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America Works Podcast

By: Library of Congress
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  • Summary

  • Voices of contemporary workers from throughout the U.S. talking about their lives, their workplaces, and their on-the-job experiences. Drawn from hundreds of longer oral history interviews collected by fieldworkers for the American Folklife Center’s Occupational Folklife Project (OFP), America Works is a testament to the wisdom, wit, knowledge, and dedication of today’s working Americans.
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Episodes
  • Jeremy Presar, Rural Mail Carrier, US Postal System. Bukhannon, Kentucky.

    Jeremy Presar, Rural Mail Carrier, US Postal System. Bukhannon, Kentucky.
    Mar 28 2024
    Jeremy Presar is a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service based out of the French Creek, West Virginia Post Office. Now in his sixth year as a mail carrier, he tells folklorist Emily Hilliard about his 70-mile route, delivering to 600 mailboxes, the challenges posed by animals, weather and being bi-racial in a largely White area as well as the pride he takes in working for America’s “vital lifeline.”
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    7 mins
  • Shanda Dunn, Peer Support Worker, Voices of Hope. Lexington, Kentucky.

    Shanda Dunn, Peer Support Worker, Voices of Hope. Lexington, Kentucky.
    Mar 21 2024
    Shanda Dunn of Lexington, Kentucky, talks with folklorist Ethan Sharp about being a Peer Support Worker as part of his larger Occupational Folklife Project “Hope for Recovery.” Shanda explains how she overcame her own complicated past and struggles with substance abuse to train and now, to work alongside clinicians as a counselor for others recovering from substance abuse disorders.
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    6 mins
  • Jobie Hill, Restoration Architect and Founder of SavingSlaveHouses.org. Iowa City, Iowa.

    Jobie Hill, Restoration Architect and Founder of SavingSlaveHouses.org. Iowa City, Iowa.
    Mar 14 2024
    Jobie Hill, an architect and historic preservation specialist from Iowa City, Iowa, explains how her interest in her own African American heritage led her to become an expert on the documentation, preservation, and repurposing of slave dwellings throughout the United States. She talks about her training and professional experiences as an architect and what inspired her to document more than 700 structures built by enslaved African Americans. The interview was conducted by documentarian Sarah Filkins as part of her Occupational Folklife Project on “Women Architects.”
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    7 mins
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