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Reema Khrais

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Reema Khrais is the host of the Marketplace podcast, “This is Uncomfortable,” a narrative show about life and how money messes with it.

Reema first joined Marketplace in 2016 as a general assignment reporter where she covered everything from immigration and education to retail and employment. In the summer of 2018, she was selected as an ICFJ Bringing the World Home Fellow and traveled to Turkey to report on the economic lives of Syrian refugees for Marketplace. Prior to that, she covered education policy for North Carolina Public Radio as the station’s Fletcher Fellow. Reema got her start in audio as an NPR Kroc Fellow, which included a reporting stint at WNYC. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is fluent in Arabic.

She currently lives in Portland, Oregon, where she spends her free time hiking, making ceramics and spoiling her orange cat.

Episodes by Reema (210)

This Is Uncomfortable | Season 10

How it all began: celebrating 10 seasons!  

Oct 24, 2024
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Check your Venmo, please

Oct 17, 2024
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The gifts of mortality and movement, from “Notes From America”

Oct 10, 2024
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When death is your career

Oct 3, 2024
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Windfalls and vet bills

Sep 26, 2024
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The things we leave behind

Sep 19, 2024
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Hired, fired, can’t retire (updated rerun)

Sep 12, 2024
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Wait, I think I’m being underpaid

Sep 5, 2024
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What have you learned from the show?

Sep 3, 2024
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"Why did you buy more bones?"

Aug 29, 2024
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Latest Stories (219)

Pandora Premium takes on Apple Music and Spotify

by Reema Khrais
Dec 7, 2016
The internet radio pioneer will launch a subscription service in early 2017.
   
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How will U.N.-U.S. relations fare under Trump administration?

by Reema Khrais
Dec 2, 2016
Today, President Obama will meet with incoming United Nations chief Antonio Guterres. Guterres will step into the Secretary General role in January. That’s also when we’ll see a new administration in Washington. What could U.N.-U.S. relations look like under President Trump?  Click the above audio player to hear the full story. 
United Nations Secretary General-designate Antonio Guterres looks on during a joint press conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the foreign ministry on Nov. 28, 2016 in Beijing, China.
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Amazon wants to stream live sports

by Reema Khrais
Nov 22, 2016
What will the big three do?
Sunday Night Football Commentators Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth and Bob Costas report prior to the NFL game between the New England Patriots and Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium on September 11, 2016 in Glendale, Arizona.   
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What we mean when we talk about the working class

by Reema Khrais
Nov 21, 2016
White working-class voters helped propel Donald Trump into the White House.
Supporters stand for the national anthem during a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the W.L. Zorn Arena November 1, 2016 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.   
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How one infrastructure project impacts the economy

by Reema Khrais
Nov 15, 2016
Donald Trump plans to use infrastructure spending to boost jobs and the economy.
The iconic Sixth Street Bridge wasn't safe. Construction on the new bridge is expected to bring hundreds of jobs to the area.
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Trump promises to block funding to sanctuary cities

by Reema Khrais
Nov 14, 2016
Several have pledged to remain safe places for undocumented immigrants.
People wave and call "We are here" and "You are not alone" in Spanish to immigrant detainees at the Metropolitan Detention Center during one of several May Day marches in Los Angeles earlier this year.
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Will Hollywood write a new script for the Trump era?

by Reema Khrais
Nov 11, 2016
Donald Trump delivered quite the plot twist this week.
"The priorities of the industry are always to make money," media critic Brian Lowry said.
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Immigrant businesses brace for a Trump presidency

by Reema Khrais
Nov 9, 2016
Some business owners are worried about a backlash.
A bootblack polishes the shoes of a client who reads a newspaper with headlines referring to the eventual triumph of US presidential candidate Donald Trump on November 9, 2016 in Mexico City. The Mexican peso plunged by 7.64 percent to a record low against the dollar on Wednesday after Donald Trump's shock US election win, market data showed.
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Chinese firm Wanda to buy Dick Clark Productions

by Reema Khrais
Nov 4, 2016
The Chinese Company Dalian Wanda Group has been on a shopping spree in Hollywood. Today, the company announced that it bought Dick Clark Productions. That gives them the rights to high-profile events like the Golden Globes awards and the Miss American Pageant. Marketplace’s Reema Khrais reports on the latest buy from Wanda, and what it […]
Dalian Wanda is buying Dick Clark Productions, its first step into TV production. Above, the Wanda cinema next to the Wanda Group building in Beijing. 
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Clinton unveils anti-bullying plan for schools

by Reema Khrais
Oct 28, 2016
Bullying has been a big problem in schools for a long time. But teachers say the the ugliness of the election has made things worse. Today, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will outline a proposal to dole out $500 million in federal funding to states that agree to develop anti-bullying programs. The funds would pay […]
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally with first lady Michelle Obama at Wake Forest University on Thursday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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