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Kai Ryssdal

Host and senior editor

SHORT BIO

I speak my native tongue into a microphone.

What was your first job?

Lifeguard. (Well, that and mowing lawns.)

What do you think is the hardest part of your job that no one knows?

Staying calm.

What advice do you wish someone had given you before you started this career?

Don't think — just talk.

In your next life, what would your career be?

Helicopter pilot.

Episodes Hosted by Kai (4,332)

Marketplace

How bail activism works

Jun 1, 2020
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Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly | Episode 203

These are broken times

May 29, 2020
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Some of those temporary layoffs might become permanent

May 29, 2020
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Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly | Episode 202

What does Hong Kong bring to China's economy?

May 28, 2020
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Why so many women are losing their jobs

May 28, 2020
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Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly | Episode 201

What's HBO Max?

May 27, 2020
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How to reopen colleges

May 27, 2020
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Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly | Episode 200

Back to the mall ... but is anyone buying?

May 26, 2020
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Can we have a 4-day workweek every week?

May 26, 2020
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Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly | Episode 199

Happy Friday: Your SAT scores really don't matter anymore

May 22, 2020
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Times may be tough for Iowa farmers, but planting was "gorgeous"

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
May 28, 2020
Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal checked in with Iowa corn and soybean farmer April Hemmes.
April Hemmes on her farm in 2019.
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In the coronavirus economy, consumers are saving their money

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
May 27, 2020
Lockdown closes doors to consumers. With spending down, 'velocity of money' is an important indicator to watch.
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Could the third quarter of this year be the “fastest-growing in U.S. history”?

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
May 26, 2020
It depends on how you read the data, economist Megan Greene of Harvard says.
Several people in the Trump administration, including White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, above, have said that there could be historic growth in the third quarter of this year.
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Is social distancing possible on Broadway? A discussion with Eva Price

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
May 26, 2020
Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal spoke with the Tony-winning producer about the future of the theater.
The Palace Theatre on the opening night of "West Side Story" in 2009.
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NYSE president: The stock market is "not necessarily reflective" of the economy

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
May 22, 2020
Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal spoke with NYSE President Stacey Cunningham ahead of traders returning to the floor.
New York Stock Exchange President Stacey Cunningham speaking in 2018.
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What we've learned so far about where the economy is headed

by Maria Hollenhorst and Kai Ryssdal
May 22, 2020
It’s been eight weeks since the CARES Act became law. Will the economic crisis it was meant to combat get as bad as the Great Depression?
There's still a lot that we don't know about how economic recovery will play out.
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Travel industry to be "most dislocated" by crisis, says Booking.com CEO

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
May 21, 2020
The man who leads Priceline, Kayak and other sites spoke about collapsed demand and winning the war against the virus.
Glenn Fogel, CEO of Booking Holdings.
(Photo courtesy of Booking Holdings)
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What happens if you choose not to go back to work in Texas?

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
May 20, 2020
The executive director of the Texas Workforce Commission said they're making some allowances so people who choose not to go back to work keep receiving benefits.
Employment advertisements in a 2014 newspaper in Australia.
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It's suddenly a great time to be in the meal-kit business

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
May 19, 2020
"Our volume has increased by about 100% over the past eight weeks," Purple Carrot CEO Andy Levitt says.
A farmer works in a broccoli field in March.
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Chegg CEO: In the short term, COVID-19 will be "devastating" for higher ed

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
May 19, 2020
Dan Rosensweig, CEO of educational tech company Chegg, predicts COVID-19 will dramatically change higher education as we know it.
The campus of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., is seen nearly empty as classes were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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