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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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Can we get a critical mass of women in tech within a decade?

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Oct 18, 2017
Reshma Saujani, the CEO and founder of Girls Who Code, wants to solve Silicon Valley's gender diversity problem. And she says she's well on her way.
Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, accepts the Diversity Advocate Award at the 34th Annual Walter Kaitz Foundation Fundraising Dinner in New York City in September.
Larry Busacca/Getty Images for The Walter Kaitz Foundation
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Hungry and broke? We've got a cookbook for you, millennials

by Adriene Hill , Bridget Bodnar and Sean McHenry
Oct 12, 2017
Miranda Berman and Gabi Moskowitz want to hold your hand in the kitchen.
The "Someday I'll Be Rich Rice and Beans" from a new cookbook by Gabi Moskowitz and Miranda Berman.
Bridget Bodnar / Marketplace
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Hearst’s Joanna Coles says magazines are here to stay

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Oct 11, 2017
"There is no secret sauce, apart from deep passion for women's journalism," says the chief content officer.
“I've had several female bosses," Joanna Coles says. “They've all been super supportive. I don't like the tropes, particularly in my industry, that the senior women are mean to the junior staff.”
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Junk bond kings take center stage in a new play

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Oct 5, 2017
In Ayad Akhtar's new play "Junk," he tackles the precarious financial world of the 1980s.
Playwright Ayad Akhtar (foreground) and director Doug Hughes (background) in rehearsals for Lincoln Center Theater's JUNK. The new play examines the dark side of Wall Street in the 1980s. 
Photo courtesy of T. Charles Erickson
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CEO Satya Nadella explains his vision for Microsoft and the future

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 28, 2017
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said putting PCs on every desk was just the beginning.
Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft, speaks during a Microsoft event in May 2017 in New York City.
Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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CEO Satya Nadella on why he's hitting refresh at Microsoft

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 27, 2017
The "consummate insider" talks about the course change he's planned for the legacy tech company.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Corp., speaks at the Microsoft annual shareholders meeting in Bellevue, Washington, in 2016.
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Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter put off retirement after Trump was elected

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 26, 2017
But now he's leaving the magazine. "After 9,200 days of deadlines, it would be nice just to kick around a bit."
Graydon Carter welcomes his audience at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in 2014 in San Francisco.
Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Vanity Fair
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It's expensive to launch a new restaurant — so these guys did fried chicken and donuts instead

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 25, 2017
Mike Solomonov and his restaurant partner Steven Cook opened Federal Donuts with a group of friends. They didn't expect it'd actually be successful.
“The beauty of Federal Donuts is that the financial success really came second,” said Steven Cook.
Photo courtesy of Mike Persico
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She quit her six figure job to help other women better understand their cars

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 19, 2017
Patrice Banks was a failure analyst and a self-described "auto airhead" when she become a mechanic, then opened an auto repair center aimed at women.
At Patrice Banks' auto repair shop, you can get your oil changed and your nails done.
Courtesy of Patrice Banks/Girls Auto Clinic Repair Center
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Inside the mind of Manolo Blahnik, the king of shoes

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 14, 2017
The life of the designer and the creation of his eponymous luxury shoe brand is the subject of a new documentary, "Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards."
“The only time I ever really see Manolo truly, truly happy and contented is when he's in the factory sculpting the last of a new shoe or playing with the shape of a new heel,” says Michael Roberts. Above, a picture of Manolo Blahnik.
Courtesy of Music Box Films
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