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Maria Hollenhorst

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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 Stories (403)

My Economy

Why this teacher works through the summer

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 4, 2019
"I have to have a second job to help support myself," says Megan Johnson from Lansing, Kansas.
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Automatic Reply: "I am currently in Oklahoma chasing storms"

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 3, 2019
Matthew Cappucci poured his "hopes and dreams" into one out-of-office response.
View of tornado in Cordell, Oklahoma on May 22, 1981
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Why some of the most famous passages in rock history might not be protected by copyright

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 2, 2019
Sheet music submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office might matter more than what a song sounds like.
Jimmy Page performs onstage during the 24th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in 2009. Page's guitar solo in "Stairway to Heaven" is the subject of an ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit.
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Automatic Reply: "The opposite of taking time off for fun"

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 27, 2019
When Enarime Mueller went on maternity leave, she wanted to be left alone.
Gillian Thomas, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU’s Women's Rights Project, tells us what the new law covers.
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Automatic Reply: “I’m stuck in 1955”

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 25, 2019
When Shiva Stella can’t respond to emails, she has a go-to excuse.
Picture taken inside a replica of the DeLorean, a time-machine vehicle which appeared in the movie " Back to the Future."
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Trade showdown

President Trump's tariffs are good for U.S. garlic growers

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 20, 2019
"This is a really exciting time for the garlic capital of the world," says Ken Christopher of Christopher Ranch in Gilroy, California.
Executive Vice President Ken Christopher holds garlic cloves at Christopher Ranch in Gilroy, California.
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The next round of tariff hearings are kicking off in Washington this week

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 18, 2019
As the list of proposed tariffs grows, so do the number of people wishing to testify, says Lisa Trofe, one of 300 witnesses at public hearings this week.
China Shipping cargo containers at the Port of Oakland in California in 2018.
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The man at the center of "The Last Black Man in San Francisco"

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 12, 2019
In a new film called, "The Last Black Man in San Francisco" Jimmie Fails plays a fictionalized version of himself.
Jimmie Fails stars in A24's "The Last Black Man in San Francisco."
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Shelf Life

Serious Eats and the seriously tough business of digital media

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 11, 2019
Serious Eats was Ed Levine's "dream job." "I just didn't know all the baggage that would come with the dream job."
Ed Levine, creator of Serious Eats and author of the new book, "Serious Eater: A Food Lover's Perilous Quest for Pizza and Redemption."
Photo by Vicky Wasik, courtesy of Serious Eats
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Why baseball stadiums are all a little bit different

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 10, 2019
Long-time architecture critic Paul Goldberger says a baseball park "should feel like it's in that place and that place alone."
A general view as the national anthem is performed at Yankee Stadium on October 16, 2017 in the Bronx borough of New York City.
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