Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi
Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi is a host and reporter for Planet Money, telling stories that creatively explore and explain the workings of the global economy. He's a sucker for a good supply chain mystery 鈥� from to to . He's drawn to tales of unintended consequences, like the time a well-intentioned chemistry professor unwittingly helped unleash , or what happened when the U.S. Patent Office started granting And he's always on the lookout for economic principles at work in unexpected places, like the tactics comedians use to protect their .
He's reported from Iceland on the dramatic , from Denmark on the , and from Germany on the country's (uncannily familiar) obsession with . He also produced Planet Money's 2020 Murrow-award-winning , the show's audiobook rendition of the , as well as collaborative episodes with , and Gimlet Media's .
Horowitz-Ghazi hails from Santa Fe, New Mexico, studied history at Reed College, and got his start in radio at Oregon Public Broadcasting. He was selected as a 2014 AIR New Voices Scholar and a 2019 Arthur F. Burns Fellow. He previously worked with Michel Martin's team at All Things Considered, where he produced breaking news and feature stories, led film coverage, and directed the live broadcast.
At All Things Considered, Horowitz-Ghazi reported on how a national clown scare , who was behind of a wave of on the California coastline, what happens to a after they die, and why his hometown every year. He also pitched and produced "," a series of profiles on people adapting to the changing economy, and has interviewed , , , , , , , , , and , among many others. In his free time, he enjoys riding bicycles, playing squash (middlingly), and sleeping out of doors.
-
The FTC has approved the so-called 'Click to Cancel' rule, making it easier for customers to cancel subscriptions. Planet Money examines why so many services began using the subscription model.
-
There were a record number of cybercrimes reported to the FBI last. The Planet Money team follows one woman who was scammed out of over $800,000 on her quest to get her money back.
-
After cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy in 2022, specialized distressed asset investors started buying up the company's debt. They stand to make big profits off the remains of FTX.
-
When unwanted gifts are returned, they often don't go back to the original seller. We get a behind-the-scenes look at two women who make a living off of returned merchandise.
-
The film Dumb Money tells the story of how Game Stop went from the brink of bankruptcy to its emergence as a "meme stock." But the story of how the movie got made is a drama of its own.
-
In her filmmaking debut, "Past Lives," Korean-Canadian playwright Celine Song draws from her own experience of reuniting with a childhood friend after decades apart.
-
Dozens of original streaming shows have been removed from platforms in an apparent effort to cut costs. The disappearing shows may point to a more fundamental change in the business of streaming.
-
These businesses have exploded in popularity during the pandemic, and now Apple is getting on board. But are these interest-free payment installments too good to be true?
-
A payment option called buy now, pay later is growing in popularity. While these services offer consumers a convenient form of interest-free installment credit, they've raised regulators' concerns.
-
In the 1970s, Florida's manatees were near extinction. When power companies noticed manatees hanging out near their power plants in search of warm water, they partnered with environmentalists.