{"podcast":{"title":"Make Me Smart","slug":"make-me-smart-678917","podcast_index_feed_id":678917,"rss_url":"https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/make-me-smart","website_url":"https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-me-smart","image_url":"https://img.apmcdn.org/cb9f0002f165ccf435941a35d828395459c9b053/uncropped/578f91-20250523-make-me-smart-updated-art-3000.png","author":"Marketplace","episode_count":250,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-me-smart-678917"},"episode":{"title":"How the new WNBA CBA transforms player pay","slug":"how-the-new-wnba-cba-transforms-player-pay","published_at":"2026-05-07T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-me-smart-678917/how-the-new-wnba-cba-transforms-player-pay","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-me-smart-678917","url":"https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2026/05/06/how-the-new-wnba-cba-transforms-player-pay","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/marketplace/make_me_smart/2026/05/07/mms_20260507_MMS_128.mp3?awCollectionId=mkp-MMsmrt&awEpisodeId=01KQYX0HJX2FTB83S030557KPV","summary":"The WNBA’s 30th season tips off tomorrow. This year, things look a lot different for players after the league and players union recently signed a landmark collective bargaining agreement (CBA). On today’s show, The Athletic’s Annie Costabile joins Kimberly to break down how the deal has transformed the way players are paid. Plus, has women’s basketball ever really been given the chance to maximize its earning potential?","meta_description":"The WNBA’s 30th season tips off tomorrow. This year, things look a lot different for players after the league and players union recently signed a landmark…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1147,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/make-me-smart-678917/episodes/how-the-new-wnba-cba-transforms-player-pay/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-me-smart-678917/how-the-new-wnba-cba-transforms-player-pay.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}