

Marketplace
Marketplace
Every weekday, host Kai Ryssdal helps you make sense of the day's business and economic news — no econ degree or finance background required. "Marketplace" takes you beyond the numbers, bringing you context. Our team of reporters all over the world speak with CEOs, policymakers and regular people just trying to get by.
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20 snips
Mar 6, 2026 • 26min
Job numbers fall short of expectations
Nova Safo, Marketplace reporter covering health and business, explains Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 pricing move. Sudeep Reddy, economics reporter, parses the surprising 92,000 job loss and labor-market signals. Courtney Brown, Axios journalist, discusses consumer sentiment, geopolitics and inflation risks. They focus on the jobs shock, health care cuts, drug-pricing initiatives and what indicators to watch next.

4 snips
Mar 5, 2026 • 25min
Why manufacturing employment continues to fall
Sheila Martin, founder of Triple H Ranch, shares nonprofit startup and cost realities. Haley May, Colorado reporter, looks at how low snow hurts weather-dependent businesses. Brian Walsh, Vox editorial director, traces why Americans spend less of income on food. Amanda Hoover, Business Insider correspondent, explains hiring shifts and resumes losing sway.

19 snips
Mar 4, 2026 • 25min
"The Pitt" is the ultimate workplace drama
R. Scott Gemmill, TV writer and showrunner best known for creating The Pitt and writing on ER, talks about crafting a real-time, workplace-focused medical drama. He discusses writers room practices, using medical experts on set, streaming versus network constraints, and plans for season three. Short, energetic, and behind-the-scenes.

Mar 3, 2026 • 25min
War sends cargo to the skies
Mitchell Hartman, an auto industry reporter, looks at recent trends and light vehicle sales. Daniel Ackerman, a retail and consumer trends reporter, reviews holiday earnings and what they imply for spending. Kristen Schwab, a commercial aviation and logistics reporter, shares on-the-ground reporting about air freight rerouting and Gulf airspace limits. Greg Ip, an economics columnist, ties markets, bonds and the dollar to geopolitical risk.

18 snips
Mar 2, 2026 • 25min
Overnight, a wartime economy
Justin Howe, Kristen Schwab, Elizabeth Trova and Carla Javier — Marketplace reporters covering bonds, consumer impacts, LNG and shipping changes. Willie Shi — Harvard Business School professor on supply-chain resilience. Robin Brooks — Brookings macroeconomist on oil markets and monetary risk. They discuss rising yields, gas and LNG disruptions, shipping reroutes, and how supply chains and policy face new pressures.

25 snips
Feb 27, 2026 • 26min
Fast-casual meal deals are upon us
Cora Lewis, AP business reporter covering rent buy-now-pay-later risks for renters. Megan McCarty Carino, Marketplace reporter on data center construction and its modest GDP effect. Heather Long, Navy Federal chief economist on consumer spending, hiring and economic uncertainty. Anna Swanson, NYT economics reporter on tariffs and trade policy. They discuss meal deals, tariff shifts, data center spending, rent BNPL and labor-investment hesitancy.

8 snips
Feb 26, 2026 • 25min
A private credit market boom
Mitchell Hartman, a reporter who previews economic data, and Daniel Ackerman, a markets and banking reporter, dig into the private credit boom. They trace its fivefold growth since 2008 and why nonbank lending rose. The conversation covers concentration of loans in software, risks to the broader economy, and market reverberations from AI and banking shifts.

10 snips
Feb 25, 2026 • 25min
Expect and you shall recieve
Raphael Bostic, outgoing president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and noted economist, reflects on Fed credibility and monetary policy. He talks about how expectations can shape inflation. He also discusses leadership and running the Atlanta Fed, and why he trusts the Fed’s independence.

15 snips
Feb 24, 2026 • 25min
"We're trying to control what we can control": A Fed president reflects
Raphael Bostic, president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank and experienced monetary policy economist, reflects on central banking in an uncertain era. He discusses why policymaking feels more like art than science right now. He talks about inflation, credibility and the 2% target. He explores labor market shifts, AI and hiring dynamics, and how the Fed focuses on what it can control.

8 snips
Feb 23, 2026 • 25min
Let's talk about the new Trump tariff
A fast-paced look at a new 15% worldwide tariff and the legal limits that shape it. Conversations cover which imports are exempt and who really feels the pain. Small businesses share how tariffs and uncertainty stretch supply chains and pricing. Plus coverage of battery storage growth, shifting labor trends, and a new tax break for certain car buyers.


