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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Dec 13, 2007
Investing with a mission
Some people in the field of grant giving now believe charities can improve their social returns by becoming investors, not just donors. It's an idea called mission investing. Mark Kramer, founder of FSG Consulting, explains it to Kai Ryssdal.
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Dec 12, 2007
‘Embedded giving’ good for the taking
Charities are making it easier than ever to give by dropping a dollar at the check-out stand or including a donation in a product's purchase price. Philanthropy consultant Lucy Bernholz tells Kai Ryssdal about the concept called embedded giving.
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Dec 12, 2007
But Ben, they were expecting more
Mr. Bernanke and his colleagues at the Federal Open Market Committee cut short-term interest rates a quarter of a point today. But Wall Street and everybody else was banking on a half-point cut. Kai Ryssdal has the details.
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Dec 7, 2007
Do steroid findings weaken scandals?
A report earlier this week said tests done on 50 over-the-counter supplements showed traces of steroids in 13 of them. And those traces weren't mentioned on the labels. Business of sports analyst Diana Nyad talks with Kai Ryssdal about the Marketplace side of the story.
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Dec 5, 2007
A look at listener mail
Kai Ryssdal reviews comments from listeners regarding our coverage of the Mom 2B expo, the Hollywood writers strike, a Mattoon, Illinois, burger restaurant and our interview with eBay CEO Meg Whitman.
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Dec 4, 2007
Prospecting in ‘frontier markets’
Vietnam is one of the most promising of what have come to be called "frontier markets" — emerging economies that haven't quite emerged yet. John Authers of the Financial Times provides his insight.
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Dec 4, 2007
Paulson to offer fix for mortgage mess
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says he hopes by the end of the week to have a plan for fixing some of the subprime mortgage meltdown — but it's not going to be easy. Kai Ryssdal has more.
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Dec 1, 2007
Iraqi refugees returning, but to what?
Tens of thousands of Iraqi refugees are estimated to have returned home. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Syria says hundreds of Iraqis are leaving every day. Kai Ryssdal talks with the agency's Sybella Wilkes in Damascus.
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Dec 1, 2007
Week on Wall Street
Stockbroker and business analyst David Johnson talks with Kai Ryssdal about what happened on Wall Street this week and what may lie ahead.
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Nov 30, 2007
Interview transcript: Meg Whitman
CONVERSATIONS FROM THE CORNER OFFICE: eBay President and CEO Meg Whitman.
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