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Caitlin Esch

Caitlin Esch

Senior Producer

Caitlin Esch is the senior producer of Marketplace's climate solutions podcast, "How We Survive," and its investigative podcast, "The Uncertain Hour." Caitlin joined Marketplace in 2014. Her work focuses on systemic inequality and the climate crisis. Caitlin's reporting (and the work of the teams she senior produces) have won several accolades, including three awards from the Society of American Business Editors & Writers, a Webby Award, and a New York Festivals Gold Award. The teams' work has been a finalist for the Loeb Awards twice, the Covering Climate Now Awards and the Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) Awards. Caitlin has a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in journalism from University of California, Berkeley. She lives in Los Angeles.

Latest from Caitlin Esch

  • Dec 14, 2022

    No Place Like Home

    Chris Brunet with his dog Coco, next to his handmade sign underneath his house on Isle de Jean Charles.
    Amy Scott / Marketplace

    Climate change will force many to leave the places they call home.

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  • Flying over the Everglades, you see a patchwork of agriculture, highways, wetlands and human settlement.
    Caitlin Esch/Marketplace

    The process that made South Florida habitable now threatens the region’s future.

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  • Betting Against a Storm
    Joe Raedle/Getty

    Catastrophe bonds allow investors to bet on risk — and they might just help the insurance industry survive the climate crisis.

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  • Special Episode: Ask Amy Anything

    Eyebrow-raising lending practices, homeownership angst and the best places to live in the U.S. You asked, we answered.

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  • Nov 16, 2022

    Risky Business

    Nimmond Lockhart’s mother, Louisa, lived through Hurricane Andrew in 1992. He kept a black-and-white photo of her sitting amid the wreckage.
    Emily Macune/Marketplace

    The insurance industry quietly rules our lives. What happens when it starts to break down?

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  • Oct 19, 2022

    Selling Miami

    Selling Miami
    Emily Macune/Marketplace

    Miami could be underwater by the next century. Has anyone told the housing market?

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  • Prologue: Tracking a Catastrophe
    Caitlin Esch/Marketplace

    Reporting from the aftermath of a hurricane.

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  • Introducing “How We Survive Season 2: Saving Miami”
    Joe Raedle/Getty Images

    We’re following the money to the end of the world — in this case, South Florida.

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  • Nov 24, 2021

    How We Change

    Artist Luke Jerram's piece, “Floating Earth” on display in Wigan, England this week.
    Chris Furlong/Getty Images

    Technology will help us avoid the worst of the climate crisis, and it’ll help us adapt to a warming planet. But tech alone can’t save us.

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  • Nov 17, 2021

    The Better Battery

    Kristin Persson and Gerbrand Ceder are at the forefront of lithium battery research.
    Caitlin Esch/Marketplace

    This week, we’re headed to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to answer your questions about lithium-ion batteries.

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