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.
![Lt. Ryan Phillips of the Wise County sheriff's office drives through Appalachia, Virginia, on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. Phillips has seen the opioid epidemic up close as a law enforcement officer and life-long resident of Wise County. "I knew them [persons suffering addiction] before they got addicted, so I know they're not just some dope head," he said.](https://img.apmcdn.org/8b897edf6d9995da92a9acf900d5f9c85eb641b9/uncropped/91b303-2019-04-ep-4-feature6-webp1800.webp)