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Bridget Bodnar

Senior Producer

SHORT BIO

Bridget is the director of podcasts at Marketplace. She's also the host and co-creator of “Million Bazillion,” Marketplace's award-winning podcast for kids about money.

Bridget has worked at Marketplace since 2011 when she started as an intern. Since then, she's worked across multiple shows and podcasts, including for several years on the flagship evening broadcast of “Marketplace.” She was the senior producer of “Million Bazillion” and “Make Me Smart.”

Bridget is originally from Michigan but now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughters. They have a lot of cats.

Latest Stories (236)

What happens when a robot can lay bricks?

Jan 23, 2020
The story of how a small band of inventors and engineers built a machine that could lay bricks. It's way harder than it sounds.
(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Joe Raedle/Getty Images

A flower shop in Maine roots for newly arrived refugees

Dec 13, 2019
In Cynthia Anderson's "Home Now," Somalis and Congolese transform a former mill town. At a flower shop there, wariness turns to warmth.
Jamilo Maalim, on the phone, with her daughter Aaliyah and friend Binto at Mogadishu Store in Lewiston.
Amy Toensing

Do you work part time in a restaurant?

Nov 22, 2019
We're especially interested in talking to those of you who do not have a college degree.
Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images

Is there any data that says secondhand car seats aren't safe?

Nov 14, 2019
Manufacturers and retailers suggest car seats expire every six years or so. But what if that's not true?
Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images

The "Joy of Cooking," reintroduced

Nov 11, 2019
The great-grandson of the woman who wrote the beloved cookbook "The Joy of Cooking" has updated the classic for a new generation.
Courtesy of the publisher

"The next Steve Jobs might just be named Stephanie."

Nov 4, 2019
A new book outlines the experience of 31 female founders and CEOs in business today.
Illustrated by Bijou Karman/Girls Who Run the World

Bon Appétit on making the perfect Thanksgiving dinner

Nov 4, 2019
Editor-in-Chief Adam Rapoport also has some tips.
Alex Lau/Bon Appétit.

The art of the airline map

Oct 29, 2019
Original airline maps made flying all the more glamorous.

One Californian pie shop's place in the global economy

Oct 28, 2019
From doing business in Japan, to concerns about NAFTA and the trade war in China, this American company has its eye trained on the bigger picture.
Bridget Bodnar/Marketplace