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, and holograms. 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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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? -
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? -
Five reporters go to the New York Produce Show and Conference, each on a mission.
