Tommy Andres

Senior special projects producer

SHORT BIO

Tommy Andres is the former senior special projects producer for Marketplace. He ran major projects and launched new series. He oversaw “Divided Decade,” a yearlong multiplatform examination of how the financial crisis changed America. He also created “I've Always Wondered,” “The Transaction” and “Brought to You by.”

What was your first job?

A ball boy for the Detroit Pistons.

What’s your most memorable Marketplace moment?

I produced Kai's interview with Charles Koch and had Kai ask Mr. Koch about his Darth Vader-like reputation. The day of the broadcast, Mr. Koch tweeted out a picture of himself sitting at his desk in a Darth Vader costume.

What’s the favorite item in your workspace and why?

The vintage TV I turned into a fish tank.

 

Latest Stories (87)

My Economy: Hard work, risk and opportunity in Alabama

What's really behind an unemployment statistic? We got to Alabama to find out.
Kai tackles the catfish economy in Greesnboro, Alabama.
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Urban Meyer on coaching football ... and life

Oct 28, 2015
The elite college coach wants you to apply his locker room lessons off the field.

Tesla's Elon Musk: cars, design and those falcon doors

The CEO talks about the future of his electric car company.
"Engineering and design is what I spend most of my time on," says Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors.
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

John Green doesn't call himself a writer

Oct 19, 2015
But he's still a best-selling author. And he's keeping his YouTube day job.

The Transaction: The Bar Tab

Oct 9, 2015
Two strangers, a bathroom emergency and an unpaid bar tab.

Domino's CEO Patrick Doyle: Tech with a side of pizza

Sep 24, 2015
The CEO talks about tossing out the old and embracing the bold.
Domino's CEO J. Patrick Doyle stands in front of the car the Monaghan brothers used to deliver pizzas when they opened up their first Domino's Pizza, then called DomiNicks, in 1960.
Tommy Andres

Is this the rise of the robots? Probably not

Sep 23, 2015
Pedro Domingos' book 'The Master Algorithm' explores technology and our future.

The beer purchase that saved a man's life

Aug 14, 2015
A new keg of Labatt Blue was worth the wait.

A Columbia House retrospective

Aug 11, 2015
The company supplied one Marketplace staffer with a lot of music memories.

Coca Cola throws its weight into obesity research

Aug 10, 2015
NYT reporter explains the strategy of more exercise instead of less soda.