acob Brogan sits down with Wendy Rice of the Cincinnati Zoo to talk about Fiona the Hippo and how she helps Fiona in her job as ambassador to the Cincinnati Zoo, and all of hippo-kind.
43 min
427
Working: How Does Neil Gaiman Work?
Jacob Brogan sits down with Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman comics, American Gods, Good Omens, and most recently a book called Norse Mythology.
52 min
428
Working Animals: How Does a Livestock Guard Dog...
Jacob Brogan sits down with Georgia Ranney to discuss Sarge, Kinderhook Farm's maremma guard dog, responsible for help guarding a flock of sheep from predators including coyotes, fishers, and other predators.
43 min
429
Working Animals: How Does a Theater Dog Work?
Jacob Brogan sits down with trainer William Berloni to talk about Bowdie, a dog and the star of the stage musical "Because of Winn Dixie".
54 min
430
Working Animals: How Does a Guide Dog Work?
Jacob Brogan sits down with Albert Elia and his guide dog Cheech as part of our continuing series on animals with jobs.
51 min
431
Working Animals: How Does a Landscaping Goat Wo...
Jacob Brogan sits down with Tammy Dunakin to talk about her agricultural goats, and her business, Rent-a-Ruminant, based on Vashon Island in Washington.
40 min
432
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
433
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
434
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
435
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
436
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.
54 min
437
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.
43 min
438
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
439
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.
51 min
440
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
441
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.
52 min
442
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.
49 min
443
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
444
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.
52 min
445
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.
56 min
446
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
447
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
448
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.
72 min
449
In Detroit: How Does a Music Educator Work?
DeLashea Strawder teaches music to young people with Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit.
35 min
450
In Detroit: How Does Shinola's Manufacturing VP...
Jen Guarino manages the creation of new leather goods, watches, turntables, and more in Detroit.