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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

  • President Donald Trump speaks about the government shutdown on Jan. 25, 2019, from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C.
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    We talk about what’s in the proposal and what it says about the administration’s priorities. Then: Kids today have more chronic diseases, which means extra pressure on school nurses. Plus: Why your bank is suddenly a “cafe.”

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  • Moviegoers purchase tickets at an AMC theater in Arcadia, California, in August.
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    The pace of hiring all but ground to a halt in February. Then: What happens to the 1,500 laid-off workers at GM’s Lordstown, Ohio plant? Plus, how experts track and predict box office numbers.

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  • Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives ahead of a European Council meeting on Brexit at The Europa Building at The European Parliament in Brussels on April 10, 2019.
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    Between the trade war, Brexit, North Korea, oil and more, the word “uncertainty” has appeared a lot in recent news. Today we talk about what it means and when to be concerned. Plus, what to make of Facebook’s “pivot to privacy.” 

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  • An AI cancer detection microscope by Google is seen during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018 (WAIC 2018) in Shanghai on September 18, 2018.
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    If we let AI keep developing on its current course,  author Amy Webb says we probably won’t like where it takes us. Plus: Why “birth tourism” is booming, and a look inside the Fed’s latest Beige Book.

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  • The Wall Street Bull sculpture is seen in the Financial District on Dec. 8, 2016 in New York. 
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    Millions of people lost their homes, their jobs, and their savings. The Great Recession collectively destroyed more than $30 trillion of the world’s wealth. Yet no Wall Street executive went to jail for it. So, what happened? 

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  • Economists have been puzzled by slow wage growth in a very tight labor market, but a string of new reports indicate that wages may finally be moving up … though not for everyone. Plus, new NAFTA’s bumpy ride through Congress and a conversation with former social worker and current “Queer Eye” star, Karamo Brown.

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  • American companies and consumers are, according to multiple new studies. We take a closer look. Then: The 2020 election has barely begun, and candidates are already sick of dialing for dollars. Is the phone-banking model ready for a disruption? Plus, the anatomy of a megamerger.

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  • Magic, one of America’s oldest pastimes and a multimillion-dollar industry, has been transformed by the digital age. We talk with Ian Frisch about how the internet has democratized the craft, which he lays out in his new book “Magic Is Dead.” But first, the latest on Brexit and Lyft’s initial public offering. Plus, why consumers are feeling bearish.

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  • As the nation was slowly recovering from the financial crisis, the Justice Department had a choice: Go after big banks with criminal cases that could be tough to win or use powerful civil penalties and negotiate settlements? In the last installment of our special series, we’ll look at how the government made that decision and why no CEO went to jail. Plus, the sanctions that cut short President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korea.

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  • During the worst of the financial crisis, two hedge fund managers were tried in court for securities fraud … and acquitted. We look at what happened in the second part of our series about who served time after the crash. Plus, a big hearing on Capitol Hill (no, not that one) and why “Grey’s Anatomy” has stuck around even longer than “ER.”

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