SHORT BIO
Shaheen Ainpour is a former Marketplace production intern. He graduated from California State University, Long Beach, with a degree in finance and journalism. Before coming to Marketplace, Shaheen was a summer intern at NPR. He likes radio.
Latest Stories (99)
What if someone gave you bitcoin for your wedding?
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Shaheen Ainpour
Dec 6, 2017
Would you cash out early or hang on to it? A Wall Street Journal reporter tells how he tried to time the cryptocurrency market.
Can you tell if these are fake Yeezys?
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Shaheen Ainpour
Dec 4, 2017
The boom in the high-end sneaker market makes counterfeit kicks a real problem.
What a small business owner makes of the tax overhaul.
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Shaheen Ainpour
Dec 4, 2017
Is the proposed tax overhaul really a boon for small business? We checked in with Austin Golding, co-owner of Golding Barge Line in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to find out his perspective. “It seems like every time there’s a discussion about it, there’s a different provision or different nuance to it, but we’ve definitely been trying to […]
In Nebraska, historic shelterbelts are making way for more crops
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Shaheen Ainpour
Nov 28, 2017
The strips of trees once protected farmers from Dust Bowl storms. Reporter Carson Vaughan wrote about them.
Growing up in "Cartoon County"
by
Molly Wood
, Shaheen Ainpour
and Hayley Hershman
Nov 23, 2017
Author Cullen Murphy talks about his new book and what it was like having a dad who was a cartoonist.
Time to pay attention to net neutrality again
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Shaheen Ainpour
Nov 21, 2017
The Federal Communications Commission will not uphold Obama-era net neutrality rules. Today, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai asked the commission to adopt a more free-market approach to regulating the internet. Net neutrality is the idea that all data transmitted over the internet be treated equally and companies can’t slow down or charge different rates for different […]
Germany won't have a government anytime soon
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Shaheen Ainpour
Nov 20, 2017
The German parliament still has not formed a coalition government.
Puerto Rico still has no power
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Shaheen Ainpour
Nov 16, 2017
Marketplace Weekend's Lizzie O'Leary gives us the view from the ground in San Juan.
The powerful hold of Silicon Valley's venture capital priesthood
by
Kai Ryssdal
, Molly Wood
and Shaheen Ainpour
Nov 14, 2017
Marketplace Tech's Molly wood tells how a small, influential group of mostly men have a tendency to fund ... mostly men.
Chicago's decaying water system is delivering disparate rates
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Shaheen Ainpour
Nov 9, 2017
Minority and lower-income residents are struggling to pay skyrocketing bills for a basic resource, says Patrick O'Connell of the Chicago Tribune.