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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

  • Oct 24, 2007

    Doing legal battle with terrorism funders

    The Bush Administration has had a difficult time fully prosecuting organizations accused of financing terrorism. Kai Ryssdal talks with Dennis Lormel, who ran the FBI's terrorist financing task force, about uncovering these funding networks.

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  • Oct 19, 2007

    More than a daily dose of Jon Stewart

    How does a television company get around its clips being posted on YouTube? Viacom has a solution that even The Daily Show might not poke fun at. Well…

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  • Oct 19, 2007

    Ready for some football, rugby style?

    England and South Africa will scrum it up in the final of the Rugby World Cup this weekend. Marketplace business-of-sports analyst Ed Derse talks with Kai Ryssdal about what's in play.

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  • Oct 18, 2007

    Tabasco not such hot stuff anymore

    The spicy red sauce created by the McIlhenny family isn't as hot a market leader as it once was. Jeffrey Rothfeder, who has written a book about the product and the family, explains to Kai Ryssdal.

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  • Oct 18, 2007

    Slow growth, less foreign money … Worry?

    The Fed says growth has slowed almost everywhere in the nation. And the Treasury Department says foreign investors are pulling their money out of U.S. markets at a record pace. What's this mean? Kai Ryssdal got the views of Alec Young of Standard & Poor's Equity Research.

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  • Oct 17, 2007

    Guinness popularity yet to reach a head

    What makes Guinness beer such an integral part of pubs worldwide? Writer Bill Yenne talked to everyone from its master brewer to pubgoers and put their thoughts into a new book. He shared some of them with Kai Ryssdal.

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  • Oct 17, 2007

    Our listeners talk back

    Kai Ryssdal reviews listeners' concerns about NHL hockey, poker, logging, "supremely ugly" clothing, scuba diving and — oy! — is it Yiddish or Hebrew?

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  • Oct 17, 2007

    Telecoms are caught between branches

    Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill want companies such as Verizon and MCI to detail how they've participated in federal eavedropping. But the companies say the executive branch won't let them tell. Evan Perez of the Wall Street Journal explains with Kai Ryssdal.

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  • Oct 13, 2007

    Week on Wall Street

    Stockbroker and business analyst David Johnson talks with host Kai Ryssdal about what happened on Wall Street this week and what may lie ahead.

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  • Oct 12, 2007

    Fox takes aim at "anti-biz" CNBC

    Fox News positioned itself as the cable news antidote to the "liberal" CNN. Now it's trying to work that same magic against CNBC with a new business news channel. Media critic Tim Rutten talks about Roger Ailes' next big move.

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