Newsmakers meet New Yorkers as host Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC Studios cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events and what matters most in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, and many others.
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Women's Work: Skilled Trades
As part of Women's History Month, we're sharing stories of the women who moved into traditionally-male professions. Today, Sinade Wadsworth, journey-level carpenter, ambassador council member for Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW), and an organizer with the NYC District Council of Carpenters, talks about working as a union carpenter as we hear from other women working in skilled trades, like plumbers, electricians, carpenters, and mechanics.