Molly Wood

Host and senior editor

SHORT BIO

Molly Wood is the former host and senior editor of "Marketplace Tech," a daily broadcast focused on demystifying the digital economy, and former co-host of "Make Me Smart," where she and co-host Kai Ryssdal would try to make sense of big topics in business, tech and culture.

What was your first job?

Grocery store checker (but I also drove an ice cream truck once).

Fill in the blank: Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you ______.

Time, the most precious thing of all.

What is something that everyone should own, no matter how much it costs?

A pet!

What’s the favorite item in your workspace and why?

My electric fireplace! It is both cute and cozy.

 

Latest Stories (2,747)

FCC proposes new net neutrality rules

Sep 22, 2009
The Federal Communications Commission is proposing new rules that would require Internet service providers to treat all Web content the same.

Bounty of mp3 players

Sep 21, 2009
With a wide variety of options, it's a good time to be in the market for a new portable music player.

Libraries and the unemployed

Sep 18, 2009
Libraries are taking a recession-induced hit even as they become more important for people seeking their way out of economic hard times.

Why the Internet will NOT tear apart colleges

Sep 17, 2009
A rebuttal from yesterday's show, arguing that students of the next generation will continue to head to college campuses despite the presence of online education.

Will Internet make college campuses obsolete?

Sep 16, 2009
A law professor believes that the Internet will push people away from attending traditional colleges and more toward online education.

Do we have the will and talent to fight future cyber threats?

Sep 15, 2009
Part 2 of our interview with Massoud Amin of the University of Minnesota about threats to our information infrastructure.

Future threats against our information infrastructure

Sep 14, 2009
The threats of a cyber attack on U.S. computer systems from foreign enemies are growing.

The failure of anonymized data

Sep 11, 2009
One of our key protections against privacy invasion, the stripping of personally identifiable information from databases, is not working.

The cyberchondriac problem

Sep 10, 2009
Self-diagnosis for health problems using the Internet leads many Americans to conclude they have a rare illness.

Online TV ascendant

Sep 9, 2009
A survey by the nonprofit Conference Board shows that nearly a quarter of households in the U.S. now watch television programs on the Internet.