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Kai Ryssdal

Host and senior editor

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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 (4,250)

Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly | Episode 162

What are we not talking about ... while we're talking about coronavirus?

Apr 1, 2020
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Why ventilators are getting more expensive

Apr 1, 2020
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Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly | Episode 161

So, when are we getting that $1,200 check?

Mar 31, 2020
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How the COVID-19 crisis compares to the Great Depression

Mar 31, 2020
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Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly | Episode 160

Things can always get worse

Mar 30, 2020
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Is it ethical to shop online right now?

Mar 30, 2020
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Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly | Episode 159

Happy hour for an unhappy time

Mar 27, 2020
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Small businesses are barely hanging on

Mar 27, 2020
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Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly | Episode 158

Reminder: the markets don't care if you live or die

Mar 26, 2020
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Those medical supplies hospitals need? They're overseas.

Mar 26, 2020
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Latest Stories from Kai (5,064)

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Shipping in the age of COVID-19

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Apr 1, 2020
How a Mississippi barge business is navigating the coronavirus outbreak.
A tug pushes a barge down the Mississippi River through St. Paul, Minnesota.
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What sound does a volatile stock market make?

by Kai Ryssdal and Alli Fam
Mar 31, 2020
We know what the data looks like. But what if we could hear it?
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What the Great Depression can teach us about today’s financial turmoil

by Maria Hollenhorst and Kai Ryssdal
Mar 31, 2020
We are facing a very different kind of financial turmoil today, but there are some lessons in looking back.
What happened during the Great Depression is very different from what is happening today, but there are some lessons in that history.
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Musician-writer Dessa on what happens when artists' gigs go away

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Mar 30, 2020
"What are we supposed to do when we've got to stay apart?" said musician and writer Dessa.
“I think we are gonna have this big boom of art in the next few months as people are hunkering down over their keyboards,” Dessa says.
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Much of the economy has stopped. Rent and other payments haven't.

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Mar 30, 2020
Millions of people's incomes have been reduced or disappeared completely because of COVID-19, and rent day is just around the corner.
A pedestrian walks by a San Francisco restaurant closed because of COVID-19.
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Dallas Fed president calls policies relief, rather than stimulus

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Mar 27, 2020
Dallas Fed president Robert Kaplan joined us to discuss the many challenges ahead.
President and CEO of the Dallas Federal Reserve, Robert Kaplan
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For the gig economy, emergency aid will be crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic

by Kai Ryssdal and Krissy Clark
Mar 26, 2020
In a historic move, gig and freelance workers will qualify for unemployment benefits.
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Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson: "The impact to people's lives will be profound."

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Mar 26, 2020
The hotel industry has been decimated by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson announced thousands of employees would be furloughed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A hair stylist choosing between her livelihood and flattening the curve

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Mar 25, 2020
Ashley Nelson wasn’t forced to stop working, but she decided to anyway.
Ashley Nelson, a hair stylist at the Collab Salon in Boise, Idaho, recently decided to stop taking appointments because of COVID-19.
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How a mortgage broker is dealing with an ailing market

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Mar 25, 2020
Los Angeles mortgage broker Vivian Gueler is expecting a drop in the value of real estate.
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