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What it’s like to be a service worker right now
Feb 19, 2020

What it’s like to be a service worker right now

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Ashley Nelson dyes, cuts and styles the hair of real estate agent, Dawn Templeton, at Collab Salon in Boise, ID. Dawn is typical of Ashley's clientel: wealthy, professional women of Boise.
Plus: sinking toy sales, new producer price index numbers and what it's like to build your own house.

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United States of Work

Meet Neil, 34, bartender

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Feb 18, 2020
The Bureau of Labor Statistics would categorize Neil's job as a “service occupation,” along with a wide range of other workers. Two in 10 people work jobs in that category.
Thomas Patterson
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United States of Work

Meet Ashley, 34, hair stylist

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Feb 18, 2020
Ashley is part of the service industry and like 80% of the U.S. labor force, works full time.
Arlie Sommer
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Adventures in Housing

Building a house, one log at a time

by Maria Hollenhorst
Feb 19, 2020
Brigitte Ruthman has always wanted to live in a log home. "It's like living in artwork," she said.
Brigitte Ruthman's cabin she built near Sandisfield, Massachusetts.
Courtesy of Brigitte Ruthman
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Health care costs are driving up inflation

by Kimberly Adams
Feb 19, 2020
The latest producer price index was up 0.5% in January, mostly because of higher service costs, not more expensive goods.
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Housing starts down for the month, up for the year

by Mitchell Hartman
Feb 19, 2020
The Census Bureau reported housing starts fell 3.6% in January 2020 from the previous month, but rose 21.4% from January 2019.
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Is the "must-have" toy a thing of the past?

by Marielle Segarra
Feb 19, 2020
According to the NPD Group, toy sales dropped by 4% last year.
Toy sales were down this past season partly because there was no "must-have" toy.
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Music from the episode

Lush Four Tet
My Only Swerving El Ten Eleven
Dreamin On Erie The Aggrolites
All Of Your Love (feat. Kotomi) Germany Germany, Kotomi
Let It Happen Tame Impala

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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