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.

 

Latest Stories (2,747)

Making computer music more expressive

Sep 8, 2009
Scientists are working on a different kind of encoding that can make sound files 1,000 times smaller than mp3s, and may be more expressive.

Oxford dictionary studies Twitter

Sep 7, 2009
The Oxford English Dictionary takes a closer look at the writing patterns on Twitter.

Apple fans gear up for new goodies

Sep 4, 2009
What we can expect from the next Apple announcement.

Does the Singularity make sense?

Sep 3, 2009
Part 2 of our interview with Patrick Tucker of The Futurist magazine about the merging of humans and machines.

The Singularity explained

Sep 2, 2009
Futurist Ray Kurzweil believes advances in technology will make it possible for humans and machines to merge in this century.

Is Craigslist an important company, or just an unusual one?

Sep 1, 2009
Part 2 of our conversation with Gary Wolf of Wired on what makes Craigslist popular -- and weird.

Why is Craigslist so weird?

Aug 31, 2009
Craigslist is a unique entity in and of itself.

Attacks on social networks increasing

Aug 27, 2009
There's an increasing number of attacks targeting social networking users.

Sony's Kindle killer?

Aug 26, 2009
Sony has unveiled a new electronic reading device designed to compete with the Amazon Kindle.

Snow Leopard to appear this week

Aug 25, 2009
Apple's latest operating system -- Snow Leopard -- is set to arrive in stores this week.