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Molly Wood

Host and senior editor

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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)

Make Me Smart

Let’s do the numbers on a $15 minimum wage (rerun)

Jan 4, 2022
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Our mental “surge capacity” is maxed out (rerun)

Dec 28, 2021
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Critical race theory has been around for decades — why’s it a powder keg now? (rerun)

Dec 21, 2021
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40 years later, is this the end of Reaganomics? (rerun)

Dec 14, 2021
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Make Me Smart | Episode 569

What's the deal with stadium naming rights?

Dec 1, 2021
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Make Me Smart | Episode 568

Ethereum 101

Nov 30, 2021
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Make Me Smart | Episode 567

OMG omicron

Nov 29, 2021
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How We Survive | Season 1 | Episode 8

How We Change

Nov 24, 2021
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Make Me Smart | Episode 564

What will Covid-19 cases in America look like this winter?

Nov 19, 2021
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Make Me Smart | Episode 563

Crypto lovers go all in on the Constitution

Nov 18, 2021
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Claire’s looks for some sparkle in its third-quarter earnings

by Molly Wood
Dec 6, 2017
A drop in mall foot traffic has the retailer on the ropes.
 People pass a Claire's store on January 12, 2010 in the Hollywood community of Los Angeles, California. 
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Entering the Facebook ecosystem at age 6

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Dec 6, 2017
Will you let your children use the new Messenger Kids platform?
A look at Facebook's new chat app for kids.
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Will only the rich cheat death?

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Dec 5, 2017
Tech's wealthiest men are investing money in life-extension technology.
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Your phone tracks your location. The phone company knows ... who else should?

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Nov 29, 2017
A Supreme Court case could determine your digital privacy. Sen. Ron Wyden wants his bill to pass first.
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Imagining the everyday economy of the moon

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Nov 28, 2017
Andy Weir, author of "The Martian" and now "Artemis," on what colonizing space might look like.
A plane flies past the moon at sunset on March 3, 2015, in London.
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Weekly Wrap

Republicans are gearing up for a race to the finish on taxes

by Molly Wood
Nov 24, 2017
So much for a restful holiday weekend.
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PayPal's president says this Cyber Monday is all about mobile

by Molly Wood and Hayley Hershman
Nov 24, 2017
80 percent of Americans are expected to use their phones to shop this holiday season.
PayPal CEO Dan Schulman says the U.S. is “a laggard in digital payments.”
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Growing up in "Cartoon County"

by Molly Wood , Shaheen Ainpour and Hayley Hershman
Nov 23, 2017
Author Cullen Murphy talks about his new book and what it was like having a dad who was a cartoonist.
John Cullen Murphy's Big Ben Bolt (July 26, 1978)
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Toronto is building a billion-dollar mini smart city

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Nov 16, 2017
The city partnered with an Alphabet subsidiary to bring new tech to its waterfront.
Toronto Mayor John Tory during his visit to Marketplace's New York bureau.
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How venture capital works

Where does Silicon Valley's bro culture start? VC

by Molly Wood
Nov 15, 2017
Venture capital begets the tech industry. What happens if it's rotten from the start?
DFJ Partner Steve Jurvetson (L) and TechCrunch moderator Connie Loizos speak onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017 at Pier 48 on September 18, 2017 in San Francisco, California.
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