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.
Episodes by Molly (3,464)
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Textisms and writing skill
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Molly Wood
Jan 19, 2010
Using "textisms" -- abbreviations, acronyms, intentional misspellings -- can affect one's formal and informal writing skills.
Are e-books a privacy threat?
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Molly Wood
Jan 18, 2010
How much privacy are you ceding when you read electronic books?
Disaster relief by text message
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Molly Wood
Jan 15, 2010
In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, people were enabled by new technology to donate money by text message. But that doesn't mean all online donations aren't scams.
Teaching the iGeneration
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Molly Wood
Jan 14, 2010
People born in the 1990s and 2000s have been subject of rapid technological change and media saturation. What does that mean about the way they learn?
Google considers exit from China
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Molly Wood
Jan 13, 2010
After an attack on GMail accounts of Chinese dissidents, Google considers leaving the country.
Is DARPA ethical?
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Molly Wood
Jan 12, 2010
Looking into the Defense Dept.'s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
DARPA merging humans, machines
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Molly Wood
Jan 11, 2010
A look into DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Will Apple repeat historical mistake against Google?
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Molly Wood
Jan 7, 2010
By insisting "on selling fully integrated hardware and software devices, instead of focusing on low-cost, widely distributed software," Apple could be making a huge mistake, again.
Children face barriers to successful Internet search
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Molly Wood
Jan 6, 2010
A new survey concludes children stumble when trying to retrieve information from the Internet.
Most disruptive tech of 2009
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Molly Wood
Dec 30, 2009
What were the top seven technological disruptions in 2009 to how we live?