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Maria Hollenhorst

Senior 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 30, 2019

    Are we headed for a no-deal Brexit?

    A pedestrian shelters beneath a Union flag-themed umbrella near Big Ben and the Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament in central London on June 25, 2016, following the pro-Brexit result of the U.K.'s EU referendum vote.
    JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images

    Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been voted down a third time. On today’s special broadcast from London, Kai Ryssdal talks with business owners and regular folks about how they’re getting by amid all this uncertainty.

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  • Mar 28, 2019

    The street-level view of Brexit

    Protesters gather to demonstrate against the EU referendum result in Trafalgar Square on June 28, 2016 in London, England. Up to 50,000 people were expected before the event was cancelled due to safety concerns. Early evening up to 300 people have still converged on the square to vent their anti-Brexit feelings. 
    Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

    It’s our second day of special Brexit coverage in London, and today we’re talking with entrepreneurs and American expats just trying to get by.

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  • Mar 27, 2019

    The IMF’s Christine Lagarde knows you’re anxious about the future

    Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, during the IMF and the World Bank Group 2018 spring meetings in Washington, D.C., in 2018.
    Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

    Here's why she doesn't think "turning inward" is the solution.

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  • Mar 27, 2019

    The most pro-Brexit city in the U.K.

    Shoppers walk along the high street in the market town of Boston in Lincolnshire in 2015.
    Lindsay Parnaby/AFP/Getty Images

    It’s been 1,007 days since the U.K. voted to leave the European Union — and the ensuing political paralysis and economic uncertainty. Today we come to you from Boston, which had the highest proportion of votes to leave.

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  • Mar 26, 2019

    The view of Brexit from outside Parliament

    The view of Brexit from outside Parliament
    TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images

    Kai Ryssdal’s in London this week, reporting on how Brexit is affecting people, businesses and the economy. But first: The Trump administration is taking the Affordable Care Act to court … what happens if it wins?

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  • Mar 25, 2019

    Can Apple’s streaming service really think different?

    The Apple logo is seen onstage prior to an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on September 12, 2018 in Cupertino, California.
    Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    What does Apple bring to the streaming wars? Plus: Some farmers are struggling to pay back government loans, thanks to trade wars and low prices for key crops. 

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  • 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
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    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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