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Tony Wagner

Newsletter Editor

Tony Wagner is Marketplace's newsletter editor. He writes the daily email newsletter and edits several others, including Marketplace's Crash Courses. Previously he was a digital producer who helped launch “Make Me Smart,” “The Uncertain Hour” and “This Is Uncomfortable.” After eight years at Marketplace headquarters in LA, he recently relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Latest from Tony Wagner

  • Job seekers wait for their interview during an Amazon jobs fair at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in 2017 in Robbinsville, New Jersey.
    Mark Makela/Getty Images

    This week, we dive into the latest research on racial inequality.

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  • It’s time to pay attention to TikTok

    “I got the horses in the back …”

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  • Why even have a debt ceiling?
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    Kai and Molly are reunited at last, and they’re trying something new. We asked the staff here at Marketplace to send in their burning questions they want to get smart about, including the debt ceiling, that Equifax settlement and CBD. 

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  • In this handout provided by NASA, Astronaut Daniel Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, participates in the second of five scheduled sessions of extravehicular activity as construction continues on the International Space Station October 28, 2007.
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    Fifty years ago today, the Saturn V rocket took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying the first men to walk on the moon. Today, we’ll mark that milestone by looking ahead to the exploration, colonization and militarization of space. By some estimates, the current space economy is worth $400 billion, and it could reach $1 trillion by 2040. Here to break it all down with Molly Wood is Marketplace’s de facto space reporter Kimberly Adams and Politico’s Jacqueline Feldscher, who co-writes their space newsletter.

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  • A park Service employee cleans the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial November 3, 2003 in Washington, DC.
    Mark Wilson/Getty Images

    This week, Kai and guest host Reema Khrais talk about the importance of history and what happens when we don’t relate it to the present.

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  • A China UnionPay advertisement at a Shanghai subway station. The firm has a monopoly in the Chinese market.
    Jennifer Pak/Marketplace

    This week, we go beyond the headlines and political rhetoric to try and understand daily life in the world’s second-largest economy.

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  • "This Is Uncomfortable" host Reema Khrais

    We might feature you on our brand-new podcast, “This Is Uncomfortable.”

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  • It's ok, let it out.
    AMC/screengrab via Netflix

    One of the country’s foremost crying-at-work experts set us straight on shedding tears at the office.

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  • How did CEO pay get so bloated?
    Joshua Lott/Getty Images

    We’re kicking off a new series focusing on a topic that comes up a lot around here: Is the economy working for everybody? Today we’re talking about CEO pay. Some chief executives make up to 1,000 times more than their average employees. It didn’t used to be this way.

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  • Let it out.
    NBC Universal/Screenshot via Netflix

    Marketplace has a brand-new podcast: “This Is Uncomfortable.” Every Thursday, host Reema Khrais tells stories about life and how money messes with it. This week’s episode is all about the baggage that comes with crying at work, and it features a certain Marketplace host. Listen to that episode here, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

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