Working

Hosts Isaac Butler, Ronald Young Jr., and June Thomas interview creative people about how they write, compose, paint, and more.

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Working Animals: How Does a Miniature Therapy H...
For our first episode of the season Jacob sits down with Debbie Garcia-Bengochea of the non-profit Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses to talk about Magic, a 100-pound horse, and her job helping people in need.
48 min
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Working LGBTQ: How Does an ACLU Attorney Work?
In the final episode of our season of LGBTQ jobs, Jacob sits down with Josh Block, senior staff attorney at the ACLU's LGBT & HIV Project.
58 min
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Working LGBTQ: How Does a Gender and Sexuality ...
Jacob Brogan sits down with Christina Cauterucci, a staff writer at Slate whose beat encompasses gender, sexuality, and LGBTQ issues.
58 min
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Working LGBTQ: How Does a Presbyterian LGBTQ Ad...
On this episode, Jacob sits down with Alex McNeill, the Executive Director of More Light Presbyterians, an organization that advocates for LGBTQ causes inside and outside the Presbyterian church.
46 min
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Working LGBTQ: How Does Sci-Fi Author Samuel De...
Jacob sits down with science fiction author Samuel Delany, author of Trouble on Triton, Babel-17, Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders, and many more fiction and non-fiction books.
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Working LGBTQ: How Does a Gender Reassignment S...
Jacob sits down with Dr. Jess Ting, a plastic surgeon who specializes in transgender surgery at Mt. Sinai hospital in New York City.
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Working LGBTQ: How Does a Queer Theorist Work
On this episode Jacob sits down with Elizabeth Freeman, queer theorist, professor of English at UC Davis, and author of the books Time Binds, The Marriage Complex, and more.
60 min
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Working LGBTQ: How Does a Bespoke Tailor Work?
Jacob sits down with Daniel Friedman, co-founder of Bindle & Keep, a bespoke tailoring company with a majority LGBTQ clientele.
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Working LGBTQ: How Does a Drag Queen Work?
Jacob talks to New York drag queen Miz Cracker about how she conceives of her shows and outfits, the significance of makeup, drag lore, the place of drag and RuPaul's Drag Race in gay culture, and battling robot Hitler.
52 min
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Working: How Does a Comic Book Librarian Work?
acob Brogan sits down with Caitlyn McGurk, to discuss her work as a librarian and researcher of comics.
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Working: How Does a Comic Book Store Owner Work?
Jacob Brogan sits down with Jared Smith, one of the co-owners of Big Planet Comics in Washington DC. They discuss the day to day business of interacting with customers, managerial responsibilities, and running a small business.
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Working: How Does the Creator of a Graphic Nove...
Jacob talks to cartoonist Benjamin Frisch, the author of the graphic novel The Fun Family, who also happens to be the producer of this season of Working.
50 min
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Working: How Does the Colorist of Batman Work?
In this episode, Jacob sits down with Dean White, a freelance colorist, who recently worked on DC's All Star Batman.
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Working: How Does the Letterer of Batman Work?
Jacob sits down with Deron Bennett, owner of AndWorld Design and recent letterer of Batman. They talk about how lettering is like poetry, why he might choose one font over another, the shape of word balloons and more.
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Working: How Does the Inker of Batman Work?
Jacob sits down with Seth Mann, a freelance inker who recently worked on Tom King's Batman.
47 min
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Working: How Does the Penciler of Batman Work?
Jacob sits down with David Finch, the penciler of Batman, to discuss his process of wringing images out of his writer's scripts, what he's passionate about drawing, and what he's learned along the way.
47 min
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Working: How Does the Writer of Batman Work?
On this season on Working, Jacob Brogan talks to the team behind DC's Batman comic book. He'll be speaking to the penciler, colorist, editor, and more. In this episode, he sits down with Tom King, the current writer of Batman.
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In Detroit: How Does a Music Educator Work?
DeLashea Strawder teaches music to young people with Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit.
35 min
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In Detroit: How Does Shinola's Manufacturing VP...
Jen Guarino manages the creation of new leather goods, watches, turntables, and more in Detroit.
58 min
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In Detroit: How Does a Barbecue Chef Work?
Mike Metevia of Slows Bar B-Q makes some of the best smoked meats in Detroit.
50 min
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In Detroit: How Does the Mayor's Chief of Staff...
Alexis Wiley talks about bringing political visions to life in a changing city.
51 min
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In Detroit: How Does a Community Internet Organ...
Diana Nucera runs an organization that promotes digital literacy and internet access in Detroit.
47 min
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In Detroit: How Does an Automotive Battery Engi...
Mark Hughes cuts car batteries open to figure out what went wrong inside.
49 min
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In Detroit: How Does an Urban Farmer Work?
Greg Willerer grows a variety of organic crops on a few plots of carefully cultivated land in Detroit.
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In Detroit: How Does a Hair Care Entrepreneur W...
Gwen Jimmere started Naturalicious to sell her home-devised hair care products.
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