Europe's Bad Jobs Are Better

Europe's Bad Jobs Are Better

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 709 , Segment 2

Episode: Rail Safety in America, Europe's Bad Jobs Are Better, York Christmas Whistle

  • Dec 22, 2017
  • 15:53 mins

Guest: Chris Tilly, PhD, Professor, Urban Planning, UCLA As you do your last minute holiday shopping, spare a smile for that worker behind the counter. Retail is tough way to make a living in America. The pay is low, benefits are rare and hours erratic.  In a lot of other countries, working retail is a better gig. UCLA urban planning professor Chris Tilly has a book about this called “Where Bad Jobs Are Better: Retail Jobs Across Countries and Companies.”

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Star Wars: A New Generation of Fans (Originally aired July 19, 2017)

17 MINS

Guest: Brandon Bishop, Social Studies Teacher, Blue Valley Southwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away summer school was a terrible punishment for kids. But then, Mr. B. taught a class on the history and importance of Star Wars and summer school history was made. Young boys and girls dressed like Jedi and wielded light sabers. Mr. B – known in civilian life as Brandon Bishop – wasn’t yet born when the original Star Wars film came out 40 years ago. The younglings in his summer school class wouldn’t arrive on the planet for many decades. In this day of advanced movie making and special effects, why do films that debuted in the 1970s still excite young fans?

Guest: Brandon Bishop, Social Studies Teacher, Blue Valley Southwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away summer school was a terrible punishment for kids. But then, Mr. B. taught a class on the history and importance of Star Wars and summer school history was made. Young boys and girls dressed like Jedi and wielded light sabers. Mr. B – known in civilian life as Brandon Bishop – wasn’t yet born when the original Star Wars film came out 40 years ago. The younglings in his summer school class wouldn’t arrive on the planet for many decades. In this day of advanced movie making and special effects, why do films that debuted in the 1970s still excite young fans?