The 10 Best Working Podcast Episodes
1) Working With the Homeless: How Does a Tenants’ Rights Attorney Do His Job?
Jordan Weissmann returns to host a new season all about the people who work with the homeless population in New York City. In this first episode, Jordan speaks to Mark Hess, a Supervising Attorney in ...Show More
2) Working With the Homeless: How Does a Psychiatrist for People Who Are Homeless Do Her Job?
Jordan talks to Joanna Fried, a psychiatrist at Janian Medical Care who works with the street outreach team. It’s Joanna’s job to conduct the psychiatric evaluations that are part of the packet someon...Show More
3) Working at MoMA: How Do Exhibition Designers Do Their Jobs?
When you walk through an exhibition at MoMA, every step you take is part of deliberate design that takes you from piece to piece in just the right way. And it all starts with a dollhouse-like version ...Show More
4) Working at MoMA: How Does a Curator Do Her Job?
The next person taking us inside life at MoMA is Sarah Meister, a curator in the museum’s Department of Photography. Sarah’s work ranges from pitching exhibits, tracking down and acquiring pieces to w...Show More
5) Working at MoMA: How Does a Painting Conservator Do Her Job?
Anny Aviram has been conserving paintings at MoMA for 40 years. So, as can imagine, she’s had her hands on some of the world’s most famous artworks. And, occasionally, her saliva. Anny tells Jordan ab...Show More
6) Working at MoMA: How Does a Collection Specialist Do His Job?
In the new season of Working, host Jordan Weissmann is going inside New York City’s storied Museum of Modern Art to meet the people who keep one of the world’s great artistic institutions running. Pau...Show More
7) In Baltimore: How Does a Neurosurgeon Work?
On this season of Working, we visit the city of Baltimore, to talk to people about their jobs there. We're hoping to learn about how the city informs their work, and how they are shaping Baltimore its...Show More
8) Working: How Does a Comic Book Librarian Work?
In the final episode of this comics-focused season of Slate's Working, Jacob Brogan sits down with Caitlyn McGurk, Assistant professor and associate curator of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Mu...Show More
9) Working With the Homeless: What’s it Like to Help Run a Shelter?
This week, Jordan talks to Tamara Ortiz who has been working at Women in Need (WIN) for 23 years. WIN is the largest network of family supportive housing in New York City. Tamara’s job is all about ma...Show More
10) Working Classics: How Does the Director of Operations at a Soup Kitchen Do His Job?
Keeping in the theme of Homelessness Services, Working revisits a classic episode when Jordan spoke to Michael Ottley, the Director of Operations for one of New York City’s biggest emergency food prog...Show More