Pitches/Tips: sherships@gmail.com 718-938-0576 

  • Home

  • Work

  • Honors

  • About

  • Contact

  • More

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.
    • All Posts
    • BBC
    • Favorites
    • Household Name
    • HowSound
    • Marketplace
    • NPR
    • Planet Money
    • Radiolab
    • Short Cuts
    • Studio 360
    • Tablet
    • The Indicator
    • The New York Times
    • The World
    • Transom
    • WNYC
    Search
    Sally Herships
    • Sep 24, 2019
    • 1 min

    Amazon Opens Brick-And-Mortar Stores Meant To Emphasize Convenience

    Amazon is opening new stores — in the real world. And in true Big Tech fashion the experience is meant to emphasize convenience. All you need to do is walk in, grab your stuff, and go. #Economy #Labor #Workplace #Consumers #Tech #Amazon
    11 views0 comments
    Sally Herships
    • Sep 2, 2019
    • 1 min

    Why China, The World's Largest Rice Producer, Quietly Bought U.S. Rice Last Year

    China is the world's biggest rice producer. So why did it agree to buy two shipping containers of rice from the U.S.? Planet Money reporters explain the other trade battle between the two countries. #China #Trade #Economy
    7 views0 comments
    The Rise Of The Blue-Collar Noncompete
    Sally Herships
    • Aug 10, 2019
    • 1 min

    The Rise Of The Blue-Collar Noncompete

    Workers in sales jobs, or those who have access to a company's trade secrets, are often asked to sign noncompete clauses as part of their employment contracts. By signing noncompetes, employees often agree — in the event they quit or are terminated — not to go and work for a competitor for a certain period of time. That way the company is protected from having the employee take intellectual property — like client lists, proprietary corporate processes, or other secret sauces
    7 views0 comments
    Sports Teams Need To Fill Stadiums
    Sally Herships
    • Aug 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    Sports Teams Need To Fill Stadiums

    Attendance at most sporting events has dropped in the last decade — and continues to fall. Sports teams have put most of their efforts into getting to fans to watch games on screens. But now they are faced with empty seats they are trying to fill. Today on the show, how sports teams are trying new plays like lower food costs, subscription tickets, and flexible seating to bring back the crowds. #Sports #Consumers #Economy #Trends
    8 views0 comments
    Sally Herships
    • Jul 24, 2019
    • 1 min

    Cornhole And Other Less Traditional Sports Gather More Attention

    Niche sports, such as cornhole, axe throwing and even professional arm wrestling, are beginning to attract interest and money. These less traditional sports are gaining sponsors. #Sports #Economy #Trends
    6 views0 comments
    Niche Sports Cashing In
    Sally Herships
    • Jun 26, 2019
    • 1 min

    Niche Sports Cashing In

    Games that may have been played at a party with a beer cup in hand, or before that big college football game — like cornhole, darts or beer pong---are now trying to monetize themselves, just like the major league sports that they've been opening for. Investors are looking to cash in, too. Small businesses and broadcast companies, like ESPN, are increasingly looking to capitalize on sports that were once considered just backyard fun. Today on The Indicator, we try our hands (a
    1 view0 comments
    The Division Problem
    Sally Herships
    • Jan 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    The Division Problem

    We take a look at a problem that has dogged humans for centuries: How do you divide goods fairly? #Economy
    19 views0 comments
    College Side Hustle
    Sally Herships
    • Dec 15, 2018
    • 1 min

    College Side Hustle

    Enrollment of both undergrads and graduate students has been declining for years. Meanwhile colleges are getting more creative in finding new ways to make money. #Education #Economy
    24 views0 comments
    Japan eases immigration restrictions to fill chronic care worker shortage
    Sally Herships
    • Oct 18, 2018
    • 4 min

    Japan eases immigration restrictions to fill chronic care worker shortage

    Walk through the sliding glass doors of the Shirokane no Mori nursing home in Tokyo and you’ll find a cabinet with individual cubbies where visitors can leave their shoes and borrow a pair of slippers. It feels homey for the seniors and care workers who spend their days with them. “I like Japan. It's very convenient. You can go to go anywhere by train,” says 29-year-old Putu Supadmi, a care worker from Indonesia, through a translator. “I don't need any motorcycle or vehicles
    5 views0 comments
    The Price of Rice In Japan
    Sally Herships
    • Sep 13, 2018
    • 1 min

    The Price of Rice In Japan

    The Japanese are eating less rice. Blame TV, the internet, burgers, Italian food, a growing economy. Blame the lunch ladies! Rice consumption in Japan is about half what it was in the 1960s. But guess what? Demand for Japanese rice may be way down, but prices are going up. In fact, prices are now so high that Japanese people are buying imported rice, rather than the home-grown stuff. On the face of it, Japanese rice appears to be defying one the basic laws of economics, suppl
    21 views0 comments
    In Japan, working mothers battle overwork culture
    Sally Herships
    • Aug 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    In Japan, working mothers battle overwork culture

    Japan's business culture expects workers to stay late. But working mothers who also have to shoulder more childcare responsibilities often find themselves trapped between both roles. #Labor #Women #Economy #Japan #Government
    25 views0 comments
    Japan's Ninja Shortage
    Sally Herships
    • Jul 16, 2018
    • 1 min

    Japan's Ninja Shortage

    Iga, a small Japanese city and the birthplace of the ninja, is facing a serious problem. Today on the show, Sally Herships goes to Iga to discuss the city's plan to use ninjas to fight depopulation. #Japan #Government #Labor #Economy
    10 views0 comments
    Positively 23rd Street
    Sally Herships
    • Jun 11, 2018
    • 1 min

    Positively 23rd Street

    Radio reporter Sally Herships, a native New Yorker and longtime friend of the show, has been obsessed with a particular block in midtown Manhattan. Given the crowds and the traffic and the tourists, every inch of the block should be attempting to sell something. Instead it is littered with empty storefronts. What explains these perplexing retail deserts, both in New York and throughout the rest of the country? #Amazon #Retail #Consumers #NewYork #RealEstate #Economy
    34 views0 comments
    Failing College
    Sally Herships
    • May 10, 2018
    • 1 min

    Failing College

    Colleges have a problem: fewer people are applying every year. Universities are competing like crazy for any edge they can get. Some are offering more financial aid, others are building tiger habitats. But the economic impact of fewer universities could be large. #Education #Economy
    31 views0 comments
    • Facebook - Black Circle
    • Twitter - Black Circle
    • Google+ - Black Circle