Make Me Smart

American Public Media

Each weekday, Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams makes today make sense along with her Marketplace colleagues, breaking down happenings in tech, the economy, and culture. Because none of us is as smart as all of us.

Episodes

The TikTok-ification of music marketing

The highs and lows of the global art market

Kimberly's final cheers on "Economics on Tap"

How the new WNBA CBA transforms player pay

The new fight for states' rights under Trump

From "This Is Uncomfortable": Wait...where did my retirement money go?

It's tough out there for new college grads

How second chance employment is lowering recidivism in the U.S.

The economic outlook of the great outdoors

Mass deportations don’t lead to more jobs for Americans. Why does the myth persist?

Vietnam's economy on the rise

Seattle's tech industry blues

Anthropic’s head of economics answers our questions about AI and the job market

Here’s how the ultrarich avoid paying taxes

"Marketplace" Live

Rejecting climate doomerism with solarpunk

Who can stop insider trading on prediction markets?

ICE and the “wide, deep and ever-growing” surveillance state

Make Me Smart: Lunar Edition

One wild year of Trump's tariffs