Season 1 of En Masse Begins: Listen to Episodes 0-2

In honor of International Workers' Day, I give you the first few episodes of En Masse! Listen using the players below or find En Masse wherever you get your podcasts. A new episode will be released each Friday. The final episode of Season 1 "Bedrock" will be released on Friday, July 3rd. Subscribe to automatically get the latest episodes on your device. 

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Episode 0: Introduction to Season 1, "Bedrock"

Episode 1:  "You're in a different world."

Episode 2: "You got to keep up with the times."

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VOICE CREDITS FOR EPISODE 1: "YOU'RE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD"
Storyteller: Sarah Miller
Narrator: Jennifer Gagnon

VOICE CREDITS FOR EPISODE 2: "YOU GOT TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES"
Storyteller: "Umbrella Pat"
Narrator: Noel Reyes

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 CITATIONS FOR EPISODE 0 "INTRODUCTION"

• Frey, Carl Benedikt, and Michael A. Osborne. “The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisastion.” Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, 1 Sept. 2013, www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/The_Future_of_Employment.pdf.
• Liveright, Peter B. “Unionism and Labor Relations in the Granite Industry, Barre, Vermont.” Goddard College, 1943.
• McLaughlin, Scott. “The Granite Cutter's Story: A History of Vermont's 200 year old Granite Industry” Aldrich Public Library. 10/25/2017
• Mitchell, Stacy. “The Rise and Fall of the Word 'Monopoly' in American Life.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 21 June 2017, www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/06/word-monopoly-antitrust/530169/.
• “Vermont Cities by Population.” Vermont Outline, Vermont Outline, 2019, www.vermont-demographics.com/cities_by_population.
• “Washington County Town Census Records.” Vermont History Explorer, Vermont History, vermonthistoryexplorer.org/images/stories/articles/census/washingtoncountycensus.pdf
• West, Darrell M. “Will Robots and AI Take Your Job? The Economic and Political Consequences of Automation.” Brookings, Brookings, 9 May 2018, www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2018/04/18/will-robots-and-ai-take-your-job-the-economic-and-political-consequences-of-automation/.

RESEARCH CITATIONS FOR EPISODE 1 "YOU'RE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD"

• Bushnell, Mark, et al. “Then Again: Immigrants Helped Vermont Boom.” VTDigger, VTDigger, 11 Sept. 2016, vtdigger.org/2016/09/11/immigrants-helped-vermont-boom/.
• ​Cook, Linda. “How Student Loan Debt Burdens the Poor.” Ohio Poverty Law Center, Ohio Poverty Life Center, 16 July 2012, www.ohiopovertylawcenter.org/how-student-loan-debt-burdens-the-poor/
• DeGrace, Thomas. “The Great Depression Facts, Timeline, Causes, Pictures.” Stock Picks System, Stock Picks System Investment Services, 25 Apr. 2011, www.stockpickssystem.com/the-great-depression/
• Doubek, James. “Automation Could Displace 800 Million Workers Worldwide By 2030, Study Says.” VPR, NPR, 30 Nov. 2017, www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/11/30/567408644/automation-could-displace-800-million-workers-worldwide-by-2030-study-says.
• Jan, Mike Dougherty, et al. “Report Finds Poverty and Income Gap Growing in Vermont.” VTDigger, VTDigger, 1 Jan. 2018, vtdigger.org/2018/01/01/report-finds-poverty-income-gap-growing-vermont/.
• Liveright, Peter B. “Unionism and Labor Relations in the Granite Industry, Barre, Vermont.” Goddard College, 1943.
• Lynn, Barry C., and Phillip Longman. “Who Broke America's Jobs Machine?” Washington Monthly, Washington Monthly, 12 Apr. 2018, washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/marchapril-2010/who-broke-americas-jobs-machine-3.
• Marcinkowski, Adam. “What Has Caused the Decline of Prosperity in Barre, Vermont?” Weave News, Weave News, 20 Aug. 2018, www.weavenews.org/stories/2018/8/20/what-has-caused-the-decline-of-prosperity-in-barre-vermont.
• Misra, Tanvi. “The New Rural America, By the Numbers.” CityLab, Bloomberg, 8 Dec. 2016, www.citylab.com/equity/2016/12/a-complex-portrait-of-rural-america/509828/
• Semuels, Alana. “The Downsides of 'Efficiency'.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 26 Jan. 2018, www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/03/mergers-efficiency/518031/.
• Thiede, Brian, et al. “6 Charts That Illustrate the Divide between Rural and Urban America.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 17 Mar. 2017, www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/six-charts-illustrate-divide-rural-urban-america.
• “Vermont Economy at a Glance.” U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor, Apr. 2019, www.bls.gov/eag/eag.vt.htm
• “Washington County Town Census Records.” Vermont History Explorer, Vermont History, vermonthistoryexplorer.org/images/stories/articles/census/washingtoncountycensus.pdf
• West, Darrell M. “Will Robots and AI Take Your Job? The Economic and Political Consequences of Automation.” Brookings, The Brookings Institution, 9 May 2018, www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2018/04/18/will-robots-and-ai-take-your-job-the-economic-and-political-consequences-of-automation/.
• White, Gillian B. “How Many Robots Does It Take to Replace a Human Job?” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 3 Apr. 2017, www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/03/work-automation/521364/.
• Winick, Erin. “Every Study We Could Find on What Automation Will Do to Jobs, in One Chart.” MIT Technology Review, MIT Technology Review, 2 Apr. 2020, www.technologyreview.com/s/610005/every-study-we-could-find-on-what-automation-will-do-to-jobs-in-one-chart/.
• Woolf, Art. “The Numbers Are in: Job Growth in Vermont Is Stagnant.” Burlington Free Press, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2018, www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/money/2018/04/04/art-woolf-numbers-job-growth-vermont-stagnant/483711002/

RESEARCH CITATIONS FOR EPISODE 2 "YOU GOT TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES"

• DeMichele, Thomas. “The U.S. Is the Only Very Highly Developed Country Without Universal HealthCare - Fact or Myth?” FactMyth.com, Fact / Myth, 31 Jan. 2019, factmyth.com/factoids/the-us-is-the-only-very-highly-developed-country-without-universal-healthcare/.
  Hiltzik, Michael. “Column: Crowdfunding for Medical Expenses Is Rising - When It Should Be Eradicated.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2017, www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-crowdfunding-medical-20170428-story.html.
• Hoffbeck, Steven R. “Remember the Poor’ (Galatians 2:10): Poor Farms in Vermont.” The Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society, vol. 57, no. 4, 1989, pp. 225–240.
• Marche, Stephen. “Go Fund Yourself: America’s Dystopian Health Care System Is Forcing People into a Lethal Popularity Contest.” Mother Jones, 8 Jan. 2018, www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/go-fund-yourself-health-care-popularity-contest/.
• Wagner, David. “Poor Relief and the Almshouse.” Social Welfare History Project, Virginia Commonwealth University, 17 Apr. 2017, socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/issues/poor-relief-almshouse/.

SOUND & MUSIC CREDITS FOR EPISODE 0 "INTRODUCTION"
Music: "16/9" by Circus Marcus. From the Free Music Archive. CC BY-NC
Music: "Ambient Piece #4 (02-13-2017)" by Abishai. From the Free Music Archive. CC BY-NC-ND
Music: "Ambient Piece #1 (12-25-2016)" by Abishai. From the Free Music Archive. CC BY-NC-ND
Music: “Canción de canteros”. From the Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.  Association for Cultural Equity.
Music: "Mε Πιάνουνε Ζαλάδες" by Caligine. From the Free Music Archive.  CC BY-NC-SA

SOUND & MUSIC CREDITS FOR EPISODE 1 "YOU'RE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD"
Music: “Symphony of Bells” by Abishai. From the Free Music Archive. CC BY-NC-ND
Sound Effect: "Animal world » Day in polish countryside - birds, dog"  by tom_woysky. From freesound.org. CC BY-NC
Sound Effect: “Country Ambience” by CastleofSamples. From freesound.org. CC BY

SOUND & MUSIC CREDITS FOR EPISODE 2 "YOU GOT TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES"
Music: "Streetlife Silentfilm” by Lobo Loco. From Free Music Archive. CC BY-NC-ND
Sound Effect: "Animal world » Day in polish countryside - birds, dog"  by tom_woysky. From freesound.org. CC BY-NC
Sound Effect: "BELLS, BEEPS, SIGNALS recordings » 01112 church bells 3" by Robinhood76. From freesound.org. CC BY-NC
Sound Effect: "farmland » farmland February NL SHORT 130228_00" by klankbeeld. From freesound.org. CC BY
Sound Effect: "Foley » Chains 2" by freemaster2. From freesound.org. CC BY
Sound Effect: "Foley » RainUmbrella" by HerbertBoland. From freesound.org. CC BY
Sound Effect: "New Foley Sounds- by Allan K Zepeda » Rocks Falling No-Reverb Edition 16 Bit. Foley Sound" by ALLANZ10D. From freesound.org. CC BY
Sound Effect: "Puke/Vomiting" by Joao_de_Deus. From freesound.org. CC BY
Sound Effect: "Rocks » rocks1" by mystiscool. From freesound.org. CC BY
Sound Effect: "sound_design_excerpts » Janitor's Bedroom Ambience" : CC BY
Sound Effects: "Vehicles » farm sowing machine 2" by soundmary. From freesound.org. CC BY