Marissa Mazria-Katz
Journalist and reporter who produced the Boston trade-school story, narrating the segment on traditional trades and the North Bennett Street School for Marketplace.
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Mar 31, 2026 • 6min
Russian oil is giving a lifeline to Cuba
Marissa Mazria-Katz, a Marketplace reporter who covers Boston’s North Bennett Street School and traditional trades, and Will Grant, a BBC correspondent reporting from Cuba and the region. They discuss Cuba’s nationwide blackouts and strained hospitals. They explain how a Russian oil delivery offers a short-term lifeline and Cuba’s push toward solar and domestic energy limits.
Mar 31, 2026 • 6min
Russian oil is giving a lifeline to Cuba
Will Grant, BBC correspondent covering Mexico, Central America and Cuba, reports on crippling blackouts and how a Russian oil delivery offers a short-term lifeline. Marissa Mazria-Katz, journalist who covered Boston's trade school, profiles students learning piano-tuning, locksmithing and violin-making. The conversation shifts between Cuba's energy strain and hands-on trades building durable careers.
