Episodes
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Jonah Tolchin on Being a Musician
Jonah and I discuss what it’s like to be a musician, including touring, music listening habits, learning instruments, stage fright, collaboration, the making of records, and much more. Epilogue Sources: https://indyweek.com/music/features/streaming-kill-music-industry.-major-labels-did./...
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Doris Reina-Landaverde on Custodial Work and TPS Advocacy
Doris and I discuss the experience of her emigration to the U.S. from El Salvador, her work experience as a custodian at Harvard, the American Dream, her involvement with TPS advocacy, and much more. Donate to TPS: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ntpsa Information on TPS:...
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Dana Koteen on Hospitality
Dana and I discuss what it means to work in hospitality and how Dana got into the industry. We explore the many roles he’s had along his career path, the concepts of anti-job and work-life balance, the role of performance at work, and how to handle difficult guests. We also talk about the...
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Ashley Kirsner on Skip the Small Talk
Ashley and I discuss the origins of Skip the Small Talk and how she chose a self-invented occupation over the PhD road and adapted Skip the Small Talk for the pandemic. We talk about the paradoxical dynamic that is Generation Y and Generation Z being the most connected and loneliest generations...
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Ashley Brooks on Being a Bus Driver
This episode's conversation focuses mainly on Ashley's experiences as a bus driver in Baltimore and as a plaiter at Pall corporation. We also discuss Ashley’s time in prison, the circumstances that led to it, and what she has learned from her life experiences thus far.
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Ashley Brooks on Perseverance
Ashley Brooks on Perseverance
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Mary Ann D'Urso on Being a Grocery Clerk
Mary Ann and I explore her observations, thoughts, and feelings from her three years of experience as a grocery clerk in New Jersey.
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Thomas M. Countryman on Foreign Service
Tom and I discuss Tom's 35 years of service as a U.S. diplomat working under such leaders as Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton.
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Kim Curry on Teaching
Kim and I discuss why Kim became a teacher, what makes a good educator, growth and self-perception, household expectations, the difference between learning and getting A’s, what Kim would change in classrooms if she were the Secretary of Education, and how Kim has seen the behavior of children…
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Jason Gots on Being a Creator
Writer and podcaster Jason Gots and I discuss artistry, structure, wisdom, doing it yourself versus doing it with others, psychedelics, and much more.
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Jason Gots on Presence Over Achievement
Jason Gots on Presence Over Achievement by Jobscast
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Sam Sparks on Being a Plumber
In our conversation Sam and I address how COVID-19 has affected his business, the roles of creativity and decisiveness in the plumbing industry, American individualism and American ingenuity, the general importance of good decision-making and self-awareness, stereotypes, networking, the master...
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Bonnie Holladay on Fighting Fires and Preventing Substance Abuse
In the first half of our conversation, Bonnie and I focus on her work experiences as a wildfire fighter. In the second half we turn to Bonnie's present job as a substance abuse prevention program manager at the Office of Behavioral Health in Colorado. Some of the subtopics we get into include the...
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Lisa Wade on the Sociology of University Hookup Culture
Lisa and I discuss how hookup culture in U.S. universities came about and how it makes students feel; sociology's ability to create large meta-stories that help answer complex questions; the difference between freedom and equality; the strongly gendered rules of hookup culture and how they...
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Jua Robinson on Building Infrastructure to Scale Goodness
Jua and I begin our discussion with the letter he and other black alumni of Liberty University circulated in response to the actions of Jerry Falwell Jr. that led to Jua experiencing national limelight. We talk about Donald Trump’s un-Christlike behavior and how Christians tend to rationalize or...
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Jerry Colonna, Holder of Stories of the Heart
Jerry Colonna and I discuss the "what do you do" question and why it tends to be so unhelpful, the privilege that comes with being a white, cisgender male, revealed wisdom versus discovered wisdom, the value of stillness, the art of growing up, what it means to be both readers and writers of our...
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Anthony Tamasi on The Working Life
Anthony Tamasi and I discuss various aspects of Anthony’s life: his work history going back to his first job at age thirteen, his move from Massachusetts to New Hampshire, his experiences and aspirations as a musician, and his professional life as a custodian and union laborer. We also get into…
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Tess Wise on Bankruptcy
Professor Tess Wise and I discuss Tess's experience of COVID-19 as a political science professor at Amherst College, our shared belief in Generation Z being stronger than they tend to be given credit for, the history, impact, and misperceptions of bankruptcy, and the merits of ideas such as…
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Frank Williams on Being a Police Officer
Boston Police Officer Frank G. Williams Jr. and I discuss why Frank decided to become a police officer, how COVID-19 affected his work, Frank's view on why the arrest of George Floyd went so horribly wrong, why Frank believes the BPD is a premier police force, shifts in neighborhood parenting…
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Joanne B. Ciulla on the History of Work in the U.S.
Philosopher Joanne B. Ciulla and I discuss the past 100 years of work history in the United States, the rise of job insecurity, the origins of the American Dream, the value of certain undergraduate majors, the relationship between free time, work, and leisure, the age-old human desire for robots,...
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