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What's Wrong With Work?

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: What's Wrong With Work?

It's not easy in America today to find work that matters, that’s meaningful, and that pays enough to live on. Which is the one thing we don’t talk ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Spokane Public Radio, WFHB, WVTF, RadioFreePalmer and more

Big Pharma vs The People: The Fight to Save America’s Largest Generic Drug Manufacturer

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

This July, America’s largest remaining generic drug manufacturing plant is set to close its doors forever in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its parent ...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and KWMR

How We Got Here, Part 3: The Fight For Meaningful Work

From: Sam Harnett
Series: How We Got Here

The final section of a 3-hour radio documentary about why Americans are so precarious and acceptable to crisis like the current pandemic. Part 3 lo...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

How We Got Here, Part 2: The Road To Shareholder Capitalism

From: Sam Harnett
Series: How We Got Here

The second section of a 3-hour radio documentary about why Americans are so precarious and susceptible to crisis like the current pandemic. Part 2 ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

How We Got Here, Part 1: The Great Risk Shift

From: Sam Harnett
Series: How We Got Here

The first section of a 3-hour radio documentary about why Americans are so precarious and susceptible to a crisis like the current pandemic. Part 1...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KFAI Minneapolis

E's Barbershop Lounge

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

This barbershop built my character. I started off sweeping floors. I own the shop now.

Bought by PRX Remix

Special: Our Economy, For and By The People

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

Our city's economy – what is it for? New York's has been very good at piling up profits and building tall buildings. But all that private profit ha...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer

RDD: Business and Art

From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor

This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we're talking to Joel Washing, an artist who works for a steel fabricator company half of the day and then cre...

What Does "Affordable Housing" Really Mean?

From: KUER
Series: More To Say

It’s no secret that rent around Salt Lake City is really high. And if you drive around downtown, you’ll see tons of new apartment complexes under c...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio

Certified Master Clock-Maker Mark Mitchell

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I try to avoid dropping things.

Bought by PRX Remix

The Working Tapes of Studs Terkel

From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes

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

SoundsLA - Operating a Crane at the Port 150 Feet High

From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions

Frank Kostrencich has been working the night shift as a crane operator at the Port of Los Angeles for the past 26 years. Using his precision and ex...

Pilots - Part 1

From: Lu Olkowski
Series: CARGOLAND

Caption: M.S.C. Valeria, the largest ship to call in any American port, cruising into Long Beach harbor on a foggy night. , Credit: Lu Olkowski

A profile the pilots who guide container ships... cruise ships and oil tankers... into Long Beach harbor.

Bought by WRPI and PRX Remix

Behind the scenes on a pot farm in Mendocino

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Federally, marijuana production is still a major crime, one that can land you in prison for decades. Yet, in northern California, there’s a whole e...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Big Ship Diary

From: Allison Swaim

Caption: Kyle, Sam, and Ed on deck during a loading operation in South Chicago

Narrative sound-rich documentary about life aboard a cargo ship on the Great Lakes, told from the perspective of Kyle, the newbie on board.

Bought by ABC and XRAY.fm

Co-ops that Work Together, Survive Together: Arizmendi Bakery

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Ariizmendi Fourth Street, Credit: Andrew Stelzer

In some parts of the United States, there are virtually no co-ops. So many of those co-ops that do exist feel a special responsibility to support ...

The Mark of a Blacksmith

From: JP Davidson

Caption: Bob Jordan with his anvil, Credit: JP Davidson

Bob Jordan has a 3000-degree forge in his garage. He’s a blacksmith with over 40 years of experience – including work with German, Italian and Nort...

Bought by PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

The Vendor's Hustle

From: Matt Rogers

There are ten thousand street vendors in New York City, that magnet for the world's poor and America's hopeful; some licensed and some not. Vendors...

Vanishing Craftsmen: The Clockmaker

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)

Caption: Clockmaker Ray Pavkov works in his shop, Credit: Patrick Skahill

One craftsman is disposing of our throwaway culture - one clock at a time.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WILL

Vanishing Craftsmen: The Blacksmith

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)

Caption: Blacksmith Bill Scheer holds several crafted harpoon points, Credit: Patrick Skahill

Technology and a lack of demand changed blacksmithing into a specialized trade.

Retro Product Proves Recession Proof

From: Todd Bookman

A family business named Sarah's Hat Boxes is surviving the Great Recession, despite selling a product more befitting an era defined by the Great De...

Bought by WILL and KUOW