Episode 7 "Is this my life?" has been released

EPISODE 7 "IS THIS MY LIFE?"
Fast forward about 80 years to about a decade after America’s second-biggest economic contraction, the Great Recession. The granite industry is still dying, but it’s not wholly dead. The industry is also much safer than it used to be, thanks to workers fighting for better working conditions in the first half of the 20th century. For more highly skilled workers, there are still jobs. Gampo left the building trades to become a granite carver. He is one of about a half a dozen stone carvers left in Barre. He is an artist.
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Oral history transcript to be performed: Gampo Wickenheiser, Stone Carver (2017, original)

VOICE CREDITS
Storyteller: Gampo Wickenheiser
Narrator: George Brin

RESEARCH CITATIONS

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• Cooper, David. “Balancing Paychecks and Public Assistance: How Higher Wages Would Strengthen What Government Can Do.” Economic Policy Institute, 3 Feb. 2016, www.epi.org/publication/wages-and-transfers/.
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• Scott, Patrick. “These Are the Jobs Most At Risk of Automation According to Oxford University: Is Yours One of Them?” The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, 27 Sept. 2017, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/27/jobs-risk-automation-according-oxford-university-one/.
• Tomasi, Mari, et al. Men Against Granite. The New England Press Inc., 2004.
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SOUND & MUSIC CREDITS
Music: "Anti-Exposed Video" by Captive Portal. From the Free Music Archive. CC BY-NC
Music: "Drums For Jobs" by Captive Portal. From the Free Music Archive. CC BY-NC
Sound Effect: "Soft Rain on a Tent & Bird Ambiance" by Kingcornz. From freesound.org. CC BY