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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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How Feeding America provides 4 billion meals a year

Dec 18, 2019
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Why pork prices are driving Chinese inflation

by Andie Corban and Molly Wood
Oct 15, 2019
African swine fever has devastated the pig population in the country, where pork is a staple. It's not just food prices that are going up.
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My Economy

Why a county historian closely watches the economy

by Andie Corban
Oct 14, 2019
Holly Kirkendall is worried about budgeting by the museum she works at and the discretionary income of its visitors.
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How photos taken from the sky are helping farmers

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Oct 4, 2019
Aerial images are helping farmers achieve maximum yields from their crops.
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4 things to know about monthly jobs numbers

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Oct 3, 2019
The report tracks how many jobs are created and what the unemployment rate is, among other things.
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Understanding how an IPO gets priced

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Sep 25, 2019
Kai Ryssdal breaks down the ins and outs of the initial public offering.
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When corporate outings become work

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Sep 20, 2019
Are they just another opportunity for performance review?
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It's "Steelmageddon" after nearly 18 months of trade war

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Sep 17, 2019
"Prices are just tumbling every day," says Lisa Goldenberg, president of Delaware Steel Co.
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My Economy

Taking on this economy as a newly single parent

by Andie Corban
Sep 17, 2019
Hillary Barbour recently ended a nine-year marriage. "My radar is a lot more sensitive now to things that are happening in the market."
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Recessions and the media don't always mix

by Bennett Purser and Andie Corban
Sep 12, 2019
"Marketplace" listeners let us in on their opinion of recession-related media coverage.
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For farmers, it's about more than just China

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Sep 11, 2019
Apple and hops harvest season is underway for farmer Patrick Smith, who welcomes the distraction from trade war news.
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