Kai Ryssdal

Kai Ryssdal

Kai Ryssdal is the host of "Marketplace", a business program that airs weekdays on U.S. public radio stations affiliated with American Public Media. He took over in August 2005, replacing David Brown. Before hosting "Marketplace", he was host of the "Marketplace Morning Report", a 10-minute business roundup.

Before joining "Marketplace", Ryssdal was a reporter and substitute host for "The California Report", a news and information program distributed to public radio stations throughout California by KQED-FM in San Francisco.

The Radio and Television News Directors Association and the national Public Radio News Directors Association have honored him with first place awards for his radio work.

Ryssdal graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, followed by spending eight years in the United States Navy, first flying from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. "Theodore Roosevelt", and then as a Pentagon staff officer. Before moving to public radio, Ryssdal was a member of the United States Foreign Service and served in Ottawa, Canada, and Beijing, China.

Ryssdal is married and has three children.

ee also

*KQED-FM

External links

* [http://marketplace.publicradio.org/about/cast_crew/ryssdal.html American Public Media's Marketplace web site]
* [http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_MAGAZINE/winter2004/kai.html Ryssdal biography in Emory University alumni magazine]


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