Working

Working with Weed: How Does a Dispensary CEO Work?

09 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Working with Weed goes to the top of the command chain at a dispensary. Jordan speaks with Alex Levine, owner and Co-CEO of a company calle...

Working With Weed: How Does a Trimmer Work?

02 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Can you imagine what it would be like to spend 10 hours a day sitting at a table, cutting the leaves off marijuana buds? Working’s season on the leg...

Working With Weed: How Does a Trimmer Work?

02 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Can you imagine what it would be like to spend 10 hours a day sitting at a table, cutting the leaves off marijuana buds? Working’s season on the leg...

Working With Weed: How Does a Dispensary Manager Work?

26 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

What’s it really like to grow and sell legal weed for a living? In the new season of Working, we’re finding out by visiting Colorado to talk with ...

Working With Weed: How Does a Dispensary Manager Work?

26 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

What’s it really like to grow and sell legal weed for a living? In the new season of Working, we’re finding out by visiting Colorado to talk with ...

How Does the Owner of Katz’s Deli Work?

22 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Working, Jordan sits down with Jake Dell who is the latest member of his family to take over New York’s famed Katz’s Deli. When you ...

How Does the Owner of Katz’s Deli Work?

22 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Working, Jordan sits down with Jake Dell who is the latest member of his family to take over New York’s famed Katz’s Deli. When you o...

How Does a Tattoo Artist Work?

15 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jordan talks with Victor J. Webster of Brooklyn’s East River Tattoo, who specializes in striking, large-scale pieces of body art inspired...

How Does a Tattoo Artist Work?

15 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jordan talks with Victor J. Webster of Brooklyn’s East River Tattoo, who specializes in striking, large-scale pieces of body art inspired...

How Does a Professional Wrestler Work?

08 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jordan talks with pro-wrestler Bull James, a longtime pro-wrestler and former WWE personality who now performs on the independent circuit w...

How Does a Professional Wrestler Work?

08 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jordan talks with pro-wrestler Bull James, a longtime pro-wrestler and former WWE personality who now performs on the independent circuit w...

How Does a Child Life Specialist Work?

01 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Chances are, you don’t know much about Jami Barretta’s job. But you really should. Jami is a Child Life Specialist at the Hassenfeld Children’...

How Does a Child Life Specialist Work?

01 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Chances are, you don’t know much about Jami Barretta’s job. But you really should. Jami is a Child Life Specialist at the Hassenfeld Children’s...

How Does a Music Supervisor Work?

24 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

If you really love the music in a film from the last 25 years, there’s a good chance Randall Poster was responsible for that. This week, Jordan sp...

How Does a Music Supervisor Work?

24 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

If you really love the music in a film from the last 25 years, there’s a good chance Randall Poster was responsible for that. This week, Jordan spe...

Working Presents: Better Life Lab

20 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we're coming to you with something special — the inaugural episode of Better Life Lab, the new podcast from Slate and New America. Better Lif...

Working Presents: Better Life Lab

20 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we're coming to you with something special — the inaugural episode of Better Life Lab, the new podcast from Slate and New America. Better Lif...

How Does a New York City Archaeologist Work?

17 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

What does it mean to be an archaeologist in one of the world’s biggest cities? In this episode, Jordan talks to Alyssa Loorya, an archaeologist whos...

How Does a New York City Archaeologist Work?

17 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

What does it mean to be an archaeologist in one of the world’s biggest cities? In this episode, Jordan talks to Alyssa Loorya, an archaeologist whos...

How Does an Art Auctioneer Work?

10 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jordan takes a trip to the New York office of Sotheby’s, the world’s oldest and largest international auction house, to interview Helen...

How Does an Art Auctioneer Work?

10 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jordan takes a trip to the New York office of Sotheby’s, the world’s oldest and largest international auction house, to interview Helen...

How Does an Urban Winemaker Work?

03 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Working is back with a new season and a new host, Slate’s economics correspondent Jordan Weissmann. In his first episode, Jordan talks to Christoph...

How Does an Urban Winemaker Work?

03 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Working is back with a new season and a new host, Slate’s economics correspondent Jordan Weissmann. In his first episode, Jordan talks to Christophe...

Working Classics: How Does a Drag Queen Work?

27 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On the final episode of Working Classics, Jacob Brogan talks to New York drag queen, and now Rupaul's Drag Race contestant, Miz Cracker about how she ...

Working Classics: How Does a Drag Queen Work?

27 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On the final episode of Working Classics, Jacob Brogan talks to New York drag queen, and now Rupaul's Drag Race contestant, Miz Cracker about how she ...

Working Classics: How Does the Writer of Batman Work?

20 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In Working Classics, Jacob Brogan revisits some of his favorite episodes from his time hosting the show. In this episode, Jacob sits down with Tom Kin...

Working Classics: How Does the Writer of Batman Work?

20 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In Working Classics, Jacob Brogan revisits some of his favorite episodes from his time hosting the show. In this episode, Jacob sits down with Tom Kin...

Working Classics: How Does a Barbecue Chef Work?

13 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

For this episode, we visited Slows Bar B-Q to talk with its chef, Mike Metevia. Prior to coming to Slows a decade ago, Metevia had worked in other sec...

Working Classics: How Does a Barbecue Chef Work?

13 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

For this episode, we visited Slows Bar B-Q to talk with its chef, Mike Metevia. Prior to coming to Slows a decade ago, Metevia had worked in other sec...

Working Classics: How Does an Aquarium Veterinarian work?

06 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Leigh Clayton takes care of the health of 1,500 animals in Baltimore's National Aquarium. She explains how you can tell when a fish is sick, and every...

Working Classics: How Does an Aquarium Veterinarian work?

06 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Leigh Clayton takes care of the health of 1,500 animals in Baltimore's National Aquarium. She explains how you can tell when a fish is sick, and every...

Working Classics: How Does an Immigration Lawyer Work?

29 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Nithya Nathan-Pineau is Program Director of CAIR Coalition's Detained Children's Program. She spoke with Jacob Brogan about helping children understan...

Working Classics: How Does an Immigration Lawyer Work?

29 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Nithya Nathan-Pineau is Program Director of CAIR Coalition's Detained Children's Program. She spoke with Jacob Brogan about helping children understan...

Working Classics: How Does an Abortion Provider Work?

22 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this classic episode of Working, Jacob Brogan talks to Diane Horvath-Cosper, an abortion provider, about her job and the future of abortion post-Tr...

Working Classics: How Does an Abortion Provider Work?

22 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this classic episode of Working, Jacob Brogan talks to Diane Horvath-Cosper, an abortion provider, about her job and the future of abortion post-Tr...

Working Classics: How Does a Director of Presidential Correspondence Work?

15 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In Working: Classics, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes from past arcs of the show. There's no workplace that looms larger in Washington,...

Working Classics: How Does a Director of Presidential Correspondence Work?

15 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In Working: Classics, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes from past arcs of the show.There's no workplace that looms larger in Washington, ...

Working Classics: How Does a Bartender Work?

08 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Chantal Tseng has been working as a bartender for 16 years, and has been designing her own cocktails for almost as long. She now operates out of the R...

Working Classics: How Does a Bartender Work?

08 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Chantal Tseng has been working as a bartender for 16 years, and has been designing her own cocktails for almost as long. She now operates out of the R...

Working Animals: How Does a Show Jumping Horse Work?

25 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On the final episode of our season about Working Animals, Jacob Brogan sits down with Shauna Alexander to talk about Skywalker, the show jumping horse...

Working Animals: How Does a Show Jumping Horse Work?

25 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On the final episode of our season about Working Animals, Jacob Brogan sits down with Shauna Alexander to talk about Skywalker, the show jumping horse...

Working Animals: How Does Fiona the Hippo Work?

18 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

As part of our continuing series about animals with jobs Jacob Brogan sits down with Wendy Rice of the Cincinnati Zoo to talk about Fiona the Hippo an...

Working Animals: How Does Fiona the Hippo Work?

18 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

As part of our continuing series about animals with jobs Jacob Brogan sits down with Wendy Rice of the Cincinnati Zoo to talk about Fiona the Hippo an...

Working: How Does Neil Gaiman Work?

11 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We're taking a break from our season about working animals for a special episode. Jacob Brogan sits down with Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman comic...

Working: How Does Neil Gaiman Work?

11 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We're taking a break from our season about working animals for a special episode. Jacob Brogan sits down with Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman comic...

Working Animals: How Does a Livestock Guard Dog Work?

04 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

As part of our continuing series about animals with jobs, Jacob Brogan sits down with Georgia Ranney to discuss Sarge, Kinderhook Farm's maremma guard...

Working Animals: How Does a Livestock Guard Dog Work?

04 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

As part of our continuing series about animals with jobs, Jacob Brogan sits down with Georgia Ranney to discuss Sarge, Kinderhook Farm's maremma guard...

Working Animals: How Does a Theater Dog Work?

25 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing our season on animals with jobs: Jacob Brogan sits down with trainer William Berloni to talk about Bowdie, a dog and the star of the stage ...

Working Animals: How Does a Theater Dog Work?

25 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing our season on animals with jobs: Jacob Brogan sits down with trainer William Berloni to talk about Bowdie, a dog and the star of the stage ...

Working Animals: How Does a Guide Dog Work?

18 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jacob Brogan sits down with Albert Elia and his guide dog Cheech as part of our continuing series on animals with jobs. they discuss how dogs like Che...

Working Animals: How Does a Guide Dog Work?

18 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Jacob Brogan sits down with Albert Elia and his guide dog Cheech as part of our continuing series on animals with jobs. they discuss how dogs like Che...

Working Animals: How Does a Landscaping Goat Work?

11 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Working, we continue speaking about animals with jobs. Jacob Brogan sits down with Tammy Dunakin to talk about her agricultural goa...

Working Animals: How Does a Landscaping Goat Work?

11 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Working, we continue speaking about animals with jobs. Jacob Brogan sits down with Tammy Dunakin to talk about her agricultural goa...

Working Animals: How Does a Miniature Therapy Horse Work?

04 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this season of Working we're talking about working animals, their jobs, and the people who work with them. For our first episode of the season Jaco...

Working Animals: How Does a Miniature Therapy Horse Work?

04 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On this season of Working we're talking about working animals, their jobs, and the people who work with them. For our first episode of the season Jaco...

Working LGBTQ: How Does an ACLU Attorney Work?

07 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode of our season of LGBTQ jobs, Jacob sits down with Josh Block, senior staff attorney at the ACLU's LGBT & HIV Project. They discus...

Working LGBTQ: How Does an ACLU Attorney Work?

07 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode of our season of LGBTQ jobs, Jacob sits down with Josh Block, senior staff attorney at the ACLU's LGBT & HIV Project. They di...

Working LGBTQ: How Does a Gender and Sexuality Journalist Work?

31 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This season on Working we're talking to people whose jobs touch on all aspects of LGBTQ life. On this episode Jacob Brogan sits down with Christina Ca...

Working LGBTQ: How Does a Gender and Sexuality Journalist Work?

31 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This season on Working we're talking to people whose jobs touch on all aspects of LGBTQ life. On this episode Jacob Brogan sits down with Christina Ca...

Working LGBTQ: How Does a Presbyterian LGBTQ Advocate Work?

24 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This season on Working, we're talking to people whose jobs touch on different aspects of LGBTQ life. On this episode, Jacob sits down with Alex McNeil...

Working LGBTQ: How Does a Presbyterian LGBTQ Advocate Work?

24 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This season on Working, we're talking to people whose jobs touch on different aspects of LGBTQ life. On this episode, Jacob sits down with Alex McNeil...

Working LGBTQ: How Does Sci-Fi Author Samuel Delany Work?

17 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this season of Working, Jacob sits down with people whose jobs touch on LGBTQ life. On this episode, Jacob sits down with science fiction author Sa...

Working LGBTQ: How Does Sci-Fi Author Samuel Delany Work?

17 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this season of Working, Jacob sits down with people whose jobs touch on LGBTQ life. On this episode, Jacob sits down with science fiction author Sa...

Working LGBTQ: How Does a Gender Reassignment Surgeon Work

10 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This season on Working, Jacob Brogan talks to people whose jobs touch on all elements of LGBTQ life. Today Jacob sits down with Dr. Jess Ting, a plast...

Working LGBTQ: How Does a Gender Reassignment Surgeon Work

10 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This season on Working, Jacob Brogan talks to people whose jobs touch on all elements of LGBTQ life. Today Jacob sits down with Dr. Jess Ting, a plast...

Working LGBTQ: How Does a Queer Theorist Work

03 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This season on Working, Jacob Brogan talks to people whose jobs touch on all elements of LGBTQ life. On this episode Jacob sits down with Elizabeth Fr...

Working LGBTQ: How Does a Queer Theorist Work

03 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This season on Working, Jacob Brogan talks to people whose jobs touch on all elements of LGBTQ life. On this episode Jacob sits down with Elizabeth Fr...

Working LGBTQ: How Does a Bespoke Tailor Work?

26 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This season on Working, Jacob Brogan speaks with people whose careers touch on all aspects of LGBTQ life. On this episode Jacob sits down with Daniel ...

Working LGBTQ: How Does a Bespoke Tailor Work?

26 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This season on Working, Jacob Brogan speaks with people whose careers touch on all aspects of LGBTQ life. On this episode Jacob sits down with Daniel ...

Working LGBTQ: How Does a Drag Queen Work?

19 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This season on Working, Jacob Brogan sits down with artists, doctors, pastors, business owners, and more whose work touches on LGBTQ life. On this epi...

Working LGBTQ: How Does a Drag Queen Work?

19 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This season on Working, Jacob Brogan sits down with artists, doctors, pastors, business owners, and more whose work touches on LGBTQ life. On this epi...

Working: How Does a Comic Book Librarian Work?

22 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode of this comics-focused season of Slate's Working, Jacob Brogan sits down with Caitlyn McGurk, Assistant professor and associate c...

Working: How Does a Comic Book Librarian Work?

22 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode of this comics-focused season of Slate's Working, Jacob Brogan sits down with Caitlyn McGurk, Assistant professor and associate c...

Working: How Does a Comic Book Store Owner Work?

15 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

As part of our continuing series about the comics industry, Jacob Brogan sits down with Jared Smith, one of the co-owners of Big Planet Comics in Wash...

Working: How Does a Comic Book Store Owner Work?

15 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

As part of our continuing series about the comics industry, Jacob Brogan sits down with Jared Smith, one of the co-owners of Big Planet Comics in Wash...

Working: How Does the Creator of a Graphic Novel Work?

08 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

So far in this series of Working, Jacob Brogan has been speaking to the team of creators behind DC's Batman comic books, who each perform an individua...

Working: How Does the Creator of a Graphic Novel Work?

08 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

So far in this series of Working, Jacob Brogan has been speaking to the team of creators behind DC's Batman comic books, who each perform an individua...