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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

  • Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, during the IMF and the World Bank Group 2018 spring meetings in Washington, D.C., in 2018.
    Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

    Here's why she doesn't think "turning inward" is the solution.

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  • Shoppers walk along the high street in the market town of Boston in Lincolnshire in 2015.
    Lindsay Parnaby/AFP/Getty Images

    It’s been 1,007 days since the U.K. voted to leave the European Union — and the ensuing political paralysis and economic uncertainty. Today we come to you from Boston, which had the highest proportion of votes to leave.

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  • The view of Brexit from outside Parliament
    TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images

    Kai Ryssdal’s in London this week, reporting on how Brexit is affecting people, businesses and the economy. But first: The Trump administration is taking the Affordable Care Act to court … what happens if it wins?

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  • The Apple logo is seen onstage prior to an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on September 12, 2018 in Cupertino, California.
    Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    What does Apple bring to the streaming wars? Plus: Some farmers are struggling to pay back government loans, thanks to trade wars and low prices for key crops. 

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  • President George H.W. Bush addressing the nation on Sept. 5, 1989. The president illustrated the threat of drugs by holding up a baggie of crack he said had been seized across the street from the White House.
    Courtesy: George Bush Presidential Library and Museum

    The Uncertain Hour is going inside America’s drug war this season. We’re starting with the strange and little-known story of how, 30 years ago, George H.W. Bush came to hold up an baggie of crack in his first televised speech in the Oval Office.

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  • A homemade sign says "Think drugs gets you high give God a try," on a front lawn in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. The town in Wise County has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic.
    Julia Rendleman/Marketplace

    How George H.W. Bush turbocharged the war on drugs. Plus, the latest home sales numbers and the struggle to fight extremism online.

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  • Smart cars are getting smarter
    Scott Olson/Getty Images

    Volvo is planning to introduce tech that monitors the health and wakefulness of drivers. But do the benefits outweigh the privacy costs? Plus, China’s tight video game regulations and more

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  • Political fundraising’s new math
    Win McNamee/Getty Images

    Where candidates receive their money may be as important as how much they make. Plus: Fallout from Facebook’s job discrimination settlement and “femtech” apps that help women control their health — while collecting a lot of personal data.

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  • Scrap metal in Long Beach, California, waits to be shipped to Asia for recycling.
    JOE KLAMAR/AFP/GettyImages

    For years, China used U.S. recyclables in its factories, but the country stopped buying foreign trash last year. Plus: Will Instagram’s in-app purchases threaten Amazon?

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  • Why younger people are getting Botox
    Andreas Rentz/Getty Images

    The number of 18- to 37-year-olds getting injectable fillers has grown more than 20 percent in the past five years. Plus: The latest on the FAA and Boeing, and the big business of pumping and dredging in flooded Nebraska.

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