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Big Pharma vs The People: The Fight to Save America’s Largest Generic Drug Manufacturer

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

This July, America’s largest remaining generic drug manufacturing plant is set to close its doors forever in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its parent ...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and KWMR

How We Got Here, Part 3: The Fight For Meaningful Work

From: Sam Harnett
Series: How We Got Here

The final section of a 3-hour radio documentary about why Americans are so precarious and acceptable to crisis like the current pandemic. Part 3 lo...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

The Man Behind the Projector

From: Out of the Blocks

It was a good living. If you can stay in business 53 years, that says a lot.

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Dem 2 Brothers & a Grill

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

The same people who told me it wouldn't work, they come every day.

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E's Barbershop Lounge

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

This barbershop built my character. I started off sweeping floors. I own the shop now.

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Chris Yun at Eddie's Lunch

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

It has to be fresh. I cut the fish and sell the fish the exact same day.

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New Beginnings

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I got shot two times, and i walked out of Shock Trauma three hours later. It was made clear to me that my work wasn't done.

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New Pine Valley Restaurant

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

Dr. Martin Luther King, I waited on him. He had ham and egg and hash browns.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix

Prescription for Integrity

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

They've tried us all different kids of ways, but they know that we are strictly professional.

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Born in a Tornado

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

You can’t help it if you were born in a tornado. You’re going to have to learn how to fly.

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Kosher Bite

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I am doing everything. I am not just chef cook. I am Russian cook.

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El Merengue Restaurant

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I started cooking at 9 years old for my mother, my father, and 9 brothers and sisters.

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Antonio McDuffy

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

You have to command your area. This is my area. This is where I make a living.

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Certified Master Clock-Maker Mark Mitchell

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I try to avoid dropping things.

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Ray and Scott at Robert's Key Service

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

He’s my step-father, but he has always treated me like a son… and like one of the guys.

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Soul Source

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I get so much love from the customers in here. It’s better than where I came from.

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Timothy Louie

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

My great grandfather started the business in 1917. He came from China. This was the built-in childcare/daycare for me. My parents would come to w...

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Vander Pearson

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits

I've been here through the good times and the bad times. At one time, I was the only business on this block.

The Working Tapes of Studs Terkel

From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes

In the early 1970’s, author Studs Terkel went around the country with a reel-to-reel tape recorder interviewing people about their jobs. The result...

Bought by KCUR, WWNO, Michigan Radio, WWNO, North Country Public Radio and more