Why can’t kids have jobs?

Million Bazillion

Marketplace

Kids & Family, News

4.6 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

After hearing Ryan and Bridget talk about money all season, one of our young listeners wants to know when she can start earning some money. This week we’ll look back to the time when lots of kids had jobs and learn about what’s changed and why. Along the way, we’ll learn that kids actually do have jobs, just not in the way you might think.

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0:00.0	Ah, nothing like a day out in the big city.
0:09.0	What wonderful sights, except for that pile of garbage.
0:13.1	And marvelous smells, except for that pile of garbage.
0:16.8	Bridget, thanks for coming with me to my audition for the new Broadway musical Paper
0:20.6	Pals.
0:21.6	The light-hearted and whimsical show about the work lives of children newspaper sellers
0:25.6	at the turn of the century.
0:26.9	I'm auditioning to play the hero, Joseph Pulitzer.
0:29.6	I really hope I get the part.
0:32.6	I can't believe that today, on our season finale, we're headed back to the same theater where
0:37.5	we first met.
0:39.2	I think that's pretty neat.
0:40.7	Hey, do you two host that show, Millie and Basilian?
0:44.3	Oh, Ryan, look, we have a fan.
0:46.9	Why, yes, good cabbie.
0:48.5	We do host that show.
0:49.9	Yeah, big deal.
0:51.2	Get out of the street.
0:52.2	Oh, sorry.
0:55.2	We enjoy your work, too.
0:57.7	You know, Bridget, there's something about this concrete jungle that always makes me want
1:02.7	to break into a song here and in the city, the glorious city.
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