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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 (6,109)

Marketplace

Most seniors who qualify for food benefit aren't getting it

Oct 16, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1264

The rise of the podcaster's political capital

Oct 16, 2024
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How We Survive | Season 6 | Episode 6

The Uncertain Future 

Oct 16, 2024
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What's up with drugstores?

Oct 15, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1263

Mining and the clean energy paradox

Oct 15, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1262

FEMA's job is getting even harder

Oct 14, 2024
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Bad debt prep

Oct 14, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1261

What TikTok knew of the app's toll on teens

Oct 11, 2024
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How the 2024 presidential candidates compare on national debt

Oct 11, 2024
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The data dogs

Oct 10, 2024
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Another year, another record harvest for this Iowa farmer

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban
Oct 31, 2023
"I thought I'm gonna have so much income," said April Hemmes. "But all my inputs were all that much higher."
April Hemmes on her farm in 2019. This year, she had a record soybean harvest despite a drought earlier in the year.
Ben Hethcoat/Marketplace
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The value of parks is rising. Luckily, in many cases, costs are declining.

by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham
Oct 25, 2023
High construction expenses and budget pressures are pushing developers to be creatively cost-conscious as they expand access to green spaces.
Parks are a resource for mental health and climate resilience, says journalist Patrick Sisson.
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Is CEO pay out of control?

by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson
Oct 23, 2023
How much is too much? Union strikes and shareholder discussions have put executive compensation centerstage.
Disney CEO Bob Iger came under fire when he called striking writers' demand for higher pay "just not realistic" — despite making more than 500 times the median salary of his own employees.
Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Disney
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A new book follows one meal from seed to serving

by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson
Oct 17, 2023
"The Dish" by Andrew Friedman shows just how many steps the phrase "farm to table" skips.
From farmers to dishwashers, every part of the food chain of one meal is examined in the book.
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"I should have taken up golf": Mortgage lenders have time on their hands

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban
Oct 16, 2023
Vivian Gueler of mortgage lender Pacific Trust Group says business has been "dead quiet" for the past few months.
High mortgage rates are keeping housing supplies low; people don't want to sell homes with lower rates secured earlier in the pandemic.
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Going solar isn't always sunshine and rainbows

by Kai Ryssdal , Sarah Leeson and Sofia Terenzio
Oct 13, 2023
For the early adopters of rooftop solar panels, maintaining and repairing faulty panels is a costly challenge of its own.
Many solar panel companies have gone out of business, making it hard for early adopters to repair faulty panels.
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Got old savings bonds lying around? Good luck cashing them.

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban
Oct 12, 2023
New York Times reporter Rob Copeland dug into why it's become "so impossible" to cash a savings bonds these days.
To cash in a savings bond, you can either try a bank branch or mail it in to the U.S. Treasury.
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Mom concierge services are springing up on college campuses

by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson
Oct 12, 2023
No need to miss mom while you're away at college when you can rent one for $49 per month.
Mindy Horwitz, founder of MindyKNOWS, and friends get the word out about the business.
Courtesy Mindy Horwitz
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Inside Smallhold's specialty mushroom supply chain

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Oct 10, 2023
The Brooklyn-based startup is hoping to alter the future of fungi through a network of urban farms.
Smallhold hopes to build a network of mushroom farms across the U.S. Above, yellow oyster mushrooms grow in Smallhold’s Vernon, California, farm.
Sofia Terenzio/Marketplace
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When will prices go back down?

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Oct 6, 2023
The answer might disappoint you.
Inflation is slowing, but when will prices go back down? Above: Shoppers walk through a grocery store in Washington, DC.
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