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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

  • Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark in "Game of Thrones" season 8.
    Helen Sloan/HBO

    David Peterson created the Dothraki and High Valyrian tongues.

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  • JPMorgan Chase & Co Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon, who reportedly bought about $26 million worth of his bank’s shares.
    Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

    The CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. has new things on his mind.

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  • Khal Moro (Joe Naufahu) and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) exchange words in Dothraki in "Game of Thrones."
    Macall B. Polay/Courtesy of HBO

    “Game of Thrones” has spared no expense on costumes, sets and even whole languages. Today we talk with the linguist whose job it is to make them. Plus: Why rail travel is so expensive to build in the United States.

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  • Armando La Rosa directs people to the Liberty Tax Service office as the deadline to file taxes looms on April 15, 2016 in Miami, Florida. 
    Joe Raedle/Getty Images

    We look at how fear, history and marketing have kept Americans from going DIY. Plus: the IMF cut its global economic growth outlook, and would requiring prices in pharma ads make drugs cheaper?

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  • The Google logo is reflected in windows of the company's China head office as the Chinese national flag flies in Beijing in 2010.
    Li Xin/AFP/Getty Images

    We take a look beyond China’s Great Firewall. But first: This is shaping up to be the biggest year for IPOs since the dot-com boom. We look at how investing has changed since then. Plus: Paying taxes in bitcoin?

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  • MC Hammer speaks onstage during a Capitol Music Group event in Los Angeles, California in 2018.
    Rich Polk/Getty Images for Capitol Music Group

    Get out your parachute pants, because MC Hammer begins his first major concert tour since 1991 on Saturday. Plus: Turning chaos into core strength with “Brexercise” and the economics of 3-pointers.

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  • By contrast, two of China's newest bullet trains are ready to depart Shanghai's Hongqiao Railway Station for Beijing. The journey--covering a distance of that between New York City and Chicago--will take less than five hours.
    Rob Schmitz/Marketplace

    Why have bullet trains have been an elusive American goal for more than 50 years? Plus, the latest on the Ethiopian Airlines crash, and the story of an undercover cop whose career was shaped by his county’s drug problems. 

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  • Why the NFL is undefeated
    Warren Little/Getty Images)

    Why does every NFL alternative seems to fail? But first, what you need to know about the recent spike in mortgage and refinancing applications. Plus, China’s professional shoppers who report mislabeled products for a share of the fine.

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  • Volunteers look over the US-Mexico border fence to see how illegal border crossers may jump the fence before going on the nightly patrol. 
    David McNew/Getty Images

    We look at the economic consequences, starting with putting the brakes on the auto industry. Plus, the fight against robocalls and why that tote bag might not be as environmentally friendly as you think.

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  • Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote an opinion piece in the Washington Post, which details the procedures he would like the government to use as its regulation standard.
    David Ramos/Getty Images

    CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out the case for regulating his own company, but regulating one tech giant will likely mean regulating others. First we do the numbers on Saudi Aramco, the world’s most profitable company. Plus: what you need to know about a big snack food merger.

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