Planet Money Creators & Guests

Paddy Hirsch is a fiction writer and formerly the Editor at The Indicator. Hirsch is the author of Hudson's Kill, The Devil's Half Mile & the financial markets explainer book titled "Man vs Markets".

Scott Detrow is a congressional correspondent for NPR. He also co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

Sonari Glinton is a NPR Business Desk Correspondent based at NPR's West bureau. He covers the auto industry, consumer goods, and consumer behavior, as well as marketing and advertising for NPR and Planet Money.

Greg Rosalsky is an economic journalist. Currently, he writes a newsletter for NPR’s Planet Money.Previously, Rosalsky was a Producer at Freakonomics Radio.

Karen Duffin is a co-host and reporter for Planet Money. She joined the team in March 2018.Before that, she was a producer at This American Life. She also worked for several years as an independent producer, reporting stories for shows like Radiolab, More Perfect, Reply All, The Moth, Pop Up Magazine, On the Media, and others.

Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi is a producer at Planet Money.

Author of Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing. Formerly @planetmoney. Host of the podcast What's Your Problem.

Robert Smith is a correspondent for NPR's Planet Money where he reports on how the global economy is affecting our lives.

Chris Arnold is a NPR correspondent. His reports are heard regularly on NPR's award-winning news magazines Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Weekend Edition.

Amanda Aronczyk is an award-winning reporter for WNYC's The Stakes and the WNYC newsroom. Her stories have appeared on NPR, Radiolab, the BBC, Marketplace, CBC, Reveal, On the Media, and more. She also teaches audio journalism at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

Sam Yellowhorse Kesler is a writer, editor, and producer. Currently, he is an Assistant Producer at Planet Money.Yellowhorse Kesler's work has appeared in The Washington Post, NPR, The Key from WXPN, The Penn Gazette, uDiscoverMusic, 34th Street Magazine and The Daily Pennsylvanian.Yellowhorse Kesler received his B.A. in English with a Minor in Music from the University of Pennsylvania.

Adrian J. Ma covers economics, work, money and other "business-ish" for NPR's daily podcast "The Indicator from Planet Money."

Gregory Warner is the host of NPR's Rough Translation. Previously, he was the East Africa correspondent for NPR. Before joining NPR, he was a freelance reporter who specialized in conflict zones around the world. His work has appeared on This American Life, Marketplace's "Working" series, and Radiolab.Warner has also worked as senior reporter for American Public Media's Marketplace. His musical journey into the world of medical coding won a Best News Feature award from the Third Coast International Audio Festival.Warner has won a Peabody Award and awards from Edward R. Murrow, New York Festivals, AP, and PRNDI. He earned his degree in English from Yale University.

Erika Beras is a journalist. Her work focuses on wealth and poverty and aging. Currently, she is a host and reporter for NPR's Planet Money.Previously, Beras was a reporter for New Hampshire Public Radio. Before that, she was a reporter at The Miami Herald. Her work has aired on NPR and the BBC.Beras received her degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Keith Romer is a reporter and producer. Currently, he is the Supervising Senior Editor of Planet Money. He has also served as a story editor for the 30 for 30 Podcasts, Endeavor Audio's American Jihadi, and Somethin' Else's Power: Don King.

Wailin Wong is the host of the Rework Podcast.

Kenny Malone is a correspondent for NPR's Planet Money podcast.

Producer at NPR's Planet Money.

Gene Demby is a journalist who specializes in race in America. He is currently the lead blogger for NPR's Code Switch team.Before coming to NPR, he was the managing editor for Huffington Post's BlackVoices. He later covered politics. Prior to that, he reported for the New York Times.While working for the Times in 2007, Demby started a blog about race, culture, politics, and media called PostBourgie, which won the 2009 Black Weblog Award for Best News/Politics Site.Demby attended Hofstra University.