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Hayley Hershman

Producer

Hayley Hershman is the senior producer of podcast development, where she brings ideas to life. Some of her favorite projects are the story-telling show "This Is Uncomfortable," the award-winning climate show "How We Survive," and Marketplace’s first video podcast, "Financially Inclined."

She has worked on a myriad of Marketplace projects, both in studio and in the field, including special coverage of the tenth anniversary of the financial crisis and a series on globalization and capitalism. At one point she interviewed celebrities for a series on Marketplace Weekend, which was very cool.

Hayley was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She’s a graduate of the University of Michigan, but really knows very little about football so please don’t ask. 

Latest from Hayley Hershman

  • Oct 27, 2021

    The Resource

    The Audubon Society's Frank Ruiz shows Molly Wood the dried up playa of the Salton Sea. Ruiz hopes a lithium boom could drive an economic — and ecological — recovery.
    Caitlin Esch/Marketplace

    Welcome to California’s Salton Sea, a dying region that might recover thanks to the lithium in the brine bubbling deep underground.

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  • Oct 21, 2021

    Just trust me

    Ibby Hanlon and her husband Chris.
    Courtesy: Ibby Hanlon

    After a series of unexpected events change one woman’s body — and finances — forever, she questions her faith in the medical system.

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  • A woman looks over damage to a neighborhood caused by Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021 in Kenner, Louisiana.
    Scott Olson/Getty Images

    Welcome to the climate crisis, where saving lives might mean turning every building into a Tesla.

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  • Morgan Curtis and her father, John, seen here in the '90s.
    Courtesy: Morgan Curtis

    The more Morgan Curtis learned her family’s multi-generation wealth, the less she wanted anything to do with it. On this episode, we’ll talk with her and her dad.

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  • Oct 13, 2021

    The Necessary Evil

    A view of the SSR Marigold gold mine in Valmy, Nevada.
    Hayley Hershman/Marketplace

    Mining is a complicated business. It’s destructive, it’s dangerous, but it’s also the reason that our modern world exists. Is there a better way?

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  • "This Uncomfortable" is back Oct. 14!
    Marketplace

    This season, we’re revealing family secrets, taking the lid off the cost of divorce and so much more. New episodes every Thursday.

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  • Oct 6, 2021

    White Gold

    Daranda Hinkey holds some pieces of clay containing lithium, or “white gold,” that could be key to a decarbonized future.
    Molly Wood/Marketplace

    To get off fossil fuels, you need a lot of batteries. To get a lot of batteries, you need to mine a lot of lithium. Welcome to Thacker Pass, Nevada, where a proposed lithium mine has sparked protests.

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  • Jun 24, 2021

    Meet the scammer

    HAMBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 28:  Participant hold their laptops in front of an illuminated wall at the annual Chaos Computer Club (CCC) computer hackers' congress, called 29C3, on December 28, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany. The 29th Chaos Communication Congress (29C3) attracts hundreds of participants worldwide annually to engage in workshops and lectures discussing the role of technology in society and its future. (Photo by Patrick Lux/Getty Images)

    How do you bounce back from getting scammed? Become a scammer yourself, obviously.

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  • Anthony's bags, with everything he took to Cambodia.

    What if we told you there was a way to walk away from your debts with no financial consequences? There’s just one big catch.

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  • Jun 10, 2021

    Going off script

    Ana Sauceda, right, and her dad.
    Courtesy Ana Sauceda

    Ana Sauceda spent a decade trying to fit her parent’s script before throwing it out and writing her own.

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