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Author, producer and teacher Bryan Ward loves the Dixon Ticonderoga pencil, but his relationship with the writing utensil has soured since he disc...
- Added: Mar 26, 2014
- Length: 03:42
A woman arms herself before leaving for work; an 18 year old girl spends three months in an Alaskan cannery; and that woman on the phone is not who...
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- Added: Mar 04, 2013
- Length: 28:31
- Purchases: 6
Richard and his friends sign up to work on the newly organized Carrot River Co-op Farm in the sparsely settled, harsh northern terrain of Saskatche...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 19:30
Richard’s leadership of the Student League for Industrial Democracy on the Wooster campus has not gone unnoticed. On of Richard's professors confro...
- Added: Feb 17, 2013
- Length: 19:17
Steve Downing, like Aaron Brown, looks at his seasonal tasks this winter and why those tasks should be avoided at all costs. Downing specifically a...
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 02:52
In his essay, "Winter Projects," Aaron Brown lightheartedly looks back at his past tasks for winter. He also discusses the preparations, obstacles,...
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 02:41
An introduction to some of my illustrious colleagues from my days as a bellhop/valet/part-time restaurant host at the Hilton.
- Added: May 15, 2012
- Length: 15:12
Brian recounts the first summer in Alaska working the slime lines of a cannery and the time the Captain was drunk, the crew quit, and the ship's an...
- Added: Oct 24, 2011
- Length: 11:00
- Purchases: 2
Jobs: some drive us to extreme measures, some we think we can't do, and still others we love to hate. Mike Rush isn't so sure he has what it takes ...
- Added: Aug 19, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Guido has the Last Word: Ready on the set! Pretend you're having fun...
- Added: Mar 22, 2010
- Length: 05:05
