Where do our donated clothes end up?
Make Me Smart
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4.6 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Every year, Americans donate millions of pounds of clothing to Goodwill, including one of our listeners, who wondered, “When I drop stuff off at Goodwill, where does it go?” We’ve got an answer for that one, as well as more listener questions about economic sanctions and a predictable story about a common and increasingly pricey cooking ingredient.
Here’s a look at everything we talked about on the show today:
- “How Fed Hikes Could Affect Mortgages, Car Loans, Card Rates” from U.S. News & World Report
- U.S., allies raise sanctions pressure on Russia ahead of U.N. showdown over Ukraine from NBC News
- “US keeps imposing sanctions, but how well do they work?” from CNN
- “A Boom Time for U.S. Sanctions” from The Atlantic
- “Here’s what Goodwill really does with the stuff you donate” from The Seattle Times
- “Don’t forget the garlic (industry)” from Marketplace
- “Here’s Something That You Will Think Stinks: High Garlic Prices” from The Wall Street Journal
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| 0:43.0 | So you could put on, I was just listening to Howell, I know by Whitney Houston. |
| 0:46.0 | So I mean, you want me to sing some? |
| 0:48.1 | Yeah, there you go. |
| 0:49.1 | I was like, I could serenade you if you want. |
| 0:52.8 | I love that song. |
| 0:53.8 | I tweeted about this earlier, but I was driving to get lunch earlier. |
| 0:58.9 | I was just like dancing in my car. |
| 1:01.2 | Like, can you imagine that it was actually really awkward like to feel like you're in |
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