Working: Syracuse

Working: Syracuse is a podcast created by @Newhouse students at @SyracuseU and explores how residents find meaning in their jobs.

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Welcome to Working: Syracuse, an upcoming podcast inspired by the work of Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist Studs Terkel. Working: Syracuse will explore how residents of the Salt City find meaning in the activities that earn them a paycheck.

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Meet the Doula chicks of Syracuse Christine Herrera and Sherri Morris. Collaborating as a duo is to their advantage in helping expecting mothers. They work in tandem, supporting each other emotionally while caring and advising their clients along the way.

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Luke Parkhurst of Disaster Cleanup shields himself from head to toe before he goes in to clean a crime scene. It’s a messy and potentially dangerous job that demands preparation and protection.

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"If there's a hustle, I'm with it." Meet Darren Chavis, the owner of Creole Soul Cafe in Downtown Syracuse. Chavis may have a business mindset, but in the kitchen he pushes his creative limits to bring central New York tastes from his family's roots: New Orleans.

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Mirvat Essi Sande is a hairstylist and the owner of Salon 515 in Syracuse. Her and her siblings are known to own several iconic Westcott Street establishments, including the bar Taps.

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Officer Leonard Brown serves the Crime Reduction Team of the Syracuse Police Department, a specialized 12-person unit that proactively works to remove guns, drugs, and illegal cash from the city’s most threatening streets.

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(Warning: not for the squeamish.) Butcher Sean Williamson's sausage-making process has five steps: combine ingredients, mix them by hand, add the stuffer, prepare the casings, and finally, stuff the casings with pulpy, blood-red meat.

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You need to know three things about Tony Marji, the owner of Select Express Auto, a used-car dealership in Chittenango, N.Y.: he takes pride in being honest, comes and goes when he pleases, and loves his 2017 Corvette convertible.

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People go to Francis House to live their final days. But caregiver Annie Wilcox literally laughs in the face of death (and it’s not out of cynicism!)

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Jenn Cordero, an artist at Carmelo’s Ink City in Syracuse, talks on Working: Syracuse about life as a woman in the tattoo business. Jenn uses the walls of her work space to display her bright paintings, much like her body is a canvas for her life story told through tattoos.

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Follow Working: Syracuse on Twitter for photos, videos, and quotes from a Syracuse tattoo artist, zookeeper, restaurant owner, and more up until the podcast's full release in May!