what data we have to fork over to get there.

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  • Oct 9, 2018 · Episode 85

    Expl4inathon

    Expl4inathon
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    Two hosts. Thirty minutes. We’re answering as many of your questions as we can.

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  • Oct 3, 2018 · Episode 84

    Potcast

    We're getting in the weeds this week, folks.
    Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

    No one’s made that joke before, right?

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  • Sep 26, 2018 · Episode 83

    The Sanctuary of Smart

    The Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress, 2012.
    Alex Wong/Getty Images

    We’re talking with Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, about running one of the largest libraries in the world.

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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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