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Andy Uhler

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Andy Uhler is the former Texas-based reporter for Marketplace, based in Austin.

He joined Marketplace team from the Texas Standard, an hour-long news program produced at KUT in Austin, Texas. Prior to that, he was a natural resources policy analyst at the Texas Legislature as part of a global policy studies master’s program at the University of Texas at Austin. He was also the senior producer for the music journalism program Texas Music Matters, and he worked as a co-host for NPR Music’s festival coverage.

Andy's reporting tended to focus on the energy industry and agriculture in Texas. Every now and again, though, he got to report on sports. When that happened, don't be surprised if the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers or Dallas Mavericks entered the conversation.

Episodes by Andy (100)

Make Me Smart | Episode 814

It's time to talk about climate reparations

Nov 11, 2022
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Make Me Smart | Episode 813

Crypto world is reeling

Nov 10, 2022
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Make Me Smart | Episode 809

Oil industry: Help wanted

Nov 4, 2022
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Marketplace Morning Report

The specter of inflation haunts this week's Fed meeting

Oct 31, 2022
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Make Me Smart | Episode 804

Gambling on politics?

Oct 28, 2022
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Make Me Smart | Episode 803

The climate crisis vs. the energy crisis

Oct 27, 2022
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Marketplace Morning Report

The U.K. has a new prime minister

Oct 24, 2022
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How the "anxiety economy" has shifted tastes toward non-alcoholic beverages

Oct 24, 2022
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Farmers of color were promised relief money. Where is it?

Aug 22, 2022
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Local news, brought to you by your friendly neighborhood oil company

Aug 22, 2022
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Buffalo Wild Wings may give Arby's owner a chicken wing dilemma

by Andy Uhler
Nov 28, 2017
Demand is up, but supply is getting expensive.
Chicken wings are so popular now that wholesale prices rose almost 20% last year.
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In Rockport, Texas, residents review Black Friday priorities

by Andy Uhler
Nov 24, 2017
As many Americans try to make the most of retailers offering deals on one of the busiest shopping days of the year, the 10,000 or so residents of Rockport, Texas, are still dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Many are still living in hotel rooms. Some have had to relocate to rental properties miles […]
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Online shoppers can't escape all the holiday crowds

by Andy Uhler
Nov 23, 2017
According to the latest holiday shopping survey from Deloitte, 91 percent of the people who said they’d be shopping this holiday weekend are going to do at least some of it online. These online shoppers skip the crowds at the brick-mortar stores, but they still experience delays and frustration when the online retail sites can’t […]
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Federal Communications Commission votes on media ownership rules

by Andy Uhler
Nov 16, 2017
A $3.9 billion merger that would combine Tribune Media and Sinclair Broadcasting is waiting in the wings. Sinclair is already the nation’s biggest broadcaster with 193 television stations and if the rules change, they’ll add 42 more, including in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 
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U.S. officials tout cleaner fossil fuels, nuclear power at international talks

by Andy Uhler
Nov 14, 2017
At the United Nations climate talks in Germany, White House officials are talking about plans to make fossil fuels cleaner or more efficient, and to expand nuclear power, as approaches to reducing emissions. While the rest of the world may be more into discussing renewable energy, the focus of the current U.S. delegation would reduce […]
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Tariffs for solar power hardware move forward

by Andy Uhler
Nov 13, 2017
The International Trade Commission is delivering its report to the White House on how much to tax imported solar panels and other solar power hardware. It’s the type of tariff President Donald Trump has requested, to help put “America First,” but it will have a major impact on the broader solar industry, from installation to […]
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New GI Bill lets veterans use education funds whenever they want

by Andy Uhler
Nov 10, 2017
The "forever" measure includes more soldiers, like reservists.
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Cutting the federal income tax rate is just a start, some economists say

by Andy Uhler
Nov 9, 2017
Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump’s chief economic adviser, told CNBC this morning that it would be hard for the current tax bill to reduce federal tax rates further for a family earning median income without going into negative tax rates. But federal income tax is just one kind of tax that everyone pays.  Click the audio […]
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Hurricane recovery for an unauthorized immigrant in Houston has added obstacles

by Andy Uhler
Oct 25, 2017
Challenges like housing, transportation and finances are especially difficult.
A truck drives through high water along a street in Orange, Texas, on Sept. 6, more than a week after Hurricane Harvey made landfall.
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A long, winding path to hurricane recovery in Houston

by Andy Uhler
Oct 24, 2017
As Texans wait to for relief funds and repairs post-Hurricane Harvey, the in-between life can be frustrating.
Discarded items sit outside of a flooded home in Orange as Texas slowly moves toward recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey on Sept. 6, 2017.
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