Meet a guy who stays up all night searching for new planets. Or an exotic dancer who took the job to spend more time with her kids. It's all inside the Marketplace "Job Files," a series of radio vignettes about the ordinary, and not-so-ordinary, ways people earn their daily bread.
"Job Files" is produced by Marketplace's Amy Scott and airs every other Friday on The Morning Report.
Job Files: London tour guide
On this holiday when many people have a day away from their jobs we head to London to get the lay of the land with a tour guide. (May 28, 2007)
Job Files: Mime
On this week's Job Files, we find a mime who's not giving us the silent treatment for once. (April 13, 2007)
Job Files: Balls and strikes
This week, we play ball with a minor league umpire. (February 19, 2007)
Is responsibility in a Google search?
Mainline media companies are objecting to ties Google has with some less-than-reputable downloading websites. Matthew Karnitschnig had the story in today's Wall Street Journal. He talks with Kai Ryssdal. (February 12, 2007)
Job files: Corporate archivist
This week we go to the back of the closet at Levi Strauss, where Lynn Downey wears her job like a favorite pair of jeans. (January 19, 2007)
Job Files: Singing waitress
On this week's Job Files, singing waitress Johanna Pinzler takes us out to a piano bar. (January 15, 2007)
Job Files: Rocket scientist
This week Job Files takes us to meet a project manager whose job really is rocket science. (January 05, 2007)
Job Files: Hair stylist
Just in time for your New Year's soirée, this week we're headed to the salon. (December 26, 2006)
Job Files: Performance marketer
Time once again for the Job Files. Today we look at a rare breed of advertising professional. (December 08, 2006)
Job Files: Cranberry farmer
Today we go to New England where cranberry farmers flood bogs to harvest the berries. (November 24, 2006)
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