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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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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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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Meals on Wheels needs more than faith

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 24, 2009
The need for charities and programs that provide food and shelter is growing, but donations are down. Kai Ryssdal reports on a privately-funded Meals on Wheels program in Los Angeles that's hungry for help.
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Corner Office

Planning to take a chip out of recession

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 7, 2009
Intel CEO Paul Otellini is an MBA at a company that had been founded and run by engineers. He talks about his 25 years in the computer chip business and the company's strategy for bouncing back from the slow economy.
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Sizing up India's economic growth

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 2, 2009
Over the last two decades the Indian economy has become a force of its own. Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman of Infosys and author of "Imagining India," talks with Kai Ryssdal about how the country is handling the global recession.
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The Geithner Interviews

Geithner: Must take risks to fix crisis

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 23, 2009
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner talks with Kai Ryssdal about the Obama administration's plan to get bad assets off banks' books, and what signs he will look for to see economic recovery.
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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Securitzation industry a sinking ship?

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 18, 2009
Chances are the loan you got for your car or house in recent years ended up being bought by investors in a process called securitization. Some blame that process for or current economic mess and say it shouldn't be allowed to continue. Bob Moon reports.
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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Rep. Frank has questions ready for AIG

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 17, 2009
AIG CEO Edward Liddy is set to face a House panel's questions on bonuses paid to company executives with federal bailout money. Kai Ryssdal talks with Rep. Barney Frank about what to expect from the hearing on Wednesday.
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Fred Smith: Interview transcript

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 11, 2009
CONVERSATIONS FROM THE CORNER OFFICE: FedEx Founder, President and CEO Fred Smith.
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If the economy gets moving, he'll know

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 11, 2009
FedEx's performance is one of the indicators of the overall economy that even the Federal Reserve keeps an eye on. Fedex president and CEO Fred Smith talks about how it's handling the recession.
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The evolution of Barbie

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 9, 2009
Who knew that when she debuted 50 years ago Barbie would have such a huge impact on pop culture? Kai Ryssdal speaks with Robin Gerber, author of "Barbie and Ruth," about the iconic doll's origins.
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Who's hit the worst by the recession?

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 4, 2009
New York Times columnist David Leonhardt talks with Kai Ryssdal about who's getting hit the hardest by job losses and why.
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