Elon Musk is ponying up Tesla stock to buy Twitter

Make Me Smart

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4.6 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

We’re keeping an eye on Tesla after Elon Musk reached a deal to buy Twitter earlier this week. Musk has sold roughly $8.5 billion worth of Tesla shares in the last couple of days. We’ll get a little into the weeds about the dynamics playing out as the Twitter deal closes. Plus, the fallout after the Jan. 6 insurrection continues — we’ll update you on what’s happening in the courts. And a COVID-19 vaccine for young kids may be on the way. Then, the hosts play a round of Half Full/Half Empty. Finally, a big thank you to producer Marque Greene for all his hard work as he wraps up his stint on “Make Me Smart.” But don’t worry, he’s not going far.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Second Oath Keeper pleads to seditious conspiracy” from Politico
“CNN Exclusive: New text messages reveal Fox’s Hannity advising Trump White House and seeking direction” from CNN
“Elon Musk Sells $8.5 Billion of Tesla Shares After Deal to Buy Twitter” from The Wall Street Journal
“The Risks of a New U.S. Approach in Ukraine” from “The Daily”
“Moderna asks FDA to authorize first COVID-19 vaccine for very young children” from NPR

Tell us what you think about today’s show. Email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice message at 508-827-6278, or 508-U-B-SMART.

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0:00.0	I'm so confused.
0:03.6	Welcome to my general state of existence.
0:06.3	Yeah, all right. I'm just gonna have to do a little blind news item.
0:10.0	Man, true catch.
0:14.5	Well, hello, I'm prepared and I'm Kimberly Adams and welcome back to make me smart.
0:19.0	Where we make to do things.
0:21.8	Nothing I'm not prepared. I was just doing something else.
0:24.4	Man.
0:25.8	You're also a task. Good job.
0:27.8	Yes. Hi, I'm Kyle Rizadal.
0:30.1	Thank you all for coming on the pod with us this Friday afternoon economics on tap.
0:34.8	Whether you are on the live stream or on the discord or actually listening later on doing that time shift thing.
0:40.4	We are glad to have you with us.
0:43.0	Yes, and I should apologies to those on the fan run discord because I'm on a different computer today.
0:49.2	So I cannot see what y'all are saying.
0:51.3	But I can see yes as Debbie points out I am in the studio today.
0:56.0	So you will not get the to see Jasper jumping up on the bed behind me.
1:00.3	I am in marketplaces watching to DC Bureau, which we occasionally actually use.
1:07.0	Did you see the picture from the New York Bureau yesterday in a mere's known?
1:11.0	New York Bureau was I mean everybody was there. It was crazy.
1:14.4	It was a lot of people standing very close to.
1:16.9	There's a lot of well that's so that's that was my first thought.
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