The geopolitical center of gravity could be changing
Make Me Smart
Marketplace
4.6 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
It is estimated that at some point this year, India’s population will surpass that of China’s. This means that India will not only be the biggest democracy, but also the most populous country. We get into how this change could alter the economic and political balance of the world. And, could unexplained flying objects be aliens? A senior Pentagon official has a theory. Plus, a round of Half-Full/Half-Empty that has us thinking deeply about Tupperware.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
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- “Ghana is the first country to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine” from Popular Science
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- “New rule to block Missouri library funding set to go into effect May 30” from St Louis Post-Dispatch
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- “India’s Population Surpasses China’s, Shifting the World’s ‘Center of Gravity’” from The Wall Street Journal
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- “Can ‘milk core’ get Gen Z to drink its liquid dairy?” from Marketplace
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- “What Tupperware’s money problems say about direct selling” from Marketplace
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- “A Nation Tries to Impose Cat Curfews. Fur Is Flying.” from The Wall Street Journal
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| 1:03.6 | We've got our drinks the news fix. We're gonna take a quick break and then play a game of half full half empty and |
| 1:11.0 | Before we dive into the news Kai. What are you drinking? |
| 1:14.5 | Well, I'm kind of a loser today. I'm having a cup of coffee in my pubic pottery mug from Detroit |
| 1:19.5 | Because we've got tickets to a show tonight and I simply will not make it |
| 1:22.9 | I woke up stupid early this morning. I mean stupider early than I usually wake up and I just I won't make it a five beer at 3 30 in the afternoon |
| 1:29.2 | So so what do you wake up at like three instead of four? Oh? |
| 1:32.8 | Look up at 3 42 this morning. Yes |
| 1:36.1 | Yeah, yeah, and I'm just not and so I got out of bed |
| 1:39.3 | I |
| 1:41.3 | I went on about my day, but I'm gonna have to power through because it's a three hour show now |
| 1:45.3 | We're going to see the revival of 1776 with a new cast at the omensin. Oh, it's supposed to be pretty good. Yeah |
| 1:51.2 | I saw angels in America last Saturday and that was also quite a lengthy lengthy show |
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