Make Me Smart

The way we eat the fruit and buy blue jeans has a lot to do with the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Alyssa Mastromonaco tells us about life in the Obama White House and her new book "Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?"

Singer-songwriter Marian Call on what it's like to inadvertently launch a global hashtag and work with IBM's Watson supercomputer

Lyft's co-founder and president, John Zimmer, won't mention his company's main competitor by name. Spoiler alert: It's Uber. But he is willing to say, "We've talked about being profitable next year, we feel very confident in that. We even think there's the likely scenario that we will be the first U.S. ride-share player to be profitable, and part of that is because of our focus on the United States." We've got much more with Zimmer, who along with CEO Logan Green runs the five-year-old ride-sharing company that used to describe itself as "your friend with a car."Also, President Donald Trump's new revised executive order on immigration — what does it mean for doctors, people at airports, and of course, the U.S. economy? And don't forget to check out our digital interactive chronicling the "speed bumps" faced by Lyft's main competitor. Spoiler alert: Still Uber.

Kai and Molly return to follow up on the President's address to Congress and Travis Kalanick's apology to Uber employees

Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood interview Steve Huffman, the co-founder and CEO of Reddit, a social sharing platform where more than 200 million users share everything from wholesome memes to "ask me anything" sessions with newsmakers and celebrities to topics we couldn't possibly describe. Huffman also has the "most Reddit answer" to our Make Me Smart question, and we give you a way to think about the president's budget.  Here's the letter Kai mentions up top, by the way.Subscribe to "Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly" on iTunes or your favorite podcast app.

Why reputation matters abroad, at home and at Uber. Also, we dig into the protest economy and what that means for the yarn industry.

This week, the one thing the Trump administration isn't talking about, David Frum answers our Make Me Smart question, and Part 2 of how to trust government numbers

Kai and Molly talk with author Tim Wu about net neutrality and his new book "The Attention Merchants."

"Italian leather boots are no joke," and other life lessons.