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)

Going to Madrid? Book a room at the Beach Garbage Hotel

Jan 21, 2011
This final note today. I don't know that this is necessarily the best advertisement for an international tourism trade fair that's starting in...

Missing: $36 million worth of carbon permits

Jan 20, 2011
This final note today: The curious case of the missing carbon permits. Europe, as you may know, has an emissions market (cap-and-trade is the term)...

Don't feel too bad for Goldman Sachs

Jan 19, 2011
This final note today, to follow up on Bob Moon's story about bank profits. Can't leave without mentioning the bank everyone loves to hate....

What's Geithner telling us that we don't already know?

Jan 18, 2011
This final note today, to follow up on our story last week about systemic risk, the idea that the government's going to be paying extra close...

Lot 354: A Tale of America's Housing Meltdown

Jan 13, 2011
We follow the story of America's housing meltdown through one house -- Lot 354, a Spanish bungalow in Los Angeles. From former and current owners to real estate agents and neighbors, the characters and industries affected by Lot 354 tell the story of the rise and fall of America's housing market.

PREVIEW: Lot 354

Jan 13, 2011
Marketplace worked with Los Angeles public TV station KCET and its show, SoCal Connected, to tell the story of a single home, and that home's place in the American economy. Kai Ryssdal gives us a sneak peek inside "Lot 354."

The Fed reports (weak) growth in economy

Jan 12, 2011
This final note today, about the Fed's Beige Book, something that, honestly, we ordinarily only mention when we've got extra time to fill. The Fed...

Goldman Sachs promises more transparency

Jan 11, 2011
This final note today. Looks like Goldman Sachs has finally had enough of its reputation as a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of...

How much did the Fed make?

Jan 10, 2011
This final note today, in honor of the opening of corporate earnings season. Alcoa reported profits after the bell this afternoon, basically in...

Massachusetts court makes foreclosure decision

Jan 7, 2011
This final note today, an update on the mortgage paperwork mess that was much in the news before Thanksgiving, the stories about robosigners...