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Phoebe Unterman

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Phoebe Unterman is a former assistant producer. She joined Marketplace in 2016 as a digital production assistant.

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This Is Uncomfortable | Season 8 | Episode 6

Lost and found, featuring "Snap Judgment"

Jun 15, 2023
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Let's take it slow

Jun 16, 2022
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Latest Stories (58)

Trade showdown

Trump's trade announcements barely ease treacherous path farmers face

by Kai Ryssdal and Phoebe Unterman
Jul 26, 2018
Plans to negotiate with the European Union and aid plan fall short for farmers.
Soybeans loading onto a truck on their way to a grain elevator in Dwight, Illinois. U.S. soybean futures plunged when China announced retaliatory tariffs on them in June.
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The tech tool for police accountability that's like "Yelp for cops"

by Amy Scott and Phoebe Unterman
Jul 24, 2018
And how it's the latest in a series of policing data initiatives that top brass officers have used to shape American policing.
Protesters scuffle with police during a march against police violence in Manhattan in 2015.
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So long as sharks are terrifying, there will be shark content

by Molly Wood and Phoebe Unterman
Jul 20, 2018
We talk to the writer of "The Meg" books, which hit the silver screen in August.
One of the world's largest set of shark jaws contains about 180 fossil teeth from the prehistoric species Carcharocles megalodon, which grew to the size of a school bus.
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Trade showdown

A dreaded ending to the tariff exemption process

by Phoebe Unterman
Jul 19, 2018
 Todd Adams is vice president of Stainless Imports Inc., a small family-owned stainless steel manufacturer based in Florida. We had Adams on the show in early May. His company had applied for an exemption from tariffs on a specific product; the company had “combed the earth” to find a mill that could produce it and found one […]
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Who owns Henrietta Lacks' cells?

by Phoebe Unterman and Kai Ryssdal
Jul 9, 2018
A lawyer representing the infamous cell line originator's grandsons is trying to establish guardianship.
Attendees admire a painting of Henrietta Lacks at HBO's The HeLa Project Exhibit For "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" on April 6, 2017 in New York City. A lawsuit against a pharma company from Lacks' descendants brings up a host of ethical questions surrounding medical profits, intellectual property and racial equity.
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Your Amazon deliveries don't just magically appear at your door

by Kai Ryssdal and Phoebe Unterman
Jul 3, 2018
Some of them come to you via Amazon Flex, an app that allows regular people to deliver your packages.
Packages are stored at the Amazon's logistics center in San Fernando de Henares, near Madrid, on the eve of 'Black Friday', on Nov. 24, 2016.
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People gentrifying NYC neighborhoods have a lot of complaints

by Kai Ryssdal and Phoebe Unterman
Jul 2, 2018
A new data analysis shows correlation between 311 calls, changing demographics and property values in gentrifying neighborhoods.
Congregating on the stoop, depicted in this photograph taken in 1955, has been part of life for immigrant communities in New York for a long time.
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Trade showdown

Navigating the objection phase of the tariff exemption process

by Kai Ryssdal and Phoebe Unterman
Jun 21, 2018
This week, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the first official exemptions and rejections for companies that applied for exclusions from steel and aluminum tariffs. For seven lucky companies, that means they’ll get to stop paying the tariffs on specific imports — 25 percent for steel and 10 percent for aluminum. But for Sam Desai, who […]
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Corner Office

How a red-hot housing market made Zillow a media company

by Kai Ryssdal and Phoebe Unterman
Jun 20, 2018
CEO Spencer Rascoff talks surviving the recession to end up in a booming housing market.
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Trade showdown

What products are making all the retaliatory tariff lists?

by Kai Ryssdal , Phoebe Unterman and Josie Fan
Jun 7, 2018
We looked through the lists of tariffs Mexico, Canada and the European Union are imposing on the United States in response to the 25 percent steel and 10 percent aluminum tariffs. And we found some commonalities: orange juice, whiskey, motor boats and kitchenware among them. So why these products? We talked with Wendy Cutler, vice […]
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