The jumbled world of college sports
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🗓️ 2 September 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
It’s college football season, and if you’re having a hard time keeping up with all the changes, you’re not alone. This week, the Atlantic Coast Conference decided to go bicoastal by adding schools really far from, well, the Atlantic Coast. We’ll explain what this is all about (spoiler: money). Plus, why a new Biden administration proposal to increase staffing at nursing homes could make a big difference. Then we’ll play a game of Half Full/Half Empty and discuss why finding love might be coming with a bigger price tag.
Here’s everything we talked about:
- “Nursing Homes Must Boost Staffing Under First-Ever National Standards” from The Wall Street Journal
- “ACC adds Stanford, Cal, SMU as new members beginning 2024-25” from ESPN
- “Return to office means the return of the business meal” from Marketplace
- “Beyoncé and Taylor Swift fans turn to fast fashion for concert attire” from Marketplace
- “Dating apps flirt with premium subscriptions” from Marketplace
- “The U.S. is no longer world’s leading exporter of corn” from Marketplace
- “Here’s when Labor Day weekend travel is expected to hit its peak” from AP News
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| 0:00.0 | I do love the dogs, which is funny because I grew up a cat person, but that's a whole different thing. |
| 0:04.0 | Really? |
| 0:05.0 | I did, yeah. |
| 0:06.0 | I did. |
| 0:07.0 | I grew up a cat person, and then I did not become a dog person until standby, please. |
| 0:12.0 | Hey, everybody, it's Guy Rizzo. |
| 0:14.0 | Welcome back to Make Me Smart. |
| 0:15.0 | Where are we? |
| 0:16.0 | It didn't make sense. |
| 0:17.0 | It is Friday today, September 1st. |
| 0:19.0 | And I'm Kimberly Adams, and I just want to know when you became a dog person. |
| 0:23.0 | I became a dog person when we got our first dog as a family. |
| 0:27.0 | It was, it's got to be like 15 years ago now, so my son, my oldest son turned 25 today. |
| 0:33.0 | So he was, he was 10 years old and we got a dog. |
| 0:36.0 | And from there, I've been sunk. |
| 0:38.0 | Dog-wise. |
| 0:39.0 | I love dogs. |
| 0:41.0 | I just don't like picking up after them, which is why I do cats. |
| 0:45.0 | Oh, that's fair. |
| 0:46.0 | That's fair, I get that. |
| 0:47.0 | I am the designated picker-upper in my family. |
| 0:50.0 | Yes, I have four children, and I'm the one who picks up the dog boop on walks and on the backyard. |
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