Sally Helm
Sally Helm reports and produces for Planet Money. She has covered wildfire investigation in California, Islamic Finance in Michigan, the mystery of declining productivity growth, andholograms. Helm is a graduate of the Transom Story Workshop and of Yale University. Before coming to work at NPR, she helped start an after-school creative writing program in Sitka, Alaska. She is originally from Los Angeles, California.
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Four years after the pandemic began, a small group of New Yorkers is still celebrating first responders. Each night at 7, they lean out their windows to make a big noise in thanks.
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The story behind two sneaky forces that drive us to buy more products, more often: Planned obsolescence and psychological obsolescence. -
After a wildfire, teams of investigators start combing the wreckage for clues. Finding the cause means, maybe, finding someone to pay. But where's the line between a natural disaster and a human one? -
Charles Dickens wanted to pick a fight with economists. So he invented Ebenezer Scrooge. But did he get it right?
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Two reporters walk into a haunted house, in this special Halloween episode.
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We rethink everything we know about government spending, taxes, the nature of money... All of it. -
You have a lot of questions... about tariffs, unemployment rates, and RV dealerships, to name a few. We have answers. -
A pesticide wreaks havoc. A listener needs a bitcoin detective. And the search for the rarest economic good continues. -
Tariffs are stupid. This is one of the few things economists can agree on. Today, we bring you the story of the worst tariffs ever. -
After a wildfire, teams of investigators start combing the wreckage for clues. Finding the cause means, maybe, finding someone to pay. But where's the line between a natural disaster and a human one?
