Jobs that don’t exist anymore

Forever Ago

American Public Media

Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.4 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

As times change, so do jobs, and careers that once were common can go extinct! Join Joy and co-host Amirah as they head to the world famous “This Used to be a Career Fair.” There, you’ll hear about knocker uppers, switchboard operators, ornamental hermits and other unique jobs that have gone away as technology and culture have changed. Plus, listeners share their ideas for new jobs that will exist in the future, and we play a brand new game of First Things First!

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0:00.0	Good morning, Joy.
0:03.4	Joy?
0:04.5	Hello?
0:05.4	Anybody home?
0:07.1	Where is she?
0:08.4	She told me to pick her up this morning at 815 Sharp.
0:12.7	Joy!
0:15.8	One tomato, two is made.
0:18.1	Watch out.
0:22.6	That's what you get from messing with these toes, you whippers.
0:27.6	Joy, wake up. It's 818.
0:32.6	818?
0:34.6	We were supposed to leave three minutes ago. Oh no, I overslept. Did you forget to set your alarm?
0:41.5	An alarm? No way. Not on this most special day. Alarms are too modern. I hired a knocker-upper.
0:50.7	A knocker-wutter? You know, a knocker-upper. Long ago before most people had alarm clocks, you could hire someone to come to your window
0:59.0	and knock on it with a long stick to wake you up.
1:02.0	That person was called a knocker-upper.
1:05.0	But my knocker-upper must have overslept.
1:08.0	But why didn't you just set your alarm clock? Oh, silly!
1:12.6	Sima Mira!
1:14.6	On this most auspicious day, I could never.
1:18.6	Anyway, I'm up.
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