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Kai Ryssdal
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Sep 9, 2020
A customer wearing a face mask walks past shops of luxury brands Tiffany and Guerin at the Galeries Lafayette in May in Paris, France.

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  • Sep 8, 2020

    Reed Hastings on his vision for Netflix

    Netflix CEO Reed Hastings delivers a speech in Paris earlier this year.
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    Plus: “Tenet’s” box office performance, the thousands of furloughs turning into layoffs and Angela Merkel’s economic legacy. 

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  • Sep 7, 2020

    Sweating out the summer heat at home

    The sun sets behind power lines in Los Angeles.
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    Plus: hotels are still struggling, only 3% of financial regulators in the U.S. have been Black and talking to kids about money requires honesty.

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  • Sep 4, 2020

    What to make of a good (not great) jobs report

    A tech support specialist cleans Chromebooks in September while preparing for the start of school at Newfield Elementary School in Stamford, Connecticut.
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    Plus: home refinancing, Campbell’s soup and the life of a children’s entertainer in the age of Zoom birthday parties.

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  • Sep 3, 2020

    The Adjustment Bureau

    Nearly 3 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week.
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    Plus: Farmers’ economic outlook, racial inequities in health and what it’s like running a mall right now.

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  • Sep 2, 2020

    Long-term unemployment is looming

    Since pandemic lockdowns began, at least 30 million Americans have been approved to receive state or federal unemployment benefits.
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    Workers might be facing permanent layoffs. Plus: E-scooters are back, remittances are rebounding and manufacturing is surging.

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  • Sep 1, 2020

    Centering Black women to make this economy more equal

    Black women are typically one of the hardest hit groups in recessions and the last to benefit in recoveries. What would happen if economic policy was centered around helping them succeed?
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    Today: how to rebuild this economy to be more equitable and fair. But first: the economics of K-pop, weighting blankets and Walmart vs. Amazon.

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  • Aug 31, 2020

    Cash back on streaming and wine?

    A customer signs a credit card receipt at an ice cream parlor. Card balances dropped by $76 billion in the second quarter.
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    Credit card companies are trying to incentivize spending during the pandemic. Plus: Americans are producing a lot more residential trash and how New York subway cuts could hurt essential workers.

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  • Aug 28, 2020

    Back-to-school stress on another level

    Elementary schoolers attend their first week of school from home in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Aug. 25.
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    Plus: Personal incomes were surprisingly up in July, yet another retail bankruptcy and what trucking has to do with economic recovery.

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  • Aug 27, 2020

    Athletes have so much more than symbolic power

    The court is empty after players strike game five between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Orlando Magic during the playoffs on Aug. 26.
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    They have real power, too, and they’re using it. Plus, we’ll look at how several small businesses are coping right now and check in with an Iowa farmer.

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About the show

Hosted by Kai Ryssdal, our leading business news radio program and podcast is about providing context on the economic news of the day. Through stories, conversations and newsworthy developments, we help listeners understand the economic world around them. Marketplace makes sense of the economy for everyone, no econ degree or finance background required. Marketplace doesn’t just report on the numbers, we take it deeper, adding context to what’s happening in the stock market and how macroeconomic policy can affect you and your business. Monday through Friday, our team speaks with a wide range of industry professionals — from small business owners to Fortune 500 CEOs, Marketplace breaks down complex topics related to business and the economy without industry jargon and over-complicated explanations.

Kai Ryssdal has led the program since 2005 and has hosted the program from China, the Middle East and dozens of cities across the United States. As a leading public media voice, Kai has been a trusted broadcaster for two decades and received an Emmy for investigative journalism on a PBS FRONTLINE documentary about money in politics called “Big Sky, Big Money.” He has appeared often on CNN, CNBC and CBS news. His written work has been featured in The New York Times and The Atlantic.

Produced and distributed by American Public Media (APM) our popular business news podcasts are available worldwide on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and RSS Feeds and any place else where you get your podcasts.

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