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)

Tech News In Brief - 5/24/10

May 24, 2010
Zuckerberg announces impending changes at Facebook - Doesn't apologize for making privacy settings so difficult. It's really more of one of those, ...

Zynga Owns You. And Now Your Slurpee Too.

May 24, 2010
Tech Crunch reports that 7-Eleven has struck a deal with Zynga to brand various products in the stores with Zynga games like Farmville, Mafia Wars,...

Tech News In Brief - 5/21/10

May 21, 2010
Facebook and MySpace send user data to advertisersMore countries are mad at GoogleiPads - not available in stores!Yahoo + Nokia = BFF. Or at least...

Tech News In Brief - 5/20/10

May 20, 2010
Confusing app now available for all to get confused by!New Video standard - (where are the geeks in the house. holla.)Apple selling more iPads than...

Our whole world will be a series of games

May 19, 2010
We're talking to Jesse Schell on tomorrow's show. Here's a video of a speech he gave not that long ago. It's about what he thinks your future will...

Half of all games will be 3D by 2012, claims Ubisoft

May 19, 2010
The game manufacturer made this rather bold prediction during an investors call. Before we dismiss this as nonsense, know that Nintendo is coming...

Tech News In Brief - 5/19/10

May 19, 2010
Broader NooksIronic ThievesiPod with camera in Vietnam3D game explosion...

What should this be?

May 17, 2010
Hi. John here. I've been thinking about this blog for our show. It's a new web site, a new blog. We made the blog to have another channel of...

Conficker - the only thing funny about it is the name

May 17, 2010
Mark Bowden of The Atlantic has a pretty amazing article on the Conficker worm and how powerless we all are against it. From the lede:...