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Molly Wood

Host and senior editor

SHORT BIO

Molly Wood is the former host and senior editor of "Marketplace Tech," a daily broadcast focused on demystifying the digital economy, and former co-host of "Make Me Smart," where she and co-host Kai Ryssdal would try to make sense of big topics in business, tech and culture.

What was your first job?

Grocery store checker (but I also drove an ice cream truck once).

Fill in the blank: Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you ______.

Time, the most precious thing of all.

What is something that everyone should own, no matter how much it costs?

A pet!

What’s the favorite item in your workspace and why?

My electric fireplace! It is both cute and cozy.

 

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Time to cut the cable?

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Kinect: video game gamechanger or just a misspelled word?

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Daddy, why do you love your iPhone more than me?

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Clay Shirky and Cognitive Surplus

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They want to stick an internet in your car

Jun 10, 2010
Automobiles are about to get more technologically advanced.

What Is Cyber Command?

Jun 9, 2010
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The new iPhone

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Happy Patch Tuesday

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