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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

  • Sep 10, 2020

    Love in the time of coronavirus (rerun)

    Mina Hughes and Seth Anderson had to cancel their wedding because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Courtesy: Mina Huges and Seth Anderson

    There are a lot of couples stuck at home right now. Some of them are out of work or dealing with canceled plans. Today, we’ll hear from two couples whose relationships are being tested.

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  • Aug 20, 2020

    WeWork too much (rerun)

    WeBorn, WeWork, WeDie.
    Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    Why we’re obsessed with our jobs, even though they’ll never love us back.

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  • Aug 6, 2020

    Life in the coronavirus heckhole

    Joaquin Andrade on his bike.
    Peter Balonon-Rosen/Marketplace

    To get a new bike, this 11-year-old signed a contract to do the thing he hates most: math.

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  • Jul 16, 2020

    Money makes me sick

    Believe it or not, this is what helping someone confront their finances looks like (in a pre-COVID) world.
    Ben Hethcoat/Marketplace

    Meet the professional auditor who can’t stand to look at his own bank account. Our team goes on an adventure to help a man who’s anxious about his spending get more comfortable checking his finances.

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  • Jul 2, 2020

    The fight for fair pay in Big Tech

    Pinterest's headquarters in San Francisco in 2019.
    Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    One woman’s fight against Silicon Valley’s racial pay gap. Plus, why it’s so hard for Black workers in tech to get ahead.

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  • Jun 18, 2020

    How to pay for college

    Nikki Massie and her parents when she completed her bachelor's degree.
    Courtesy Nikki Massie

    Years ago, one woman put college on hold because she couldn’t afford it. Now she faces a hard choice to keep history from repeating itself. Plus: What will college even look like this fall?

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  • Jun 5, 2020

    It’s expensive to get arrested

    It’s expensive to get arrested
    JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images

    A teenager protesting police brutality lands in jail, and we try to understand the tricky business of bail.

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  • May 28, 2020

    Barred from benefits (from The Uncertain Hour)

    ![Some of the first recipients wait to receive benefits at the division office of the State Employment Service in San Francisco, California, 1938.
    Library of Congress

    Millions of Americans who are out of work don’t receive unemployment benefits. That’s by design. An episode from The Uncertain Hour’s pop-up season A History of Now.

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  • May 21, 2020

    School’s out (forever?)

    When we started talking with Mayán Alvarado-Goldberg and Mahta Ahmed, she was planning to go to Northwestern on a full-tuition scholarship, and he was applying for the super-competitive engineering program at UCLA.
    Courtesy: Mayán Alvarado-Goldberg

    When you’re 17 or 18, you make choices that can dictate the course of your life. Making those choices during a pandemic is even harder.

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  • May 15, 2020

    Our parents’ debts (from Terrible, Thanks for Asking)

    Our parents’ debts (from Terrible, Thanks for Asking)
    Courtesy: Terrible, Thanks for Asking

    This week, we’re featuring one of our favorite episodes of one of our favorite podcasts.

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