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Peter Balonon-Rosen

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Peter produced the narrative podcasts “The Uncertain Hour” and “This Is Uncomfortable.” He also reported radio features for Marketplace’s radio programs, wrote for our website and served as an in-studio and field photographer. What was your first job? Dishwasher What do you think is the hardest part of your job that no one knows? Video conferences. In your next life, what would your career be? Foley artist. Fill in the blank: Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you ______. Snacks for the snack desk. What’s your most memorable Marketplace moment? Seeking out tornadoes with storm chasers for half a week to report a story about the business of storm chasing. Watching severe storms develop over the prairies of Nebraska was breathtaking.

Latest from Peter Balonon-Rosen

  • A worker decontaminates an ambulance.
    John Moore/Getty Images

    Danni Askini fought cancer for 18 months before getting COVID-19. Their focus was on surviving, not the cost of care. That didn’t make the bill any easier to take.

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  • What it’s like getting an abortion in Texas right now
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    The clock is ticking for one college student after she finds out she’s pregnant in the middle of a pandemic, in a state that’s trying to restrict abortion.

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  • Zoom therapy in a pandemic
    Courtesy: Megan McCoy

    How do I keep from fighting with my partner about money? What do I say to a friend who’s just lost a job? This week we get a little therapy.

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  • Mina Hughes and Seth Anderson had to cancel their wedding because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Courtesy: Mina Huges and Seth Anderson

    There are a lot of couples stuck at home right now. Some of them are out of work or dealing with canceled plans. Today, we’ll hear from two couples whose relationships are being tested.

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  • Mar 27, 2020

    Hard choices

    As states across the country close all non-essential businesses, this moment of uncertainty is causing people to rethink what it means to do the right thing.
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    Today we hear listeners’ stories of pay cuts, layoffs and telling employers they’re putting people at risk.

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  • Mar 20, 2020

    COVID-19 comforts

    Nine days into self-isolation, a chocolate milk sounds really, really good.
    Amy Sussman/Getty Images

    On today’s episode, we’re spending some time checking in on loved ones and on you. How are you doing?

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  • Peter Balonon-Rosen and Che Holloway
    Courtesy: Peter Balonon-Rosen

    Would you spot a friend money if they needed it? How about if they asked every month? This week: the limits of friendship.

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  • Mar 5, 2020

    WeWork too much

    WeBorn, WeWork, WeDie.
    Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    Why we’re so obsessed with our jobs, although they’ll never love us back.

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  • Some problems are bigger than others.
    Tony Wagner/Marketplace

    Some problems are bigger than others. NPR’s Sam Sanders joins us to answer your questions on this week’s installment of “The Group Chat.”

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  • Rob Harris, 1998.
    Courtesy: Rob and Michelle Harris

    Two Honolulu newlyweds got back from their honeymoon to find he’d been scammed out of a small fortune, and now she was on the hook, too.

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