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Why More Leaders In The Midwest Are Looking To Immigrants To Rebuild Our Economy
Series: Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt
From Changing Gears
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Here in the Midwest, people are looking for any way to help the economy be strong again. But there’s one asset in our economy that is sometimes ove...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2012
  • Length: 00:03:51
Recent College Grad Dons “Hire Me” Sandwich Board
From TurnStyle
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A job seeker and a sandwich board.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Vocalo.org, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Nov 17, 2011
  • Length: 00:04:07
  • Purchases: 5
Working
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
From L.A. Theatre Works
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Everyday working people tell their stories.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, KUT, KKRN, KMUN, KUOW and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
When You're a JET...(Voxpop)
From Graham Shelby
Caption: Japanese students pose with their American teacher (back, center), a member of the JET Program.
Just hours before leaving the U.S., some young Americans talk about their hopes, their fears and their reasons for accepting the risks associated w...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:01:43
Nonsense At Work: To get a job, have a job
From James McIntosh
Caption: Nonsense is a serious business
HR people complain that I often pick on them. Well, I can’t help myself. They are such easy targets. They make themselves easy targets.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 00:01:00
Dream Jobs 2011: Outside The Cubicle
Series: Spectrum Radio
From Spectrum Radio
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In Dream Jobs: Outside the Cubicle listeners will hear the stories of three very determined people who struggled to find the career path outside co...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN, WNIN, Marfa Public Radio, WRNC-LP, WFHB and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Why more Latinos across the Midwest translates to good news for the economy
Series: Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt
From Changing Gears
Caption: Laid off from Caterpillar, Javier Galvez is opening up a pizza shop in Aurora to cater to growing Latino families ., Credit: Niala Boodhoo
Recent census reports show Midwestern cities are shrinking and people are moving out. But one group is actually growing - the Hispanic population. ...

Bought by Vocalo.org


  • Added: Jun 17, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:33
  • Purchases: 1
Jobless traverse the digital divide
Series: Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt
From Changing Gears
Caption: Students in the Everyday Digital Literacy class, at the Greater Auburn Gresham Community Development Corp.'s Family Net Center , Credit: Niala Boodhoo
When you talk about a digital divide, you’re probably thinking of inner city kids who don’t have ready access to the Internet. But there’s another ...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2011
  • Length: 00:04:24
Older Americans, Still Working
Series: Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt
From Changing Gears
Caption: Tom Malvetis, owner Unicorn Tavern. , Credit: Kyle Leppek
The number of older Americans working full time has been rising steadily for years. Many work because they have to. Some work because they want to ...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2011
  • Length: 00:03:50
Working - Labor Day Special
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
From L.A. Theatre Works
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Studs Terkel's classic look at working Americans, re-imagined as a musical.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WUIS, KUNM, KZYX, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 01:28:59
  • Purchases: 12
Unemployment
From Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow- Phil Mariage
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A generational discussion comparing unemployment then and now.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
Liberal Arts? In this Job Market?
From Learning Matters
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Liberal arts colleges are known for their small class sizes, individual attention, and atmosphere meant to inspire intellectual curiosity in its st...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 00:08:46
Shifting Gears Program Two
Series: Shifting Gears: The Retooling of the U.S. Auto Industry
From WDET, Detroit Public Radio
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In this second part of Shifting Gears, host Craig Fahle talks with The Story's Dick Gordon about the South as the new home of the US auto industry,...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, WNYC, The Neighborhood, KXOT Public Radio, EconomyBeat Podcast and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 00:53:01
  • Purchases: 14
Business Ethics 101
From Youth Radio
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An audio postcard exploring how the recession has changed the way business school students think about ethics.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 00:02:06
  • Purchases: 1
Financial Dreamers at New York’s High School of Economics and Finance
From Youth Radio
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Rachel Krantz reports from New York City's High School of Economics and Finance where low-income students prepare for careers on Wall Street.

Bought by KUOW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 00:04:27
  • Purchases: 2
ColorLines: Race and Economic Recovery
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
Caption: Tisha Davis, mother of three, Credit: ColorLines
Listen to this audio version of Link TV and Applied Research Center’s video: ‘Color Lines: Race and Economic Recovery.' Hear the untold stories of ...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 00:29:00
(i.e.) NPR in Other Words: Premiere
From NPR Intern Edition
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An experiment in the unexpected.

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 00:29:48
  • Purchases: 1
Moving Home
From NPR Intern Edition
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A recent college grad discusses her new start -- the one she was supposed to have post-school and that she looks forward to after she moves out of ...

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 00:03:14
  • Purchases: 1
The (New) Futures of Community Colleges
From NPR Intern Edition
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A scholarship program targets new students at two-year colleges and vocational schools.

  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 00:04:40
Nurses For Hire
From NPR Intern Edition
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There may be a nationwide demand for nurses, but that doesn't mean that hospitals are hiring (the newbies, anyway).

  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 00:03:47
Healthy Jobs for Low-income Women
From Making Contact
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A business model that creates worker-owned green businesses and healthy jobs for low-income women.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 00:07:32
  • Purchases: 1
Markets or Regulation, Is That the Question?
Series: Global Ethics Corner
From Carnegie Council
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Should government supplement markets to increase the public good? Should it regulate markets to protect the public good? How much is too much regul...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
Immigrants and Jobs
Series: Global Ethics Corner
From Carnegie Council
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A Colombian immigrant was recently denied her investor's visa, forcing her to shut down her U.S. company and fire her six employees. Does immigrati...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
Ex-convicts struggle to enter bleak job market
From Patrick De Oliveira
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The economic crisis has made it difficult for everyone to find employment, but ex-convicts have been hit harder than the rest.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2009
  • Length: 00:05:48