Will corporate America stand up?
Make Me Smart
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4.6 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Today we’re looking ahead to next week, when kids 6 months to 5 years old should finally get access to a COVID vaccine. It’s giving us spring 2021 flashbacks. Then we’ll touch on the latest in rising infla — HEY, PAY ATTENTION, THIS IS IMPORTANT! Plus, climate change and the significance of corporate America speaking out about the threats to our democracy. We’ll wrap up the week with a round of our favorite game, Half Full / Half Empty.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “Why some parents are skeptical about covid vaccines for young children” from The Washington Post
- WMO Weather Reports 2050 – France
- “Fed Raises Interest Rates In Effort To — Hey, Pay Attention, This Is Important!” from The Onion
- “Bill Gates says crypto and NFTs are a sham” from CNN
- “Squid Game” Reality TV Show Coming to Netflix from The Hollywood Reporter
- “Pardon Me, Do You Have Any Grey Poupon Ice Cream? The Dijon Mustard-Flavored Treat Is Now Available Nationwide” from Food & Wine magazine
- “U.K. weighs whether to restore its old system of imperial measurements” from Marketplace
- “Does this AI know it’s alive?” from Vox
We’ll be off Monday to observe Juneteenth. Join us Tuesday for a deep dive about inflation. In the meantime, keep sending your inflation- and non-inflation- related questions to makemesmart@marketplace.org and (508) 827-6278 or (508) U-B-SMART.
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| 0:00.0 | All right time for me to shake my back. |
| 0:06.0 | Oh, that was good timing. What's it? |
| 0:08.0 | Yes, we're starting. |
| 0:10.0 | Hello everyone. I am Kim Burley Adams. |
| 0:13.0 | Welcome back to Make Me Smart. |
| 0:15.0 | Where we try to make today make sense on Fridays cocktails. |
| 0:19.0 | And that sound you hear is our future. I'm Kyle Rizzo. |
| 0:23.0 | Thanks everybody for joining us on this Friday afternoon for economics on tap. |
| 0:26.0 | Whether you're on the YouTube live stream or listening to podcast or you're on the Discord. |
| 0:29.0 | We are just glad you're here. So now that you're pouring Kimberly, what do you have in? |
| 0:34.0 | I'm trying something new today based on random stuff I had at home. |
| 0:39.0 | This is lemon cello and tequila, ginger ale, mint and bitters. |
| 0:47.0 | What? Wow. I don't that's so interesting to me. |
| 0:52.0 | You're one of those people with cocktails who can do it. |
| 0:54.0 | And it's delicious. |
| 0:55.0 | It's delicious. Right fine. Find stuff in the cabinet and throw it all together. |
| 0:59.0 | I don't have that creativity gene in me. |
| 1:02.0 | Well, look at you. |
| 1:03.0 | No, I'm great. |
| 1:04.0 | Yes, you have to have the garnish and the pretty glass. |
| 1:08.0 | Yes, yes, yes. |
| 1:09.0 | That is awesome. |
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