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Andie Corban

"Marketplace" Producer

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Andie is a producer of Marketplace's flagship daily program. She produces field stories, economic explainers and interviews with government officials, small-business owners, CEOs and others. Andie joined Marketplace in 2019 and is based in Los Angeles.

Before Marketplace, Andie led the news department at Rhode Island radio station WBRU. She also worked at Boston's NPR station, WBUR, and her investigative reporting has been published in The Providence Journal newspaper. She has a degree in public policy from Brown University.

In her free time, Andie enjoys baking new recipes (or just making her favorite chocolate chip cookies) and going to movie screenings across Los Angeles. She was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Dec 18, 2019
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My Economy

Prioritizing stability over wealth

by Andie Corban
Nov 27, 2019
Ohio native Louise Eberle says the work-life balance of her public school job gives her more than wealth ever could.
Photo courtesy of Louise Eberle
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Cities are piloting e-bike programs in a bid to reduce delivery truck traffic

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Nov 21, 2019
Montreal and Oslo are aiming to alleviate truck traffic and pollution.
A driver cycles on a tricycle delivery vehicle to deliver packages for UPS in the rain in 2018 in Berlin, Germany.
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Shelf Life

Misleading charts are everywhere. Here's how to spot them.

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Nov 19, 2019
Even graphics published by major news outlets don't always contain the whole truth, says Alberto Cairo, author of "How Charts Lie."
In the aftermath of the 2016 election, Democrats and Republicans shared differing maps that highlighted their respective strengths, wrote Alberto Cairo. Above, people gather in Times Square on Nov. 8, 2016, Election Day.
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Is all-digital "neobanking" the future?

by Andie Corban , Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood
Nov 13, 2019
Tech companies like Google are increasingly moving into the business sector, where they can mine extensive data.
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Why financial startups are choosing human first names

by Andie Corban and Kimberly Adams
Nov 13, 2019
In an attempt to seem more trustworthy than big banks, financial startups are giving themselves folksy first names.
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What your chocolate bar has to do with deforestation

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Nov 8, 2019
Steven Mufson of The Washington Post explains why companies are struggling to farm cocoa sustainably.
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My Economy

Waiting for 65

by Andie Corban
Nov 7, 2019
There is no guarantee of financial stability, even after 36 years at one company.
Simons and her husband have seven and eight years, respectively, until they hit 65.
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How the FDIC approaches cryptocurrencies

by Andie Corban and Molly Wood
Nov 5, 2019
Is it an asset or a security? Jelena McWilliams, head of the banking insurance agency, talks about balancing innovation and regulation.
FDIC chairman Jelena McWilliams talks with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about financial technology, or fintech, in April 2019 in Arlington, Virginia.
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The affordable housing crisis is forcing some people into basements

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Oct 30, 2019
A New York Times reporter took a look at immigrants living in the cramped, dark, illegal spaces in Queens.
Expensive housing in big cities like New York are pushing some people into illegal basement apartments.
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Kai Explains

What do changes in the stock market actually mean?

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Oct 22, 2019
"It's not as simple as it might seem," said Andrea Eisfeldt of UCLA.
A trader exiting the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in April 2013.
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