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)

House Budget Committee's plan for the Federal Reserve

Jan 6, 2011
This final note today, by way of setting up some news from tomorrow. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's going to be making his first appearances before...

The gift of a voice

Jan 5, 2011
This final note today, kind of an amazing story out of Columbus, Ohio. A photographer for the Columbus Dispatch shot a video of a homeless man...

No more incandescents at Ikea

Jan 4, 2011
This final note today, from the Swedish furniture company Ikea. The company confirmed this morning it has stopped selling old-style incandescent ...

The winners and losers in commodities

Jan 3, 2011
This final note today, a word on commodities as we leave 2010 in the rear view mirror....

Krugerrands in Salvation Army kettles

Dec 24, 2010
An observation about the spirit of the season. I learned today a 1983 South African Krugerrand is worth about $1,400. I know that because somebod...

Online users don't like to be tracked

Dec 23, 2010
This final note today, a comment on the value of being left alone, or at least not being observed while you're online....

A Snuggie for (almost) everybody!

Dec 22, 2010
This final note today, which I do believe qualifies as this week's sign the apocalypse is upon us. Y'know snuggies, those somewhat ridiculous loo...

Gov't benefits get digitized

Dec 21, 2010
This final note today, from the Marketplace Desk of, well, I guess you gotta draw the line somewhere. The Treasury Department issued new rules...

Web ads beating paper ads

Dec 20, 2010
This final note today, a corollary of sorts to the interview we did about Direct TV and targeted ads. The New York research firm eMarketer says...

Feel-good news for the day

Dec 16, 2010
This final note today, a story to warm the heart. Forty-five years ago, Dennis Ferguson was living in Southern California, working for the Douglass...