Episode 8 "In this area, I was stuck" has been released!

EPISODE 8 "IN THIS AREA, I WAS STUCK"
Many people did struggle during the Recession, and some never fully recovered. Paul dedicated his life to the liberal arts, helping students achieve their dreams, including a young poet with a speech impediment. When the cumulative effects of the 2008 crisis kicked in, however, Paul was laid off. He found work as a Retail Merchandiser, but it paid less than $15 an hour.
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Oral history transcript to be performed: Paul Cook, former Retail Merchandiser and Academic Advisor (2017, original)

VOICE CREDITS
Storyteller: Paul Cook
Narrator: Reverend Earl Kooperkamp

THEME SONG CREDIT
The “John Henry” song at the beginning of our show is from the Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Used courtesy of the Association for Cultural Equity.

RESEARCH CREDITS

• DeSilver, Drew. “For Most Americans, Real Wages Have Barely Budged for Decades.” Pew Research Center, Pew Research Center, 7 Aug. 2018, www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/07/for-most-us-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/.
• Eagan, M. K., Stolzenberg, E. B., Ramirez, J. J., Aragon, M. C., Suchard, M. R., & Rios-Aguilar, C. (2016). The American freshman: Fifty-Year trends, 1966–2015. Los Angeles: Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA.
• Morris, Alex. “Why Can't Allyson Get Ahead?” Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2018, www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/american-middle-class-disappearing-754735/.
• Schmidt, Benjamin. Mea Culpa: There *Is* a Crisis in the Humanities, 27 July 2018, sappingattention.blogspot.com/2018/07/mea-culpa-there-is-crisis-in-humanities.html.
• Selingo, Jeff. “Perspective | How the Great Recession Changed Higher Education Forever.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 21 Sept. 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/education/2018/09/21/how-great-recession-changed-higher-education-forever/?utm_term=.4c0cebee315b.
• Whistle, Wesley. “A Look At Millennial Student Debt.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 4 Oct. 2019, www.forbes.com/sites/wesleywhistle/2019/10/03/a-look-at-millennial-student-debt/#7ec1e7332437.

SOUND & MUSIC CREDITS
Music: "Burbujas de agua" by Circus Marcus. From Free Music Archive. CC BY-NC
Music: "intro_outro" by Circus Marcus. From Free Music Archive. CC BY-NC
Music: "La penúltima del jueves" by Circus Marcus. From Free Music Archive. CC BY-NC
Sound Effect: "00588 paperwork 1" by Robinhood76. From freesound.org. CC BY-NC
Sound Effect: "Applause 4" by VlatkoBlazek. From freesound.org. CC BY