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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 (5,949)

Make Me Smart | Episode 1163

The price tag on friendship

May 17, 2024
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"The granddaddy of all stock indices"

May 17, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1162

Whaddya wanna know about key inflation measures?

May 16, 2024
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Walmart, Wayfair and . . . wool?

May 16, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1161

The great Bumble fumble

May 15, 2024
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The inflation cooldown we've been waiting for?

May 15, 2024
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Biden hits Chinese goods with new tariffs

May 14, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1160

From "Million Bazillion": What are labor unions?

May 14, 2024
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Is the U.S. ready to be a chipmaking superpower?

May 10, 2024
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Democracy is critical to prosperity, Treasury secretary says 

May 9, 2024
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Pro-Israel Americans want new voice

by Kai Ryssdal
May 12, 2008
A new Jewish lobbying firm called "J Street" has set up shop in Washington. Kai Ryssdal talks with its Executive Director Jeremy Ben Ami about why the group thinks there's room for a different approach to the Middle East and foreign policy.
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What will Americans do with rebates?

by Kai Ryssdal
May 8, 2008
Tax-rebate checks go out Friday as part of the $150 billion economic stimulus effort. And retailers are eager for a cut of your cash. We went looking for some of the more unusual ways people are planning to spend their rebates. Kai Ryssdal reports.
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Food Fight

Food shortages not going away soon

by Kai Ryssdal
May 7, 2008
Agricultural economists have been saying for years that we were due for a global food crisis. Still, for most of us, the current worldwide spike in food commodity prices has come from out of the blue. Today, Kai Ryssdal begins our special series, "Food Fight."
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Cuba reforms don't herald much change

by Kai Ryssdal
May 7, 2008
Cuba has eased restrictions on certain products, such as computers, that its citizens previously weren't allowed to buy. But reporter David Adams, who recently visited the country, tells Kai Ryssdal that significant change is a long way off.
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Week on Wall Street

by Kai Ryssdal
May 2, 2008
Stockbroker and business analyst David Johnson chats with host Kai Ryssdal about what happened on Wall Street this week and what may lie ahead.
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After the draft, it's contract season

by Kai Ryssdal
May 1, 2008
Now that last weekend's NFL draft is over the hard work starts for lawyers and agents trying to hammer out multimillion-dollar contracts for their college-age athletes. Business-of-sports analyst Diana Nyad gets into the details with Kai Ryssdal.
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Citigroup dilutes value in stock sale

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 30, 2008
Like other banks hit by the credit crunch, Citigroup is selling off stock to raise money -- diluting the stock's value. Michael Holland of the Holland & Company investment firm, talks with Kai Ryssdal about the impact such moves have on investors.
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Shelf Life

Fishing for crabs, dealing with danger

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 29, 2008
The Discovery Channel just started the third season of its hit show "Deadliest Catch," a wild ride with crab fishermen on the Bering Sea. Kai Ryssdal talks with the two stars, brothers Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand.
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Food Fight

Rising food prices leave millions hungry

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 28, 2008
Hundreds of millions of the world's poorest consumers are suffering greatly as the global cost of food has soared. Washington Post reporter Anthony Faioloa met some of them recently in western Africa. He talks with Kai Ryssdal about what he saw.
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Shelf Life

The bottom line? Lighten up a bit

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 25, 2008
In their new book, "The Levity Effect," Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher contend that having a sense of humor in the office can actually help the bottom line. They shared that view with Kai Ryssdal.
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