Let’s talk about earthquakes and the economy

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🗓️ 6 April 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Today, we’re talking earthquakes! First, our East Coast-based hosts react to the shaking on their side of the country. Then, we’ll examine how earthquake preparedness in Taiwan saved lives and prevented a big problem for the global tech economy. Later, we’ll weigh in on restoring blue check marks on X, New York earthquake memes and solar eclipse tourism in a round of Half Full/Half Empty!

Here’s everything we talked about today:

- “Taiwan’s earthquake preparedness saved a lot of lives — and prevented a catastrophe for the global tech economy” from Vox

- “It’s not just you. Here’s why pollen allergies are worse than ever” from CNN

- “FDA to Drop Ban on Sperm Donations From Gay and Bisexual Men” from The Wall Street Journal

- “America has a Black sperm donor shortage. Black women are paying the price.” from The Washington Post

- “Elon Musk’s X restores free blue check marks. Here’s what it means.” from The Washington Post

- “Why demand for jeans persists across the decades” from Marketplace

- “Why multigenerational households are making a comeback in a big way” from Marketplace

- “X becomes ‘earthquake Twitter’ as users flood site with memes and jokes” from NBC News

- “How much are you spending for the eclipse? Here’s what Americans are saying” from Fox 10 Phoenix

- “Countdown to the total solar eclipse: How it will unfold, play by play” from The Washington Post

We love to hear from you. Send your questions and comments to makemesmart@marketplace.org or leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART.

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0:00.0	Let us do this thing. Let's do it.
0:05.0	Hello everyone, I'm Kimberly Adams.
0:09.0	Welcome back to Make Me Smart, where we make today make sense. It's Friday April 5th. And I'm Amy Scott in for
0:17.2	Ky Rizdahl one more day. Thanks so much for joining us on the podcast and on the
0:21.1	YouTube live stream. This is of course economics on tap our weekly happy hour
0:26.3	episode. That's right we're going to do some news we're going to take a little break we're going to play a round of
0:32.4	half full half empty but of course before news. We're going to take a little break. We're going to play a round of half
0:32.8	full, half empty. But of course, before we get into it, we want to know what
0:37.4	you're drinking. Hats off to Alcohol Responsibility Month. So I hope everybody's
0:42.1	drinking responsibly this
0:43.8	month and every month but let's see Amy what do you have I didn't know that was a
0:48.6	month yes so April I have to disappear for a second, show you the bottle.
0:55.0	So this is, I'm drinking a hometown favorite from Colorado Springs.
1:00.0	It's called the Deck.
1:02.0	It's a citrus clove liqueur, they call it an
1:05.7	apre sport because you can see there's a skier on the front, but it's just
1:10.2	it's just a warm, very delicious. Yeah liqueur and so I mixed it with some bitters and a
1:17.7	splash of soda and a cherry and it's nice. You made your little bit of a copper cocktail.
1:23.0	I see you.
1:24.0	Yeah, you know, I stepped it up.
1:26.0	Oh, nice glassware and everything.
1:28.0	When I saw that you were going to do something fancy, I felt like maybe the Miller Light in my fridge wasn't going to cut it so here we
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