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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)

What 100 different jobs tell us about why we work

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Dec 6, 2016
A look at The Atlantic's series, "Inside Jobs," interviews with people about how they make a living.
According to Adrienne Green, "life has nothing to do with our jobs", or conversely, "it can be everything and it can be just as fulfilling".
TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
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What it means to be a futurist

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Dec 5, 2016
A new book by futurist Amy Webb explores how we can predict change when it comes to the fast-paced world of technology.
Amy Webb, author of "The Signals Are Talking: Why Today’s Fringe is Tomorrow’s Mainstream"
Mary Gardella Photography
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What we still don't know about the Carrier deal

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 30, 2016
A reporter with the Indianapolis Star breaks down what we know so far.
A picture taken on November 6, 2014 shows the logo of the heating, air conditioning and ventilation Carrier factory at the entrance in Montluel, eastern France.   
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The high-volume, high-speed world of online luxury sales

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 29, 2016
One company plays a huge role in helping high-end boutiques sell online.
Shoppers walk past the window of a designer clothes shop on Old Bond Street on November 22, 2008, in London.
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Cottage cheese wants to be the new Greek yogurt

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 28, 2016
But how easy will it be for the dairy product to lose its dowdy reputation?
Greek yogurt rival or 1970s diet food?
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How this woman revolutionized her small town's economy

by Bridget Bodnar
Nov 25, 2016
Huang Daopo transformed the cotton industry in China hundreds of years before the West
An illustration from the book "Wonder Women."
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Neel Kashkari wants to end Too Big To Fail

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 17, 2016
The President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis says he has a plan to drastically reduce the chances of another bailout of big banks.
Neel Kashkari, US Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability, discusses the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the federal government's $700 billion bailout program, in a forum at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business on January 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. 
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The two sisters who became doctors against the odds

by Bridget Bodnar
Nov 17, 2016
The story of Emily and Elizabeth Blackwell, sisters who became doctors and opened their own hospital in the 19th century.
A scene depicting an anatomy lesson for female medical students is shown in "Sala di Anatomia al Woman's Medical College of New York Infirmary", first printed in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, April 16, 1870.
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Memoirs + Biographies

Anna Kendrick's still not sure she's 'made it'

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 16, 2016
Anna Kendrick talks about award shows, crappy apartments, and why the fear is good.
Actress Anna Kendrick appears onstage during The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.  
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Reactions to Trump from the Butte Plaza Mall

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 14, 2016
Butte voted for Hillary Clinton, but the rest of the state went for Trump.
Will consumers be in the mood to shop after the divisive election?
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