Make Me Smart: St. Louis Edition
Make Me Smart
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4.6 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Today we’re taking a trip to Kimberly’s hometown: St. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis Public Radio’s politics correspondent Jason Rosenbaum joins Kimberly to break down the fights over Missouri’s congressional maps and voter-led ballot initiatives. And, we’ll get into how St. Louis is recovering from the historic tornado that swept through the city earlier this year. Plus, are you Half Full or Half Empty on St. Louis style pizza?
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- "Democratic National Committee will contribute to blocking Missouri congressional map" from STLPR
- "Missouri voters and lawmakers clash over ballot initiative powers" from AP News
- "Missouri Gov. Kehoe activates National Guard to assist ICE agents" from STLPR
- "FEMA approves additional funding and assistance for St. Louis tornado debris cleanup" from STLPR
- "Should you postpone your flight during the government shutdown?" from Marketplace
- "Thune dangles Obamacare vote after shutdown ends" from Politico
"Thin-Crust Fans, Meet St. Louis Pizza: Crunchy, Cheesy, and Totally Underrated" from Serious Eats
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| 0:00.0 | At Pluralsight, we don't just teach skills. |
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| 0:15.5 | We're starting. |
| 0:26.1 | Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Make Me Smart. |
| 0:30.6 | I'm Kimberly Adams and this is where we make today make sense. |
| 0:34.9 | Thank you all for joining us, especially everybody on the YouTube live stream. It is Friday, so it is time for our weekly happy hour economics on tap. |
| 0:40.2 | And I'm in my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. |
| 0:43.9 | And I am joined at a local pub here called the Royale by St. Louis Public Radio. |
| 0:50.5 | And I've got my St. Louis Public Radio swag here, stand with the facts, and we've got their |
| 0:55.5 | politics correspondent Jason Rosenbaum here with us. Hey, Jason. Thank you so much for having me, Kimberly. |
| 1:01.1 | Oh my gosh. So if you guys would follow St. Louis Public Radio on social media as I do, |
| 1:05.8 | you will see him all over their socials talking about redistricting, talking about ballot initiatives, |
| 1:13.7 | talking about beer sometimes, occasionally. |
| 1:16.4 | Occasionally. |
| 1:17.1 | Also talking about the aftermath of the tornadoes here that happened earlier this summer. |
| 1:23.7 | And, you know, he's a great reporter, so we're super happy to have you joining us for economics on tap. |
| 1:28.7 | So welcome to the show. |
| 1:31.0 | Well, it is an honor to be here. |
| 1:33.8 | And the other thing that I'm well known for on my Instagram feed is that my wife, Lauren Todd, sometimes appears and then ruthlessly makes fun of it, which makes me feel very humble because I am a |
| 1:48.7 | egomaniac that sometimes needs to be put in check yes because we all know that public radio |
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