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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

How much should Obama weigh in?

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 8, 2008
President-elect Obama has been fairly guarded in his pronouncements as to what ought to be done with the economy before he takes office, even as some in both parties are calling for him to be more involved. Kai Ryssdal gets some perspective from James Thurber of American University.
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Economic anxiety permeates workplace

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 5, 2008
With layoffs and cutbacks, some workplaces have become downright bleak. Kai Ryssdal looks at how downsizing is impacting businesses and their employees.
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Clinton's debt becomes State issue

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 5, 2008
Sen. Hillary Clinton still owes $7 million in campaign debts, and there are laws that won't allow her to raise the money if she's confirmed as Secretary of State. Jeanne Cummings of Politico discusses Clinton's options with Kai Ryssdal.
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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Weekly Wrap: A few ups, lots of downs

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 5, 2008
In our Weekly Wrap, Kai Ryssdal talks with Fortune's Leigh Gallagher Portfolio.com's Felix Salmon about this week's jobs numbers, the "official" recession, the whip-sawing markets, and the automakers' continued pleas to Congress.
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Taking Stock

Taking Stock: Global impact of crisis

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 4, 2008
All the economic troubles might have started in the United States, but they haven't ended here. Kai Ryssdal talks with Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen about the global impacts.
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Recession slows pro sports action

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 4, 2008
Professional sports haven't been immune to problems from the recession. But business-of-sports commentator Diana Nyad tells Kai Ryssdal the sports having the most trouble are the ones with the biggest toys.
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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

How would Treasury's plan work?

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 4, 2008
To find out how Treasury's mortgage rate-cut plan might come together -- or whether it's even possible -- Kai Ryssdal talks with Susan Wachter, professor of real estate at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Michelle Obama's style closely watched

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 3, 2008
There is big buzz about who's going to dress Michelle Obama for the inauguration. To help figure out what that might mean for clothing retailers, Kai Ryssdal talked with Kate Betts, editor-in-chief of Time's Style & Design.
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Marketplace Off Air

Show me the money...

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 3, 2008
Looking to get yourself a chunk of the bailout? Wondering how to go about it? Vanity Fair's Bruce Feirstein has the form you need to fill out.
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GM vs. Toyota

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 2, 2008
Part of the Detroit bailout debate has been whether GM, in particular, has too many brands....
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