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Nic Perez

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Nicolas Perez is an assistant producer with the “Marketplace Morning Report” where he directs the live airings of the show five times a day.

Before joining Marketplace, he was an editorial assistant for the Los Angeles Times where he helped produce the newspaper’s flagship podcast, “The Times.” He also worked as an assistant producer and apprentice news clerk on the public affairs program “AirTalk” out of NPR member station LAist in Los Angeles. He was previously a co-editor for the opinion section of the UC Irvine’s campus newspaper, New University, as well as a news intern for their radio station, KUCI-FM (88.9).

Nic is originally from the city of Manteca in the heart of California’s central valley. In his free time he enjoys reading science fiction novels, playing and making video games, and looking at his phone.

Latest Stories (34)

Scarcity vs. innovation: Revisiting the "scholarly wager of the decade"

by David Brancaccio , Chris Farrell and Nic Perez
Feb 17, 2025
The famous Ehrlich-Simon bet on the value of metals showed that prices fell as supply increased, despite population growth.
Despite massive population growth, inflation-adjusted prices for the mineral nickel are relatively unchanged since 1900. Above, a worker at an Indonesian nickel smelter.
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This startup wants to bring back the woolly mammoth (kinda sorta)

by Nova Safo and Nic Perez
Feb 11, 2025
Colossal is a firm focused on bioscience and the de-extinction of species like the woolly mammoth and dodo bird.
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The Black artists who preceded — and inspired — the king of rock 'n' roll

by David Brancaccio and Nic Perez
Feb 5, 2025
Preston Lauterbach's new book, "Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King," looks at the Black artists who inspired Elvis, but who often were unable to profit as much off of their work.
Elvis Presley in 1960.
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National Debt

Unpacking some of Donald Trump's first executive orders

by David Brancaccio and Nic Perez
Jan 21, 2025
Trump promised tariffs on Day One. None have been announced so far.
President Donald Trump signs executive orders on Monday.
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Los Angeles Wildfires

"It's been a bad dream": What one Altadena renter is facing after her home burned

by Nova Safo and Nic Perez
Jan 16, 2025
Claire Contreras, an elementary school teacher, reflects on the challenges of trying to find long-term places to stay after losing her home.
A firefighter carries a ladder past a burnt apartment in Altadena on Jan. 8.
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Why Dartmouth basketball players are dropping their unionization efforts

by David Brancaccio and Nic Perez
Jan 3, 2025
Dartmouth basketball players may have been hesitant to set a precedent under a Trump-controlled NLRB — one that may not be friendly to unionization attempts.
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The $25 billion Kroger-Albertsons merger has been blocked — for now

by David Brancaccio , Ariana Rosas and Nic Perez
Dec 11, 2024
But would a new FTC chair under President-elect Donald Trump take a different view of the merger between the two grocery store companies?
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How moving beyond the traditional team model can move organizations forward

by David Brancaccio and Nic Perez
Nov 20, 2024
Keith Ferrazzi looked at 3,000 successful teams and asked the question: What are the most effective practices of those teams?
"I think we spend too much time looking upward at our leaders. We need to spend more time looking at each other and how we work together," said author Keith Ferrazzi.
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Election 2024

Why the economy drove voters toward Donald Trump

by David Brancaccio , Nic Perez and Ariana Rosas
Nov 7, 2024
Dissatisfaction with the economy drove voters to the polls. And Trump was viewed as the change candidate.
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Election 2024

How markets are responding to the prospect of another Trump presidency

by David Brancaccio , Ariana Rosas and Nic Perez
Nov 6, 2024
We'll unpack what a Trump win means for stocks, bonds, tariffs, interest rates and more.
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