A funding freeze for Biden
Make Me Smart
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🗓️ 13 July 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In the aftermath of the debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, money’s been talking. Major donors to a key pro-Biden super PAC are reportedly putting donations worth $90 million on ice if Biden stays in the race. We’ll get into what the funding freeze means for the future of Biden’s campaign. Plus, guest host Sabri Ben-Achour makes us smart about cricket protein powder. And we’ll play a round of Half Full/Half Empty!
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “Donors to Pro-Biden Super PAC Are Said to Withhold Roughly $90 Million” from The New York Times
- “Inside the glitzy Biden fundraiser that lost the president George Clooney” from The Washington Post
- “Silkworm satay? Singapore approves insects as food” from CNN
- “Dynamic pricing tech may brighten retail bottom lines and put consumers in the dark” from Marketplace
- “Kids want $70 wrinkle creams. Parents and lawmakers are “fighting a losing battle”’ from Marketplace
- “A Fancy Card Is Becoming the Only Way to Get a Restaurant Reservation” from The Atlantic
- “Influencer Style Case Risks More Stolen Vibe Suits From Creators” from Bloomberg Law
- “Amazon launched an AI shopping assistant — just in time for Prime Day” from Quartz
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| 0:00.0 | Let's see if I can do this show with this guy. |
| 0:03.0 | Hello everyone, I'm Kimberly Adams. |
| 0:10.0 | Hello everyone, I'm Kimberly Adams. Welcome back to Make Me Smart where we make today makes sense. It's Friday June the 12th |
| 0:19.0 | And I'm Sabrie Benashore in for Ky Rizdahl. Thanks for joining us on the podcast and on the YouTube live stream. |
| 0:24.2 | It is time for our weekly happy hour episode, Economics on Tap. |
| 0:29.4 | Yes, and before we get to the news and take our break and do our game and do the drinks, I have an |
| 0:36.4 | introduction to make, I got a new cat as everybody who's watching on the live stream sees. |
| 0:42.8 | And everybody listening to the podcast |
| 0:45.0 | can probably hear him purring. |
| 0:47.5 | So, you know, I let my heart mend for a little while |
| 0:51.0 | after Jasper died. And now I have yeah Jasper died sorry |
| 0:55.8 | Sabri you clearly did not know that no I didn't know okay well what's, what is this one's name? |
| 1:04.0 | This one is named Artax. |
| 1:07.0 | Oh, wait, is that from the never-ending story? |
| 1:10.0 | No, that's a trade-you. |
| 1:12.0 | What's Artenke. What's our time? |
| 1:13.0 | It is? Never would have gotten that if he were here. |
| 1:16.0 | Okay, I can't do the show with this creature. |
| 1:21.0 | All right, let's see if he... |
| 1:23.0 | Oh, he's so cute. |
| 1:24.0 | He knows how to position himself for the camera the way that Jasper did. |
| 1:28.0 | Anyway, what do you drink in Sabri? |
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