Tell us what you really think
Make Me Smart
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🗓️ 23 July 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Get ready for some spicy hot takes. Andy Uhler joins Kai for Economics on Tap and to discuss the state of our food supply, from wheat to hard seltzer, and what low water levels at Lake Mead, near Las Vegas, have to do with high prices at the grocery store. Plus, Kai has something to say about a recent op-ed piece by retired generals. During Half Full/Half Empty, the hosts weigh in on Meta v. Meta and MLB v. the minor leagues, and Kai tells us how he really feels about crypto.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “Hard Seltzer Fad Fizzles as Light Beer Makes a Comeback” from The Wall Street Journal
- Satellite Photos Show Lake Mead Water Levels Dangerously Low from The New York Times
- “Ukraine Latest: US Opens Door to Sending Fighter Jets to Ukraine” from Bloomberg
- Opinion | “We Are Retired Generals and Admirals. Trump’s Actions on Jan. 6 Were a Dereliction of Duty.” from The New York Times
We want to hear your spicy hot takes. 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 | Uh, is it hot out there? |
| 0:03.6 | Yeah, it's like, you know, 90-ish not so bad. |
| 0:06.5 | I mean, you all complain about it. |
| 0:09.6 | Well, it's we complain about it because this is on account point. It's supposed to be paradise |
| 0:13.8 | It's not damn Texas, which is I don't even know what that's a whole different thing whole different things |
| 0:19.2 | But we're gonna start cuz the music started. Thank you, do just then. I'm Kyle Rizzo. Welcome back to make me smart |
| 0:24.1 | Make it the day makes sense is what we do on this pod |
| 0:26.1 | Hey, everybody I'm trying to bring everything yeah, no, I'm trying to bring everything up right now |
| 0:32.9 | I'm all right. Well, it's Andy Euler in for Kimberley and as soon as he finds his script and his camera |
| 0:38.5 | We're gonna go in here just super quick just just for the regulars among you Kimberley is gonna be out for like a week or something |
| 0:45.4 | She had a death in the family one of her uncle David's past |
| 0:49.2 | So she's taken some time to be with family |
| 0:51.2 | And in the meanwhile we got Euler day and an all-star lineup coming through next week. So that's what's up with that |
| 0:58.4 | But anyway, it's Friday where I'm having to be around or even know what Euler's having Euler. What do you have? |
| 1:04.2 | I'm having a |
| 1:07.6 | An Arnold Palmer not a John daily. I'll be you Arnold Palmer |
| 1:12.2 | An Arnold Palmer. Mm-hmm very interesting very interesting. It's nice |
| 1:15.2 | It's actually an interesting sparkling Arnold Palmer |
| 1:18.3 | I'd never had one before cousin of mine brought it to my house |
| 1:22.6 | So it'll be very |
| 1:24.3 | It's delightful |
| 1:25.0 | very refreshing |
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