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Sean McHenry

Associate Producer

Sean is based in Los Angeles, California.

He works on the flagship broadcast show “Marketplace,” where he produces host interviews, first-person stories via the “My Economy” series, and directs (he’s one of the people who picks the music you hear on the show).

Sean graduated from the University of Michigan and got his formal entry to radio as an intern on Michigan Radio’s daily newsmagazine “Stateside.” Before that, his notable jobs include writing teacher, barista, and he was briefly a janitor. He enjoys being a big nerd over coffee and TV, especially sci-fi and reality TV.

Latest from Sean McHenry

  • NEW YORK, NY - JULY 30: A man checks his phone as he walks past the Capital One offices in Midtown Manhattan on July 30, 2019 in New York City. In one of the largest-ever thefts of bank data, a software engineer in Seattle was arrested for hacking into a Capitol One server and obtaining the personal data of over 100 million people. The data includes social security numbers, bank account numbers, names, addresses, credit scores, credit limits, balances, and other information.
    Drew Angerer/Getty Images

    Let’s do the numbers.

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  • A view of the Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C.
    Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP

    The Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates for the first time since 2008. Does that mean a recession’s on the horizon? Plus: the fight over who gets to sell cancer drugs and the uncomfortable feelings that can happen when your parents control your money.

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  • Why the strength of the dollar matters
    Mark Wilson/Getty Images

    In presidential tweets to corporate earnings reports, the U.S. dollar has gotten a lot of chatter lately. Plus: Elvis in Vegas and the quest for carbon-neutral utilities.

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  • Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló in his office in San Juan in 2018.
    Peter Balonon-Rosen/Marketplace

    Even as the protests against Gov. Ricardo Rosselló die down, serious economic challenges remain. Plus: How businesses gain trust and paleontology in the big city.

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  • Facebook's corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
    Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images

    Today, we break down what that means for consumers and Silicon Valley. Plus: new players in local news and changes to the investor visa.

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  • Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, above, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., negotiated a budget deal this week that increases federal spending.
    Juan Mabromata/Getty Images

    John Harwood of CNBC explains why Republicans “support spending cuts in theory” but have a hard time getting there in practice.

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  • Jul 23, 2019

    Deal or no deal

    Boris Johnson poses outside the Conservative Leadership Headquarters on July 23, 2019 in London, England.
    Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

    Does either party really care about the national debt? Does it matter? Plus: Boris Johnson will be the U.K.’s new prime minister, raising concerns over a no-deal Brexit. 

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  • Steven R. Swartz is the President and CEO of Hearst.
    Hearst

    Hearst CEO Steven Swartz discusses the media industry’s business model and why it’s important for his company to diversify its acquisitions.

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  • Slack’s quest to replace email is getting more competitive
    ERIC BARADAT/AFP/Getty Images

    Slack has gone public, and now boasts 10 million daily users. But is it any closer to replacing email? Plus: Marvel’s plan to follow “Endgame” and why people choose #vanlife.

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  • Buzz Aldrin sets up the Solar Wind Composition Experiment during NASA's Apollo 11 lunar landing mission in July 1969.
    Space Frontiers/Getty Images

    Today, we chart that path. Plus: “The Office” reruns as a cure for burnout and a conversation with the head of the Boston Fed.

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