Chicago vs. ICE

Make Me Smart

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Business, News

4.6 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Chicago has been dealing with a lot these days. The city has been a battleground for the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and efforts to deploy the National Guard. On today’s show, Kimberly asks WBEZ’s Sasha-Ann Simons about what it’s like to be there now. And, we’ll get into more economic stories from the Windy City you should know about. Plus, we’ll play a game of Half Full/Half Empty!

Here’s everything we talked about today:

"ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back." from The New York Times
"Local leaders react to ‘brutal escalation’ of immigration arrests in Little Village, Cicero" from WBEZ
"Judge’s order blocking National Guard deployment will remain in effect for now, but all eyes on Supreme Court" from WBEZ
"Coca-Cola taps mini cans and new flavors to spark a fizzling soda market" from Marketplace
"‘It’s PR, not the ER’: Gen Z is resisting the workplace emergency" The Washington Post
"Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ Series Finale Officially Coming to Theaters, Despite Previous Statements" from The Hollywood Reporter
"Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots" from The New York Times

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0:00.0	At Pluralsight, we don't just teach skills.
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0:15.0	Hello, listeners.
0:16.5	Marketplace's Webby-winning Kids podcast Millionillion, is back for an all-new season.
0:22.3	Hosts Bridget and Ryan are answering a whole new set of kid questions about everything from
0:27.4	royalties and franchises to why the heck we have a $2 bill. Even grownups might learn a thing or two.
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0:53.2	Settle in for the ride. Hello everyone, I'm Kimberly
1:03.4	Adams. Welcome back to Make Me Smart, where we make today makes sense. Thank you for joining
1:08.5	us, especially everybody on the YouTube live stream.
1:11.6	Happy Friday, everyone, we survived another week, and it is time for our weekly happy hour
1:16.6	episode, Economics on Tap. Last week, we were in my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. This week
1:22.6	we're checking in on another Midwestern city, Chicago. And joining me is my friend and the host of WBEZ's morning news show
1:31.3	in the loop, Sasha Ann Simons. Hello, Sasha, and welcome to make me smart. Kimberly, I am so glad to be here.
1:39.1	Thank you so much for the invite. It's so good to see you. Sasha Ann and I, I'm sorry, Sasha, I'm not going to sound like your mom.
1:47.1	Yes, we're friends, right? Yeah. Overlapped a bit during her time in D.C. previously.
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