Kai Ryssdal

Host and Senior Editor

Kai is the host and senior editor of “Marketplace,” the most widely heard program on business and the economy — radio or television, commercial or public broadcasting — in the country. Kai speaks regularly with CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, startup entrepreneurs, small-business owners and everyday participants in the American and global economies. Before his career in broadcasting, Kai served in the United States Navy and United States Foreign Service. He’s a graduate of Emory University and Georgetown University. Kai lives in Los Angeles with his wife and four children.

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Feb 1, 2008
Sports fans keep paying the price
Will Leitch, author of "God Save The Fan," talks with Kai Ryssdal about how sports leagues take their fans for granted — and the fans keep coming back.
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Jan 31, 2008
Georgia left to dry
Facing record drought, Georgia's environmental officials are limiting most outdoor uses of water, including filling swimming pools. Atlanta reporter Lateef Mungin talks with Kai Ryssdal about how Georgia's businesses are taking the news.
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Jan 31, 2008
McCain’s economic plan: Look long-term
Each of the presidential candidates is trying to convince voters he or she will be the best choice to deal with difficult economic times. To find out how Sen. John McCain might perform, Kai Ryssdal talked with his senior economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin.
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Jan 30, 2008
How many countries are in your jeans?
Your blue jeans may be a good indicator of just how global the economy is. Rachel Louise Snyder follows tells the story of a pair of pants in the global marketplace in her book "Fugitive Denim." She talks with Kai Ryssdal.
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Jan 29, 2008
A talk with Giuliani’s economic adviser
Marketplace begins a series of interviews today with presidential candidates' economic advisers. Kai Ryssdal talks with economist David Malpass about the views of his candidate, Republican Rudy Giuliani.
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Jan 26, 2008
Week on Wall Street
Stockbroker and business analyst David Johnson chats with host Kai Ryssdal about what happened on Wall Street this week and what may lie ahead.
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Jan 26, 2008
Merger talk takes wing in slow economy
Fears of a recession seem to be solidifying aviation merger talk. Kai Ryssdal talks about the latest rumors with Marty Moylan, who covers the airline industry for Minnesota Public Radio.
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Jan 25, 2008
A primer on bond insurers’ mess
New York's insurance regulator says investment banks may have to pony up as much as $15 billion to bail out their insurance companies. Why? Kai Ryssdal turns to Marilyn Cohen of Envision Capital Management to get a bond-insurance primer.
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Jan 24, 2008
Attention Gaza shoppers! Egypt’s open
An estimated 350,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip went on a buying spree in Egypt today when masked gunmen blew holes in a border wall. Kai Ryssdal talks with economist Youssef Dauod in the West Bank about what the Palestinians need most.
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Jan 24, 2008
. . . And in other business news
It may not seem like it, but there was a lot of other business news going on today beyond the general economic concerns. Kai Ryssdal gives a quick wrap-up of what was going on.
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