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Job Story
by Chris Tsakis
Job Story is a podcast about working hard... and hardly working. It documents my job history and job search and yours, with a special focus on Bad Bosses, Crazy Co-workers, F'd up Freelance, Garbage Gigs, Tepid Temps and Toxic Teams. Submit your Job Story via email or Facebook. You can also record a Job Story of 90 seconds or less via SpeakPipe or call the Job Story line at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) and record a longer Job Story. Job Story comes to you from broadcast and podcast professional Chris Tsakis, with 30-plus years on both sides of the mic at CBS, NPR, SiriusXM and WNYC. Chris is a Creator, DJ, Engineer, Host, Idea Engine, Podcaster, Producer and Writer. A legitimate "Jack-of-All-Trades", Chris also has
Episodes
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Aerial View #002
Tonight at 6 pm hear a replay of Friday's Aerial View show Everything Sucks & People Are Stupid on thehoundnyc.com. At 7 pm Aerial View becomes available as a podcast here. Aerial View's Facebook page is here. Join me for another Aerial View every Friday, 6 PM eastern time on thehoundnyc,com. The...
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Aerial View
Beginning today Job Story transmutes and becomes Aerial View. There will be a transition period while I sort out the switch. But stick with it. It's gonna get good. Aerial View's Facebook page is here. More as things roll out! Join me for another Aerial View every Friday, 6 PM eastern time on...
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Thanksgiving 1997
Job Story #28 goes back in time twenty-one years to Thanksgiving 1997. I recorded a trip home for Thanksgiving, with the intention of using the audio on my old WFMU talk show, Aerial View (see below). While I'm sitting around without an actual gig, one "job" I've taken on is digitizing old...
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GOTV
Job Story #27 consists of field audio from my get-out-the-vote effort on behalf of Mikie Sherrill, who WON. Listen as I canvass a neighborhood in Verona, NJ. If you’d like to tell yourJob Story, email it to [email protected] or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story. Job Story is...
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Jesse P. Pollack & The Acid King Pt. 2
Job Story #26 features Part 2 of my interview with author Jesse P. Pollack, about his new book The Acid King, which revisits an infamous early 80's Long Island murder that set off a nationwide "Satanic Panic". If you’d like to tell yourJob Story, email it to [email protected] or submit it on...
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Jesse P. Pollack & The Acid King
Job Story #25 features Part 1 of my interview with author Jesse P. Pollack, about his new book The Acid King, which revisits an infamous early 80's Long Island murder that set off a nationwide "Satanic Panic". If you’d like to tell your Job Story, email it to [email protected] or submit it on...
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Off The Cuff
Job Story #24 features two off-the-cuff vocal booth recordings about where things stand for me just now. The first bit concerns a recent job interview and the second is about why I blame Trump for being out of a job. If you’d like to tell your Job Story, email it to [email protected] or…
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Cleveland Haunts
Job Story #23 was recorded in Cleveland, Ohio. I was out there over the weekend to attend the Norton Records Mad Daddy party and managed to snag a few interviews with real live Clevelanders. Forgive me for the brevity of this Job Story but I had a LONG job interview today. Keep your fingers…
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(Don't) Keep On Truckin'
Job Story #22 - (Don't) Keep On Truckin' - offers a primer on my broadcast career and commemorates the forthcoming end date of my last radio job. Hopefully, not my FINAL radio job... If you’d like to tell your Job Story, email it to [email protected] or submit it on the Facebook Group page…
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Voice Gone Over
Job Story #21 is all about my recent "Intro To Voiceover" class. You'll hear me in the car on the way to Waistock, talking about Voiceover Class, some actual readings from same and an original song from 1991 about a co-worker. I wish I could've built a longer episode but between Waitstock and my...
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A temporary Interview with the author of TEMP.
Job Story #20 features my interview with the author of the book Temp: How American Work, American Business and the American Dream Became Temporary, Labor Historian Louis Hyman. I sat down with him at Cornell's Institute For Workplace Studies, part of its Industrial & Labor Relations School. If...
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Don't LIE to me!
Job Story #19 features audio recorded on my weekend foray to Long Island and covers the thwarted reason for the trip, some jobs I held on Long Island and a few job stories from the crew of an upcoming film version of Jesse Pollack's book The Acid King, about the Northport Murders. If you’d like…
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Guitarmy
Job Story #18 was recorded in the car and recounts the tale of one of the horrid "bridge" jobs I had between broadcast radio jobs, working at Guitar Center in Springfield, NJ. Let's just say there were many strings attached. If you’d like to tell your Job Story, email it to [email protected]…
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Origin Story
Job Story #17 is a bit of a cop-out. I'll admit it, I wanted Labor Day off. But something interesting happened. While dubbing material for my ongoing "Defunct Media Digitizing Project" I stumbled across an Aerial View from four years ago that sowed the seeds for this podcast. The episode is from...
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It Might Get Loud
Job Story #16 documents my WDHA misadventure. It was recorded in my car and at the live remote. I'm also including odds & ends discovered during my digitizing project. Listen for an original song titled Part-Time Lover, Full-Time Fool off "The Mono Tape: Done While Sick In Bed" (below): If you’d...
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Paper Camelot
Job Story #15 features audio from my first-ever job reunion and an interview with Alan Kipust, the driving force behind the success of the company reuniting, PaperDirect. If you’d like to tell yourJob Story, email it to [email protected] or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story....
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Grant Me My Rant
For Job Story #14 I decided to enter my vocal booth and rant for as long as I could, as if I was back on the air live. I enjoyed it. It felt like utilizing a skill in danger of atrophy. You'll also hear a vintage piece I did for the old WFMU Program Guide, LCD, about being unemployed. Honestly, I...
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Job Story 013: Vintage Working Songs
Job Story #13 features an assist from my friend Mac, host of the Antique Phonograph Music Program. Because my voice is shot, Mac helped me out with a bunch of vintage work songs originally released on 78 rpm records and cylinders. between 1902 and 1920. You'll hear: Everybody Works But Father…
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Job Story 012: Half-Baked First Jobs
Job Story #12 was fueled by two bottles of wine and features half-baked first jobs and... Day Old Bread Food Adulteration Grandma, Naked & Unafraid Kaiser Rolls Keys to the Bank Kurt the Nazi Baker When Twelve is Thirteen Job Story is hosted by Pippa and available here: Apple Podcasts- In the…
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Job Story 11: Canadian Roundtable
This episode was recorded north of the border, in America's Toque, and features these job stories: Bike Shop Love Browniegate Finger Sandwich Golf-obsessed Groping Boss Holiday Hi-jinx Boss Submit your Job Story to [email protected] or in our Facebook group. Hosted on Acast. See...
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Job Story 010: Hear & Gone
Job Story #10 features commentary from me and an interview with longtime-friend Jimmy Putnam "All-American". Jimmy shares his experiences in the food service industry and tells us why things ain't what they used to be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Job Story 009: Summer Jobs, Summer Not
First jobs are often summer jobs. This Job Story features a few of your summer job stories... and one of mine. I also unpack the boxes from my old job and try to figure out what to with all the reminders. Email your job story or submit it on Facebook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…
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Job Story 008: Severance WANTS!
Job Story #8 features the audio version of the writing in my newsletter See You Next Tue!, plus a submission from Yvonne Szymczak, AKA DJ Stashu. Yvonne tells us all about her job history since leaving Detroit and moving to the NYC area. Thanks, Yvonne! If YOU'D like to send your Job Story, email...
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Job Story 007: Old Fools? Pro Tools!
Job Story #7 was built entirely in Pro Tools and features on-the-street commentary from me and interviews with my Pro Tools instructor, Kiri, and fellow student, Daniel - AKA “Westside”. It also has a brand-new intro with Kiri on bass. It’s twice as long as last week’s podcast but it’s worth your...
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Job Story 006: An Apple Every Other Day
Job Story #6 features audio from my first interview in over twelve years. It was a group interview at Apple and you'll hear my answers to questions about my last job and things I would've done differently there, etc. There's also some commentary from before and after my second Apple interview.…
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Job Story 005: A Different Kind Of Miserable
Chris T. updates his job search and provides some dos and don'ts for live event MCs. There's also some audio from the 2010 Mermaid Parade. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Job Story 004: ALICE Doesn't Live Here Anymore
In Job Story #4 I talk with Kiran Gaudioso at United Way of Northern New Jersey. They spearheaded the ALICE Report. ALICE is an acronym that stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. These are people who live just above the poverty line, often working two or three jobs to get…
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Job Story 003: Labor Relations with Jeff Maschi
Job Story #3 features a sit-down with one of my oldest, dearest friends, Jeff Maschi. But that’s not the reason I spoke with him. He also happens to be a Labor Relations Expert and we talk about what happens when you lose your job. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Job Story 002: Jobless Journal
Episode 2 of Job Story, featuring the Jobless Journal and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Job Story 001: Banker's Life
The first installment of Job Story features an unsolicited phone call to me from the Banker’s Life company. Look these scam artists up online sometime if you want to read some hilarious reviews of a horrid workplace. I want to hear your job stories, about bad bosses and toxic co-workers, about...
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Job Story 000
A 3 minute sample of the new podcast from Chris Tsakis, Job Story, as in Sob Story. Documenting my search for a "good" job and your stories about unemployment, underemployment, bad bosses, toxic co-workers, horrid interviews and soul-crushing corporate ladder climbing Hosted on Acast. See...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Job Story is a podcast about working hard... and hardly working. It documents my job history and job search and yours, with a special focus on Bad Bosses, Crazy Co-workers, F'd up Freelance, Garbage Gigs, Tepid Temps and Toxic Teams.
Submit your Job Story via email or Facebook. You can also record a Job Story of 90 seconds or less via SpeakPipe or call the Job Story line at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) and record a longer Job Story.
Job Story comes to you from broadcast and podcast professional Chris Tsakis, with 30-plus years on both sides of the mic at CBS, NPR, SiriusXM and WNYC. Chris is a Creator, DJ, Engineer, Host, Idea Engine, Podcaster, Producer and Writer.
A legitimate "Jack-of-All-Trades", Chris also has
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Job Story is a podcast about working hard... and hardly working. It documents my job history and job search and yours, with a special focus on Bad Bosses, Crazy Co-workers, F'd up Freelance, Garbage Gigs, Tepid Temps and Toxic Teams. Submit your Job Story via email or Facebook. You can also record...
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