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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

  • Sep 29, 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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  • Sep 28, 2007

    Fighting wrong enemy in cancer ‘war’

    Author Devra Davis says in her new book, The Secret History of the War on Cancer, we're going about it the wrong way — treating the disease, while all but ignoring the lifestyle and environmental factors that lead to a greater risk of getting cancer in the first place.

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  • Sep 27, 2007

    Major events, major policies

    Author and social critic Naomi Klein's new book argues that disasters or major events provide an opening for governments to make changes in economic policy that they otherwise wouldn't have been able to do. She talked with Kai Ryssdal.

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  • Sep 26, 2007

    PowerSet searches for online niche

    Last month Google handled 54% of all Internet searches in the United States, Yahoo 20%. Yet, that dominance isn't deterring a company called PowerSet from entering the search business. Leo LaPorte explained its efforts to Kai Ryssdal.

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  • Sep 26, 2007

    Housing sales take a dive

    The housing news out today was especialy bleak. Sales of existing homes fell for the sixth-straight month to the lowest point in five years. Kai Ryssdal has more.

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  • Sep 25, 2007

    Union is set for a long standoff

    The UAW is about as set as it can be for a walkout, with about $800 million in its strike fund — enough to give every striker $200 a day and medical benefits for two months. Kai Ryssdal talked with Doug Rademacher, president of UAW local 602 in Lansing, Mich.

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  • Sep 22, 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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  • Sep 21, 2007

    Powerhouses stumble on level field

    Prestigious college football programs at Notre Dame, Michigan and UCLA have gotten off to rough starts this season with surprising losses to seemingly lesser schools. Our analyst Ed Derse says the business side of the sport might be adding a little parity to the game.

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  • Sep 18, 2007

    What did he say, exactly?

    Former Fed chief Alan Greenspan is making the rounds plugging his new memoir and commenting on the economy. But when it comes to getting his views on the threat of recession? You still need to check and re-check.

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  • Sep 15, 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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