Job Story

Tonight at 6 pm hear a replay of Friday's Aerial View show Everything Sucks & People Are Stupid on thehoundnyc.com. At 7 pm Aerial View becomes available as a podcast here. Aerial View's Facebook page is here.Join me for another Aerial View every Friday, 6 PM eastern time on thehoundnyc,com.The rundown:Living in the Upside DownRadio, the new TV.Hospital Shootings.All that and YOUR CALLS at 929-456-2763.The quote:"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." - John SteinbeckThe Poem:St. Andrew’s Day, 1935Sharply the menacing wind sweeps overthe bending poplars, newly bare,and the dark ribbons of the chimneysveer downward; flicked by whips of air.Torn posters flutter; coldly soundthe boom of trams and the rattle of hooves,and the clerks who hurry to the stationlook, shuddering, over the eastern rooves,thinking, each one, ‘Here comes the winter!Please God I keep my job this year!’And bleakly, as the cold strikes throughtheir entrails like an icy spear,they think of rent, rates, season tickets,insurance, coal, the skivvy’s wages,boots, school-bills, and the next installmentupon the two twin beds from Drage’s.For if in careless summer daysin groves of Ashtaroth we whored,repentant now, when winds blow cold,we kneel before our rightful lord;the lord of all, the money-god,who rules us blood and hand and brain,who gives the roof that stops the wind,and, giving, takes away again;who spies with jealous, watchful care,our thoughts, our dreams, our secret ways,who picks our words and cuts our clothes,and maps the pattern of our days;who chills our anger, curbs our hope,and buys our lives and pays with toys,who claims as tribute broken faith,accepted insults, muted joys;who binds with chains the poet’s wit,the navvy’s strength, the soldier’s pride,and lays the sleek, estranging shieldbetween the lover and his bride.- George Orwell See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Beginning today Job Story transmutes and becomes Aerial View. There will be a transition period while I sort out the switch. But stick with it. It's gonna get good.Aerial View's Facebook page is here.More as things roll out!Join me for another Aerial View every Friday, 6 PM eastern time on thehoundnyc,com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #28 goes back in time twenty-one years to Thanksgiving 1997. I recorded a trip home for Thanksgiving, with the intention of using the audio on my old WFMU talk show, Aerial View (see below). While I'm sitting around without an actual gig, one "job" I've taken on is digitizing old cassettes and other physical media. Much of the audio is raw recordings done in my car - what I called "Roadkill" - later boiled down for use on air. Revisiting the raw recordings has unearthed treasures I didn't know were there. In this case, it's audio of family members no longer with us. My Aunt Isabel. My mother. One of my sisters. My brother-in-law. My mother's boyfriend (though, in fairness, I only suspect he's dead). They are all here. It may be one of the last Thanksgivings we spent together, everyone but my brother Mario, who was down in Florida and had to be there by phone.If you’d like to tell yourJob Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story.Job Story is hosted by Pippa and available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesRSS FeedSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeYou can call and record a Job Story of any length at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) or a Job Story of 90 seconds or less right here.Please share Job Story with your friends and family and be sure to review Job Story on iTunes and elsewhere.Until next time, this is Chris T., working hard... and hardly working. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #27 consists of field audio from my get-out-the-vote effort on behalf of Mikie Sherrill, who WON. Listen as I canvass a neighborhood in Verona, NJ.If you’d like to tell yourJob Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story.Job Story is hosted by Pippa and available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesRSS FeedSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeYou can call and record a Job Story of any length at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) or a Job Story of 90 seconds or less right here.Please share Job Story with your friends and family and be sure to review Job Storyon iTunes and elsewhere.Until next time, this is Chris T., working hard... and hardly working See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #26 features Part 2 of my interview with author Jesse P. Pollack, about his new book The Acid King, which revisits an infamous early 80's Long Island murder that set off a nationwide "Satanic Panic".If you’d like to tell yourJob Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story.Job Story is hosted by Pippa and available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesRSS FeedSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeYou can call and record a Job Story of any length at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) or a Job Story of 90 seconds or less right here.Please share Job Story with your friends and family and be sure to review Job Story on iTunes and elsewhere.Until next time, this is Chris T., working hard... and hardly working. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #25 features Part 1 of my interview with author Jesse P. Pollack, about his new book The Acid King, which revisits an infamous early 80's Long Island murder that set off a nationwide "Satanic Panic".If you’d like to tell your Job Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story.Job Story is hosted by Pippa and available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesRSS FeedSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeYou can call and record a Job Story of any length at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) or a Job Story of 90 seconds or less right here.Please share Job Story with your friends and family and be sure to review Job Story on iTunes and elsewhere.Until next time, this is Chris T., working hard... and hardly working. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #24 features two off-the-cuff vocal booth recordings about where things stand for me just now. The first bit concerns a recent job interview and the second is about why I blame Trump for being out of a job.If you’d like to tell your Job Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story.Job Story is hosted by Pippa and available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesRSS FeedSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeYou can call and record a Job Story of any length at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) or a Job Story of 90 seconds or less right here.Please share Job Story with your friends and family and be sure to review Job Story on iTunes and elsewhere.Until next time, this is Chris T., working hard... and hardly working. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #23 was recorded in Cleveland, Ohio. I was out there over the weekend to attend the Norton Records Mad Daddy party and managed to snag a few interviews with real live Clevelanders. Forgive me for the brevity of this Job Story but I had a LONG job interview today. Keep your fingers crossed for me!If you’d like to tell yourJob Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story.Job Story is hosted by Pippa and available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesRSS FeedSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeYou can call and record a Job Story of any length at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) or a Job Story of 90 seconds or less right here.Please share Job Story with your friends and family and be sure to review Job Story on iTunes and elsewhere. Until next time, this is Chris T., working hard... and hardly working. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #22 - (Don't) Keep On Truckin' - offers a primer on my broadcast career and commemorates the forthcoming end date of my last radio job. Hopefully, not my FINAL radio job...If you’d like to tell your Job Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story.Job Story is hosted by Pippa and available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesRSS FeedSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeYou can call and record a Job Story of any length at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) or a Job Story of 90 seconds or less right here.Please share Job Story with your friends and family and be sure to review Job Story on iTunes and elsewhere. You can also sign up for my weekly newsletter here. Until next time, this is Chris T., working hard... and hardly working. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #21 is all about my recent "Intro To Voiceover" class. You'll hear me in the car on the way to Waistock, talking about Voiceover Class, some actual readings from same and an original song from 1991 about a co-worker. I wish I could've built a longer episode but between Waitstock and my voice being shot, it wasn't going to happen.If you’d like to tell your Job Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story.Job Story is hosted by Pippa and available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesRSS FeedSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeYou can call and record a Job Story of any length at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) or a Job Story of 90 seconds or less right here.Please share Job Story with your friends and family and be sure to review Job Story on iTunes and elsewhere. Until next time, this is Chris T., working hard... and hardly working. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #20 features my interview with the author of the book Temp: How American Work, American Business and the American Dream Became Temporary, Labor Historian Louis Hyman. I sat down with him at Cornell's Institute For Workplace Studies, part of its Industrial & Labor Relations School.If you’d like to tell your Job Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story.Job Story is hosted by Pippa and available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesRSS FeedSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeYou can call and record a Job Story of any length at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) or a Job Story of 90 seconds or less right here.Please share Job Story with your friends and family and be sure to review Job Story on iTunes and elsewhere.Until next time, this is Chris T., working hard... and hardly working. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #19 features audio recorded on my weekend foray to Long Island and covers the thwarted reason for the trip, some jobs I held on Long Island and a few job stories from the crew of an upcoming film version of Jesse Pollack's book The Acid King, about the Northport Murders.If you’d like to tell your Job Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story.Job Story is hosted by Pippa and available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeYou can call and record a Job Story of any length at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) or a Job Story of 90 seconds or less right here.Please share Job Story with your friends and family and be sure to review Job Story on iTunes and elsewhere. Until next time, this is Chris T., working hard... and hardly working. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #18 was recorded in the car and recounts the tale of one of the horrid "bridge" jobs I had between broadcast radio jobs, working at Guitar Center in Springfield, NJ. Let's just say there were many strings attached.If you’d like to tell your Job Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story.Job Story is hosted by Pippa and available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeYou can call and record a Job Story of any length at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) or a Job Story of 90 seconds or less right here.Please share Job Story with your friends and family and be sure to review Job Storyon iTunes and elsewhere. Until next time, this is Chris T., working hard... and hardly working. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #17 is a bit of a cop-out. I'll admit it, I wanted Labor Day off. But something interesting happened. While dubbing material for my ongoing "Defunct Media Digitizing Project" I stumbled across an Aerial View from four years ago that sowed the seeds for this podcast. The episode is from Sep. 2, 2014 and is entitled "The Working Life". Here's the description from the playlist page:Tonight, I'd like to hear your stories about the best and worst gigs you've had and what you've learned on the job. Other things to discuss:How do you prepare for your work day?Living on unemployment.The job search.Co-worker Conflict.Horrible Bosses.The Day I Got Fired.Weekend Warrior.Public Employees: Scum of the Earth?I don't like Mondays: the worst day of the week at work.Scary Co-workers: Are you armed?Slacking on the Job.Changing Careers.Romance in the Workplace.Watercooler Gossip.When Do You Know It's Time to Go?LinkedIn, Monster.com, Career Builder & other job search sites.That's Job Storyright there. This idea actually began as a pitch I made at my old job, for an entire channel about working topics. It didn't fly.My dream is to one day do Job Storywith phone calls and I'm still working on it. In the meanwhile, this Aerial View show will give you a pretty good idea what it would sound like.If you’d like to tell your Job Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story.Job Story is hosted by Pippa and available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeYou can call and record a Job Story of any length at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) or a Job Story of 90 seconds or less right here.Please share Job Story with your friends and family and be sure to review Job Storyon iTunes and elsewhere. Until next time, this is Chris T., working hard... and hardly working. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #16 documents my WDHA misadventure. It was recorded in my car and at the live remote. I'm also including odds & ends discovered during my digitizing project. Listen for an original song titled Part-Time Lover, Full-Time Fool off "The Mono Tape: Done While Sick In Bed" (below):If you’d like to tell your Job Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story.Job Story is hosted by Pippa and available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeYou can call and record a Job Story of any length at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) or a Job Story of 90 seconds or less right here.Please share Job Story with your friends and family and be sure to review Job Story on iTunes and elsewhere. Until next time, this is Chris T., working hard... and hardly working.One more thing: if you'd like my newsletter here's the link: See You Next Tuesday! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #15 features audio from my first-ever job reunion and an interview with Alan Kipust, the driving force behind the success of the company reuniting, PaperDirect.If you’d like to tell yourJob Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story.Job Story is hosted by Pippa and available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeYou can call and record a Job Story of any length at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) or a Job Story of 90 seconds or less right here.Please share Job Story with your friends and family and be sure to review Job Story on iTunes and elsewhere. Until next time, this is Chris T., working hard... and hardly working. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For Job Story #14 I decided to enter my vocal booth and rant for as long as I could, as if I was back on the air live. I enjoyed it. It felt like utilizing a skill in danger of atrophy.You'll also hear a vintage piece I did for the old WFMU Program Guide, LCD, about being unemployed. Honestly, I don't know if it ever ran but it was interesting to hear how much is still relevant.If you’d like to tell me your Job Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story.Job Story is hosted by Pippa and available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeBig Job Story News: you can now call and record a Job Story of any length at WAY-4-JOB-POD (929-456-2763) or a Job Story of 90 seconds or less right here.Please share Job Story with your friends and family and be sure to review Job Story on iTunes and elsewhere. Until next time, this is Chris T., working hard and hardly working. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #13 features an assist from my friend Mac, host of the Antique Phonograph Music Program. Because my voice is shot, Mac helped me out with a bunch of vintage work songs originally released on 78 rpm records and cylinders. between 1902 and 1920. You'll hear:Everybody Works But FatherUncle Quit Work TooMarie Dressler's Working Girl SongMore Work For The UndertakerThe Gallows TreeNobody If you’d like to tell me yourJob Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story. Please share Job Storywith your friends and family.Job Story is hosted by Pippaand available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeBig Job Story news: you can now call and record a Job Story of any length at WAY-4-JOB-POD or a Job Story of 90 seconds or less right here: See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #12 was fueled by two bottles of wine and features half-baked first jobs and...Day Old BreadFood AdulterationGrandma, Naked & UnafraidKaiser RollsKeys to the BankKurt the Nazi BakerWhen Twelve is ThirteenJob Story is hosted by Pippa and available here:Apple Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".Google PlayGoogle Podcasts- In the app, search "Job Story".iTunesSoundCloudSpotifyStitcherYouTubeIf you’d like to tell me yourJob Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com or submit it on the Facebook Group page for Job Story.Please share Job Story with your friends and family. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode was recorded north of the border, in America's Toque, and features these job stories:Bike Shop LoveBrowniegateFinger SandwichGolf-obsessed Groping BossHoliday Hi-jinx BossSubmit your Job Story to jobstorypod@gmail.com or in our Facebook group. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #10 features commentary from me and an interview with longtime-friend Jimmy Putnam "All-American". Jimmy shares his experiences in the food service industry and tells us why things ain't what they used to be. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

First jobs are often summer jobs. This Job Story features a few of your summer job stories... and one of mine. I also unpack the boxes from my old job and try to figure out what to with all the reminders.Email your job story or submit it on Facebook. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #8 features the audio version of the writing in my newsletter See You Next Tue!, plus a submission from Yvonne Szymczak, AKA DJ Stashu.Yvonne tells us all about her job history since leaving Detroit and moving to the NYC area. Thanks, Yvonne!If YOU'D like to send your Job Story, email it to jobstorypod@gmail.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #7 was built entirely in Pro Tools and features on-the-street commentary from me and interviews with my Pro Tools instructor, Kiri, and fellow student, Daniel - AKA “Westside”. It also has a brand-new intro with Kiri on bass.It’s twice as long as last week’s podcast but it’s worth your time, even though I hope to keep these between 20 and 30 minutes.Please share Job Story with your friends. Job Story is on iTunes and SoundCloud. Still working on Job Story on other platforms. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #6 features audio from my first interview in over twelve years. It was a group interview at Apple and you'll hear my answers to questions about my last job and things I would've done differently there, etc. There's also some commentary from before and after my second Apple interview.This edition of Job Story was assembled in Pro Tools. I even recorded some of the voiceover during my class at Manhattan Edit Workshop. Job Story is on iTunes and SoundCloud. Still working on Job Story on other platforms. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chris T. updates his job search and provides some dos and don'ts for live event MCs. There's also some audio from the 2010 Mermaid Parade. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Job Story #4 I talk with Kiran Gaudioso at United Way of Northern New Jersey. They spearheaded the ALICE Report. ALICE is an acronym that stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. These are people who live just above the poverty line, often working two or three jobs to get (barely) by.Since the first ALICE Report out of New Jersey, many other states have commissioned and issued their own reports. The idea is to get a true picture of where things stand with decent-paying jobs in the United States. It's not a pretty picture. Despite a booming economy, gains are not getting to the majority of workers in the form of raises or bonuses or any other way. With 3.9% Unemployment (a figure in dispute due to the number of "discouraged" workers no longer seeking employment) you would think employers would begin paying people more. Not the case, unfortunately.Job Story is on iTunes and SoundCloud. Stay tuned for info about Job Story on other platforms. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Job Story #3 features a sit-down with one of my oldest, dearest friends, Jeff Maschi. But that’s not the reason I spoke with him. He also happens to be a Labor Relations Expert and we talk about what happens when you lose your job. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 2 of Job Story, featuring the Jobless Journal and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The first installment of Job Story features an unsolicited phone call to me from the Banker’s Life company. Look these scam artists up online sometime if you want to read some hilarious reviews of a horrid workplace.I want to hear your job stories, about bad bosses and toxic co-workers, about horrid interviews and soul-crushing corporate nonsense, about climbing the ladder to who-knows-what and endless meetings wherein you wish you could use astral projection to place yourself in nature, communing with your friends of the forest.Yes, Job Story will also have uplifting shit and advice from people who are good at that sort of thing. But it will largely document my search for a good job. What is a “good job”? One that pays more than the $40K all these jobs seem to offer. One that has a benefits package. One that is full-time and allows me to use all my talents, whatever those are. But I don’t mind getting “negative” on Job Story. I roundly reject those “Stay positive” types who would tell you to cheer up as they marched you to the gallows. Fuck all that. There are more than enough positive job and work podcasts out there. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A 3 minute sample of the new podcast from Chris Tsakis, Job Story, as in Sob Story. Documenting my search for a "good" job and your stories about unemployment, underemployment, bad bosses, toxic co-workers, horrid interviews and soul-crushing corporate ladder climbing See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.