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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 (5,951)

Marketplace

Accommodations for long COVID

May 22, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1166

Private equity, endless shrimp and Red Lobster’s decline

May 22, 2024
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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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Golden State raises ante for 2008 campaign

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 22, 2007
A California Assembly committee today voted to move up next year's presidential primary from June to February. If signed by the governor, candidates' campaign costs will rise considerably.
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Airbus takes another hit, but it's still competing

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 21, 2007
British Airways announced it's buying four new jets from Boeing — not Airbus — with the option to buy four more. John Newhouse, author of a new book on the Boeing-Airbus rivalry talks with Kai Ryssdal.
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Flying close to the margins

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 20, 2007
JetBlue is trying to bounce back from what its CEO David Neeleman called a mortifying series of events over the past week. The Wall Street Journal's Scott McCartney tells Kai Ryssdal that other airlines risk a similar fate.
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With economic fairness for all

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 16, 2007
Congressman Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee talks with Kai Ryssdal about the committee's hearing on how to balance economic growth with social fairness.
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Investors' interest in British soccer kicks in

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 15, 2007
Owners of some big-time American sports franchises are betting heavily on English football — as they call it over there. Business-of-sports analyst Ed Derse talks with Kai Ryssdal about the trend.
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Now, about those millions on ice

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 13, 2007
The agreement on North Korea's nuclear program has one sticking point both sides agreed to leave for later: Whether Pyongyang gets its hands on millions of dollars sitting in a bank in Macau. Kai Ryssdal has more.
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Going after terrorists where they spend

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 12, 2007
Former Treasury Undersecretary John Taylor tells Kai Ryssdal about his experiences in searching out and destroying terrorist financing after 9/11, and trying to get the Iraqi economy going again.
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Is responsibility in a Google search?

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 12, 2007
Mainline media companies are objecting to ties Google has with some less-than-reputable downloading websites. Matthew Karnitschnig had the story in today's Wall Street Journal. He talks with Kai Ryssdal.
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Chavez continues nationalization plan

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 9, 2007
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government agreed to buy AES subsidiary La Electricidad de Caracas for $800 million. AES valued it at $2.6 billion. Kai Ryssdal talks with economic journal editor Robert Bottome about the deal.
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Week on Wall Street

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 9, 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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