Kai Ryssdal — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Host of Marketplace, a business program on U.S. public radio stations, since August 2005.
Co-hosts the spinoff podcast Make Me Smart with Kimberly Adams.
Recipient of awards for his radio work from the Radio-Television News Directors Association and the Public Radio News Directors Association.
Received a Master of Arts in National Security Studies from Georgetown University in 1993.
Graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1985.

Biography

Kai Ryssdal is an American radio journalist best known as the host of Marketplace, a business program broadcast weekdays on U.S. public radio stations. He took over as host in August 2005, succeeding David Brown. Marketplace is produced and distributed by American Public Media. Ryssdal also co-hosts the spinoff podcast Make Me Smart with Kimberly Adams.

Before hosting Marketplace, Ryssdal was the host of the Marketplace Morning Report and the weekend program Marketplace Money.