Marketplace®

Daily business news and economic stories
Donate

Megan Detrie

Senior producer

Megan Detrie formerly senior produced “This Is Uncomfortable,” a new podcast hosted by Reema Khrais. What was your first job? Subway sandwich artist. What is something that everyone should own, no matter how much it costs? Comfortable headphones What’s something that you thought you knew but later found out you were wrong about? How to pronounce "rhetoric." What’s the favorite item in your workspace and why? Gold clogs.

Latest from Megan Detrie

  • Oct 11, 2021

    On Oct. 14, we’re airing out our dirty laundry

    "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.

    Read More
  • Jun 24, 2021

    Meet the scammer

    HAMBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 28: Participant hold their laptops in front of an illuminated wall at the annual Chaos Computer Club (CCC) computer hackers' congress, called 29C3, on December 28, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany. The 29th Chaos Communication Congress (29C3) attracts hundreds of participants worldwide annually to engage in workshops and lectures discussing the role of technology in society and its future. (Photo by Patrick Lux/Getty Images)

    How do you bounce back from getting scammed? Become a scammer yourself, obviously.

    Read More
  • Jun 17, 2021

    A big, fat loophole

    Anthony's bags, with everything he took to Cambodia.

    What if we told you there was a way to walk away from your debts with no financial consequences? There’s just one big catch.

    Read More
  • Jun 10, 2021

    Going off script

    Ana Sauceda, right, and her dad.
    Courtesy Ana Sauceda

    Ana Sauceda spent a decade trying to fit her parent’s script before throwing it out and writing her own.

    Read More
  • Jun 3, 2021

    Productivity won’t save you (rerun)

    Productivity won’t save you (rerun)
    Getty

    In this episode from December, we look at our obsession with productivity and why the urge to optimize everything we do makes us feel like we’re never enough.

    Read More
  • May 27, 2021

    Bad romance

    When Mira Celper, right, saw her mom, Leigh Hendry, quickly fall in love with a man she only knew through phone calls, she became suspicious.
    Courtesy Mira Celper

    Mira Celper’s relationship with her mom grew strained when her mom started dating the mysterious David. As her mom fell deeper in love, Mira couldn’t shake the feeling that something about David was off.

    Read More
  • May 20, 2021

    I need more money because I need more money

    Aisha Salaudeen
    Courtesy: Aisha Salaudeen

    This week, we take a deep dive into one woman’s past to understand why she can’t seem to kick her financial anxiety.

    Read More
  • May 13, 2021

    The intern uprising

    Diana Wang, photographed in the store she now owns in Ohio, Fine Feather.
    Courtesy: Diana Wang

    When Diana Wang got the head intern position at Harper’s Bazaar, she thought she’d finally landed her big break. Instead, she helped lead an uprising of many different unpaid interns.

    Read More
  • May 6, 2021

    What’s mine is not yours

    Chris Johnson and Lindsey Galbraith
    Courtesy Lindsey Galbraith

    When Lindsey Galbraith’s marriage ended over financial infidelity, she swore she would never mix money and relationships again. Then she met someone new.

    Read More
  • Apr 29, 2021

    A cruel disease

    Geetha Balagopal keeps pictures of her daughter Priya on display in her office.
    Reema Khrais/Marketplace

    After a young woman dies by suicide, Reema sets out to understand why money was on her mind shortly before her death.

    Read More
Megan Detrie