Poverty and the Social Safety Net
Perhaps it was just a poor choice of words on Mitt Romney's part. Flush with victory after his win in the Florida primary, Mitt Romney appeared on CNN yesterday morning and said this: "I'm in this race...
View ArticleOpen Phones: Not Having It All
In the current issue of The Atlantic, Princeton University's Anne-Marie Slaughter writes about "Why Women Still Can't Have It All." Call in with your stories and your proposals for change. Should we...
View ArticleShare Your Intern Experience
The investigative organization ProPublica is trying to learn as much as they can about the current intern landscape. Blair Hickman, ProPublica community editor, discusses their project and we open the...
View ArticleYour Workplace Questions Answered
Human resources executive Victoria Humphrey fields listener questions about our work lives—job hunting, writing resumes and cover letters that get noticed, interviewing, hiring, firing, resigning,...
View ArticleThe High Cost of Working: Why More Women Are Opting Out
It's been over 20 years since the federal government enacted legislation to balance the demands of the workplace with the needs of families.In 1993, President Clinton signed the Family and Medical...
View Article#60: The Working Tapes – Part 4
Three generations of father-son auto mechanics....a new story from our series, The Working Tapes.
View Article#70: The Working Tapes of Studs Terkel (Hour Special)
For Labor Day, we’re bringing you a special, one hour episode of our series The Working Tapes of Studs Terkel. In 1974, oral historian Studs Terkel published a book with an unwieldy title: “Working:...
View ArticleThe Recording of America
Studs Terkel, born 106 years ago on this date, May 16, spent the majority of his life documenting the lives of others – very often everyday, working-class people he believed were “uncelebrated and...
View ArticleWalter the Seltzerman – It’s Not Easy Being Last
Once there were thousands of seltzer men in New York City. Today, Walter Backerman is one of the last. Back in 1919, Walter Backerman’s grandfather delivered seltzer by horse and wagon on Manhattan’s...
View ArticleWorking, Then and Now
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Studs Terkel's "Working," we bring you two of the lost interviews that never made it into the book: Helen Moog, a taxi driver and grandmother of five who happened...
View ArticleThe Working Tapes – A Preview
In the early 1970’s, author Studs Terkel went around the country with a reel-to-reel tape recorder interviewing people about their jobs. The result was a book called “Working.” It became a bestseller...
View ArticleThe Working Tapes – Part 1
An auto union worker, a switchboard telephone operator, a press agent… In the early 1970’s, author Studs Terkel went around the country with a reel-to-reel tape recorder interviewing people about their...
View ArticleThe Working Tapes – Part 2
A Chicago police officer, a female advertising executive, a gravedigger……voices from The Working Tapes. In the early 1970’s, author Studs Terkel went around the country with a reel-to-reel tape...
View ArticleThe Working Tapes – Part 3
A private eye, a jockey, a hotel piano player….voices from The Working Tapes.In the early 1970’s, author Studs Terkel went around the country with a reel-to-reel tape recorder interviewing people about...
View ArticleThe Working Tapes of Studs Terkel
In 1974, oral historian Studs Terkel published a book with an unwieldy title: "Working: People talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do." This collective portrait of America...
View ArticleThe Long Haul: Busman's Holiday
Busman’s Holiday: When William Cimillo, a NYC bus driver went on a 1,300 mile detour to Florida. This story originally aired on This American Life. Our episode is part of a network-wide project to...
View ArticleWorking, Then And Now
In the early 1970s, radio host and oral historian Studs Terkel went around the country, tape recorder in hand, interviewing people about their jobs. The interviews were compiled into a 1974 book called...
View ArticleSISTERS: Work-isode
It’s the pandemic, and KP hires her younger sister to work at her company. As an assistant producer. Natalie is having flashbacks to their youth, when she performed as the butler at Kaitlin’s dinner...
View ArticleMoMA Surveys Artist-Activist LaToya Ruby Frazier
Opening this weekend at the Museum of Modern Art is the first wholistic survey of artist and activist LaToya Ruby Frazier, who was just named as one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of...
View ArticleRobert Caro on the Making of “The Power Broker”
Fifty years ago, in July, 1974, The New Yorker began publishing a lengthy excerpt of Robert Caro’s “The Power Broker.” When the book appeared, it ran more than twelve hundred pages and won a Pulitzer...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: A Mask Ban in Nassau County; Reluctant to Retire; Tree...
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Why Nassau County Republicans Ban on Masks in Public(First) | Reluctant to Retire (Starts at 22:20) | Tree Resiliency and Extreme...
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