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Kai Ryssdal
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Marketplace for Friday, October 7, 2016

Oct 7, 2016

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  • Bridget DeHart carries a few of her belongings to a car as she and her husband Andrew Dehart leave their boarded up apartment ahead of Hurricane Matthew in Atlantic Beach, Florida.
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    On today’s show: Hurricane Matthew’s path of destruction, working conditions and McDonald’s and yet more exploding phones. Plus: How do you find unregistered voters? It ain’t cheap.

  • A boarded up IHOP restaurant has messages to Hurricane Matthew written on the plywood as it sits closed ahead of Hurricane Matthew on Cocoa Beach, Florida on October 5, 2016. Hurricane Matthew, the Caribbean's worst storm in nearly a decade, barreled towards the Bahamas Wednesday morning after killing nine people and pummeling Haiti and Cuba. 
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    On today’s show, batting down the hatches for Hurricane Matthew, what $100,000 in student debt feels like and who on earth might buy Twitter. Plus: a conversation with Ev Williams, CEO of Medium and a co-founder of Twitter.

  • Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a sheet of paper with his donations listed at a news conference at Trump Tower where he addressed issues about the money he pledged to donate to veterans groups following a skipped a debate in January before the Iowa caucuses in New York City. 
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    On today’s show: everything you need to know about Yahoo’s NSA controversy, Trump’s “fiduciary responsibility” and the IMF’s annual meeting. Plus, a conversation with Sophia Amoruso, the multi-hyphenate behind Nasty Gal and #GirlBoss.

  • Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a speech outlining his vision for tax reform at his skyscraper on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
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    On today’s show we look Donald Trump’s taxes, the plan for Brexit and a new, old product from Facebook. Then: just in time for Rosh Hashanah, a tour of Manischewitz’s matzoh factory.

  • The headquarters of Deutsche Bank stand on Sept. 26 in Frankfurt, Germany.
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    Think of the words “European banking crisis” and you’re most likely to think about Italy or Greece. But now Germany’s Deutschebank is in trouble. We’ll talk about it as we recap the week in business and economy news. Plus: how the influx of Puerto Ricans in Florida could affect the election.

  • Marketplace for Thursday, September 29, 2016
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    On today’s show, we examine the possible merger between Soundcloud and Spotify, and a possible re-merger between CBS and Viacom. Then: Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf goes to Washington again.

  • Marketplace for Wednesday, September 28, 2016
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    Today on the show, we look at efforts to reduce airplane emissions and solve airplane crashes. Plus: Part two of our look at manufacturing in Rochester, New York and a massive beer merger.

  • Marketplace for Tuesday, September 27, 2016
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    Pundits have had their say about who won the first presidential debate, and it’s too early to tell what the public thinks, but what about markets? Then, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump say we need to bring back manufacturing jobs in the U.S. But Is it worth it? We went to Rochester, New York to find out. Plus, an interview with National Geographic’s editor-in-chief and Elon Musk’s plan to colonize mars.

  • etwork television news teams broadcast from the site of Monday night's presidential debate between Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Hofstra University on September 26, 2016 in Hempstead, New York.
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    It’s debate night! We’ll be streaming the whole thing with live analysis at Marketplace.org, but first there’s some non-election news if you can believe it. Obama’s clean energy plan is going to court and Snapchat (now called Snap Inc.) is going into the hardware business. We’ll talk about that plus how the anti-government sentiment in the western U.S. squares with the widespread government employment there. 

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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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