Order Up, Tapped Out: Life After Restaurant Burnout
Death, Sex & Money27 Loka 2021

Order Up, Tapped Out: Life After Restaurant Burnout

In the last few months, millions of restaurant and hospitality workers have left their jobs. Right now, there are more job openings in this field than ever before. For many of these workers, the pandemic was a breaking point, adding health concerns to workplaces known for long hours, low wages, and intense, hostile working conditions. But what comes after making a decision like this? I spoke with five people who have worked in food service and made big career changes in the last year and a half, from a former McDonald's worker in Chicago to a food truck owner in Portland who's becoming a teacher. They all told me about what they are leaving behind, and what they are trying to build next.

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Samantha Irby Is Prepared To Gracefully Bow Out

Samantha Irby Is Prepared To Gracefully Bow Out

Writer Samantha Irby currently lives what she calls "a pioneer woman kind of life." Most of that is due to her wife, Kirsten, who is into things like canning tomatoes and pickling vegetables. "I'm not...

6 Touko 202032min

Student Loans And The Pandemic: Your Questions, Answered

Student Loans And The Pandemic: Your Questions, Answered

Even in pre-pandemic times, student loans were confusing. And since our lives flipped upside down a month ago, a lot has changed in the world of student loans, especially for the types of loans that a...

27 Huhti 202025min

They Were Managing Their OCD. Then Came The Pandemic.

They Were Managing Their OCD. Then Came The Pandemic.

When COVID-19 first hit, listener Diane Davis thought she'd be able to handle it—despite the fact that she's been managing a diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder for over two decades. "I know wh...

22 Huhti 202029min

An Immunocompromised Love Story

An Immunocompromised Love Story

We've been thinking about Alana Duran, whom we first met two years ago in an interview about getting a kidney from her brand-new girlfriend at the time, Lori Interlicchio. In addition to being a trans...

15 Huhti 202032min

A Weekend Homework Assignment From Tayari Jones

A Weekend Homework Assignment From Tayari Jones

When I checked in with writer Tayari Jones recently, we talked about how the past few weeks of isolation have been a time of self-discovery for her. "I feel that I'm living more for myself," she told ...

10 Huhti 20200s

Goodbye, John Prine

Goodbye, John Prine

"I get these thoughts, and I like to make them into songs. They might sound odd at the time, but then people connect to them throughout their life," John Prine told me when we talked together in 2018....

7 Huhti 202023min

"Nobody Comes Here To Hide": Remembering Bill Withers

"Nobody Comes Here To Hide": Remembering Bill Withers

When I spoke with songwriting legend Bill Withers for the very first episode of Death, Sex & Money, we talked about what it is to be a man. He told me it might not be manly to say "I'm scared," but th...

3 Huhti 202022min

"We Are The Glue": Stories From Essential Workers

"We Are The Glue": Stories From Essential Workers

A few weeks back, we created a Pandemic Tool Kit for those of us who are staying home during the COVID-19 crisis. But we also wanted to hear from those of you who can't stay home right now because you...

1 Huhti 202024min

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