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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)

On Buffalo’s east side, inflation intensifies the daily struggle to buy food

by Kai Ryssdal , Nela Richardson and Maria Hollenhorst
Nov 2, 2022
“I have to get less food,” one shopper said. “So I plan very carefully with my food stamps.”
Shoppers at a mobile farmers market in east Buffalo, New York, where many residents struggle with access to grocery stores.
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An economic "hope story" in Buffalo, New York

by Kai Ryssdal , Nela Richardson and Maria Hollenhorst
Oct 31, 2022
Over the past few years, pay for low-wage workers in the city has risen more than 40%, according to one analysis.
In Buffalo, there is "the sense that low-wage workers are doing better than inflation," says Nela Richardson of ADP, walking down Elmwood Avenue with "Marketplace" host Kai Ryssdal.
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Are computers ruining chess?

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Oct 5, 2022
A controversy involving one of the game's rising stars has sparked debate about creativity.
Magnus Carlsen during a chess tournament in 2021. Carlsen recently accused another grandmaster, Hans Niemann, of cheating.
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How's the container ship backlog at Southern California's ports?

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Sep 29, 2022
There are fewer than 10 ships waiting for a berth. “There still are issues, but it’s much better,” a Marine Exchange executive says.
Kip Louttit, right, of the Marine Exchange of Southern California, shows Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal congestion data at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach while looking at horizon free of container ships.
Maria Hollenhorst/Marketplace
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A professor’s "antithesis" to self-aggrandizing personal websites

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Sep 22, 2022
“It's meant to illustrate the vanity of human pretensions,” says Karl Aquino of the University of British Columbia.
A screenshot from the homepage of Karl Aquino’s “official, unofficial” website. Aquino teaches organizations and society at the University of British Columbia.
Screenshot courtesy Aquino
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What Chinese streaming services censor from American TV shows

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Sep 9, 2022
A journalist's side-by-side comparison of 100 episodes of “The Big Bang Theory” on Chinese and U.S. streaming sites.
Foreign TV shows on Chinese streaming websites like Youku must be approved by regulators. Journalist Manyun Zou analyzed 100 episodes of “The Big Bang Theory” to figure out what was censored.
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“Get Chris Pratt in the driver’s seat or this thing’s done”

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 26, 2022
An artificial intelligence company’s feedback for a once-aspiring screenwriter.
“It basically chose Chris Pratt as the silver bullet for this film,” said Trung Phan after having a screenplay he’d written analyzed by an artificial intelligence company.
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Adventures in Housing

The story of an old-fashioned bed and breakfast in the age of Airbnb

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 21, 2022
Lori and Bruce Howard recently cashed in on tourist lodging they built together near Yosemite National Park.
Lori and Bruce Howard in Yosemite National Park in 2018. Until recently, the couple operated a full-service B&B in Oakhurst, California.
Courtesy Lori and Bruce Howard
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One school district’s attempt to keep students safe

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 28, 2022
“We have to do this,” says Dr. Scott Anzalone, former president of the local school board in Logan, Ohio.
"We've done everything possible to make sure security is tight without making kids more traumatized," says Dr. Scott Anazlone, former president of the Logan-Hocking School District in Ohio.
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Why you should care about a Supreme Court decision on the "administrative state"

by Kai Ryssdal , Andie Corban and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 21, 2022
Executive agencies implement laws passed by Congress. The conservative legal movement seeks to limit their power.
The court might rule this week on a case involving the Environmental Protection Agency that’s part on an ongoing legal debate about the powers of the executive branch.
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