![]() Which was a chronicle of people from every walk of life and what it was like for them to work. NINA SIMONE: (Singing) Oh, sinner man, where you going to run to? One of them, which came out in 1974, was called "Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day And How They Feel About What They Do." Several years later, one of the readers of that book was a young man named Barack Obama.īARACK OBAMA: Sometime in college, I came across this book called "Working" by Studs Terkel. ![]() ![]() He wrote several best-selling books built around these conversations. He interviewed people but became famous not by interviewing the rich and famous, but by talking and listening to ordinary folks. ![]() Our TV critic David Bianculli has seen all four episodes and has a review.ĭAVID BIANCULLI, BYLINE: Studs Terkel came out of Chicago as host of a long-running radio show. Tomorrow Netflix premieres a new four-part documentary series called "Working: What We Do All Day." It's a modern take on Studs Terkel's influential 1970s book of interviews, also called "Working." This TV version is hosted and narrated by Barack Obama. ![]()
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