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Andy Uhler

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Andy Uhler is the former Texas-based reporter for Marketplace, based in Austin.

He joined Marketplace team from the Texas Standard, an hour-long news program produced at KUT in Austin, Texas. Prior to that, he was a natural resources policy analyst at the Texas Legislature as part of a global policy studies master’s program at the University of Texas at Austin. He was also the senior producer for the music journalism program Texas Music Matters, and he worked as a co-host for NPR Music’s festival coverage.

Andy's reporting tended to focus on the energy industry and agriculture in Texas. Every now and again, though, he got to report on sports. When that happened, don't be surprised if the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers or Dallas Mavericks entered the conversation.

Episodes by Andy (100)

Make Me Smart | Episode 814

It's time to talk about climate reparations

Nov 11, 2022
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Make Me Smart | Episode 813

Crypto world is reeling

Nov 10, 2022
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Make Me Smart | Episode 809

Oil industry: Help wanted

Nov 4, 2022
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Marketplace Morning Report

The specter of inflation haunts this week's Fed meeting

Oct 31, 2022
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Make Me Smart | Episode 804

Gambling on politics?

Oct 28, 2022
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Make Me Smart | Episode 803

The climate crisis vs. the energy crisis

Oct 27, 2022
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Marketplace Morning Report

The U.K. has a new prime minister

Oct 24, 2022
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How the "anxiety economy" has shifted tastes toward non-alcoholic beverages

Oct 24, 2022
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Marketplace Morning Report

Farmers of color were promised relief money. Where is it?

Aug 22, 2022
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Local news, brought to you by your friendly neighborhood oil company

Aug 22, 2022
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Biden administration can drop "remain in Mexico" policy, but what will it use instead?

by Andy Uhler
Jul 5, 2022
It's not clear how current White House officials will handle incoming migrants and asylum seekers after the Supreme Court's ruling.
Migrants approach the U.S. border on Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas on March 2, 2021. President Biden announced that he was ending the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) enacted under President Trump that sent asylum seekers back to Mexico as they awaited their trial dates.
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Concerns about wildfires drive sales of "safe and sane" fireworks

by Andy Uhler
Jul 4, 2022
But even these ground-based varieties come with risks.
The term "safe and sane” refers to fireworks that are considered less likely to cause injury or start fires.
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Crisis pregnancy centers are key to many anti-abortion groups' strategy. But what are they?

by Andy Uhler
Jun 30, 2022
The nonprofit centers' goal is to convince pregnant people not to have an abortion. Tax dollars pay for some resources they offer, and that might not change post-Roe.
With the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, eyes have turned to how anti-abortion groups could change.
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Companies are offering to cover employees' abortion-related travel costs

by Andy Uhler , Meghan McCarty Carino and Erika Soderstrom
Jun 27, 2022
Many of the companies are in the fields of tech, finance and entertainment.
Several large companies have offered to cover travel expenses for employees seeking abortion services, but will others follow suit?
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Higher gas prices have rideshare drivers questioning their side hustle

by Andy Uhler
Jun 24, 2022
Services like Uber and Lyft are trying to get more people to drive for them. The math isn't working out for many drivers.
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A federal gas tax holiday might be popular. But it might not be useful.

by Andy Uhler
Jun 23, 2022
There's no guarantee that consumers will save at the pump.
Although President Biden's call for a federal gas tax holiday sounds like a good idea, it could have a counterintuitive effect.
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U.S. industry group commits to $6 billion solar panel buy — on one condition

by Andy Uhler
Jun 22, 2022
(They'll have to be made here in America.)
U.S. companies know how to build solar panels. Sourcing the inputs will take time.
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Texas has more sources of renewable power, but needs to update infrastructure to get it to homes

by Andy Uhler
Jun 17, 2022
The answer is to build more transmission lines, so that customers can see the benefit, in the form of cheaper utility bills.
Blades from a wind turbine rotate in a field, April 16, 2021 near Eldorado, Texas.
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Delays skew patent system in favor of big corporations, some inventors say

by Andy Uhler
Jun 16, 2022
It can take years for a patent to be granted, unless the inventor can pony up extra cash for expedited handling.
The first patent was granted in 1790. Since then, the Patent and Trademark Office has issued about 11 million.
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How do we calculate supply and demand for oil heading into the future?

by Andy Uhler
Jun 15, 2022
There are a lot of variables that make predicting energy demand in 2023 difficult, including rising interest rates, inflation and potential COVID flare-ups.
President Biden recently demanded big oil companies bring down gas and diesel prices. Above, gas stations in Bethesda, Maryland, earlier this year.
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