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Maria Hollenhorst

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Maria Hollenhorst is based in Los Angeles, California.

She produces content for Marketplace’s flagship broadcast including host interviews, economic explainers, and personal stories for the “Adventures in Housing” and “My Economy” series. Her work has been recognized by the Association for Business Journalists Best in Business Awards.

When not making radio, she can be found hiking, skiing, jogging, roller-blading, or exploring this beautiful world. Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, she wound her way into journalism after graduating from the University of Utah. She has a deep appreciation for trees.

Latest Stories (409)

The robot delivering your meal might have a human driver

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 27, 2023
Food delivery robots are popping up across America with varying levels of autonomy. A company called Coco employs remote pilots.
Chef Rita Huda looks out from her restaurant, Rita’s Gate of India, in Santa Monica, California. Remotely piloted robots deliver some of its orders.
Maria Hollenhorst/Marketplace
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Adventures in Housing

“I’m at a point where I want to enjoy my life”

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 14, 2023
Baby boomer Barbara Talisman quit her job to travel the world. Research shows her generation wants to live it up as younger folks spend less.
Barbara Talisman having an adventure in French Polynesia in April 2022.
Courtesy Talisman
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U.S. money supply is shrinking. Does that mean we’re all doomed?

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 13, 2023
Movements in money supply matter, but not as much as they used to.
The U.S. money supply is falling for the first time in the modern era.
Naser Jafari/Tasnim News/AFP via Getty Images
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An attractive landscape for “cowboy art” business

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 13, 2023
A century ago, the railroad industry helped create an American art movement. But who’s profiting today?
"Cowboys Roping the Bear," by Frank Tenney Johnson, sold for $921,000 in 2012. More than a century ago, railroads invested in art as part of their interest in transporting people westward.
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United States of Work

Building financial stability, one Lego brick at a time

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 1, 2023
What one veteran and former bartender found in a new job.
At a retailer specializing in Lego toys, Neil Cairns found a sense of purpose.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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National Debt

The messy money reality at the center of the debt ceiling fight

by Kai Ryssdal , Richard Cunningham and Maria Hollenhorst
May 22, 2023
Raising the federal government’s borrowing limit isn’t about spending. It’s about how money works.
Unless the White House and Congressional leaders can make a deal to lift or suspend the debt limit, the U.S. could default on its debts as soon as June 1.
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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Ads on social media are exceptionally good at getting us to click "buy"

by Kai Ryssdal , Sarah Leeson and Maria Hollenhorst
May 18, 2023
"In the past, we've studied social media ads as if they're just like a billboard or a print magazine ad when they're not," said advertising professor Matthew Pittman. "You're seeing an ad from any number of sources."
On Instagram or in other social media feeds, "you're seeing an ad from any number of sources right after you might see a video or a post from your ex from high school or a new celebrity training fitness routine," said the University of Tennessee's Matthew Pittman.
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Adventures in Housing

Why this proud “boomer” started a home-sharing website

by Maria Hollenhorst
May 17, 2023
Jayne Ehrlich wants to make it easier for boomers to live "alone together.”
Around 10% of Americans over 50 live alone without significant others or children to care for them, according to the AARP.
Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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How companies commodify your recycled waste

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
May 3, 2023
We tour a materials recovery facility in California, where the stuff consumers toss into recycling bins is sorted.
Athens Services, a Southern California waste collection an recycling company, is just one part of a global system that recycles waste into new packaging and products.
Antoinette Brock/Marketplace
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Banks in Turmoil

The history of “too big to fail”

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 13, 2023
In the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank debacle, the 1984 failure of Continental Illinois remains relevant.
The head offices of Bear Stearns, left, and JPMorgan Chase in New York in March 2008. After Bear went bust, JPM acquired its remains for a small sum.
Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images
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