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Kai Ryssdal

Host and Senior Editor

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.

Latest from Kai Ryssdal

  • Special Coverage from Marketplace: Selling America
    Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

    Stop us if you have heard this before: We’re in an unprecedented economic moment. But this time really is different. America’s place in the global economy is changing, and what happens next is going to matter for businesses, consumers and you.

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  • Special Coverage from Marketplace: Selling America
    Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

    Stop us if you have heard this before: We’re in an unprecedented economic moment. But this time really is different. America’s place in the global economy is changing, and what happens next is going to matter for businesses, consumers and you.

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  • Selling America: Special Coverage From Marketplace
    Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

    The world economic order is shifting. So is America’s place in it.

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  • Amid turmoil, firms cling to their employees
    Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

    Stable jobless claims signal companies are following a wait-and-see approach in this uncertain economy. Plus, get that EV tax credit while you still can, and check your mail for a check from Wells Fargo.

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  • Shelene Hearring, owner of Two Dragons Martial Arts, is teaching classes in a temporary location after her business burned down.
    Andie Corban/Marketplace

    Although her business premises were destroyed, Shelene Hearring’s students helped her understand that “all the spirits, all the energy, all the love, all those years were still living.”

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  • Apr 17, 2025

    Trump vs. Powell

    Trump vs. Powell
    Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

    We break down the case that could shake up the Fed’s independence.

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  • Tariff anxiety turns fun splurges into stress purchases
    Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

    Some Americans, worried that tariffs will make life’s little luxuries too expensive, are proactively buying them in bulk. Plus, a country club in Altadena, California, used by local nonprofits has a long, expensive road to rebuilding after the wildfire.

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  • Before the fires, Altadena Town & Country Club was a hub in the local economy, employing over 100 people and hosting organizations' events.
    Andie Corban/Marketplace

    “We’re committed to rebuilding and continuing to support the community,” says Craig Sloane, general manager of Altadena Town & Country Club. 

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  • Let's talk about Zeno's paradox
    Morakot Kawinchan/Getty Images

    Where the rubber meets the road in a constitutional crisis.

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  • Counting the ways tariffs disrupt our economy
    Joe Raedle/Getty Images

    Oil, steel and supply chains are just a few areas of the economy where President Donald Trump’s trade policy is causing trouble. Plus: The road to recovery after the devastating wildfire in Altadena, California.

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