Kyle Risdahl

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264 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 3 Aug

Kyle Risdahl’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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It's important to understand that I am not a business and economics guy. matched

I'm a history and political science guy from way back, right? matched

I have not taken economics course number one in college or in graduate school. matched

And until I got the job at Marketplace, I hadn't really given it much thought. matched

So when I sit down – and this holds true for my entire time at Marketplace. matched

When I sit down to write the show, I do two things. matched

I have to make sense to myself what I'm saying, right? matched

So obviously I have to do some research and understand what it is and then figure out how I'm going to explain it. matched

And then, and this is the God's honest truth, I think about how I would help my mother understand it. matched

My mom is an 86-year-old woman who, this is true, does not have an ATM card. matched

Goes to the bank every Friday afternoon and cashes a check for $100 to tide her over until next Friday. matched

So if I can make it make sense to her, then I think I'm doing all right. matched

The caveat and the catch with that, of course, is that we have really sophisticated listeners to Marketplace, right? matched

We have folks who work on Wall Street. matched

We have folks who work in the industry. matched

We have folks who work in every possible slice of this economy, and they understand in depth the things that I'm talking about. matched

So make it understandable, but don't dumb it down. matched

That's the challenge. matched

Right. matched

Are there particular techniques that you rely on? matched

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