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Hayley Hershman

Producer

Hayley Hershman is the senior producer of podcast development, where she brings ideas to life. Some of her favorite projects are the story-telling show "This Is Uncomfortable," the award-winning climate show "How We Survive," and Marketplace’s first video podcast, "Financially Inclined." She has worked on a myriad of Marketplace projects, both in studio and in the field, including special coverage of the tenth anniversary of the financial crisis and a series on globalization and capitalism. At one point she interviewed celebrities for a series on Marketplace Weekend, which was very cool. Hayley was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She’s a graduate of the University of Michigan, but really knows very little about football so please don’t ask. 

Latest from Hayley Hershman

  • Author Kim Stanley Robinson, who goes by Stan
    Courtesy: Kim Stanley Robinson

    Saving the planet will require a lot of collaboration and imagination.

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  • Nov 4, 2021

    Family secrets

    The Chow family, circa 2003.
    Courtesy Serena Chow

    Matthew Chow spent his adult life trying to build a close relationship with his estranged father. In his father’s will, he found a decades-old family secret.

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  • Nov 3, 2021

    Gnarly Brine

    Charles Marston said the ILiAD system for extracting lithium from the Salton Sea is his “greatest work.”
    Caitlin Esch/Marketplace

    Our journey through the California desert continues. There’s a lot of hope — and millions of dollars — riding on lithium extraction in the Salton Sea. But how close are those dreams to reality?

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  • Piles of cash hidden in a drawer.
    Getty Images

    What happens when you stumble on something with the potential to change your life? First, Oscar almost had a panic attack. Later, regret consumed them.

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  • Oct 27, 2021

    The Resource

    The Audubon Society's Frank Ruiz shows Molly Wood the dried up playa of the Salton Sea. Ruiz hopes a lithium boom could drive an economic — and ecological — recovery.
    Caitlin Esch/Marketplace

    Welcome to California’s Salton Sea, a dying region that might recover thanks to the lithium in the brine bubbling deep underground.

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  • Oct 21, 2021

    Just trust me

    Ibby Hanlon and her husband Chris.
    Courtesy: Ibby Hanlon

    After a series of unexpected events change one woman’s body — and finances — forever, she questions her faith in the medical system.

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  • A woman looks over damage to a neighborhood caused by Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021 in Kenner, Louisiana.
    Scott Olson/Getty Images

    Welcome to the climate crisis, where saving lives might mean turning every building into a Tesla.

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  • Morgan Curtis and her father, John, seen here in the '90s.
    Courtesy: Morgan Curtis

    The more Morgan Curtis learned her family’s multi-generation wealth, the less she wanted anything to do with it. On this episode, we’ll talk with her and her dad.

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  • Oct 13, 2021

    The Necessary Evil

    A view of the SSR Marigold gold mine in Valmy, Nevada.
    Hayley Hershman/Marketplace

    Mining is a complicated business. It’s destructive, it’s dangerous, but it’s also the reason that our modern world exists. Is there a better way?

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  • "This Uncomfortable" is back Oct. 14!
    Marketplace

    This season, we’re revealing family secrets, taking the lid off the cost of divorce and so much more. New episodes every Thursday.

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