Olivia Nemec is a senior producer on the News & Documentary team at Business Insider.
She joined the company in June 2021 after spending time anchoring and producing the evening news at an NBC affiliate in Nebraska. She graduated from Columbia University in 2020 with a master's degree in journalism and a focus on covering politics.
Food
2025-06-10T19:18:15Z
Ed Currie invented the Carolina Reaper and Pepper X. He has many secret farms across South Carolina where he grows the hottest peppers in the world.
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News
2025-05-11T13:05:02Z
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Hundreds of craft hot sauce makers like Smokin' Ed Currie are launching unique flavors with extra-hot peppers, shaking up a century-old industry.
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News
2025-05-05T16:22:43Z
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We discuss how top US allies could retaliate against Trump's tariffs in this video collaboration between Politico and Business Insider.
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Military & Defense
2025-04-08T20:54:10Z
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China is building the world's biggest military command center, and new satellite images show it's progressing fast.
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Politics
2025-03-25T21:15:24Z
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Top Trump officials included the editor of the Atlantic in a Signal group chat discussing plans to strike Houthis in Yemen.
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News
2025-03-08T15:23:02Z
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Gadani is the third biggest shipbreaking hub. But many vessels come illegally. We went to Pakistan to figure out why international laws get ignored.
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News
2025-03-01T15:00:02Z
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President Trump says he wants to buy Greenland. We explore if that could happen in a video collaboration between Politico and Business Insider.
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Politics
2025-01-29T21:29:51Z
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We discuss how the billionaires surrounding Trump in DC could shape America's future in a collaboration between Business Insider and Politico.
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Politics
2025-01-10T11:00:03Z
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Donald Trump's transition will be funded entirely by private donors. We explore why this matters in a video collaboration between Politico and Business Insider.
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News
2024-12-27T22:05:27Z
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UAP expert Mick West analyzes recent "drone" sightings and breaks down what we're really seeing in these selected cases.
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News
2024-12-09T15:59:38Z
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Qatar is one of the world's main air cargo hubs. We visited airport crews to see how they move millions of tons of freight a year.
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News
2024-12-02T17:37:10Z
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Oil wells from the Dutch colonial era lie scattered across Java, polluting soil and ruining locals' chances at making a living off anything but oil.
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Health
2024-10-19T14:08:02Z
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About 70% of kids' foods are ultra-processed, and that includes items for babies and toddlers. Why are so many foods made for children so unhealthy?
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Military & Defense
2024-09-13T20:33:59Z
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Colombian special forces deal with the country's most dangerous threats, like the illegal cocaine trade. We followed how top soldiers train for deadly secret missions.
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Economy
2024-09-12T13:34:53Z
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America used to produce almost all of its own garlic — until Chinese imports flooded in, bankrupting three-quarters of US producers.
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News
2024-09-05T13:28:19Z
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Bread has been a food staple across cultures for millenia. But today, most store-bought loaves contain way more than just flour, water, and yeast.
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News
2024-07-25T14:14:39Z
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Myanmar's Kachin State is believed to hold up to 90% of the world's most valuable jade. Hunting for it is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.
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News
2024-07-25T14:13:16Z
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Underwater welders have one of the world's riskiest jobs.W e followed welders in Indonesia who dive with minimal protection in polluted waters to build piers for petrochemical plants that are booming across the country.
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News
2024-07-25T14:05:38Z
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Sand is the most mined resource in the world. But extracting it from lakes and rivers comes at a deadly cost.
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News
2024-06-12T20:04:41Z
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We went to Churchill Downs days before the Kentucky Derby to see what it takes to train the winning horse and prepare the track for 400,000 fans.