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Kimberly Adams
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Mar 28, 2017

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  • Judge Neil Gorsuch testifies during the second day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill March 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. 
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    Alyssa Mastromonaco tells us about life in the Obama White House and her new book "Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?"

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  • IBM's 'Watson' computing system at a press conference to discuss the upcoming Man V. Machine 'Jeopardy!' competition at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center on January 13, 2011 in Yorktown Heights, New York.
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    Singer-songwriter Marian Call on what it's like to inadvertently launch a global hashtag and work with IBM's Watson supercomputer

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  • 7: Lyft co-founder says the company could be profitable by 2018
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    Lyft’s co-founder and president, John Zimmer, won’t mention his company’s main competitor by name. Spoiler alert: It’s Uber. But he is willing to say, “We’ve talked about being profitable next year, we feel very confident in that. We even think there’s the likely scenario that we will be the first U.S. ride-share player to be […]

  • Kai and Molly return to follow up on the President's address to Congress and Travis Kalanick's apology to Uber employees

  • Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood interview Steve Huffman, the co-founder and CEO of Reddit, a social sharing platform where more than 200 million users share everything from wholesome memes to “ask me anything” sessions with newsmakers and celebrities to topics we couldn’t possibly describe. Huffman also has the “most Reddit answer” to our Make Me Smart question, and […]

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  • Why reputation matters abroad, at home and at Uber. Also, we dig into the protest economy and what that means for the yarn industry.

  • This week, the one thing the Trump administration isn't talking about, David Frum answers our Make Me Smart question, and Part 2 of how to trust government numbers

  • Young people playing 'Pokemon Go' on July 15, 2016 in Hanover, Germany.
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    Kai and Molly talk with author Tim Wu about net neutrality and his new book "The Attention Merchants."

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  • People walk out of a Starbucks coffee shop January 22, 2004 in San Francisco, California. 
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    An update on moral capitalism, business as an unofficial part of American checks and balances and the right to eat waffles on this mini episode.

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“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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