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Kai Ryssdal
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  • Climate-friendly food is a global issue
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    Solutions vary region-to-region, but climate change’s affect on food production (and vice versa) is increasingly hard to ignore. Plus, central banks to discuss rate cuts this week.

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  • Dec 8, 2023

    Choo-choo!

    Choo-choo!
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    Why most of the U.S. lacks high-speed rail infrastructure — and what Biden’s doing about it. Plus, Amazon tests out grocery delivery subscriptions.

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  • Higher ed got its credit report card, and it’s not straight A’s
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    Higher borrowing costs will hit some colleges harder than others. Plus, what happens when the cost of hauling water skyrockets.

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  • How the podcast bubble burst
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    We dig into the podcasting industry with “On the Media” correspondent Micah Loewinger. Plus, representation could help close the STEM gender gap.

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  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada (2nd L) makes a statement with US senators Chuck Schumer (L), D-New York, Patty Murray (2nd R), D-Washington and Dick Durbin, D-Illinios, during a press conference on Capitol Hill about the debt ceiling in Washington, DC, October 12, 2013.
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    Congress fights over the debt ceiling on a regular basis — but the consequences are more than background noise. Plus, nonprofit theaters are in an economic crisis.

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  • Whaddya mean capital got “more expensive”?
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    When interest rates went up, borrowing cash to grow your business got a lot harder. Plus, is one of our reporters smarter than an AI chatbot?

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  • Dec 1, 2023

    Just keep it

    Just keep it
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    That’s what some big retailers are telling shoppers who received the wrong or broken items. Plus, a deal consumers like can backfire on restaurants.

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  • The urban-rural wage gap
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    It seems to be getting wider. Plus, new consumer expenditures data and a custom wedding stationery business.

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  • An oil exec hosting COP28? Surprise!
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    World leaders will try to sell the switch to clean energy in a country that depends on fossil fuel extraction. Plus, Varda Space Industries wants to make medicine in zero gravity.

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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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