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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 (5,937)

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Breaking Ground: Where are all the jobs?

May 2, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1152

No "stag" no "flation"

May 2, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1151

The rising pressure on poll workers

May 1, 2024
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Breaking Ground: The plants were there first

May 1, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1150

The trade-offs of the trade deficit

Apr 30, 2024
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Breaking Ground: A visit to the "Silicon Desert"

Apr 30, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1149

Biden's regulation rush

Apr 29, 2024
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Keep on truckin'

Apr 29, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1143

A revamp for Title IX

Apr 19, 2024
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It's a good time to be an asset owner

Apr 19, 2024
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Ending 19 years of Week on Wall Street

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 29, 2008
In his final appearance on our regular Friday segment, stockbroker and business analyst David Johnson reflects with host Kai Ryssdal on his 19 years of watching the markets.
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New Orleans port readies for storm

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 29, 2008
New Orleans is right in the middle of the area where Hurricane Gustav is projected to make landfall. Kai Ryssdal talks with Tom LaGrange of the Port of New Orleans about the preparations being made.
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MBA schools take new tack in studies

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 28, 2008
The Graduate Management Admission Council says MBA applicatons are up this year. Joel Podolny, dean of the Yale School of Management, discusses with Kai Ryssdal how students are now using the tools of the Internet to study business cases.
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After speeches, money does the talking

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 28, 2008
Political party conventions are as much about money as platforms and funny hats. Politico's Jeanne Cummings is in Denver for the Democratic convention. She talks with Kai Ryssdal about the event's bottom line.
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New Orleans girds for Gustav's arrival

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 28, 2008
The approach of Tropical Storm Gustav is only adding to the stress level in the Gulf states. Reporter John Pope of the New Orleans Times-Picayune talks with Kai Ryssdal about the preparations underway.
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Gulf Coast waits for Gustav's next move

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 27, 2008
The latest forecast calls for Tropical Storm Gustav to make landfall on the Gulf Coast Monday morning. Kai Ryssdal talks with oil worker Buddy Bollfrass about how oil companies are getting ready.
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New gadgets? Everybody in the pool!

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 27, 2008
Kai Ryssdal jumps into the pool with Kevin Pereira of G4's "Attack of the Show" to try out some of the latest technology that doesn't have any trouble getting wet.
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Seeding markets for food, fuel and feed

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 27, 2008
The rising price of corn has hit many consumers hard, but it's been good news for Monsanto, one of the world's largest providers of corn seed. Kai Ryssdal talks with the company's CEO Hugh Grant in the second of his Corner Office interview.
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It's not what you drive, but how

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 26, 2008
When the flow of traffic just isn't in your favor, the thing to remember is that it's not really about you. It's likely your fellow drivers who are responsible. Tom Vanderbilt, who makes that point in his book, "Traffic," explains to Kai Ryssdal.
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Fruit company grew power, problems

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 25, 2008
Trouble's not new to Caribbean banana growers. Author Peter Chapman chronicles the rise and fall of the company at the center of a lot of that trouble, the United Fruit Company, in his book, "Bananas!" He talks with Kai Ryssdal.
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