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Make Me Smart

Marketplace

Business, News

4.65.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Finding constant success in life may not always be a good thing. Some psychologists argue that the biggest obstacle to success may be success itself. How do we fix it? Changing an aspect of our lives every 10 years. Also, could states prevent CVS and Walgreens from selling abortion pills by mail? Kimberly Adams and Kai Ryssdal get into it. Plus, a round of Half-Full/Half-Empty filled with coupons and inflation chickens.

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Make Me Smart, where we make today make sense.

0:11.9

Or the week in this case.

0:13.9

Or the week.

0:14.9

We're going to try to make the week make sense.

0:15.9

Thanks, everybody.

0:16.9

Joining us, oh, I'm Cai Ristall by the way.

0:18.4

Thanks for joining us on the pot today and the YouTube livestream for a little bit

0:22.5

of economics on tap.

0:24.2

We'll do the news fix.

0:26.6

We'll play a little game at the end.

0:29.0

I will also point out that I am enjoying an adult beverage for the first time in 34 days.

0:36.2

It's Beachwood Brewing out of Huntington Beach, California.

0:39.2

Can we see this?

0:40.2

Yes.

0:41.2

It's their 28 haze later haze IPH.

0:43.3

It's quite delicious.

0:46.9

You know, I tried some, we talked about this the other day.

0:49.2

I tried some alcohol free beers.

0:51.1

They were fine, except they tasted like cardboard.

0:53.3

Yeah.

0:54.3

Anyway.

0:55.3

That doesn't sound like fine guy.

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