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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

  • Nov 28, 2019

    Home/work (rerun)

    Reema and her father, Jamal Khrais
    Courtesy: Reema Khrais

    Just in time for Thanksgiving, we’re revisiting the “jobs” everyone takes on in our families — starting Reema’s.

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  • Nov 21, 2019

    When your life depends on it

    When your life depends on it
    Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

    A daughter goes to unexpected lengths to navigate the healthcare system and its costs in order to help her mom.

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  • Nov 14, 2019

    Love thy neighbor, and pay off their debts, too

    Caroline Butcher leads a dance class in Philadelphia.
    Peter Balonon-Rosen/Marketplace

    Caroline Butcher turned to religion when injury and debt threatened her dance career. What she found was an unusual solution to her money problems.

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  • Nov 7, 2019

    Don’t buy your boss a gift

    Don’t buy your boss a gift
    Tony Wagner/Marketplace

    Plus more advice from our friends on splitting the bill at dinner and taking control of your finances, this week in the “The Group Chat.”

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  • Oct 31, 2019

    Money horror stories

    Halloween was so much simpler before we had bills (that's Reema Khrais on the right, on Halloween 1996).
    Courtesy: Reema Khrias

    This Halloween, we have listeners’ frightening stories of impulse buys, secret spending, spooky scams and a very Hungry Heart.

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  • Oct 24, 2019

    Sperm, baby, sperm

    Victoria Montanez Roberts and Lucille Roberts, one of the couples we're following this week on the show.
    William Chambers/Marketplace

    Two couples won a chance at pregnancy, but money has complicated their journeys to build a family in different ways.

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  • Oct 17, 2019

    Instrument of sabotage

    Eric Abramovitz
    Josh Abramovitz/Courtesy Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    In the cutthroat world of professional classical music, Eric Abramovitz was headed towards a shining career. Until something — or someone — got in the way.

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  • Oct 10, 2019

    TIU Live: I hate my boss

    TIU Live: I hate my boss
    Steven Byeon/Marketplace

    From our first live show, onstage at Werk It 2019.

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  • Oct 3, 2019

    F you, pay me

    Rihanna isn't in this episode, but we're trying to channel her spirit... you know, she had that one song? Don't act like you forgot.
    Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS

    When Caitlin Boston asked for a raise, her boss gave her a hard “no.” Then she made it her mission to figure out what she was worth … and to get paid. Plus: We discuss how you can figure out your worth, too.

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  • Sep 26, 2019

    Money advice with “Call Your Girlfriend”

    Money advice with “Call Your Girlfriend”
    Courtesy: Call Your Girlfriend

    Reema Khrais and “Call Your Girlfriend” producer Gina Delvac answer your money questions.

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