Kai Ryssdal

Host and Senior Editor

SHORT BIO

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.

Latest Stories (5,777)

German bid for NYSE has people talking on Vall Strasse

Feb 10, 2011
This final note today, the lighter side of the pending New York Stock Exchange-Deutsche Bourse deal. We're cribbing from Barry Ritholtz and his...

Up today: Exchange stocks and nose jobs

Feb 9, 2011
This final note today. A couple of 'em, actually. One substantive, one a little more tongue in cheek....

A "Butch Cassidy" retraction

Feb 8, 2011
This final note today. A shout out to the cinephiles who clearly know their "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" better than I do. That scene I...

The cost of a Super Bowl ad over a year in time

Feb 7, 2011
This final note today, a last word and some perspective on the utter ridiculousness of Super Bowl ads. More specifically, how much money companies...

B of A named most valuable banking brand in the world

Feb 1, 2011
This final note today, from the Marketplace desk of how the heck does this happen? Bank of America has somehow become the most valuable banking...

Dubai's real estate boom is sinking -- literally

Jan 27, 2011
This final note today. A commentary on the fleeting nature of real estate booms. Back in the good old days, like what -- six or seven years ago? ...

Future presidents may not get your $3

Jan 26, 2011
This final note today, an ode to the $3 check-off box on your tax return. The one that lets part of your tax check be used to help publicly finance...

A costly ticket to the World Economic Forum

Jan 25, 2011
This final note today, courtesy of Andrew Ross Sorkin and the Dealbook blog in the New York Times. The World Economic Forum's about to start over...

A milestone worth toasting

Jan 24, 2011
This final note today. A historical milestone in the marketing of one of my favorite beverages. On this day in 1935, the first canned beer in the...

Patton Oswalt's perspective: Why a wasteland outlook works for him

Jan 24, 2011
Stand-up comedian Patton Oswalt drops by our studios to talk with Kai Ryssdal about his new book, "Zombie Spaceship Wasteland," why a lot of comedians are wastelands, and how Twitter has helped him to become a better writer.