The wild grain chase

Make Me Smart

Marketplace

News, Business

4.6 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

India has banned nearly half of its rice exports. The news has sent many Americans scrambling to stock up. We’ll explain what the ban means for global food prices. Plus, what should come first, new electric vehicle charging stations or new power lines? And, the hosts weigh in on UFOs during a round of Half Full / Half Empty.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

- “Sen. Duckworth’s Barbie moment” from Politico

- “India’s ban on certain rice exports sends some U.S. consumers scrambling to find it on store shelves” from Marketplace

- “From Rice Ban to War and Heat, Food Inflation Risks Are Back” from Bloomberg

- “Biden Administration Poses Strict Targets for Vehicle Fuel Economy” from The Wall Street Journal

- “The advantages —and drawbacks — of decentralized social networks” from Marketplace

- “NASA Plus is the latest streaming competitor” from The Verge

- “U.S. recovered non-human ‘biologics’ from UFO crash sites, former intel official says” from NPR

- “Could electric planes tempt Americans to fly short distances instead of driving?” from Marketplace

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0:00.0	Did you know the video game industry is worth more than $300 billion dollars a year bigger than movies and music combined?
0:07.6	Marketplace Morning Reports skin in the game series explores what this booming industry can teach us about the economy and jobs.
0:15.2	Listen to skin in the game and more from Marketplace Morning Report wherever you get your podcasts.
0:21.2	Alright, well now we know what I look like to get this show on the room because as soon as we start, you know what I mean?
0:25.2	What a shit!
0:28.2	Oh, it's warm.
0:29.2	It starts, it starts, it starts, it starts.
0:31.2	You do, you start.
0:32.2	Alright, I start. Hey everybody, I'm Kyle.
0:34.2	Rizzo, welcome back to Make Me Smart where we make the day make sense when we finally get on the air.
0:38.2	It is Friday today, the 28th of July.
0:40.2	It is a toasty 28th day of July.
0:43.2	You're going to be seeing me pat my face this whole time.
0:46.2	It's hot.
0:47.2	Thank you everyone for joining us for economics on tap our weekly happy hour.
0:51.2	The YouTube live stream is up and running so thank you to everybody who's joining us there.
0:56.2	All the folks in the fan run discord.
0:58.2	We appreciate you.
0:59.2	So today we've got news, we've got games, but of course first we have drinks and today are not alcoholic drinks.
1:06.2	Kai, what are you drinking?
1:08.2	Agua, Agua, not necessarily a Frio but you know just Agua.
1:13.2	In my Kaipiapla class, but you know, I got things to do and also I need to hydrate.
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