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Maria Hollenhorst

Producer

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 from Maria Hollenhorst

  • How Medicare payment cuts are hurting health care
    Drew Angerer/Getty Images

    When Medicare rates go down, private insurance rates often do too. Plus: Midwest migration and a career muralist.

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  • Santa’s warehouse workers
    Octavio Jones/Getty Images

    We check in on holiday season hiring. Plus, how ChatGPT has grown in the past two years.

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  • The DOJ has a plan for Google
    Brandon Bell/Getty Images

    Why the U.S. wants the tech giant to sell its Chrome browser, and what AI has to do with it. Plus, the Leading Economic Index is looking a bit brighter.

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  • What happened to sweater weather?
    Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

    Retailers are stuck with excess fall inventory after an unseasonably warm October. Plus, Americans want Trump to bring down inflation.

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  • Private equity’s appetite for restaurants
    Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images

    Plus, an alternative fuel CEO on how Trump’s second term could influence the clean energy business and we take a self-driving taxi for a spin in China.

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  • At Gene Gebolys' company World Energy, yellowish beef tallow is used to make sustainable aviation fuel.
    Maria Hollenhorst/Marketplace

    “I am feeling ready to be surprised,” said Gene Gebolys of World Energy, an alternative fuels provider.

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  • A more equal nation?
    Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

    Has the gap between the wealthiest and poorest Americans shrunk since the pandemic started? It depends how you measure.

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  • It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas … online
    Getty Images

    We’re still two weeks out from Thanksgiving, but online shops are already a winter wonderland of deals and holiday advertising.

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  • Nov 14, 2024

    Too much oil?

    Too much oil?
    Brandon Bell/Getty Images

    Next year, there might be an international oil surplus. What will U.S. drillers do? Plus, regulatory targets hope Trump will appoint friendlier heads of the SEC and FTC.

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  • All inflation is local
    Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    Nationally, inflation registered 2.6% year over year in October. But if you’re in the New York metro area or urban Hawaii, it’s a bit worse.

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