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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)

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Restaurateur Jen Agg on creating ambiance, treating staff like family and sexism in the kitchen

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 12, 2017
In a new book, Canadian restaurateur Jen Agg recounts growing up in the restaurant industry and why she thinks it can still get better.
Jen Agg.
Jenna Wakani
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Rebecca Minkoff started off "just a designer." Now it's her job to inspire, too.

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 7, 2017
The luxury brand's eponymous founder is also selling a lifestyle, carefully crafted with her brother and partner, Uri.
Fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff walks the runway in New York City in September 2014.
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz
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No big movie opening this holiday weekend? It was an "unfortunate series of events"

by Adriene Hill and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 4, 2017
Pamela McClintock, senior film writer at The Hollywood Reporter, discusses the lackluster ticket sales at movie theaters this summer.
Moviegoers purchase tickets at an AMC theater in Arcadia, California, in August.
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images
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Why this filmmaker doesn't want Hollywood's $100 million

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 31, 2017
Nicolás Lopez used his "Chile-wood" to make "Hazlo Como Hombre" for less than a million dollars.
Ignacia Allamand as Luciana, Mauricio Ochmann as Raúl and Humberto Busto as Eduardo in "Hazlo Como Hombre."
Courtesy of Pantelion Films
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Why Chronicle Books is watching retail's slide very closely

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 30, 2017
Chronicle Books want you to happen upon their titles in stores like Sur La Table and Urban Outfitters. Which makes declining retail sales a tricky proposition for them.
Tyrrell Mahoney, president of Chronicle Books.
Natasha Claro, Chronicle Books
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After Afghanistan, a Marine and a combat photographer "reconnect through writing"

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 25, 2017
In "Shooting Ghosts," T.J. Brennan and Finbarr O'Reilly talk about the friendship that helped them rebuild their lives after war.
Finbarr O'Reilly, left, and T.J. Brennan at OP Kunjak, a tiny hilltop outpost in Afghanistan.
Finbarr O’Reilly/REUTERS
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Keeping jobs in the U.S. just doesn't make sense for Carrier's bottom line

by Kai Ryssdal , Emily Henderson and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 21, 2017
James Briggs from the Indianapolis Star gives an update on the layoffs at the furnace and air conditioner factory.
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Women CEOs outperform men, so why aren't companies giving them the top job?

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 17, 2017
Julie Creswell at the New York Times and Jena McGregor at the Washington Post have both written about the lack of women at the top of corporate America.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra holds a media briefing prior to the start of the 2015 GM Annual Meeting of Stockholders at GM world headquarters June 2015 in Detroit, Michigan. 
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
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Trade Off: Stories of Globalization and Backlash

"We make German cars, in America"

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 16, 2017
Spartanburg County made a big bet on globalization when they landed a BMW manufacturing facility 25 years ago. Here's what that looks like today.
Inside Assembly North at BMW's Spartanburg manufacturing facility, the biggest BMW factory in the world.
Bridget Bodnar/Marketplace
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Your pumpkin pie is a lie

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 15, 2017
In "BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts," Stella Parks tells how corporations popularized many treats (and yes, there are recipes, too).
Butternut Pumpkin Pie.
Penny De Los Santos
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