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Phoebe Unterman

Assistant Producer

Phoebe Unterman is a former assistant producer. She joined Marketplace in 2016 as a digital production assistant.

Latest from Phoebe Unterman

  • May 26, 2022

    Hired, fired, can’t retire

    Sian-Pierre Regis and his mother, Rebecca Danigelis.
    Duty Free Film

    Rebecca Danigelis never planned to stop working. Raising two kids as a single mom, everything she earned went to making sure they got the best education she could afford. But when her son Sian-Pierre’s career took off, hers started to crumble.

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  • May 19, 2022

    Finding Michael, part two

    A photo of Stephanie Stone and her brother, Michael, as children.
    Courtesy Stephanie Stone

    What the search for a loved one reveals about how the country handles death.

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  • May 12, 2022

    Finding Michael, part one

    Stephanie Stone as a baby with her brother, Michael.
    Courtesy: Stephanie Stone

    What happens to the tens of thousands of people in the U.S. who die indigent and whose bodies go unclaimed every year?

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  • May 5, 2022

    So, who’s gonna pay for this?

    Rachel Lee and Nicole Fresenburg
    Courtesy Rachel Lee

    For the first episode of our new season, we’re looking at a money fight that ended up being about much more.

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  • Apr 22, 2022

    On May 5, “This is Uncomfortable” is back!

    On May 5, “This is Uncomfortable” is back!

    Listen to the trailer now, and follow the show on your podcast favorite app.

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  • Dec 16, 2021

    The Mariachi Rent Strike

    A scene from the Mariachi rent strike in Los Angeles' Boyle Heights
    Courtesy Union de Vecinos

    For the last episode of our season, we take you through months of court battles, protests and tense negotiations in a Los Angeles rent strike.

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  • Dec 9, 2021

    Chasing hippos

    Gina Serna and her family on a childhood trip to Hacienda Napoles.
    Courtesy: Gina Serna

    Gina Serna dreamed of being a wildlife veterinarian since she was little, but her biggest assignment has painful ties to her childhood.

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  • Dec 2, 2021

    Endless circle of debt

    Felicia and Dalip Singh
    Courtesy Felicia Singh Campaign for City Council

    Dalip Singh thought driving a taxi would be his ticket to the middle class. Instead, he discovered that he’d bought into a massive lending scam.

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  • Nov 25, 2021

    The College Fund (rerun)

    Hayli McKnight and her dad, Rick Carroll, when McKnight was a toddler.
    Courtesy: Hayli McKnight

    When you’re a kid, your parents make all the financial decisions for you. But what happens when you grow up … and don’t agree with their choices?

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  • Nov 18, 2021

    White Gold (from “How We Survive”)

    Daranda Hinkey holds some pieces of clay containing lithium, or “white gold,” that could be key to a decarbonized future.
    Molly Wood/Marketplace

    To get off fossil fuels, you need a lot of batteries. To get a lot of batteries, you need to mine a lot of lithium. Welcome to Thacker Pass, Nevada, where a proposed lithium mine has sparked protests.

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