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Bridget Bodnar

Senior Producer

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Bridget is the director of podcasts at Marketplace. She's also the host and co-creator of “Million Bazillion,” Marketplace's award-winning podcast for kids about money.

Bridget has worked at Marketplace since 2011 when she started as an intern. Since then, she's worked across multiple shows and podcasts, including for several years on the flagship evening broadcast of “Marketplace.” She was the senior producer of “Million Bazillion” and “Make Me Smart.”

Bridget is originally from Michigan but now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughters. They have a lot of cats.

Episodes by Bridget (65)

Million Bazillion | Season 7 | Episode 6

What is Black Friday?

Nov 19, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 7 | Episode 5

How do people pay for things when they retire?

Nov 12, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 7 | Episode 4

Sing along with "Million Bazillion"

Nov 5, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 7 | Episode 3

Why do we have pennies? (and more money questions)

Oct 29, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 7 | Episode 2

What's the difference between brand-name items and generics?

Oct 22, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 7 | Episode 1

Let's talk about savings accounts

Oct 15, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 7

“Million Bazillion” is back Oct. 15!

Oct 8, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 6 | Episode 8

Why is there so much gold at Fort Knox?

May 28, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 6 | Episode 7

What does money have to do with climate change?

May 21, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 6 | Episode 6

How does the economy work? (and other important money questions)

May 14, 2024
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Latest Stories (236)

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What happens when a robot can lay bricks?

by Bridget Bodnar and Kai Ryssdal
Jan 23, 2020
The story of how a small band of inventors and engineers built a machine that could lay bricks. It's way harder than it sounds.
(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Trade showdown

Here's what American businesses want you to know about the trade war

by Bridget Bodnar , Andie Corban and Bennett Purser
Jan 14, 2020
Business leaders are united on one thing: the trade war has changed how they run their companies.
From fish hooks to reels, many pieces of imported fishing equipment are subject to tariffs.
Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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A flower shop in Maine roots for newly arrived refugees

by Bridget Bodnar and Kimberly Adams
Dec 13, 2019
In Cynthia Anderson's "Home Now," Somalis and Congolese transform a former mill town. At a flower shop there, wariness turns to warmth.
Jamilo Maalim, on the phone, with her daughter Aaliyah and friend Binto at Mogadishu Store in Lewiston.
Amy Toensing
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Do you work part time in a restaurant?

by Bridget Bodnar
Nov 22, 2019
We're especially interested in talking to those of you who do not have a college degree.
Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images
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Is there any data that says secondhand car seats aren't safe?

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 14, 2019
Manufacturers and retailers suggest car seats expire every six years or so. But what if that's not true?
Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images
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The "Joy of Cooking," reintroduced

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 11, 2019
The great-grandson of the woman who wrote the beloved cookbook "The Joy of Cooking" has updated the classic for a new generation.
Courtesy of the publisher
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"The next Steve Jobs might just be named Stephanie."

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 4, 2019
A new book outlines the experience of 31 female founders and CEOs in business today.
Illustrated by Bijou Karman/Girls Who Run the World
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Bon Appétit on making the perfect Thanksgiving dinner

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 4, 2019
Editor-in-Chief Adam Rapoport also has some tips.
Alex Lau/Bon Appétit.
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The art of the airline map

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Oct 29, 2019
Original airline maps made flying all the more glamorous.
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One Californian pie shop's place in the global economy

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Oct 28, 2019
From doing business in Japan, to concerns about NAFTA and the trade war in China, this American company has its eye trained on the bigger picture.
Bridget Bodnar/Marketplace
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