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 10, 2008
Our sharp listeners get to the point
Kai Ryssdal reviews letters from our listeners about acupuncture, Social Security's disability benefits, David Frum's take on immigration policy, and the correct way to pronounce "nuclear."
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Sep 10, 2008
Is Fannie or Freddie in your portfolio?
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Do your retirement funds have any Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac stock in them? If so, you may want to check how much you've lost. Kai Ryssdal did, and he talks with Marketplace Money host Tess Vigeland about the financial hit you might not be aware of.
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Sep 9, 2008
Lots of questions still surround bailout
There's more we don't know about what's going to happen in the mortgage finance market than we do know. To get some perspective on the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Kai talks with Karen Shaw Petrou at Federal Financial Analytics.
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Sep 6, 2008
Big Story: Falling oil prices
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Oil has been a big story all week, as hedge funds and traders have tried to figure out what the falling prices mean. Tess Vigeland takes a closer look with Kai Ryssdal.
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Sep 5, 2008
Beginning 10 years ago, search was on
A decade ago this week all of our lives started to change just a little bit. Google was born. And now it seems you almost can't go anywhere — on the Web, at least — without using it to search and do many other things. Kai Ryssdal takes a look.
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Sep 5, 2008
Southeast prepares for Hanna’s arrival
The hurricane watch has shifted away from the Gulf Coast to Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas as tropical storm Hanna approaches. Kai Ryssdal talked with two business owners who are getting ready.
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Sep 4, 2008
Looking inside the ‘Subprime Solution’
Yale economist Robert Shiller's been watching the real estate market for a long time. He's the author of a new book called "The Subprime Solution." Since that would be a pretty popular thing right now, Kai Ryssdal asked him to explain it.
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Sep 4, 2008
Abu Dhabi fund goes Hollywood
A branch of one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds — the Abu Dhabi fund — plans to spend $1 billion over five years to produce and distribute feature films in Hollywood. Ali Jaafar of Variety discusses the details with Kai Ryssdal.
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Sep 3, 2008
Google has shiny new Chrome browser
The Internet search giant is adding a browser to its mix of products. Rafe Needleman of CNET.com was at Google's announcement today. He shares the details with Kai Ryssdal.
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Aug 30, 2008
Ending 19 years of Week on Wall Street
In his final appearance on our regular Friday segment, stockbroker and business analyst David Johnson reflects with host Kai Ryssdal on his 19 years of watching the markets.
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