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Peter Balonon-Rosen

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Peter produced the narrative podcasts “The Uncertain Hour” and “This Is Uncomfortable.” He also reported radio features for Marketplace’s radio programs, wrote for our website and served as an in-studio and field photographer.

What was your first job?

Dishwasher

What do you think is the hardest part of your job that no one knows?

Video conferences.

In your next life, what would your career be?

Foley artist.

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

Snacks for the snack desk.

What’s your most memorable Marketplace moment?

Seeking out tornadoes with storm chasers for half a week to report a story about the business of storm chasing. Watching severe storms develop over the prairies of Nebraska was breathtaking.

Episodes by Peter (10)

The Uncertain Hour | Season 6 | Episode 4

Chapter 4: The Battle of Newburgh

Apr 12, 2023
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The Uncertain Hour | Season 6 | Episode 3

Chapter 3: Race and rumor

Apr 5, 2023
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Marketplace Tech

YouTube and content creators clash over the platform's automated copyright tool

Nov 22, 2022
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This Is Uncomfortable | Season 7 | Episode 6

Bait & switch

Nov 17, 2022
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The Uncertain Hour | Season 5 | Episode 7

Inside baseball

Mar 17, 2021
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The Uncertain Hour | Season 5 | Episode 4

The liquid workforce

Feb 24, 2021
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This Is Uncomfortable | Season 2 | Episode 22

Money makes me sick

Jul 16, 2020
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The Uncertain Hour | Season 4 | Episode 3

Unemployment benefits are hard to get. That’s on purpose.

May 27, 2020
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This Is Uncomfortable | Season 1 | Episode 23

Love thy neighbor, and pay off their debts, too

Nov 14, 2019
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This Is Uncomfortable | Season 1 | Episode 10

What dad left behind

Aug 15, 2019
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Latest Stories (47)

Your favorite band T-shirt just got a lot pricier

by Peter Balonon-Rosen
Dec 22, 2017
Band T-shirts from the '90s are hot right now. Really hot.
courtesy of Patrick Klima/WyCo Vintage
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Managing mental health in the midst of disaster

by Peter Balonon-Rosen
Dec 15, 2017
A look at the cost of the impact of disasters on mental health — and the people who's job it is to help.
An inmate firefighter monitors flames as a house burns in the Napa wine region in California on October 9, 2017, as multiple wind-driven fires continue to whip through the region. 
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What rescue puppies teach us about supply and demand

by Peter Balonon-Rosen
Dec 7, 2017
Puppies sometimes make cross-country journeys to meet adoption demands.
Kelly Brown drives the Brother Wolf van through Rutherford County, North Carolina on her way to receive dogs for the trip to Connecticut.
Timothy O'Connell for Topic
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Economics of Disaster

The business of disaster: How does the U.S. spend relief money?

by Peter Balonon-Rosen
Dec 1, 2017
A guide to when the Federal Emergency Management Agency get involved and the rules governing how its funds are spent.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials help people with questions at the George R. Brown Convention Center which was a shelter for evacuees from Hurricane Harvey, in Houston on September 2, 2017.
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The hidden history of comic book shops

by Peter Balonon-Rosen
Nov 24, 2017
On and off the page, the whole industry has had some battles of its own.
Comic books for sale at the Big Apple Comic Book, Art, and Toy Show July 6, 2001 in New York City.
Mario Tama/Getty Images
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How women pay an economic price after sexual harassment

by Peter Balonon-Rosen
Nov 3, 2017
They often move to lower-paying jobs in fields where harassment less likely to occur, a study finds.
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It's open enrollment season. But you'll see fewer ads for it than ever before.

by Peter Balonon-Rosen
Oct 27, 2017
The Trump administration slashed money for health care marketing and enrollment helpers.
Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images
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Wait times for Social Security benefit appeals leave people in limbo

by Peter Balonon-Rosen and Sean McHenry
Oct 20, 2017
Michael Astrue, a former Social Security commissioner, talks about how and where the backlog starts.
Michael Astrue, former Social Security Administration commissioner, says the backlog starts at the back end. That's where “you're having a thousand-day waits.”
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I went to the world's largest Applebee's to figure out why chain restaurants are dying

by Peter Balonon-Rosen
Oct 20, 2017
The decline of chain restaurants coincides with the growth in income disparities.
The second floor dining room at an Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar in Manhattan.
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Schools have become the latest target of cyberattacks

by Peter Balonon-Rosen
Oct 13, 2017
A hacking organization shut down a Montana school district for three days following threats of violence and a demand for bitcoin.
A laptop displays a message after being infected by a ransomware as part of a worldwide cyberattack.
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