Studs Terkel's classic look at working Americans, re-imagined as a musical.

Three portraits of women working - A pastor, a seasonal worker, and a judge.

Studs Terkel, America's greatest listener: A remembrance from those who worked with him.

An hourlong program for the Labor Day holiday, with special guest jazz historian Ted Gioia (author of the book WORK SONGS). Featured artists include Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Nat Adderley, Louis Armstrong, and Cassandra Wilson.

An hour of melodies and rhythms that are all about working to celebrate Labor Day!

A series of 8 one-hour programs suitable for individual or serial airplay. Banks, Auto and Insurance Companies bailed out, lay-offs abound and yet...Where's the anger of the past? The Auto Industry, unions and the drive to protest: Has it stalled? Are union's pot-holes on the road to recovery?

In 1926, 16,000 Wool Workers Strike for nearly a year in New Jersey. From New Jersey Historical Commission and NJN Public Radio.

For over a hundred years the Mohawks of Akwesane, a reservation on the New York-Canada border, pursued the occupation of ironworkers, one of the most dangerous jobs in construction.

For labor day, check out the whole series! Studs Terkel reads excerpts from Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle" in this history of African Americans in the packinghouse industry of Chicago.

A look into the labor history of one of the world's oldest paper mills.

This piece uses voices of New York actors, casting directors, and the head of auditions at Actors Equity to tell the story of Equity Principle Auditions.

A series of self-narrated stories of blue-collar workers. We spend time with a garbage man, a bus driver, a parking ticket writer, the owner of a barber shop, an aerobics instructor and the drivers of a van that checks on the health of pregnant women in the inner city. Various pieces between 3 and 9 minutes.

For labor day, check out the whole series! In this piece Jon Miller profiles one of the most prolific directors in Nigeria's booming Nollywood home video industry.

Matthew Works has been living on the streets for ten years. Here he remembers one of his last paying jobs, assembling Braille typewriters, which thrust him into a Dickensian nightmare.

In recent years, the polarization of party politics has forced a rift in what was once a union. Now, many religious leaders in California say enough is enough and are joining forces to fight for the working poor.

Bluegrass has a number of songs that reflect on working. The nature of the work has changed over the years. But even if it’s office work, it exacts a human toll.

We are reminded that mines are a terrible place to work, especially if you are nine. A snapshot of one of the worst jobs ever and the horrors of child labor in the early 20th Century.

A commentary on how working life would be much harder and far less rewarding were it not for organized labor.

In this piece Anthony Mulay explains the technology he uses to rid New York City's sidewalks of gum patches, and where his machine gets the most use.