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Marielle Segarra

Senior Reporter

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Marielle Segarra is a former reporter for Marketplace. She covers taxes and consumer psychology. She covered retail, consumer psychology and the economy. One topic she enjoyed exploring: how we shop – and the emotions that come up as we do. Pride. Guilt. Frustration. She also followed small businesses as they find their way in the pandemic and is always trying to show people how the ins and outs of the economy are relevant to their lives.

What was your first job?

Summer camp counselor to a bunch of 5-year-olds.

In your next life, what would your career be?

I think I would still want to create things. Maybe I'd be a chef. Or an interior designer. Or I'd write for a TV show.

Fill in the blank: Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you ______.

Financial stability, which is a good start.

What’s the favorite item in your workspace and why?

My stash of chocolate.

Episodes by Marielle (68)

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Women don't wear bikinis to battle, and other things the gaming industry is learning (rerun)

Dec 28, 2022
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Cities, theme parks adopt new weapons detection technology to curb gun violence

Aug 15, 2022
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Would you pay $5,000 for a Bruce Springsteen concert ticket? The algorithm thinks you might.

Aug 12, 2022
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Women don't wear bikinis to battle, and other things the gaming industry is learning

Aug 11, 2022
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Across two continents, surgeons used virtual reality to prepare to separate conjoined twins

Aug 9, 2022
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Apple seeks more control of vehicle software with CarPlay's new features

Aug 1, 2022
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Meta faces a new setback in its metaverse plans from the FTC

Jul 29, 2022
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Commerce Secretary Raimondo on why we need to produce chips in the U.S.

Jul 27, 2022
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The phone number to the national mental health crisis hotline gets a makeover

Jul 19, 2022
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This Is Uncomfortable | Season 6 | Episode 5

The naked truth

Jun 2, 2022
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Volvo says the combustion engine is a thing of the past

by Marielle Segarra
Jul 5, 2017
Volvo will launch several electric models in the near future.
English film actor Roger Moore opening the door of his Volvo for Isabelle McMillan in a scene from the television series, "The Saint."
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Budget standoffs in three states result in government shutdowns

by Marielle Segarra
Jul 3, 2017
Illinois isn't the only state with budget woes.
A view of the New Jersey State House, the area's capitol building.
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Happy Birthday, ATMs!

by Marielle Segarra
Jun 27, 2017
The first automatic teller was installed outside London 50 years ago. Here's how it's changed us.
People gather to see a demonstration of the "robot cashier" in Enfield, England. 
Courtesy of Bernardo Batiz-Lazo
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How towns are hurt when malls run into trouble

by Marielle Segarra
Jun 21, 2017
With about one in four U.S. malls estimated to shut down during the next five years, municipalities have a tax problem.
A recent Credit Suisse report estimates that about 1 in 4 U.S. malls will shut down in the next five years. Above, people walk through a nearly empty shopping mall in Waterbury, Connecticut.
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Yahoo and AOL will form Oath, a new company, under Verizon

by Marielle Segarra
Jun 13, 2017
Verizon is expected to close on its $4.4 billion acquisition of Yahoo today after nearly a year of negotiations. Verizon will combine Yahoo with its property AOL to create Oath, the largest digital media company in the United States, with more visitors than Google. Will Oath have a chance to compete with Google and Facebook […]
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Want a 212 area code? It's gonna cost you.

by Marielle Segarra
Jun 12, 2017
As New York City adds a new number, the after-market 212 is thriving.
 (L to R) Sameer Uddin and Michelle Macias use their smartphones outside of the Nintendo store in New York City. 
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Saudi allies ramp up sanctions on Qatar

by Marielle Segarra
Jun 12, 2017
Qatar is promising not to surrender in the face of sanctions imposed on it last week. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain halted land, air and sea traffic to Qatar and blacklisted several Qatari-linked organizations and individuals. They accuse the small oil-rich nation of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and other groups they […]
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Using the lessons of hip-hop to start a business

by Marielle Segarra
Jun 6, 2017
A program in Philadelphia is teaching entrepreneurship through the successes and failures of the music business.
Students at the Institute of Hip Hop Entrepreneurship are learning how to start a business.
Photo courtesy of the IHHE
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What the insurance markets would look like in states that get waivers for pre-existing conditions

by Marielle Segarra
May 25, 2017
The Congressional Budget Office has released its report on the health care bill passed in the House of Representatives. It projects an additional 23 million people would be uninsured under that bill. And it also imagines what the insurance market would look like in states that take advantage of one of the bill’s key provisions: […]
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Trump administration proposes selling half of U.S. oil stockpile

by Marielle Segarra
May 23, 2017
President Trump has proposed selling half of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, America’s emergency stockpile of oil, as part of his 2018 budget proposal. The White House says that would lower the federal deficit by nearly $17 billion over a decade. We’ll take a look at how the reserve came about – and why there’s a […]
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