Name: The Last Job by The Truth Podcast
Duration: 18 min 13 s
Description: It's the Age of Leisure, and keeping it that way is a full time job. Performed by Peter McNerney, Dave Hill, Louis Kornfeld, India Kotis, Rebecca Robles, Alex Marino, Phoebe Tyers, T.J. Mannix, and Rupert Degas. Written and produced by Jonathan Mitchell. Commissioned by NPR's Planet Money.

I read somewhere that one of the differences between work and play is level of servitude in a task. so what is considered work and what is considered play?  it's very subjective. I guess that is why some people love there job and some hate it. Nice story I love it!

If all the workers chose to work, it must be fun for them. so are they working or playing?

New version with 25% more audio diary!  In 1984 your host was twelve years old and like George Orwell’s protagonist Winston Smith, he kept a diary for the citizens of the future. For this special installment of Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything we travel back in time and give this diary a soundtrack. TV commercials, radio spots, movie clips -  all sound from 1984 (the year not the book).  Along with personal memories of making the transition to middle school, the show focuses on four of the most important people of year:  Ronald Reagan, Michael Jackson, Steve Jobs and Clara Peller. Find out what totalitarianism really sounds like.
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1984 (the year not the book)EXPANDED VERSION

It's the Age of Leisure, and keeping it that way is a full time job. Performed by Peter McNerney, Dave Hill, Louis Kornfeld, India Kotis, Rebecca Robles, Alex Marino, Phoebe Tyers, T.J. Mannix, and Rupert Degas. Written and produced by Jonathan Mitchell. Commissioned by NPR's Planet Money.

The Last Job

There's been a recent resurgence of radio dramas or audio dramas over the past 5 years. I've done a few myself on Imaginary Worlds. So I was very flattered (and a little intimidated)when the highly regarded audio drama podcast The Truth asked me to write something for them. I worked with the group for months on a story about an animation voice actress whose cartoon alter ego has a mind of his own. We'll hear the final piece, and a conversation with the group's founder, Jonathan Mitchell.

Do The Voice

In 1988, I had the privilege of hosting All Things Considered for a couple of weekends.  Of course I wanted to interview my friends.

Negativland (1988)

THE TRUTH is movies for your ears. We make short, often darkly funny stories that take you to unexpected places. Every story is different, and they're usually around 10 to 20 minutes long. If you're new, some good starting places are: In Good Hands, You're Not Alone, Do You Have a Minute for Equality, Tape Delay, or whatever's most recent. Listening with headphones is encouraged!

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The Last Job

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