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Maria Hollenhorst

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Maria Hollenhorst is based in Los Angeles, California.

She produces content for Marketplace’s flagship broadcast including host interviews, economic explainers, and personal stories for the “Adventures in Housing” and “My Economy” series. Her work has been recognized by the Association for Business Journalists Best in Business Awards.

When not making radio, she can be found hiking, skiing, jogging, roller-blading, or exploring this beautiful world. Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, she wound her way into journalism after graduating from the University of Utah. She has a deep appreciation for trees.

Latest Stories (406)

What the Taliban takeover means for Toyota

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 30, 2021
Toyota pickup trucks and SUVs have long been the Taliban’s preferred mode of transport. Does that damage the company’s brand?
Taliban fighters in a Toyota pickup in Kabul last week, one of many images showing the Taliban's fondness for the vehicles. But the brand's strength, says Utpal Dholakia, means "it is insulated against negative publicity over which it has no control."
Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images
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How on-demand warehousing creates space for entrepreneurs

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 25, 2021
“Our goal is to democratize logistics,” said Ben Euchus, co-founder and CEO of on-demand warehouse company, Flowspace.
Karlton Frazier, co-founder and CEO of The Manifest Company in his fulfillment center in Los Angeles. On-demand warehousing enabled Frazier to outsource storage and order fulfillment of his company’s yoga mats.
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How the "economic fundamentals" of opium undermined U.S. strategy in Afghanistan

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 24, 2021
The U.S. spent billions trying to suppress Afghanistan’s illicit opium and heroin trade. It didn’t work.
A U.S. Marine sergeant patrols in an Afghan poppy field in 2011. With many farmers dependent on the opium trade, Jeffrey Clemens says, "the effort to win hearts and minds" was set back by the U.S. eradication program.
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“I just don’t know where we’re gonna end up”

by Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 18, 2021
A Springdale, Arkansas, family's search for an affordable home spotlights an increasingly expensive rental and housing market.
Amid a boom in residential real estate, Sandy Lewis and her family have struggled to find an affordable rental.
Justin Sullivan via Getty Images
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Adventures in Housing

Missoula's hot housing market makes this real estate agent's job harder

by Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 4, 2021
"You're working twice as hard for the same amount of money," says Mindy Palmer of helping buyers in a tight market.
Limited inventory and high home prices have created challenges for Mindy Palmer, a realtor in Missoula, Montana.
Justin Sullivan via Getty Images
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A Warmer World

Lake Mead business struggles to stay afloat as water drops to historic low

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 29, 2021
“It’s a tough season this year,” says Lisa Duncan of Temple Bar Marina. Slips are filled, but the boat launch is closed for now.
The closure of Lake Mead’s Temple Bar boat ramp due to low water levels has impacted revenue at the restaurant, hotel and retail store that Lisa Duncan, manages at Temple Bar Marina, she says.
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My Economy

For this schoolteacher, the pandemic was a turning point

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 27, 2021
“I couldn’t do it anymore,” said Abby Norman, a former schoolteacher in Atlanta.
After quitting her teaching job, Abby Norman discovered she could make more money working fewer hours as a bartender.
Photo by Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images
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Back to Business

How the pandemic altered the art and science of “menu engineering”

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 26, 2021
From QR codes to delivery apps, a menu specialist weighs in on the rise of digital menus.
A QR code menu for a Mexico City restaurant. “Here in 2021 … we can start to build our digital menus a little bit better with what we learned from the pandemic,” says menu engineer Sean Willard.
Photo by Claudio Cruz/AFP via Getty Images
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How TikTok is becoming a powerful consumer marketing tool

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 16, 2021
The app can cause certain products to blow up overnight, Vox's internet culture reporter Rebecca Jennings says.
Photo by Nelson Almeida/AFP via Getty Images
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Kai Explains

To understand the Fed’s bond-buying dilemma, picture a lake

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 13, 2021
A Columbia Business School professor explains quantitative easing and the Feds' $120 billion per month bond-buying program with an analogy.
If water on a lake is too low, boats can't go from one side to the other smoothly. "The Fed is basically adding some water in that lake to keep the liquidity — or to keep the water — from completely drying out,” says Yiming Ma of Columbia Business School.
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