Working in America: The Best of Studs Terkel's Working Tapes

The complete audio documentary as broadcast by NPR, plus exclusive bonus interviews and commentary.



In the early 1970's, author and radio host Studs Terkel went around the country with a reel-to-reel tape recorder interviewing people about their jobs. The result was the bestselling book Working. The great interviewer of his day, Terkel celebrated the uncelebrated, and Working elevated the stories of ordinary people and their daily lives.



For over four decades, the Working tapes were packed a...