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host, @MaryinAmerica ex cohost @planetmoney @npr author of THE BOND KING @flatironbooks
Joined June 2010
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Mary in America is coming soon. to find out more about my new podcast, i went right to the source:
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What do central banker meetings mid-financial crisis and Taylor Swift’s wedding have in common?
NO LEAKS.
Author Aditi Sahasrabuddhe, of @BrownUPoliSci, joins @mdc on a new episode of Mary in America, live now on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts 💫
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Extreme views may get clicks and headlines, but that doesn’t reflect how most people actually feel.
@ProfEmilyOster on the ~silent majority,~ and how modern media platforms and systems distort it:
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Central bankers of the most important economies comprise an exclusive club, complete with private dinners and the best wine money can buy.
And not everyone’s lucky enough to get an invite.
What does it mean if you do? And if you don’t?
this week's @maryinamerica conversation is with political scientist Aditi Sahasrabuddhe, who researched the friendships btw central bankers and how they can determine "who sinks, who swims" in a crisis
indeed these are the strongest bonds of all
sorry
youtube.com/watch?v=nV1MBp0J…
Rose pushed for humane parental leave at NPR, which helped so many people, and their kids. She was a hero.
So terribly unfair, sending all my love to her family. NPR culture editor Rose Friedman dies at 38.
npr.org/2026/09/18/nx-s1-597…
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“I actually completely agree that I was not right.”
Brown economics professor @ProfEmilyOster still occasionally gets heat for her 2007 TED Talk.
And she agrees – she was totally wrong. But not for the reason everyone else was saying.
happy @ProfEmilyOster-on-@maryinamerica day to all who celebrate youtube.com/watch?v=Kr8G7-az…
always extremely fun to hang out w Emily and learn how to read data and ignore haters
this also involved my favorite fact-check of all time: contacting @BrownUniversity to confirm that they dont regret hiring her
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okay @maryinamerica is my new favorite show!
it's culture, it's money, it's smart, it's silly, it's curled one a big chair with cute shoes on and I cannot get enough of it.
go @mdc !!!
youtube.com/@maryinamerica
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Bonds are the invisible infrastructure of the whole world.
@mdc and Ed Al-Hussainy break down why … and explain what a bond manager actually does.
A new episode of Mary in America, with Ed Al-Hussainy, is live now on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts 💫
threw a no-hitter in the @Dodgers game on Sunday. yes, crazy, i agree. what an honor. i took it very seriously!!!
thank you to everyone involved -- the great people who let me throw the ball, and the ~50 kind people who helped teach me how
video editing by @shira_golden
videography by @MCLaMagna @sahiltner @GonzalezSarahA and my parents
emotional support by all the above + @weareyourfek and very many more who are not on here
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Interest rates on government debt around the world have been climbing and climbing lately, reaching uncomfortable highs.
People in the market are watching closely, but the effects won’t be contained to just them. Those rates affect all of us.
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Ed Al-Hussainy, whose job is to buy and sell bonds, joins @mdc to explain what all the recent ruckus is about, and how it matters.
This new episode of Mary in America is live now, on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts 💫
youtu.be/DDkatz-PhzE?si=J_XT…
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Why aren’t people refinancing their mortgages? Because they’re not sitting next to @mdc on a plane. But AI might be making that process easier
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I have been following a group of doctors, psychiatrists and others creating New York's first practice dedicated to medical aid in dying. They let me shadow them as they wrestled with questions about law, medicine, and what makes a good death. Gift link: nytimes.com/2026/09/03/nyreg…
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Interesting and thought provoking marketing for Season 3 of @TheRingsofPower courtesy of @mdc
Why is gold our go-to alternative currency?
Why not silver, or tungsten, or diamonds?
@jacobgoldstein, author of “Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing,” joins @mdc on a new episode of Mary in America 💫
today on @maryinamerica: sincere questions about gold, with real answers, from a real one @jacobgoldstein
Why is gold our go-to alternative currency?
Why not silver, or tungsten, or diamonds?
@jacobgoldstein, author of “Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing,” joins @mdc on a new episode of Mary in America 💫