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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

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    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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  • Shawnika Giger and Terence McPherson
    Courtesy: Shawnika Giger met Terence McPherson

    Reema tries to settle a debt she’s been avoiding. And what happens when one person in a relationship has way more money?

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  • A new piece of the opioid crisis origin story, revealed
    Darren McCollester/Getty Images

    Why were some states hit harder than others? New research builds upon our reporting to connect the dots between drug regulations and marketing.

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  • Bonus: Money horror stories II

    You kept sending in money horror stories. Here are a couple more of our favorites.

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  • 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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  • 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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  • Caroline Butcher teaches a dance class at Eastern University in Pennsylvania.
    Peter Balonon-Rosen/Marketplace

    The church has helped over 20 people pay off $100,000 in credit card debt. The secret lies in treating credit card debt as a community problem, rather than an individual one.

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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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