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Bridget Bodnar

Senior Producer

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Bridget is the director of podcasts at Marketplace. She's also the host and co-creator of “Million Bazillion,” Marketplace's award-winning podcast for kids about money.

Bridget has worked at Marketplace since 2011 when she started as an intern. Since then, she's worked across multiple shows and podcasts, including for several years on the flagship evening broadcast of “Marketplace.” She was the senior producer of “Million Bazillion” and “Make Me Smart.”

Bridget is originally from Michigan but now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughters. They have a lot of cats.

Episodes by Bridget (58)

Million Bazillion | Season 6 | Episode 8

Why is there so much gold at Fort Knox?

May 28, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 6 | Episode 7

What does money have to do with climate change?

May 21, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 6 | Episode 6

How does the economy work? (and other important money questions)

May 14, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1158

What grocery aisle gossip can tell us about the economy

May 10, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 6 | Episode 5

What is bankruptcy?

May 7, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 6 | Episode 4

Why does it feel so good to spend money?

Apr 30, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 6 | Episode 3

How do people pay for college?

Apr 23, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 6 | Episode 2

What are unions?

Apr 16, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 6 | Episode 1

How are cars made?

Apr 9, 2024
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Million Bazillion | Season 6

"Million Bazillion" is back April 9!

Apr 2, 2024
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Latest Stories (236)

Why it’s important to talk with your kids about money  

by David Brancaccio , Bridget Bodnar and Erika Soderstrom
Jul 12, 2022
“You are teaching them about money, even if you're not saying anything,” says Bridget Bodnar, co-host and senior producer of "Million Bazillion" — Marketplace’s podcast for kids.
Not talking to your kids about money already teaches them one lesson ... that money can be stressful.
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How to sell the future

by Bridget Bodnar and Charlton Thorp
Sep 7, 2020
A look at how advertising execs sold computers before any of us knew what they were.
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How a stained glass business is holding up in a shaky economy

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Jul 9, 2020
A family business that's endured for five generations figures out new ways to stay relevant.
Stained glass artwork hangs at Judson Studios in South Pasadena, California.
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What menudo can tell us about Mexico

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Mar 11, 2020
There's more to Mexican cuisine than tacos and burritos.
A bowl of menudo Rick Martinez had for breakfast in Zacatecas one morning.
Rick Martinez
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What lunch shaming tells us about how we think about poor people

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Mar 10, 2020
The way we talk about poverty and the the people living in it could be getting in the way of solving inequality. One example? Lunch shaming.
Cafeteria workers prepare lunches for school children at the Normandie Avenue Elementary School in South Central Los Angeles.
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Could we be doing more to help people on parole?

by Kai Ryssdal , Alli Fam and Bridget Bodnar
Mar 2, 2020
A former New Orleans parole officer reflects on what could be done better to help parolees stay out of jail and build new lives.
A truck is parked in front of a home in the historic Fauborg Marigny neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Meet Steve, 55, professional driver

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Feb 18, 2020
The Bureau of Labor Statistics would categorize Steve’s job as “production, transportation, and material moving” along with butchers, sewing machine operators and furniture makers, to name a few. One in 10 workers in the U.S. labor force are in this category.
Steve Fields
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Meet Kate, 24, new account representative at a bank

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Feb 18, 2020
Kate's work is part of the "Sales and Office Occupations," category, like 20% of the U.S. labor force. She has an associate's degree.
Matt Staver
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Meet Derrick, 40, college dean

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Feb 18, 2020
Derrick's work is characterized as "management, professional, like 40% of the U.S. workforce.
Caroline Yang
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Meet Stephanie, 49, executive director of a movie theater

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Feb 18, 2020
The Bureau of Labor Statistics would categorize her under “management, professional, and related occupations," along with four in 10 U.S. workers. This category also includes teachers, dentists, CEOs and a wide range of other professions.
Amiee Stubbs
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