Amanda Aronczyk
Amanda Aronczyk (she/her) is a co-host and reporter for Planet Money, NPR's award-winning podcast that finds creative, entertaining ways to make sense of the big, complicated forces that move our economy. She joined the team in October 2019.
Before that, she was a reporter at WNYC, New York Public Radio, where she contributed stories to Radiolab, On the Media, United States of Anxiety, The Brian Lehrer Show and more. Aronczyk covered science and health, and she fondly remembers from voters to measure stress, and using nose swabs to solve a classic office mystery: ? She was also the lead reporter on the award-winning to PBS' "The Emperor of All Maladies," presented by NPR and WNYC.
Aronczyk also teaches audio journalism at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
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Calls about "extended auto warranties" blow up our phones over and over. But where did these calls begin? And what are they actually offering?
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As printers get smarter and more advanced, companies have more tools and methods to lock you into buying expensive ink, including blocking affordable knockoff options. One consumer fights back.
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In India, TikTok was a phenomenon. Last June, the Indian government banned the app for geopolitical reasons. Six months later, it's not clear what the ban has accomplished.
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A longtime symbol of labor protests, Scabby the Rat, can be seen outside stores, factories or other places where unions don't like hiring practices. But these days, Scabby is in the courts, too.
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For decades, the health insurance industry has been scaring Americans about Canada's health care system. We hear from a whistleblower about his role in the disinformation campaign.
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NPR's Planet Money podcast explores how America's best-known companies figured out how to slash costs for call center work: by relying on a secretive industry and a potentially illegal business model.
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Prisoners have a constitutional right to health care, but inmates at Angola prison in Louisiana are suing for medical shortfalls that have allegedly caused "needless pain and suffering." -
When Giselle decided to apply to medical school, people told her to hide the fact that she has struggled with anxiety, depression and a suicide attempt. She thinks it will help her be a better doctor. -
A woman's family is stuck with medical charges for care she received after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Negotiating relief from the bills has become a part-time job for her daughter. -
A drug that's effective in patients with certain forms of melanoma is being tested as a treatment for other cancers whose genetic code contains an identical mutation.
