This course will draw from the 100+ interviews I have conducted to date with American workers across the country and economic spectrum for my book in progress, a 21st century take on Studs Terkel's classic, 'Working' which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2024. My interviewees include an Amazon warehouse worker, a doula, long-haul truck driver, an ICU nurse , American Sign Language interpreter, New Yorker cartoonist, Barry Blitt, a hairdresser, a North Carolina police officer and SWAT team member, jazz singer, Kurt Elling, and many others. We will use clips from interviews and draw comparisons with Terkel's 'Working,' e.g. an airline 'stewardess' from Studs's book and a flight attendant from mine. Additionally, we'll speak live via Zoom with some of my interviewees and talk with participants about their own work.

Three sessions. $125/ $112.5.

Led by Mark Larson.