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Maria Hollenhorst

Producer

Maria Hollenhorst is based in Los Angeles, California.

She produces content for Marketplace’s flagship broadcast including host interviews, economic explainers, and personal stories for the “Adventures in Housing” and “My Economy” series. Her work has been recognized by the Association for Business Journalists Best in Business Awards.

When not making radio, she can be found hiking, skiing, jogging, roller-blading, or exploring this beautiful world. Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, she wound her way into journalism after graduating from the University of Utah. She has a deep appreciation for trees.

Latest from Maria Hollenhorst

  • Mar 23, 2019

    Bonus: The Uncertain Hour season 3 premiere

    President George H.W. Bush addressing the nation on Sept. 5, 1989. The president illustrated the threat of drugs by holding up a baggie of crack he said had been seized across the street from the White House.
    Courtesy: George Bush Presidential Library and Museum

    The Uncertain Hour is going inside America’s drug war this season. We’re starting with the strange and little-known story of how, 30 years ago, George H.W. Bush came to hold up an baggie of crack in his first televised speech in the Oval Office.

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  • Mar 23, 2019

    My Economy: Using the jobs you hate for creative fodder

    My Economy: Using the jobs you hate for creative fodder
    Getty Images

    Halle Butler hated working. Now she writes about it.

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  • Mar 23, 2019

    The legacy of the war on drugs

    A homemade sign says "Think drugs gets you high give God a try," on a front lawn in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. The town in Wise County has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic.
    Julia Rendleman/Marketplace

    How George H.W. Bush turbocharged the war on drugs. Plus, the latest home sales numbers and the struggle to fight extremism online.

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  • Mar 21, 2019

    Smart cars are getting smarter

    Smart cars are getting smarter
    Scott Olson/Getty Images

    Volvo is planning to introduce tech that monitors the health and wakefulness of drivers. But do the benefits outweigh the privacy costs? Plus, China’s tight video game regulations and more

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  • Mar 21, 2019

    Political fundraising’s new math

    Political fundraising’s new math
    Win McNamee/Getty Images

    Where candidates receive their money may be as important as how much they make. Plus: Fallout from Facebook’s job discrimination settlement and “femtech” apps that help women control their health — while collecting a lot of personal data.

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  • Mar 19, 2019

    The end of recycling as we know it

    Scrap metal in Long Beach, California, waits to be shipped to Asia for recycling.
    JOE KLAMAR/AFP/GettyImages

    For years, China used U.S. recyclables in its factories, but the country stopped buying foreign trash last year. Plus: Will Instagram’s in-app purchases threaten Amazon?

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  • Mar 19, 2019

    “It’s a mess”: Midwest flooding leaves small businesses reeling

    Floodwater covers a famer's field near Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Damage estimates from flooding in Nebraska top $1 billion. Midwest states are battling some of the worst flooding they have experienced in decades as rain and snow melt from the recent "bomb cyclone" has inundated rivers and streams. At least three deaths have been linked to the flooding.
    Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images

    Heavy rain and melting snow have brought historic flooding to parts of the Midwest. Around 200 miles of Missouri River levees in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas have been compromised, according to the Associated Press, and flood warnings are still up for at least a dozen states. At least two people have died, thousands have […]

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  • Mar 18, 2019

    Why younger people are getting Botox

    Why younger people are getting Botox
    Andreas Rentz/Getty Images

    The number of 18- to 37-year-olds getting injectable fillers has grown more than 20 percent in the past five years. Plus: The latest on the FAA and Boeing, and the big business of pumping and dredging in flooded Nebraska.

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  • Mar 15, 2019

    Lilly Singh and the changing face of late night

    Lilly Singh speaks on stage during the 2018 WE Day Toronto Show in September.
    Dominik Magdziak/Getty Images

    NBC has turned to Canadian YouTube sensation Lilly Singh to replace Carson Daly. We look at what that means. Plus: Solar is roaring back amid barriers from the Trump administration, and consumer confidence is up 

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  • Mar 14, 2019

    Forget a no-deal Brexit, it’s a no-Brexit Brexit

    Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves after a press conference following a special meeting of the European Council to endorse the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement on Nov. 25, 2018, in Brussels.
    EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images

    The UK Parliament just voted to delay Brexit. Today we look at how the 27 other European countries will fare whenever this thing finally goes through. Plus, a business of security robots and the housing market along the border.

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