Just Words Podcasts 31-55

Feeling bleak about the future

Terry expresses the feelings of hopelessness he feels when he thinks about the future.

Troubling finding work

Terry, the ex-convict who shared his story in episodes 18-21, talks about his the difficult time he is having finding a job.

The Workers Won

We check in with Robert, to find out whether cleaners at Camden Yards were able to secure a living wage.

What asbestos has done

This series began with the story of Lucille Robinson, a grandmother responsible for the sole care of several grandchildren. A year later, how is Lucille doing?

Reunited with her daughter

Raising two kids on $300 a week

Corrine is a young mother of two who struggles to make ends meet
everyday. She talks about the experience of raising her children on a low hourly wage.

My future

Donny shares his dreams and hopes, and tells the story of how he came to have a future in the culinary arts.

What I learned about cheese

Me and the juvenile justice system

A few years after he became a drug dealer, Donny was incarcerated in
the juvenile system. He talks about his experience in the system and

The 14 year old drug dealer

Donny was only 14 when he started selling drugs in Baltimore. This is the story of how he became a drug dealer.