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“OK Boomers” Get Back to Work
From: Mateo Schimpf
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While many Baby Boomers have already left the workforce behind, almost half are considering coming out of retirement in search of a new purpose in ...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), KICI Iowa City, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Wokin' For a Living
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Work has dignity. Work gives life meaning. Jobs in song. Work is important.

Bought by WMNR and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 05, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 2
10,000 GOOD SONGS - #313 - "Working" (Part 1)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts a mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. Today music celebrating the "working lif...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMSU, KHNS, KCNP, Mississippi Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 24
Top Girls
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Amy Brenneman stars in a story of a ruthlessly successful career woman in 1982 England.

Bought by KKRN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR, KFCF FM, KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 40
Outsider Power Shifts Insider Politics, Maurice Mitchell, Working Families Party
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Social movements and party politics - inherently at odds or natural allies? This week, in his first in-depth TV appearance, Maurice Mitchell, the n...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
Nanny or Not to Nanny? Childcare, Daycare and Lovingcare insight for todays two income household
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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What to look for when your family needs a Nanny ?! We speak with Nanny's Tender Loving Care, Inc. Founder Kelly Bozeman and she gives us the best o...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 27:30
The Working Tapes of Studs Terkel
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
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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...

Bought by KCUR, WWNO, Michigan Radio, WWNO, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2017
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 68
The Working Tapes: Auto Mechanics
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
Caption: Lee Singer (1971)
In the 1970's, Studs Terkel interviewed Duke and Lee Singer at their auto repair shop in Geneva, Illinois. He was looking for a story about fixing ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 2
The Working Tapes: Taxi Driver
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
Caption: Studs Terkel
In 1974, author and oral historian Studs Terkel published his seminal book "Working," a portrait of America based on 130 interviews. The raw record...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 3
The Working Tapes: Union Rep
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
Caption: Gary Bryner, Credit: Detroit Free Press
Gary Bryner tells Studs Terkel about being a union member and working in an auto factory for General Motors. Four decades later, he reflects on how...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 6
The Working Tapes: Press Agent
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
Caption: Eddie Jaffee, Credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images
Eddie Jaffe was a press agent "legendary for his lost causes, chutzpah and angst," according to his obituary in the New York Times. He represented ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:43
  • Purchases: 3
The Working Tapes: Police Officer
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
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Renault Robinson was an officer in the Chicago Police Department in 1971 when he was first interviewed by radio host and oral historian Studs Terke...

Bought by Prairie Public, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WORT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 4
The Working Tapes: Advertising Executive
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
Caption: Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel interviews a female advertising executive in the 1970's for his book "Working."

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, and KZYX


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 3
The Beatles The Taxman & Money
From: Brooke Halpin
Series: Come Together with The Beatles & Brooke Halpin
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Songs about taxes, money and working.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
Working: Then & Now
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Studs Terkel
In the early 1970s, radio host and oral historian Studs Terkel went around the country interviewing people about their jobs. Studs recorded more th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KALW, Spokane Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 10:13
  • Purchases: 10
Leaving Los Angeles
From: Alison Byrne
Caption: Leaving Los Angeles, Credit: Alison Byrne
Personal Essay on working odd jobs to get by in Los Angeles, trying to find creative and fulfilling work, getting older, and, finally, leaving Holl...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 27, 2014
  • Length: 11:53
  • Purchases: 2
Balancing being Mommy and Nanny
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Lupita Espinoza can often be seen pushing a stroller up one of those steep San Francisco hills that many of us try to avoid. She can’t avoid it, th...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 09:01
Not a Weapon
From: Ethan Chiel
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Sam Densmore is an artist. He's painted, made shoes, and even built custom bicycle frames. But these days he's making something different, somethin...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
Tattoo Artist
From: Whitney Jones
Caption: Angel Quinonez
Angel Quinonez first became interested in tattoos growing up next to a motorcycle club. He got his first tattoo when he was 17 and starting tattooi...

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 3
You're the Driver?
From: Jennifer Swann
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A documentary on Adrian Chi Tenney, a female professional driver in Los Angeles, CA.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 07:12
Tim Eaton: Bowling Lane Inspector
From: Andrew Norton
Caption: Tim Eaton Bowling in Falmouth, MA, Credit: Andrew Norton
Tim Eaton is certified by the USBC (United States Bowling Congress) to inspect bowling lanes. Behind the pins at his home alley in Falmouth, MA he ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:08
  • Purchases: 2
Happy Working Song
From: Janean Jorgensen
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
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Workers from the stage and screen who are happy with their jobs.

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, KSQM 91.5 FM, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
Labor Day - White Collar vs Blue Collar
From: Janean Jorgensen
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
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Laborious songs, including from the Stephen Schwartz musical Working

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRPS, WDET Detroit Public Radio, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8