Make Me Smart

By Marketplace

Each weekday, Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams makes today make sense along with her Marketplace colleagues, breaking down happenings in tech, the economy, and culture. Because none of us is as smart as all of us.

Episodes (21)

Mass deportations don’t lead to more jobs for Americans. Why does the myth persist?

13m4/23/2026

The economic outlook of the great outdoors

22m4/24/2026

How second chance employment is lowering recidivism in the U.S.

17m4/28/2026

It's tough out there for new college grads

19m4/30/2026

From "This Is Uncomfortable": Wait...where did my retirement money go?

36m5/1/2026

The new fight for states' rights under Trump

14m5/5/2026

How the new WNBA CBA transforms player pay

19m5/7/2026

Kimberly's final cheers on "Economics on Tap"

36m5/8/2026

The highs and lows of the global art market

15m5/12/2026

The TikTok-ification of music marketing

18m5/14/2026

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Episodes (21)

Inside the "Super Bowl of energy”

One wild year of Trump's tariffs

Make Me Smart: Lunar Edition

ICE and the “wide, deep, and ever-growing” surveillance state

Who can stop insider trading on prediction markets?

Rejecting climate doomerism with solarpunk

"Marketplace" Live

Here’s how the ultrarich avoid paying taxes

Anthropic’s head of economics answers our questions about AI and the job market

Seattle's tech industry blues

Vietnam's economy on the rise