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What have you always wondered about the economy? Tell us

Kai Ryssdal

Host and senior editor

SHORT BIO

I speak my native tongue into a microphone.

What was your first job?

Lifeguard. (Well, that and mowing lawns.)

What do you think is the hardest part of your job that no one knows?

Staying calm.

What advice do you wish someone had given you before you started this career?

Don't think — just talk.

In your next life, what would your career be?

Helicopter pilot.

Episodes Hosted by Kai (4,623)

Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly | Episode 356

The state of the union is ... not great

Jan 26, 2021
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Marketplace

Letting the economy run hot

Jan 26, 2021
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Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly | Episode 355

How GameStop became a "meme stock"

Jan 25, 2021
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Marketplace

The presidential promise to "buy American"

Jan 25, 2021
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Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly | Episode 354

Peloton? AYFKM

Jan 22, 2021
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The challenges of a short-staffed bureaucracy

Jan 22, 2021
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Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly | Episode 353

Meet the new COVID-19 variant, CAL.20C

Jan 21, 2021
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Marketplace

"It only took a couple centuries, the first female secretary of the treasury"

Jan 21, 2021
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Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly | Episode 352

Who pays for the inauguration?

Jan 20, 2021
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Marketplace

President Biden's first order of business

Jan 20, 2021
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Latest Stories (5,249)

$400 million fine slapped on Fannie Mae

by Kai Ryssdal
May 23, 2006
A scathing government report accuses Fannie Mae of "arrogant and unethical" financial practices. Host Kai Ryssdal asks Wall Street Journal reporter James R. Hagerty whether the company really needed to be cooking the books.
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1. Pick a mayor; 2. Rebuild the city

by Kai Ryssdal
May 22, 2006
Marketplace's Sam Eaton tells host Kai Ryssdal that with their mayoral election behind them, New Orleans' residents are now keying on Mayor Ray Nagin to lead the city's recovery.
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Making sense of network neutrality

by Kai Ryssdal
May 17, 2006
Legislation moving through Congress would allow Internet providers to charge differing rates to different companies. It's part of the most drastic change to telecom law since 1996. Kai Ryssdal talks to Lisa Napoli about why we should care.
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Sumner Redstone: Staying on top

by Kai Ryssdal
May 15, 2006
In our continuing series of interviews with corporate leaders, "Conversations From the Corner Office," Kai Ryssdal discusses strategy, and fish tanks, with the chairman of Viacom and CBS.
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Sumner Redstone: "Content is king"

by Kai Ryssdal
May 15, 2006
Kai Ryssdal talks with the CBS and Viacom chairman about his more than 50 years in the media business and how he's stayed on top for so long.
Sumner Redstone, seated, and from left, Elizabeth M.Daley, Steven Spielberg, Frank Price, George Lucas and C.L. Max Nikias attend the dedication of the Sumner M. Redstone Production Building at the University of Southern California in 2013 in Los Angeles.
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When the only thing left to say is 'I'm sorry'

by Kai Ryssdal
May 10, 2006
A public apology is something of a ritual when companies are caught misbehaving. Paul Slansky tells host Kai Ryssdal about some of those apologies from the book he co-wrote called "My Bad."
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Alternative fuel not so new

by Kai Ryssdal
May 1, 2006
With gas prices so high, host Kai Ryssdal talks to our Pulitzer Prize-winning auto critic Dan Neil about green technologies. Where has the auto industry been? And where is it going?
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All the problems in China

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 20, 2006
Chinese President Hu Jintao met President Bush today in Washington. Intellectual property protection was discussed, but the Chinese government is unlikely to do much to quell the problem, piracy expert Andrew Mertha tells host Kai Ryssdal. That's because China has too many other problems right now.<br /><b>Latest in a series: The Price of Piracy.</b>
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Corner Office

Charles Schwab: Putting himself out front

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 15, 2006
Kai Ryssdal talks with Charles Schwab about the evolution of the discount brokerage business and how he came to be the face of the company.
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Corner Office

Mattel's Bob Eckert on what makes a good toy

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 14, 2006
Toymakers are in New York this week, showing off their wares at the industry's big annual trade show. Kai Ryssdal talks with Mattel CEO Bob Eckert about what makes a good toy, and why such a fun business can be so tough.
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