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Piece Description
Andrew Vollo is a New York City cab driver who's made it his mission to interview as many other cabbies as he can. Here Vollo interviews fellow cab-driver Jerry Tierstein about a memorable passenger.
Broadcast History
NPR's Morning Edition 9.26.08
Transcript
JT: A lady puts a cat in my cab. And it was rush-hour.
And then says, ‘Oh, I forgot my, uh, portfolio, I got to go up and get it. So just drive the cat around for a block or so and come around.’
Well, she slammed the door and she left. Now, I’m sitting here with the cat in the backseat. So, I say: Ok, freak it, I’ll drive around the block. What am I gonna do? So, as I reach the first corner there’s a light. Somebody’s running over to the cab.
I says, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, you can't get in I got somebody.’
‘I don’t see anybody in there.’
So he opens the door and he goes: “Ooooh!”
And he jumps back and he goes, “Why didn’t you tell me you got a cat in here?’
I says: ‘I said I got somebody, you know. He ain’t human so I don’t know what to say.’
Then I go to the next corner. A lady’s ready to jump in. She opens the door and screams and jumps back. Finally, thank god, I pull up i...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:We've heard a lot about Wall Street lately. Now, we're going to
take a minute for stories from a different part of New York City's
economy.
They come from StoryCorps... where everyday people are interviewing one another.
Andrew Vollo [Vol-Low] is a New York City cab driver who's made it his mission
to interview as many other cabbies as he can. Last Friday we heard
one of these conversations.
Today, more voices from behind the wheel.
Here's Vollo interviewing fellow cab-drivers Oleg (OH-leg) Roitman [Roy-T-man] and
Jerry Tierstein [Tee-Err-Steen]...
[TAPE 2:03]
My name is Oleg...The Old fashioned way""
New York City cab drivers speaking with their fellow-cabbie Andrew
Vollo at StoryCorps.
We heard from Gerry Tierstein and Oleg Roitman, the Human Computer. (:08)
[TAPE 0:13]
""July 16...Saturday""
FUNDER [:08]"
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting, NPR, State Farm
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