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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 (5,994)

Make Me Smart | Episode 1192

Our take on the debate (and drone light shows)

Jun 28, 2024
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Marketplace

Homelessness criminalized as home sales fall and prices rise

Jun 28, 2024
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SCOTUS curbs regulatory agencies' powers. Again.

Jun 27, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1191

SCOTUS shakes up SEC

Jun 27, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1190

Keeping up with the Supreme Court

Jun 26, 2024
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How about those new tariffs?

Jun 26, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1189

Are we living in a K-shaped economy?

Jun 25, 2024
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Why so miserable?

Jun 25, 2024
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Breaking Ground: Red Lake Nation's solar-powered future

Jun 24, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1188

The conservative push to weed out anti-Trump federal workers

Jun 24, 2024
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Attack halts Nigeria oil production

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 29, 2009
The Nigerian guerrilla group responsible for recently destroying an off-shore Shell oil platform has been fighting foreign oil companies for years. Carola Hoyos of The Financial Times talks with Kai Ryssdal about the situation in the African nation.
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Shelf Life

How Vans got off on the right foot

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 15, 2009
Vans has long been the footwear of choice for skateboarders, but it didn't start that way. Kai Ryssdal visits the company's Southern California headquarters and talks with author Doug Palladini about how the shoes caught on.
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Taking Stock

Taking Stock: Lessons from history

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 9, 2009
Revered economist and monetary policy expert Dr. Anna Schwartz talks with Kai Ryssdal about how the Federal Reserve and government have performed while in the economic hot seat. She isn't too pleased.
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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Are we at the bottom yet?

by Kai Ryssdal
May 29, 2009
Trying to figure out if we've reached the bottom seems to be every pundit's new favorite game. Kai Ryssdal reviews where we stand in the housing, manufacturing, and banking industries.
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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Indiana town builds hope on machinery

by Kai Ryssdal
May 21, 2009
Muncie, Ind., was once a manufacturing hub, but the recession has taken nearly all of those jobs away. So the city is banking on a new piece of machinery to help get it somewhat back on track. Kai Ryssdal reports.
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Corner Office

Keeping a retail niche in the bullseye

by Kai Ryssdal
May 20, 2009
Gregg Steinhafel, chairman and CEO of Target Corp., talks about the company's strategy for weathering the recession and expanding its place in the retail market.
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The Weekly Wrap

by Kai Ryssdal
May 15, 2009
Kai Ryssdal goes through this week's news with Mike Mandel, chief economist for Businessweek, and Megan McArdle from The Atlantic's Business Channel.
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The Next American Dream

Retirement dreams face new reality

by Kai Ryssdal
May 15, 2009
The recession has been a wake-up call for Americans who weren't preparing adequately for retirement. Alicia Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, talks with Kai Ryssdal about the changing picture for older workers.
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The Next American Dream

Homes built for a new American Dream

by Kai Ryssdal
May 13, 2009
Home developers are morphing designs to match the needs of homeowners in a new economy. Kai Ryssdal talks to Elizabeth Moule, an architect in Pasadena, Calif., who's using the subprime crisis as an opportunity to re-think how homes are built.
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Madoff feeders kept the scheme going

by Kai Ryssdal
May 12, 2009
Former Madoff investors continue to try recouping some of the billions they fed into the Ponzi scheme. Kai Ryssdal talks to Frontline correspondent Martin Smith, who looks into the "feeders" of the Madoff Affair.
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