Kai Ryssdal is a public radio icon.
For the last two decades, he's hosted Marketplace, an economics show that reaches more than 14 million listeners a week. He also co-hosts the podcast Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly.
Throughout the course of his career, he's interviewed some of the most important names in the world of business, politics, and technology ... Show More
Mar 2021
Branden Harvey Ranks His Favorite Good News Stories!
Branden Harvey is a gifted storyteller, a speaker, the host of the Sounds Good podcast, and is the founder of the Good newspaper, which you can find over at goodgoodgood.co. Branden has made it his company’s mission to tell stories of good news and inspire others. Today on List I ... Show More
57m 14s
Jun 2022
What Stories Do America’s Monuments Tell? with Dr. Elizabeth Alexander
You’re planning an afternoon with friends, just east of Atlanta, Georgia. A picnic, maybe a scenic walk, some fireworks as the sun goes down. You find a park that seems to have it all: Stone Mountain. Then you do some research on it—and learn that it holds significance for the Co ... Show More
55m 29s
Apr 2023
The Artist Who Was Both Loved and Disdained
We bring you a special episode from Sidedoor, a podcast about the treasures that fill the vaults of the Smithsonian. This story is inspired by “Big Band,” a defining work by the painter LeRoy Neiman.
Neiman was a character, a cultural gadfly and an omnipresent artist who sat for ... Show More
37m 12s
Aug 2023
Music is escapism with Nitin Sawhney, Tim Burgess, Nainita Desai and Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Nitin Sawhney, Tim Burgess, Nainita Desai and Ayanna Witter-Johnson discuss how their family and cultural history impacts their creativity, being conscious of who they’re representing when creating, and how their output is a reflection of their changing identities.Producer, compo ... Show More
36m 58s
May 2023
Super Soul Special: Oprah Winfrey: Love and Connection
Original Air Date: February 17th, 2021Everything we do, every relationship we have, succeeds or fails based on our level of true spiritual connection with others. How do we get back on track when we find ourselves disconnected from people? In this episode of “Super Soul,” Oprah s ... Show More
32m 57s