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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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Catch up on all the news you missed from the DNC
by
Ellen Rolfes
, Katie Reuther
and Tony Wagner
Aug 23, 2024
Plus, The Onion is back in print and Burning Man is losing some heat.
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For Sarah Thankam Mathews, organizing is about people and potential
by
Zoë Saunders
and Tony Wagner
Jul 26, 2024
The “All This Could Be Different” author chatted with us about embarrassed millionaires, mutual aid and Milwaukee.
Amanda Montell on how cognitive biases mess with our lives and our money
by
Tony Wagner
Jul 12, 2024
We chatted with the author and podcaster about her new book “The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality."
The real-life boiler rooms that inspired "Glengarry Glen Ross"
by
Tony Wagner
Jul 1, 2024
What's your industry's "Always Be Closing"? Send us your answer to help us explore this month's film.
Anxieties about food and parenting transcend class
by
Zoë Saunders
and Tony Wagner
Jun 28, 2024
Sociologist Priya Fielding-Singh cooked and ate with families to write “How the Other Half Eats”
“Temporary” author Hilary Leichter on losing yourself to gigs
by
Zoë Saunders
and Tony Wagner
Jun 13, 2024
“You can never bring your true full self to a job because a job is not the world. It's this strange microcosm of the world.”
Author Sameer Pandya on how race and class shape our stories
by
Hannah Harris Green
and Tony Wagner
May 31, 2024
The “Members Only” novelist goes deep on the history and themes behind “A Passage to India" in this week's newsletter.
Naomi Alderman on predicting “The Future”
by
Alice Wilder
and Tony Wagner
May 3, 2024
It’s the first selection for our Uncomfortable Book Club series!
This is what your clothes cost the people who make them
by
Alice Wilder
, Tony Wagner
and Marika Proctor
Apr 12, 2024
Plus: “Gentefied” co-creator Marvin Lemus defends his splurge in this week's newsletter. Don't forget to file your taxes BTW!
What you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness plan B
by
Tony Wagner
and Kimberly Adams
Apr 12, 2024
Plus, we do the numbers on how people watch TV in this week's Make Me Smart newsletter.