Make Me Smart

772 Episodes

1. Trump’s race for the world’s rare earth minerals

   Published: 3/26/2025
2. The Trump administration’s big group chat fail

   Published: 3/24/2025
3. Our tribute to cherry blossom season

   Published: 3/21/2025
4. We answer more of your questions about tariffs

   Published: 3/20/2025
5. U.S. trade tensions with the EU just got tenser

   Published: 3/20/2025
6. What we can learn from a past tariff tiff (rerun)

   Published: 3/18/2025
7. We have a constitutional crisis. Now what?

   Published: 3/18/2025
8. Shutdown averted. How it all went down.

   Published: 3/15/2025
9. “Tariff on the brain”

   Published: 3/13/2025
10. Let’s talk about Newsom the Govcaster

    Published: 3/12/2025
11. Unpacking our collective COVID-19 trauma, five years on

    Published: 3/12/2025
12. Will climate tax credits stay or go?

    Published: 3/11/2025
13. Oh, the irony!

    Published: 3/8/2025
14. Your questions about government economic data answered

    Published: 3/6/2025
15. What is even happening with the politics of this economy?!

    Published: 3/6/2025
16. Angel City FC and the rise of women’s pro soccer

    Published: 3/5/2025
17. What is an economy of caution?

    Published: 3/4/2025
18. What the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting says about the world economic order

    Published: 3/1/2025
19. Whaddya wanna know about federal layoffs and this economy?

    Published: 2/28/2025
20. An asteroid miss and the WaPo opinion shift

    Published: 2/27/2025