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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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Make Me Smart With Kai and Molly

Blog: How to write better work emails

by Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood
Jun 27, 2017
Kai and Molly spoke to Jennifer Romolini, chief content officer of Shondaland.com, about her new book, “Weird in a World That's Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, F*ckups, and Failures”
We all have to send email for work. Here's how to get better at it.
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Mid-day Update

06/27/17: Too much Google?

by Molly Wood
Jun 27, 2017
The European Comission imposed $2.72 billion — fine on internet giant Google on Tuesday for breaching antitrust rules with its online shopping service, claiming that the company "abused its market dominance as a search engine." Also on today's show: A look at home health monitoring devices that improve care and cut costs for chronically ill patients.
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How summer festivals boost town economies and foster community pride

by Molly Wood and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 16, 2017
Festivals generate revenue for local businesses, but they help build a sense of community as well
Crowds gather at a film festival in Telluride, Colorado.
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Weekly Wrap

Weekly Wrap: Amazon buys Whole Foods. Now what?

by Molly Wood
Jun 16, 2017
It wasn't long ago Amazon was just a quaint online book store.
Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Amazon announced that it will buy Whole Foods for over $13 billion.
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Crispr inventor worries about the unintended consequences of gene editing

by Molly Wood and Paulina Velasco
Jun 16, 2017
Jennifer Doudna says the real value in the technology is that it 'opens up opportunities for applications.'
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Counting up American coal jobs: What's the real total?

by Molly Wood and Scott Tong
Jun 15, 2017
Here are the numbers behind the much-discussed coal industry in the U.S.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks with coal miners at the Harvey Mine in Sycamore, Pennsylvania, in April.
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Looking back at the birth of the iPhone, 10 years later

by Molly Wood
Jun 15, 2017
Brian Merchant has the backstory on the iPhone's creation in his new book, "The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone"
Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone at the Macworld Conference in January 2007 in San Francisco.
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Why Uber may not be ready to part with Travis Kalanick

by Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood
Jun 12, 2017
If a company is made in its founder's image, then it's tough to cut the founder out.
Despite scandal after scandal, there may still be investors who consider Kalanick's personality crucial to Uber's success.
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Graduating into the Economy

The do's and don'ts of saving money

by Molly Wood and Paulina Velasco
Jun 9, 2017
Also, how can you plan for your dream home?
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Graduating into the Economy

How to land a great job as a recent grad

by Molly Wood and Eliza Mills
Jun 9, 2017
Alison Green of Ask A Manager lends her advice for recent grads hunting for jobs.
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