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Tony Wagner

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Tony Wagner is Marketplace's newsletter editor. He writes the daily email newsletter and edits several others, including Marketplace's Crash Courses.

Previously he was a digital producer who helped launch “Make Me Smart,” “The Uncertain Hour” and “This Is Uncomfortable.” After eight years at Marketplace headquarters in LA, he recently relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Blog: The strange case of prison phone calls

by Tony Wagner
Feb 9, 2017
The simple phone call is caught up in economic, legal and prison reform battles.
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Labor Secretary nominee Andy Puzder employed an undocumented housekeeper

by Tony Wagner
Feb 7, 2017
The Hardee's and Carl's Jr. CEO reportedly paid back taxes after his nomination.
Andy Puzder departing Trump Tower on Wednesday.
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How to make lunch at your desk less sad

by Kai Ryssdal , Bridget Bodnar and Tony Wagner
Jan 12, 2017
Let Bon Appetit's Adam Rapoport teach you how to eat like you work at a fancy food magazine.
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BuzzFeed is already selling "failing pile of garbage" merch

by Tony Wagner
Jan 11, 2017
The president-elect insulted the digital news site. Here's what happened next.
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Ridesharing could cut 75 percent of traffic in Manhattan

by Tony Wagner
Jan 6, 2017
If everyone shared we'd save a whole lot of gas without using much time.
Taxis sit in a flooded lot after Hurricane Sandy October 30, 2012 in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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Is In-N-Out's scarcity the key to its success?

by Tony Wagner
Dec 21, 2016
Some say the burger chain is overrated, but beloved because of its limited locations. We ask an expert.
A Los Angeles-area In-N-Out burger.
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Flint isn't the only city with lead poisoning problems

by Tony Wagner
Dec 19, 2016
A Reuters investigation found thousands of areas with higher lead levels.
Brysten Edwards, second from left sits with other boys on a wall ledge at the West Calumet Housing Complex on September 4, 2016 in East Chicago, Indiana. The soil at the complex has been found to contain high levels of lead and arsenic putting all residents in danger if exposed to the elements. Edwards was tested for lead poisoning and his results came back positive. Over 1,000 residents are being asked by the East Chicago Housing Authority to relocate, after plans were decided to demolish the housing complex.
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LeVar Burton on "Smart House" and the rise of AI

by Tony Wagner
Nov 11, 2016
He's best known for "Star Trek" and "Reading Rainbow," but in the '90s Burton directed an oddly prescient TV movie about how gadgets run our lives.
Ryan Merriman as Ben Cooper and Katey Sagal as virtual assistant Pat in "Smart House," directed by LeVar Burton.
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All the news that got buried by the election

by Tony Wagner and Rounak Maiti
Nov 8, 2016
Stuff they didn't want you to see, and the counter-programming you might need.
A custodian sweeps underneath bleachers as supporters listen to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump address his final campaign rally on Election Day in the Devos Place November 8, 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Vine is going away, but its biggest stars were already gone

by Tony Wagner
Oct 27, 2016
Joe Gagliese used to manage Vine stars, now he manages Facebook, Instagram and YouTube stars. We asked him what's next.
Nash Grier, a social media star who got his start on Vine, arrives at the 2016 iHeartRADIO MuchMusic Video Awards on June 19, 2016 in Toronto, Canada. 
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