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Sean McHenry

Associate Producer

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Sean is based in Los Angeles, California.

He works on the flagship broadcast show “Marketplace,” where he produces host interviews, first-person stories via the “My Economy” series, and directs (he’s one of the people who picks the music you hear on the show).

Sean graduated from the University of Michigan and got his formal entry to radio as an intern on Michigan Radio’s daily newsmagazine “Stateside.” Before that, his notable jobs include writing teacher, barista, and he was briefly a janitor. He enjoys being a big nerd over coffee and TV, especially sci-fi and reality TV.

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Running a contemporary art museum is a balancing act

Feb 10, 2020
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For "The Walking Dead's" Scott Gimple, a story needs sadness to make the happiness real

Oct 30, 2019
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Dick's Sporting Goods' Ed Stack on taking a stand

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Dany Garcia runs one of the most influential companies you probably haven't heard of

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Why Bill Ackman sees activist investing as a moral crusade

by Kai Ryssdal , Bridget Bodnar and Sean McHenry
Oct 31, 2017
For the Pershing Square Capital Management CEO, activist investing is just as much a moral calling as it is a lucrative one
Bill Ackman attends the Hamptons International Film Festival SummerDocs Series screening of 'Betting On Zero' at Guild Hall on August 6, 2016 in East Hampton, New York.
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Botox is a multi-billion dollar, potentially deadly monopoly

by Kai Ryssdal , Emily Henderson and Sean McHenry
Oct 31, 2017
The product comes from a substance so lethal that it could be used as a potential agent of bioterrorism.
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The National Association of Home Builders opposes the Republican tax bill

by Kai Ryssdal , Emily Henderson and Sean McHenry
Oct 30, 2017
Jerry Howard, CEO of the National Association of Home Builders, discusses why the group is against the tax bill.
A worker helps to build a townhome complex under construction on May 15, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Is Amazon finally poised for a complete retail takeover?

by Adriene Hill and Sean McHenry
Oct 27, 2017
Spencer Soper of Bloomberg thinks the online store's future lies in the business marketplace.
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Can subscription fashion services survive?

by Sean McHenry
Oct 27, 2017
Stitch Fix's IPO could mean more competition, and "there isn't room for tons of these."
Stitch Fix delivers boxes of clothing picked out by a stylist.
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YouTube beauty videos for people over 35 are a huge hit

by Sean McHenry
Oct 27, 2017
Yes, many social influencers are millennials. But the category to watch might be the over-35 crowd.
Angie "Hot-and-Flashy" Schmitt before shooting one of her videos. 
Courtesy of Angie Schmitt.
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Wait times for Social Security benefit appeals leave people in limbo

by Peter Balonon-Rosen and Sean McHenry
Oct 20, 2017
Michael Astrue, a former Social Security commissioner, talks about how and where the backlog starts.
Michael Astrue, former Social Security Administration commissioner, says the backlog starts at the back end. That's where “you're having a thousand-day waits.”
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When social causes meet product sales, you get the cause market

by Paulina Velasco and Sean McHenry
Oct 20, 2017
Many companies have found that giving to these kinds of charities can ultimately boost their bottom line.
A display at Bloomingdale's in Hackensack, New Jersey, for the retailer's Ready, Set, Pink! event for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in 2011.
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What happens when the economic census is late

by Kai Ryssdal , Shaheen Ainpour and Sean McHenry
Oct 13, 2017
All of the policy and business decisions that use that census data — and there are a lot — will get pushed back, too.
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Would Trump's executive order make better, cheaper health care? Only kind of

by Adriene Hill and Sean McHenry
Oct 12, 2017
Today, when the president signed an executive order expanding coverage options outside of the Obamacare marketplaces, he promised that the order would create more insurance options at “lower prices, and for millions of Americans.”   Actually, the order is asking federal agencies to broaden the use of short-term insurance options, which aren’t beholden to the coverage […]
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