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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

  • ‘The Uncertain Hour’ is back!
    Marketplace

    In season five, we’re looking at this thing we used to call employment. Listen to the trailer now.

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  • Productivity won’t save you
    Getty

    This week, we look at our obsession with productivity, and why the urge to optimize everything we do makes us feel like we’re never enough.

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  • Tiarra Noblin and her daughters, Na’el and Kayla.
    Courtesy: Tiarra Noblin

    In September alone, women left the workplace at four times the rate that men did. The numbers are shocking, but behind them are real, human experiences. This week, we hear some of those stories.

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  • Reniqua Allen-Lamphere
    Nina Subin

    A woman tries to live her version of the American dream, only to discover the dream isn’t what she thought. 

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  • Jack Brunson and his wife, Jayme, in front of the home they bought with his inheritance.
    Courtesy: Jack Brunson

    … to hide how much money we have (or don’t have). This episode originally aired in August 2019.

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  • Jessie Suren, her mom and aunt celebrating Suren paying down her student loans.
    Courtesy: Jessie Suren

    This week, how one woman’s student loans put her middle-class dreams on the line.

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  • Atlanta Dream center Elizabeth Williams.
    Courtesy: Elizabeth Williams

    Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler is headed for a runoff that could determine control of the U.S. Senate — and the WNBA team she co-owns is supporting her opponent.

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  • Are they co-workers at happy hour? Or is it the blossoming of a new relationship? When you're lurking on Venmo, it can be hard to tell.
    Illustration by Tony Wagner/Marketplace

    What are you saying to other people with how you spend your money? And what’s it say about you? Plus: We need your help with an upcoming episode.

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  • Boo!
    Brenda Chase/Getty

    This Halloween, we have listeners’ spooky stories about good ideas gone bad, from giving a hormonal teen a debit card to getting into business with a scammer. Plus, a Backstreet Boys obsession that goes awry.

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  • One poll found around 40% of people hid a financial decision from their partner.
    WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images

    More than 40% of Americans say they’ve hidden some kind of financial decision from their partners. Even if the dollar amount is small, the emotional impact can be huge.

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