'He Died in the Goddamn Waiting Room'

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Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

With unprecedented hospital staff shortages, COVID-19 has upended the nursing profession. But the r/nursing subreddit offers an online life raft for many in the industry — a place where nurses can speak freely and anonymously about their experiences and the choices they face.

****** Credits: This episode was written and produced by Dean Russell with mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson are the co-hosts.

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0:00.0	WBUR's last scene is back with surprising news stories about people, places, and things
0:06.1	that have gone missing, all told by tenacious public radio storytellers who refuse to
0:11.4	let mysteries go unsolved.
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0:20.3	WBUR Podcasts.
0:22.3	Boston.
0:23.3	I saw a, uh, a Craigslist ad, I think, for a caregiver job, and I just thought, you
0:34.1	know, I don't mind getting my hands dirty.
0:36.5	I don't mind working hard.
0:37.7	I think I could wipe a butt.
0:39.6	This is Danielle.
0:40.8	I've never thought about it like that.
0:43.6	I think I could wipe a butt.
0:45.0	This is practical, you know, yeah.
0:48.2	A few months ago, Danielle sent us a voice memo for an episode we were doing about the
0:52.6	anti-work community.
0:53.6	I've always been the type to go the extra mile at work.
0:56.8	I drank.
0:57.8	She told us she had a story to tell related to anti-work, but a story unto itself.
1:03.7	So we called her up.
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