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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.

Latest from Kai Ryssdal

  • Nov 1, 2007

    Pumpkin tax hits like pie in the face

    The Iowa Department of Revenue has decided pumpkins sold for decoration and not eating should be taxed. Kai Ryssdal talked to pumpkin-patch operator Bob Kautz about the decision and the slice it's taken from his profits.

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  • Oct 31, 2007

    Letters from our listeners

    Kai Ryssdal reviews some of the letters we've received about our coverage and commentaries on, among other things, the farm bill, Oregon voters, books on tape in Atlanta, and the Boston Red Sox.

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  • Oct 30, 2007

    Fake Steve Jobs has real ‘Options’

    Since early 1996, Dan Lyons has been maintaining a blog with the name Fake Steve Jobs. He was unmasked as the author this past summer, wrapping up a tech-world whodunit. Now he's got a book out as Fake Steve called "Options." He talks with Kai Ryssdal.

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  • Oct 27, 2007

    Does the term ‘bubble’ come to mind?

    At a conference for programmers of applications for the social-networking website Facebook, the excitement seems eerily similar to a period about 10 years ago.

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  • Oct 27, 2007

    Big banks’ subprime fund not so super?

    Former Treasury Secy. John Snow says he doubts that a so-called superfund set up by big banks to cushion the mortgage meltdown is going to work. Kai Ryssdal talked with Reuters columnist James Saft to find out why not.

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  • Oct 26, 2007

    A salesman at heart

    Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts may be a nonprofit, but CEO Reynold Levy still needs to "sell" the business to grow in a competitive market. He discusses enterprising in the second part of his interview with Kai Ryssdal.

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  • Oct 26, 2007

    Should old ISP have to forward e-mail?

    The FCC is considering a request to require Internet service providers like AOL to forward your e-mail to whichever new account you're using now. Declan McCullagh at CNET explains why that might not be as logical as it sounds.

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  • Oct 26, 2007

    Reynold Levy bio

    CONVERSATIONS FROM THE CORNER OFFICE — Reynold Levy is president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

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  • Oct 25, 2007

    If Sox win, the furniture’s free!

    Last spring, a Boston furniture company offered to refund the purchase price of whatever people bought — if the Red Sox won the World Series. Game 1 is tonight.

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  • Oct 25, 2007

    Web 2.0 has Internet money flowing again

    Microsoft has announced it's going to buy 1.5% of the social networking site Facebook for $240 million — beating out Google for the prize. Kai Ryssdal did some networking with venture capitalist Todd Dagres, asking him to size up the deal.

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