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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 (5,929)

Make Me Smart | Episode 1143

A revamp for Title IX

Apr 19, 2024
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It's a good time to be an asset owner

Apr 19, 2024
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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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It's a fact: Charity pays dividends

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 14, 2007
It may be counterintuitive that the mere act of giving money away will make your bank balance grow. But Syracuse University economist Arthur Brooks says that's exactly what happens. He talks with Kai Ryssdal.
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Week on Wall Street

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 14, 2007
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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Baseball's full of cheaters

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 13, 2007
Former Senator George Mitchell's report on illegal drug use in Major League Baseball was released today. Every team in the league had either a player or former player on the list. Kurt Badenhausen of Forbes magazine talked about the report with Kai Ryssdal.
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Investing with a mission

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 12, 2007
Some people in the field of grant giving now believe charities can improve their social returns by becoming investors, not just donors. It's an idea called mission investing. Mark Kramer, founder of FSG Consulting, explains it to Kai Ryssdal.
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'Embedded giving' good for the taking

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 11, 2007
Charities are making it easier than ever to give by dropping a dollar at the check-out stand or including a donation in a product's purchase price. Philanthropy consultant Lucy Bernholz tells Kai Ryssdal about the concept called embedded giving.
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But Ben, they were expecting more

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 11, 2007
Mr. Bernanke and his colleagues at the Federal Open Market Committee cut short-term interest rates a quarter of a point today. But Wall Street and everybody else was banking on a half-point cut. Kai Ryssdal has the details.
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Do steroid findings weaken scandals?

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 6, 2007
A report earlier this week said tests done on 50 over-the-counter supplements showed traces of steroids in 13 of them. And those traces weren't mentioned on the labels. Business of sports analyst Diana Nyad talks with Kai Ryssdal about the Marketplace side of the story.
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A look at listener mail

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 4, 2007
Kai Ryssdal reviews comments from listeners regarding our coverage of the Mom 2B expo, the Hollywood writers strike, a Mattoon, Illinois, burger restaurant and our interview with eBay CEO Meg Whitman.
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Prospecting in 'frontier markets'

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 3, 2007
Vietnam is one of the most promising of what have come to be called "frontier markets" -- emerging economies that haven't quite emerged yet. John Authers of the Financial Times provides his insight.
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Paulson to offer fix for mortgage mess

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 3, 2007
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says he hopes by the end of the week to have a plan for fixing some of the subprime mortgage meltdown -- but it's not going to be easy. Kai Ryssdal has more.
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