Growing pains toward a clean energy economy?

Make Me Smart

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4.6 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Ford announced it’s slashing 3,000 white-collar jobs as part of its transition to electric vehicles. We’ll discuss what the layoffs reveal about our changing economy. Plus, could a free tax filing system finally be in the works at the IRS? Then, want to hear what outer space sounds like? Listen till the end to find out.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Ford Will Cut 3,000 Jobs to Reduce Costs in the Transition to Electric Vehicles” from The New York Times
“Inflation Reduction Act Will Require the IRS to Study Free Tax Filing Options” from ProPublica
“The IRS could be on the verge of changing the way Americans file their taxes” from The Hill
“New space telescope shows Jupiter’s auroras, tiny moons” from The Associated Press
“NASA shares sound of black hole and it sounds exactly as creepy as you thought it would” from Mashable

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0:00.0	Oh, we really are starting to get it.
0:02.6	Yeah, we're running late.
0:03.8	Oh, there we are.
0:06.4	Me too starts.
0:07.4	I start.
0:08.4	Hey everybody, I'm Kyle and Rizdo.
0:09.4	Welcome back to Make Me Smart, where we make the day make sense.
0:12.4	We are late.
0:13.4	God, we're late.
0:14.4	I know, and I'm Kimberly Adams.
0:15.4	Thank you for joining us this Monday.
0:18.0	We are going to do the news and then share a couple of makes.
0:21.6	Make me smiles and we will start first, though, with the news fix.
0:26.4	Although I do want to identify that I am in LA alone in the studio.
0:32.4	Oh, man, you're just calling me out.
0:36.2	Yes, it's all time you're under the bus.
0:38.2	Yes, I mean, I'll be there at some point.
0:41.2	That's okay.
0:42.2	Whatever, whatever.
0:44.2	So, did I go first?
0:46.2	Yes, why don't you go first, since I just do you under the bus.
0:48.6	All right.
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