Library of Congress Launches Seventh Season of “America Works” Podcast
Posted by: Stephen Winick
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress today launched its seventh season of “America Works,” an original podcast series that honors the creativity, resilience, and dedication of the 168-million-strong American workforce. The new season focuses on workers whose jobs involve animals – from sustainable farmers to a fishing shop owner to a taxidermist as well as a port sampler who measures fish and a trash hauler who uses draft horses. The eight-episode series, part of the American Folklife Center’s ongoing Occupational Folklife Project, introduces audiences to a wide range of voices from the contemporary American workforce. Each episode, excerpted from a longer full-length oral history interview, runs approximately five minutes. The first episode is available now on Apple Podcasts and at loc.gov/podcasts. Subsequent episodes will be released each Thursday through June 5th. This blog post provides an overview of the season and a preview of upcoming episodes.
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