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Americans and Their Jobs AMERICANS AND THEIR JOBS GUEST: JOHN BOWE *Editor Gig: Americans Talk about Their Jobs at the Turn of the Millennium (Crown, 2000) OTHER GUESTS: TBA There's a common misconception that generally people don't like to work and would rather sit around doing nothing all day. A new book says that most people DO like to work. "Gig" chronicles hundreds of people from coast to coast talking about their jobs. Why do you do what you do?

Americans and Their Jobs

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AMERICANS AND THEIR JOBS GUEST: JOHN BOWE *Editor Gig: Americans Talk about Their Jobs at the Turn of the Millennium (Crown, 2000) OTHER GUESTS: TBA There's a common misconception that generally people don't like to work and would rather sit around doing nothing all day. A new book says that most people DO like to work. "Gig" chronicles hundreds of people from coast to coast talking about their jobs. Why do you do what you do?

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