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Molly Wood

Host and senior editor

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Molly Wood is the former host and senior editor of "Marketplace Tech," a daily broadcast focused on demystifying the digital economy, and former co-host of "Make Me Smart," where she and co-host Kai Ryssdal would try to make sense of big topics in business, tech and culture.

What was your first job?

Grocery store checker (but I also drove an ice cream truck once).

Fill in the blank: Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you ______.

Time, the most precious thing of all.

What is something that everyone should own, no matter how much it costs?

A pet!

What’s the favorite item in your workspace and why?

My electric fireplace! It is both cute and cozy.

 

Episodes by Molly (3,465)

Make Me Smart

Let’s do the numbers on a $15 minimum wage (rerun)

Jan 4, 2022
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Our mental “surge capacity” is maxed out (rerun)

Dec 28, 2021
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Critical race theory has been around for decades — why’s it a powder keg now? (rerun)

Dec 21, 2021
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40 years later, is this the end of Reaganomics? (rerun)

Dec 14, 2021
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Make Me Smart | Episode 569

What's the deal with stadium naming rights?

Dec 1, 2021
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Make Me Smart | Episode 568

Ethereum 101

Nov 30, 2021
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Make Me Smart | Episode 567

OMG omicron

Nov 29, 2021
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How We Survive | Season 1 | Episode 8

How We Change

Nov 24, 2021
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Make Me Smart | Episode 564

What will Covid-19 cases in America look like this winter?

Nov 19, 2021
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Make Me Smart | Episode 563

Crypto lovers go all in on the Constitution

Nov 18, 2021
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Marketplace Tech Blogs

More extremists are getting radicalized online. Whose responsibility is that?

by Molly Wood
Mar 19, 2019
And what can social media companies do to intervene?
Bellingcat, a research and investigative journalism site, is collecting and archiving social posts that show videos and images of rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol last week.
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How much did the rise and stall of Oculus have to do with Facebook?

by Molly Wood
Mar 14, 2019
As the social media giant buys up companies, it may be losing fans along the way.
The Oculus logo is displayed at Facebook's F8 Developer Conference on April 18, 2017 in San Jose, California.
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Oculus was supposed to bring virtual reality to the masses. What happened?

by Molly Wood
Mar 13, 2019
"Having the best technology is not always a winning formula," author Blake Harris says.
Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets at the Westfield London shopping center in 2015.
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A Baltimore teen learns 3D printing through after-school technology workshops

by Molly Wood
Mar 12, 2019
Closing the digital divide, one kid at a time.
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The World Wide Web turns 30. How do we keep the magic alive?

by Molly Wood
Mar 11, 2019
Zeynep Tufekci talks to us about the challenges of global connectivity.
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There's net neutrality legislation in Congress... but don't get too excited

by Molly Wood
Mar 8, 2019
The future of net neutrality may hinge on how internet service is defined.
Rally organizers carry away props following a protest outside the Federal Communication Commission building against the end of net neutrality rules on December 14, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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Zuckerberg's privacy manifesto is actually about messaging

by Molly Wood
Mar 7, 2019
It’s not about keeping you safe from Facebook’s data-hoovering efforts. It’s about competing with other messaging platforms.
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Data brokers are in the business of selling your online information

by Molly Wood
Mar 7, 2019
Hundreds of companies you've probably never heard of are making billions by selling your data.
A live demonstration uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition in dense crowd spatial-temporal technology at the Horizon Robotics exhibit during CES 2019 in Las Vegas.
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Do renters have the right to reject smart home technology?

by Molly Wood
Mar 5, 2019
Some tenants prefer to keep their apartments dumb.
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The crackdown on YouTube user comments: It's complicated

by Molly Wood
Mar 4, 2019
Do screening tools work?
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