The 2 Best Make Me Smart Podcast Episodes
1) 70: Can VR make us more empathetic?
A startup called Vantage Point thinks virtual reality can make training much better.
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AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) It’s time to pay attention to TikTok
Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” the meme turned song of the summer, has been the number-one song in country for a record-breaking 17 weeks. It originally took off on TikTok, a video-sha...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Make Me Smart: Fat Bear Week Edition
On today’s show, Alaska Public Media reporter Ava White joins Kimberly to make us smarter about Fat Bear Week and the issues that are top of mind for Alaskans right now. Alaska residents receive an an...Show More
4) The music industry vs. AI
Today we’re diving into the business of music. Trapital founder Dan Runcie joins Kimberly to explain what Anthropic’s recent copyright settlement with authors could mean for record labels who’ve sued ...Show More
5) What happened to American soft power?
President Trump is not a fan of the United Nations—he made that clear in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly today. Under Trump, the United States has pulled back from several efforts, i...Show More
6) The aftermath of the Hyundai plant raid
On today’s show, Kimberly is joined by Marlon Hyde, business and economics reporter for WABE in Atlanta, to unpack the fallout of the massive ICE raid at a Hyundai facility in Georgia in which hundred...Show More
7) Rep. Ayanna Pressley on the troubling rise in Black women's unemployment
This week, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates and made it clear that its attention is turning to the labor market. It’s showing cracks, particularly for Black workers. On the show today, Massachus...Show More
8) The "little treat" economy
The latest retail sales data shows U.S. consumers are still spending it up, even in the face of higher tariff costs and a shaky labor market. Wealthier Americans are driving the trend, but a “culture ...Show More
9) Who has the power of the purse these days?
Today’s news comes with a side of pawpaws. Kimberly is joined by Laura Blessing, senior fellow at the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University, to break down the moves President Trump is ...Show More
10) The rise of political violence in America
In the wake of yesterday’s assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, Regina Bateson, a political science professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, joins Kimberly to unpack the rise of ...Show More