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🗓️ 1 August 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis struggles to forge ahead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, he’s hoping to win supporters through his newly unveiled economic plan. We’ll also talk about the spikey takedown of human devices by crows. Plus, a golden record aimed at aliens that captures the sounds of love and life on Earth.
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1:00.3 | Hello, I'm Kimberly Adams. Welcome, everyone, back to Make Me Smart, where we make today make sense. |
1:05.7 | I'm Kyle Roestall. Thanks for joining us on this Monday. It is the 31st of very last |
1:09.9 | day of July, 2023. Yes, and we are going to do some news, and then we're going to get you smiling, |
1:16.4 | actually, have two of those today. First, news as per usual. Kai, what's your news? |
1:22.5 | So, my ventures into the political a little bit, but it's political with an economic twist. |
1:28.5 | So, Governor DeSantis gave a speech, a policy speech, up in New Hampshire today, |
1:36.3 | in which it was really interesting. He leaned populist, but also sort of |
1:42.4 | appealing to a slightly broader audience in one aspect of his speech. |
1:49.9 | So, the name of the game is that Governor DeSantis, obviously, he's trying to come way back from |
1:55.4 | way behind Donald Trump in the polls. There is something, right? |
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