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Work Words

John McKinstry

Welcome to Work Words, a fortnightly poetry podcast.Poetry can be found anywhere and the inspiration for the poems in this podcast is taken from the world of work – specifically the offices and call centres so many of us call home.Join me for poems about things that most office and call centre workers will be all too familiar with – including such things as team building days, good (and also terrible) managers, what it’s like to work in sales, the horrible impact of redundancy and the perils of recruiting the wrong person or blaming everything that goes wrong on the training.

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Episodes

38 episodes

  1. Ep 38 – Slippy shoulders 13:32
  2. Ep 37 – In praise of doctor’s receptionists 13:39
  3. Ep 36 – We are all pragmatists when our backs are to the wall 13:50
  4. Ep 35 - Wee Billy Antichrist 13:09
  5. Ep 34 - LIFE/work balance 12:06
  6. Ep 33 - Not on his to-do list 11:56
  7. Ep 32 - Take a picture 15:43
  8. Ep 31 - Shipping 10:00
  9. Ep 30 - Paper jam 10:27
  10. Ep 29 - I need to see all your smiling faces 11:08
  11. Ep 28 - Cogs 10:29
  12. Ep 27 - Your call is important to us 15:08
  13. Ep 26 - Representing the company 11:52
  14. Ep 25 - Must be the training that's to blame 7:17
  15. Ep 24 - Ridden roughshod 11:42
  16. Ep 23 - Two hours to go 11:55
  17. Ep 22 - Mr Rock Star 11:32
  18. Ep 21 - When the rot sets in 10:07
  19. Ep 20 - A false friend 9:43
  20. Ep 19 - Stupid bloody yoga 9:00
  21. Ep 18 - Born unto fire 10:19
  22. Ep 17 - Sitting alone on the stairs 9:50
  23. Ep 16 - Sharp scratch 10:12
  24. Ep 15 - The Candyfloss Man 12:48
  25. Ep 14 - Dumpster diving 8:27
  26. Ep 13 - When her face lights up 11:25
  27. Ep 12 - Can sting over and over 10:25
  28. Ep 11 - Autodialler Blues 16:25
  29. Ep 10 - Promises 8:42
  30. Ep 9 - Nothing you could put your finger on 10:36
  31. Ep 8 - Ten little words 10:13
  32. Ep 7 - Gathering in the reins 10:47
  33. Ep 6 - What does a hairdresser know? 12:04
  34. Ep 5 - Curry 15:50
  35. Ep 4 - Please don't clap 10:20
  36. Ep 3 - Spitting, snarling ball of rage 11:39
  37. Ep 2 - Worry beads 10:59
  38. Ep 1 - Probationer’s smiles 12:17