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Nancy Farghalli

Executive Producer

Nancy is the executive producer of “Marketplace,” a daily radio program hosted by Kai Ryssdal that reaches more than 12.5 million people weekly. She oversees all daily production and content of “Marketplace,” guiding the show’s series, specials and regular programming. Prior to this role, Nancy held several positions at Marketplace, serving as lead pilot producer for podcasts and senior editor of the Wealth & Poverty Desk. In this position, she worked with a reporting team to cover social mobility, wealth disparity and the economics of mobility. She created and produced the award-winning podcast “The Uncertain Hour.” She has led production of live events, such as Marketplace’s 2012 election tour and the 25th anniversary roadshow tour. She also collaborated with the BBC, Slate, The New York Times and ProPublica on investigative and immersive series focused on health care economics, immigration and wage politics. Nancy is on the board of SABEW, the Association for Business Journalists. She played a critical role in special coverage streams — including the last three presidential elections, the Great Recession and news about the Middle East and the Arab Spring. Nancy worked on the Emmy Award-winning series “Big Sky, Big Money,” a PBS “Frontline” documentary about money in politics, produced in partnership with Marketplace.

Latest from Nancy Farghalli

  • The little word critical to the American economy

    We’re talking about “jobs” in this economy’s tight labor market. And maybe a little bit of Hollywood, too.

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  • 2020 is all about the donors
    COREY SIPKIN/AFP/Getty Images

    We didn’t always talk about the funds raised by presidential candidates. Things have changed.

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  • Chinese police officers watch a cargo ship at a port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province on March 8, 2018.
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    You could say the trade war is back on after President Donald Trump’s tweets announcing potential tariff hikes. We break down what that might mean for American trade. Plus, is Uber a viable substitute for public transit?

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  • An American flag carried through an office building. 
    Drew Angerer/Getty Images

    It’s jobs day, so we talk labor markets, unemployment rates, and about the Fed. Also, a little bit about the history of technology in China.

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  • Basketball star Michael Jordan has argued that China’s Qiaodan Sports logo (right) resembles his official logo with Nike (left) but he has continued to lose those trademark cases.
 
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    We take to the high seas to explore “trademark squatting” of American businesses in China. Plus: Why stock buybacks are surging and why Hollywood isn’t making as many rom-coms. 

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  • Emma Allen drives herself to work most days. It’s convenient, but the cost of car insurance stretches her limited budget.
    Sean Havey for California Dream

    For some, it’s a matter of necessity. For others, it’s a matter of choice — and the distinction is class-based. Plus, the Fed’s decision to keep interest rates flat, and the race to create more plant-based proteins. 

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  • Philippine soldiers walk along a highway as they return to camp after an armed encouter with members of militant kidnap-for-ransom group, Abu Sayyaf, in the Sulu province on the southern island of Mindanao on August 26, 2016.
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    Ransom — and the insurance that covers it — is a big business. But first: how are tariffs affecting American businesses? Plus: With home prices dragging, are we headed for a buyer’s market?

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  • A sign is posted in front of a Marriott hotel on November 16, 2015 in San Francisco, California.
    Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    Marriott, the world’s largest hotel operator, is taking on Airbnb with its own home-rental platform. Plus, we predict the Fed’s move on rates tomorrow and explore a new trend in corporate America: fancy bathroom renovations.

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  • Students pull a mock 'ball & chain' representing the $1.4 trilling outstanding student debt at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where second presidential debate will be held between Republican nominee Donald Trump and his Democratic counterpart Hillary Clinton.
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    Cue the Vitamin C, it’s graduation season. Time to figure out how to pay back student loans. Plus, the latest GDP numbers and Amazon’s plan to offer free one-day shipping for Prime subscribers.

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  • The costs of living in an oil-based economy
    David McNew/Getty Images

    You might have noticed higher prices at the pump this year, but gas isn’t the only thing that will get more expensive with new sanctions on Iran. Plus: The big, nerdy business of “The Avengers” and gamer fashion.

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