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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 (5,939)

Make Me Smart | Episode 1153

Europe's new economic engines

May 3, 2024
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Why government benefits are likely to stick around

May 3, 2024
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Breaking Ground: Where are all the jobs?

May 2, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1152

No "stag" no "flation"

May 2, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1151

The rising pressure on poll workers

May 1, 2024
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Breaking Ground: The plants were there first

May 1, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1150

The trade-offs of the trade deficit

Apr 30, 2024
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Breaking Ground: A visit to the "Silicon Desert"

Apr 30, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1149

Biden's regulation rush

Apr 29, 2024
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Keep on truckin'

Apr 29, 2024
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How realistic is Congress' budget?

by Kai Ryssdal
May 16, 2007
Congressional Democrats announced their 2008 budget plan, totalling $2.9 trillion. But is it worth the reams of paper it's written on? Budget watcher Maya McGuineas takes a look at the details with Kai Ryssdal.
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Hotel execs call for immigration reform

by Kai Ryssdal
May 15, 2007
CEOs of six big hotel chains have written an open letter to Congress demanding action on immigration reform. One of them, Bill Marriott of Marriott International, spoke with Kai Ryssdal.
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Daimler pays big to unload Chrysler

by Kai Ryssdal
May 14, 2007
Nine years after acquiring Chrysler, Daimler is spending $650 million just to get somebody to take the car company off its hands. Kai Ryssdal totals it up.
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Where's the value in Chrysler?

by Kai Ryssdal
May 14, 2007
What does Cerberus Capital Management see in Chrysler? Kai Ryssdal talks with The New York Times' Micheline Maynard about where profits may lie.
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Russian in position to hold Chrysler stake

by Kai Ryssdal
May 11, 2007
A leading bidder for Chrysler says it's taken a $1.5 billion investment from a Russian tycoon with close ties to the Kremlin. Russia expert Anders Aslund talks with Kai Ryssdal about who's involved.
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Week on Wall Street

by Kai Ryssdal
May 11, 2007
Stockbroker and business analyst David Johnson discusses with host Kai Ryssdal what happened on Wall Street this week and what may lie ahead.
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'The Price of Liberty'

by Kai Ryssdal
May 10, 2007
In a new book about how America pays for war, Goldman Sachs Vice Chairman Robert Hormats claims Congress and the White House are sidestepping their obligations to pay back their debts. He talked with Kai Ryssdal.
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Fed holds steady. What the heck?

by Kai Ryssdal
May 9, 2007
It's now seven meetings in a row the Federal Reserve has declined to move interest rates one way or the other. Kai Ryssdal got Greg McBride from Bankrate.com on the phone to get his take on what the Fed might be thinking.
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When business entered the New World

by Kai Ryssdal
May 9, 2007
When The Virginia Company landed more than 100 settlers at Jamestown, Va., 400 years ago, things didn't start off so well. History professor Karen Kupperman talks with Kai Ryssdal about how the company operated.
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Sitting on the news

by Kai Ryssdal
May 8, 2007
Most of the us found out about Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid for Dow Jones on May 1. The New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin reported today that some at the Wall Street Journal found out a bit sooner. He talked with Kai Ryssdal.
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