Check out the Specials that are available for Labor Day!

DREAM JOBS: OUTSIDE THE CUBICLE – Hear the stories of three very determined people who struggled to find the career path outside conventional workplaces in this one-hour special report from IEEE Spectrum.  Training astronauts in robotics, pioneering a four-year engineering academy, and a globe-trotting career as a cable-laying technician and a coastal waters scientist are very diverse careers that for the individuals involved, dreams jobs. When the economy’s bad and the job market’s worse, you have to think outside the cubicle to find your bliss! Perfect for LABOR DAY!
LENGTH: 1 Hour
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: PRX, Content Depot, Downloads (email for info)

L.A. THEATRE WORKS LABOR DAY SPECIALS
WORKING
From the book by Studs Terkel
Adapted by Stephen Schwartz & Nina Faso
Studs Terkel’s Working is for anyone who has ever punched a clock, a cow, or a supervisor — or wanted to. This rousing musical is based on Terkel’s interviews with American workers, which was first published in 1974. It is an exploration of what makes work meaningful to people in all walks of life, with songs and stories about real experiences, bringing to life the soul of the American worker.

CAST: Eileen Barnett, Orson Bean, Harry Groener, Kaitlin Hopkins, Michael Kostroff, Kenna Ramsey, Vickilyn Reynolds, Vincent Tumeo, B.J. Ward
LENGTH: 1hour 30min
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE:  PRX, Download

FIRED
Created by Annabelle Gurwitch
Rejection has never been so hilarious! After her role in a much-anticipated Woody Allen play was recast, actress Annabelle Gurwitch was devastated. Then she began collecting tales from fellow performers who at one time had also been canned, canceled or dismissed. In a series of monologues, Gurwitch and a cast of show-biz veterans share their stories of hilarious mistakes and misadventures that happen on the job.
LENGTH: 59min
COST: FREE
AVAILABLE: PRX, Download

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In this one-hour special report, listeners will visit buildings in the city and towns in the country, where sustainable ideas are part of the architecture of everyday life, and hear about large projects, encompassing the whole community, major green technologies, and small, inexpensive products to enhance individual lives in the Third World.

A one-hour special report on the Water-Energy Nexus from IEEE Spectrum Magazine and the National Science Foundation looks at how engineers, communities and countries are working on innovations to balance water and energy needs.

Both one-hour Special Reports from IEEE Spectrum Magazine & The National Science Foundation are FREE.
AVAILABLE:
CONTENT DEPOT
PRX: Sustainable Design, Water-Energy Crunch
CD (Order CD now)
MP2 Download (email info@creativepr.org for link.)

If your listeners can’t take an expedition to the Antarctic to cool off this summer, they can still visit the bottom of the world with Antarctica: Life On The Ice.

In a sound-rich special, Reporter Glenn Zorpette paints a sharp and compelling portrait of a continent alive with intellectual ferment, with charismatic creatures of both avian and human varieties, and with poignant human interest.

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