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Kai Ryssdal
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Episodes 1681 - 1690 of 5795

  • Jun 2, 2020

    Structural economic racism

    Protesters in front of the White House on Tuesday.
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    Plus: what brands are and aren’t saying around Black Lives Matter and the disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street right now.

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  • Jun 1, 2020

    How bail activism works

    A woman holds a Black Lives Matter placard while protesting near where a Minneapolis police officer allegedly killed George Floyd.
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    Plus: Activists call for cuts to police budgets, the U.S.-China trade war has continued during the pandemic and the long recovery communities face after protests.

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  • May 29, 2020

    Some of those temporary layoffs might become permanent

    For the week of March 14, there were 281,000 new claims, the highest level for initial claims since Sept. 2, 2017.
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    Today, we do the numbers. Plus: tourism, bar reopenings and problems in the supply chain.

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  • May 28, 2020

    Why so many women are losing their jobs

    Two servers at a reopened restaurant in Las Vegas. The jobs that have been lost recently, like servers and retail clerks, are mostly done by women.
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    Today, we’ll look at the dynamics playing out now and why benefits have been historically hard for people to get. Plus: life on the farm and on the reservation. 

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  • May 27, 2020

    How to reopen colleges

    A student at NYU's Shanghai campus sits alone in the library. Fewer seats are available, reflecting the school's effort to maintain social distancing.
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    Today, we’ll look to Shanghai for an example. Plus: the PPP extension, a literal economic slowdown and how breweries are adapting to social distancing.

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  • May 26, 2020

    Can we have a 4-day workweek every week?

    A new report from The New York Times delves into increasingly common monitoring software used to track employee productivity.
    Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

    Plus: what it’s like to quarantine in an RV, and will Q3 be the ‘fastest-growing quarter in U.S. history’?

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  • May 25, 2020

    As states reopen, which rules apply to which businesses?

    Should restaurant and retail employees be in charge of enforcing the law?
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    Plus: a program in California focused on housing the homeless during the pandemic, high school seniors facing a difficult decision and the life-saving properties of soap.

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  • May 22, 2020

    8 weeks after the CARES Act… how are we doing?

    President Trump signs coronavirus relief bill in the Oval Office.
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    Plus: China abandons GDP targets, Americans settle into working from home for the long haul and we chat with the president of the New York Stock Exchange.

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  • May 21, 2020

    How to read those unemployment numbers

    A sign at a gas station tells customers it is closed. Unemployment has reached alarming levels in the United States.
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    Plus: how emerging markets are faring in this crisis, why evictions could surge in Texas and a conversation with the CEO of the travel company Booking Holdings.

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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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