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Marketplace Business News Podcast
Kai Ryssdal
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Sep 29, 2025
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  • Consumer spending outpaced income — again
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    Americans are spending more money than they’re making due to tariff-induced cost pressures. Plus: ICE raids on businesses, Olympic surfing, and an LA artist.

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  • A quick GDP refresher
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    Consumer spending is a major factor in the equation. Plus: Beef prices, cardboard, and scam texts.

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  • What's with the streaming price hikes?
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    Platforms have shifted focus from subscriber volume to profit. Plus: Manufacturing equipment, fly fishing, a soybean farmer and a TV producer.

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  • Sep 23, 2025

    Rate cut? So what?

    Rate cut? So what?
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    Dramatic interest rate cuts could lead to falling bond yields and an increase in spending, in the short term. Plus: In-store ads, a traveling nurse, and AI tools for tariff calculations.

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  • Who's got the pricing power?
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    Stubborn inflation and strong consumer spending means retailers can raise their prices. Plus: H-1B visas, the TikTok algorithm, teen factory training, and the farm bill.

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  • Google raises the stakes of the AI race
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    Transforming Chrome into an agentic browser will give Google’s AI unprecedented access to users’ data. Plus: Feeding Alaska and a Jo-Ann Fabrics replacement.

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  • The job market's bizarre balancing act
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    August saw roughly equal numbers of Americans getting hired and losing their jobs. Plus, risks to mobile homes, a plus-size mall, and two farmers’ trade war concerns.

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  • Sep 17, 2025

    Hey, big spender!

    Hey, big spender!
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    The highest earners in this economy account for nearly half of consumer spending. Plus, mortgage refinancing, Etsy tariffs, a nontraditional student, and a Fed rate cut.

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  • The cost of GOP cuts to coal royalties
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    Less coal revenue would be a sizable financial hit to state budgets. Plus: rate cut pros and cons, domestic soybean farmers, and the death of consumer loyalty.

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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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