Working Nine to Five
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Yay! - it's Friday!
Seeing as the week is grinding to an end, this morning I had a listen to the 'Nine to Five' episode from NPR's Hearing Voices. This episode features audio bytes from a variety of people on what they do during their work day. On listening, you'll find diverse insights through stories from traders to cab drivers to those who work with brasseries, dead bodies, lost golf balls and underground economies.
The programme, which is the first of a two part episode, sets the tone by opening with a brilliantly humorous poem from writer Meryn Cadell entitled 'Job Application'. Whilst gaining some pleasure from voyeuristically hearing about peoples' working days, you also get to appreciate how others earn a living either through choice, circumstance or luck.
NPR's Hearing Voices is, as described by them 'a sixty minute stream of driveway moments connected by a central theme, with the help of a guest host'. Each episode is a mix of sound portraits, broadcasts and found-sound, making for a uniquely enjoyable show with a nostalgic radio audio quality.
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