What the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting says about the world economic order
Make Me Smart
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🗓️ 1 March 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
A meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump today dissolved into a heated argument in the Oval Office, flipping the switch of the global economic order. Kai Ryssdal and guest host Nova Safo discuss what they took away from the contentious meeting and what it might mean for American-style capitalism. Plus, we’ll shift gears and play a lively round of Half Full/Half Empty!
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “Trump, Vance castigate Zelensky in tense Oval Office meeting” from CNN Politics
- “Microsoft Will Shut Down Skype in Favor of a Free Version of Teams” from The New York Times
- “‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune’ to Leap to Streaming” from The New York Times
- “Why are tech companies investing in quantum computing?” from Marketplace
- “Why some authors and publishers are nixing book blurbs” from Marketplace
- “Lately, the scoop on the bond market is like ice cream roulette” from Marketplace
- “How much impact could a 24-hour “economic blackout” have?” from Marketplace
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, what a day? I did it. |
| 0:03.0 | You know, Charlton Thorpey always starts this straight to find the farm. |
| 0:06.0 | See, never any warning. |
| 0:07.0 | Dag nab horses. |
| 0:09.0 | Hey everybody, I'm Kai Rizzdell. Welcome back to Make Me Smart. Where we make today makes sense. |
| 0:13.0 | It is February the 28th. Tomorrow is March, if you believe that. |
| 0:17.0 | Can you believe it? I'm Novasopo and for Kimberly Adams today thanks |
| 0:20.9 | everybody for joining us this is economics on tap and whether you're watching the |
| 0:24.8 | YouTube live stream we see you there or listening to the podcast we're glad you're |
| 0:29.8 | with us we are we are glad you're with us yeah so we will do our usual Friday |
| 0:35.4 | thing we'll do some news we'll play game first though we will do drinks novar are you im'll do some news. We'll play a game. |
| 0:39.1 | First though, we will do drinks. |
| 0:40.4 | Now, are you imbibing this afternoon? |
| 0:40.9 | What are you doing? |
| 0:45.1 | Now, wait, we should be clear with people here as you don't get enough credit when you do the Friday podcast because you've been up since like 1 o'clock in the morning our time, right? |
| 0:48.6 | That's true. |
| 0:49.3 | I have. And normally I'd get a nap in, but I did not get a nap in today because I had to take the car in, you know, for the dealership service and stuff. |
| 0:59.7 | So, I've been busy. |
| 1:01.0 | But so no nap time. |
| 1:02.5 | That was here. |
| 1:03.1 | But I think you'll be happy to know. |
| 1:04.9 | I'm going to join you in a beer today. |
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