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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)

There’s a reason your Columbia shirt has a tiny pocket near your waistline

by Kai Ryssdal , Janet Nguyen , Bridget Bodnar and Maria Hollenhorst
May 29, 2019
Hint: It's tariffs.
A Columbia Sportswear employee store just outside Portland, Oregon.
Photos by Thomas Patterson for Marketplace
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Kids get sick, like the medical system

by Bridget Bodnar
May 9, 2019
The many miles, dollars and tears it took for one mom to get her kids' medicine.
A 6-year-old boy is examined by a physician's assistant in Vivian, Louisiana.
Mario Villafuerte/Getty Images
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The woman running the Tribeca Film Festival wishes we could stop saying “female filmmakers”

by Kai Ryssdal , Bridget Bodnar and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 25, 2019
“I wish we could just say 'filmmakers,'” Tribeca Enterprises CEO Jane Rosenthal says.
Jane Rosenthal speaks at a Tribeca Film Festival screening at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center in 2018 in New York City.
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How much would you pay for a "defaced" baseball card?

by Bridget Bodnar
Mar 26, 2019
Turns out, quite a lot.
Summer Dunsmore/Marketplace
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Brexit

Cheese in the age of Brexit

by Bridget Bodnar
Mar 25, 2019
A crumbly cheese, Yorkshire Wensleydale, can teach us something about life in the U.K. after Brexit.
Wensleydale cheese, including a 5.5 pound wheel, at the London cheese shop La Fromagerie. This style of cheese is imported from the town of Bedale in North Yorkshire, England.
Janet Nguyen/Marketplace
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An artificial intelligence battle is coming between the U.S. and China

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Mar 6, 2019
And sooner than you think, futurist Amy Webb says.
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More than 600,000 American children born to Mexican nationals are living in Mexico

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Feb 13, 2019
Even though they have the right to return to the U.S., they may not know it, a California Sunday reporter says.
Dusk falls over a section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence near Campo, California.
David McNew/Getty Images
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The Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve chairs love to talk about their toolkit. But what’s in it?

by Jana Kasperkevic , Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Dec 18, 2018
We take a look at the tools at the Fed's disposal when it comes to keeping the economy humming along.
 The Federal Reserve building.
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Monopolies can lead to terrible economic behaviors: A story of cabs and Uber

by Bridget Bodnar
Jun 29, 2018
A Twitter thread about the rise of Uber and Lyft in New York City.
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"Westworld" isn't a TV show, it's a franchise film series

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Jun 26, 2018
Co-creator Jonathan Nolan talks about keeping timelines straight and not dumbing things down for the audience.
Evan Rachel Wood, left, and James Marsden in season 2 of “Westworld.”
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