Can we divert container ships in California to other ports?
Make Me Smart
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4.6 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Texas is throwing a bit of shade at California. In a recent ad, it says Texas ports are open and ready to solve the nation’s supply chain problems. But can ships really be diverted from the Port of Los Angeles to Houston? It’s not as easy as it sounds. Plus, we’ll answer your questions about why skyscrapers keep lights on at night, ESG investing and the origin story behind a piece of Marketplace merch.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “Why Container Ships Can’t Sail Around the California Ports Bottleneck” from The Wall Street Journal
- “Column: More nonsense from Texas Gov. Abbott” from The Los Angeles Times
- “Why Is New York City’s Skyline Always Lit Up?” from The New York Times
- “Is ESG investing really socially responsible?” from “Marketplace”
- Our episode on ESG investing: “Can capitalists save the planet?”
- Get your Marketplace Vintage Kai Tee
Thanks to those of you who sent us questions this week. If you have a question you’d like our hosts to answer in a future episode, call us at 508-82-SMART (508-827-6278) or send a voice memo.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, then you're gonna start there. |
| 0:04.3 | I'm gonna be in the middle. |
| 0:05.8 | I mean, I was born ready, but then I got less ready, |
| 0:09.5 | and then the music started. |
| 0:10.5 | Hey, everyone, I'm Molly Quinn. |
| 0:11.7 | Welcome back to Make Me Smart, |
| 0:15.0 | where we make today, make sense. |
| 0:17.3 | Oh my goodness, I gotta tell you a couple of things. |
| 0:19.4 | For fun. |
| 0:20.2 | I'm a little raspy today, and on the air today, |
| 0:23.1 | doing marketplace, I'd use the cough button |
| 0:24.9 | for only the second time in my entire life and radio, |
| 0:27.6 | which is, whoa. |
| 0:29.3 | It was wild. |
| 0:30.2 | Yeah, it was crazy. |
| 0:31.0 | I just got this thing sideways in my throat at the end. |
| 0:33.1 | So anyway, so I'm here, and you know, |
| 0:34.8 | I may or not, you know, come and go, whatever. |
| 0:37.8 | Anyway, I'm Kai. |
| 0:38.8 | So what do you want on a Wednesday? |
| 0:40.4 | I know, I know. |
| 0:42.1 | So we're gonna answer your questions. |
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