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Kai Ryssdal

Host and Senior Editor

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Kai is the host and senior editor of “Marketplace,” the most widely heard program on business and the economy — radio or television, commercial or public broadcasting — in the country. Kai speaks regularly with CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, startup entrepreneurs, small-business owners and everyday participants in the American and global economies. Before his career in broadcasting, Kai served in the United States Navy and United States Foreign Service. He’s a graduate of Emory University and Georgetown University. Kai lives in Los Angeles with his wife and four children.

Episodes by Kai (6,080)

Make Me Smart | Episode 1251

How some politicians are trying to sell their image

Sep 27, 2024
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Marketplace

Disposable income growth chugs along

Sep 27, 2024
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Let's get productive

Sep 26, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1250

Should jobs require a college degree?

Sep 26, 2024
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Housing market check-in

Sep 25, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1249

The little short-term spending bill that could

Sep 25, 2024
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How We Survive | Season 6 | Episode 3

Embrace the (Energy) Suck

Sep 25, 2024
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The Fed cut, but the T-note yield went up. Oops!

Sep 24, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1248

Kai on the military and climate change

Sep 24, 2024
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Inside Intel's issues

Sep 23, 2024
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Only your wallet is broken, not the record

by Kai Ryssdal
May 24, 2007
The Energy Department has updated its inflation calculations and what was reported earlier as a record high for gas prices is no longer so. Kai Ryssdal found out the new target price.
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U.S., China work on their co-dependence

by Kai Ryssdal
May 22, 2007
As Treasury Secy. Henry Paulson met with his China counterpart, more reports of unsafe Chinese products surfaced today. Kai Ryssdal talks with China expert Ted Fishman about the U.S.-China relationship.
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As gas prices rise, we keep filling up

by Kai Ryssdal
May 21, 2007
It's been 26 years since gas prices, if put in today's dollars, were as high as they are today. And yet we're using it like it still cost $1.35 a gallon. Oil-price expert Tom Kloza talks with Kai Ryssdal about what's going on.
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Beijing puts its money on Blackstone

by Kai Ryssdal and Scott Tong
May 21, 2007
China's decided what it wants to do with some of its $1.2 trillion in foreign reserves: Buy into the high-powered U.S. private equity firm Blackstone. Our man in Shanghai, Scott Tong, explains the deal to Kai Ryssdal.
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The public impact of private equity

by Kai Ryssdal
May 18, 2007
Big buyout firms have been on a shopping spree lately, taking public companies off the market. Kai Ryssdal talked with Fortune magazine's Adam Lashinsky about what it all means.
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Week on Wall Street

by Kai Ryssdal
May 18, 2007
Stockbroker and business analyst David Johnson discusses with host Kai Ryssdal what happened on Wall Street this week and what may lie ahead.
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'Upfronts' showcase TV's changes, dilemmas

by Kai Ryssdal
May 17, 2007
The upfronts, where TV execs go before advertisers to pitch their new line-ups, keep getting bigger and more important. TV critic Aaron Barnhart talks with Kai Ryssdal about the changes he's seeing.
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World Bank will change after Wolfowitz

by Kai Ryssdal
May 17, 2007
The World Bank has announced that President Paul Wolfowitz is resigning. Kai Ryssdal spoke with Krishna Guha at the Financial Times about the organization's future — whoever is in charge.
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How realistic is Congress' budget?

by Kai Ryssdal
May 16, 2007
Congressional Democrats announced their 2008 budget plan, totalling $2.9 trillion. But is it worth the reams of paper it's written on? Budget watcher Maya McGuineas takes a look at the details with Kai Ryssdal.
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Hotel execs call for immigration reform

by Kai Ryssdal
May 15, 2007
CEOs of six big hotel chains have written an open letter to Congress demanding action on immigration reform. One of them, Bill Marriott of Marriott International, spoke with Kai Ryssdal.
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