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Kai Ryssdal

Host and Senior Editor

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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.

Episodes by Kai (5,927)

Make Me Smart | Episode 1142

What you need to know about tariffs

Apr 18, 2024
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Will AI be the dot-com bubble all over again?

Apr 18, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1140

What we often get wrong about teens and screen time

Apr 16, 2024
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Slow and steady global growth

Apr 16, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1138

The rise of the (tax) resistance

Apr 15, 2024
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Playing an economic guessing game

Apr 15, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1138

Why owning a car is getting so expensive

Apr 12, 2024
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The subminimum wage for tipped workers is on the table

Apr 12, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1137

Bonds, Boeing and Beyoncé

Apr 11, 2024
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The ECB could beat the Fed to rate cuts 

Apr 11, 2024
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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Chalking up the losses of 2008

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 29, 2008
Watching the stock market spiral downward this year was pretty tough. As the market went south, so did our retirement savings, college funds and other investments. Kai Ryssdal speaks with Robert Reich about those losses and how we're coping with them.
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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Weekly Wrap: What's ahead in 2009?

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 26, 2008
When it comes to the economy in 2009, there's more we can't anticipate than we can. Kai Ryssdal tries a bit of looking into the future with Michael Mandel of Business Week and political scientist Dan Drezner of Tufts University.
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Our 'Rock Band' needs some practice

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 25, 2008
The video music game Rock Band continues to be a popular item among gamers and the less technically inclined. Kai Ryssdal and some Marketplace rockers checked it out with Kevin Pereira from G4 television.
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Seeing some bright spots in real estate

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 11, 2008
Brett White, CEO of commercial real estate firm CB Richard Ellis, tells Kai Ryssdal that while there's no question things are bad in commercial real estate, they're not all that bad.
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Why bubbles are so hard to see

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 11, 2008
The current financial crisis should teach Wall Street a few lessons. But Wall Street insider Henry Blodget tells Kai Ryssdal why the meltdown has happened and why it could happen again.
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Finding opportunity in recession

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 11, 2008
The economic downturn is affecting commercial real estate different than residential. CB Richard Ellis CEO Brett White talks about how his company is adapting to the times.
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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Panel has lots of questions for Treasury

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 10, 2008
The Congressional Oversight Panel for Economic Stabilization is set to question the Treasury Department's strategy for the $700 billion bailout. Elizabeth Warren, the panel's chair, discusses her views with Kai Ryssdal.
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Best way to donate? Do your research

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 10, 2008
If you're facing harder times but still want to give back, you may think the best way is through volunteering. But Holden Karnofsky, co-founder of a charity evaluation website, says your time would be better spent finding a nonprofit worthy of your money.
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Letters: Cars, health care and Santa

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 9, 2008
Listeners respond to the proposed bailout of the auto industry, one of our guests' comments on health care, and whether Santa Claus is real.
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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Saving homes through mass appeal

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 9, 2008
At Mary Immaculate Parish in Pacoima, Calif., dozens of parishioners are at risk of losing their homes. Father John Lasseigne's been trying to help them by organizing them to negotiate with their banks. He talks with Kai Ryssdal.
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