John Moe

Host, Marketplace Tech Report

SHORT BIO

John Moe is the host of Marketplace Tech Report and handles web content for the program.  Every day, he provides an insightful overview of the latest tech news using his witty and approachable style of reporting. 

Moe began working for Marketplace in May 2010, when he took over hosting Future Tense, which became Marketplace Tech Report four months later.

Before joining Marketplace, he hosted Weekend America and hosted and produced programs at KUOW, the public radio station in Seattle.  Prior to working in public radio, he was a senior editor at Amazon.com.

Moe has lived most of his life in Seattle, a perfect location to feed his long-standing fascination with technology.  Over the years he has worked on projects for Microsoft and has even wrote scripts for video games. 

Moe holds a bachelor’s degree in Dramatic Arts from Whitman College, but because he gained such a broad education at the small liberal arts college, he considers himself a degree-holder in the school of “Being Curious.”

Moe is currently based in St. Paul, Minn. and enjoys spending as much time as possible with his wife and three kids.  He is a widely published author, often focused on humor writings, and is the host of Wits™, a stage and radio series based out of the historic Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.

Latest Stories (2,799)

Fake BP Twitterer sort of comes forward.

Jun 4, 2010
The Twitter account at @BPGlobalPR is not run by BP and isn't really a pr account. It's parody of a pr person trying to spin the disaster in the...

Observe! Space observatory dressed up like observer from space!

Jun 4, 2010
Here in Minnesota, prankster students draped the Carleton College observatory to look like R2-D2. Good thing they didn't make it look like Jar-Jar...

Gadget tells you when you need a break

Jun 4, 2010
An Israeli tech company has come up with a new gadget that will check the stress and mood levels of people on their computers.  It uses sensors to...

Car charging stations coming to town

Jun 4, 2010
Coulomb Technologies is seeking to install 4,600 charging stations for electric cars in nine metro areas by the end of 2011.  The charging...

Get energy from the stars

Jun 4, 2010
Well, that would be nice, wouldn't it? Scientists at the wonderfully named National Ignition Facility are conducting an enormous laser fusion...

Could Microsoft be buying AOL?

Jun 4, 2010
At the D8 conference, AOL chairman Tim Armstrong said that the company, which is currently using Google for search on its sites, is looking for a...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday is coming. Have you done your shopping?

Jun 4, 2010
Me, I like to get back together with all my old friends from the Windows 7 launch parties I went to. Good times. Good. Times.On Tuesday, Microsoft...

Is YouTube about to offer live streaming?

Jun 4, 2010
TechCrunch's Erick Schonfeld stumbled across a YouTube help page that offers buttons for things like "moderator" and "live stream". The online...

China blocking Foursquare

Jun 4, 2010
China is blocking the mobile social media service Foursquare. People using/playing Foursquare use mobile devices to "check in" wherever they go and...

Google data collection mess gets messier

Jun 4, 2010
New charges in Oregon claim that Google intentionally collected data from unsecured wi-fi networks as it drove around taking pictures of everyone...