A New York City Mover Who Carries More Than Your Boxes

Death, Sex & Money

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Business, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Careers, Relationships, Sexuality

4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Over the past 20 years, Adonis Williams has moved thousands of people in and out of New York City. With each move, he catches a glimpse of a life in transition.

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0:00.0	I am, yeah, I'm 64, 248 pounds.
0:05.7	My employees use the word brolic,
0:10.0	a lot when they see me pick up stuff.
0:12.2	Like, I literally just pick a sofa up over my head.
0:15.3	While I two it, I'm struggling with it, you know,
0:17.6	and I'll just say, I got it,
0:18.8	and I'll just pick up the sofa bed over my head
0:20.9	and start walking with it.
0:22.5	And they go, oh my god, he's so brolic.
0:24.6	This is Death, Sex, and Money.
0:31.2	The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot
0:37.2	and need to talk about more.
0:40.4	I'm Anna Sale.
0:42.6	Adonis Williams is a mover in New York City.
0:52.3	A job he started more than 20 years ago,
0:55.2	when he saw a woman crying on the subway,
0:58.1	she had two kids with her and all their stuff in trash bags.
1:01.8	And I asked her what, you know, what was wrong?
1:04.6	She explained that she had to make a choice
1:09.7	between leaving the bags of clothes
1:12.0	and carrying the kids.
1:15.5	Adonis had a van and he offered to move her for free.
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