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Peter Balonon-Rosen

Producer

Peter produced the narrative podcasts “The Uncertain Hour” and “This Is Uncomfortable.” He also reported radio features for Marketplace’s radio programs, wrote for our website and served as an in-studio and field photographer. What was your first job? Dishwasher What do you think is the hardest part of your job that no one knows? Video conferences. In your next life, what would your career be? Foley artist. Fill in the blank: Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you ______. Snacks for the snack desk. What’s your most memorable Marketplace moment? Seeking out tornadoes with storm chasers for half a week to report a story about the business of storm chasing. Watching severe storms develop over the prairies of Nebraska was breathtaking.

Latest from Peter Balonon-Rosen

  • 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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  • William McNeal was a chicken catcher, a job that severely damaged his hands. Now he drives a van crowded with other chicken catchers, with no protective gear to reduce the risk of getting COVID-19. “We're putting our lives on the line to make sure everybody got food, in various places, to eat,” McNeal said.

    America’s chicken supply chain is in danger, in part because its workers are getting sick. Some are dying.

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  • After his exoneration and release from prison, Kevin Harrington had to spend two weeks self-quarantining at a hotel.
    Courtesy Daniel Harrington

    Kevin Harrington was exonerated last month after spending 17 years in prison for a first-degree murder conviction. He and his family are overjoyed, but the coronavirus pandemic means freedom looks a little different right now.

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  • The Uncertain Hour returns with new episodes next week.
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    This season, we explore the history and policies that help make sense of this current moment, a time where issues of wealth and poverty feel even more stark than usual. New episodes start May 13.

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  • Online shopping doesn't hit quite the same.
    Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    Is a global pandemic the best or worst time to confront a shopping addiction and pay off a dozen credit cards? For this woman, it’s been a bit of both.

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  • A worker decontaminates an ambulance.
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    Danni Askini fought cancer for 18 months before getting COVID-19. Their focus was on surviving, not the cost of care. That didn’t make the bill any easier to take.

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  • What it’s like getting an abortion in Texas right now
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    The clock is ticking for one college student after she finds out she’s pregnant in the middle of a pandemic, in a state that’s trying to restrict abortion.

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  • Zoom therapy in a pandemic
    Courtesy: Megan McCoy

    How do I keep from fighting with my partner about money? What do I say to a friend who’s just lost a job? This week we get a little therapy.

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  • 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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  • Mar 27, 2020

    Hard choices

    As states across the country close all non-essential businesses, this moment of uncertainty is causing people to rethink what it means to do the right thing.
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    Today we hear listeners’ stories of pay cuts, layoffs and telling employers they’re putting people at risk.

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