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Retail Tales with Brian Brehmer: #1 Eleven Years of Selling Shoes at Kmart
Brian Brehmer tells the inside story of 11 years of selling shoes in that most American of institutions, Kmart. Expect exploitation, pointless management, poor pay and a nod to the death of an American ideal.
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Talking Soup
Inspired by the never ending cycle of work and play that takes us from school and delivers us conveniently by the graveyard, Talking Soup shares the stories of everyday life however mundane or extraordinary.
Featured Stories
Beyond Work: Shopping Centre Santa Claus
- by Curtis James
- 3 minute read
The Best Easter of My Life
- by Holly Watson
- 3 minute read
Sour Mash
- by Dominic Bucca
- 5 minute read
My Son is Homeless
- by Marjorie Witt
- 5 minute read
Barcelona Burns. A week in protests.
- by Giusi Palomba
- 7 minute read
My Visit to the Scientology Centre
- by Douglas Quill
- 7 minute read
Overeaters Anonymous
- by Steve Slavin
- 5 minute read
Not In The Pink
- by Tina Martel
- 5 minute read
Things I Haven’t Said
- by Michael Herrington
- 4 minute read
How to be a Decent Cashier
- by Briana Silva
- 4 minute read
Running of the Bulls
- by Laurence Rivers
- 4 minute read
The Summer I Dated a Drag Queen
- by Chase Burns
- 9 minute read
Domestic Bliss
- by Leanne Jenkins
- 3 minute read
The Hazards of Online Dating
- by Maxine Winch
- 4 minute read
So You’re Socially Awkward Too?
- by Deanna Willmon
- 5 minute read
I Hate Bedbugs
- by Stacey Orth
- 9 minute read
Beyond Work: The Refuse Collector
- by Curtis James
- 7 minute read
Confessions of a Bad Waitress
- by Stacey Orth
- 6 minute read
How to Sell Wine
- by Stacey Orth
- 7 minute read
The Rise of Health Food Porn
- by Jake Taylor
- 3 minute read
Don’t Ever Become a Nurse
- by Imogen Gang
- 4 minute read
Nursing: It’s not a vocation if you hate it
- by Caitriona Murphy
- 5 minute read
Teacher
- by Laurence Rivers
- 6 minute read
Words of Wisdom: Career
- by Yahia Lababidi
- 2 minute read
Beaver Eating at Burning Man
- by Leah Mueller
- 11 minute read
I Was Verbally Abused by a Tudor
- by Kate MacCarthy
- 6 minute read
From Telemarketer to Manual Labourer
- by Matt Micheli
- 9 minute read
I Survived 27 Surgeries
- by Amy Oestreicher
- 7 minute read
Noir the Savior
- by Matt Mattila
- 9 minute read
Driving Corpses for Money
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