Introducing: Jobsolete

Ever wonder what kind of job you would have if you were born in a different time?       

Jobsolete is a new podcast that asks that very question every week. Helen Hong and Matt Beat take a spin through the workplaces of the past, looking at a different obsolete job in every episode. 

From the forgotten jobs of history to obscure occupations that still survive, you'll discover some of the most interesting and unusual ways that people have made a living. Go listen to Jobsolete, find out what it was like to be a switchboard operator, a town crier, a food taster, or an MTV VJ. Listen to Jobsolete to learn about History’ s Most Fascinating Jobs.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, I'm Matt Beat, a history teacher known on the
internet is just Mr Beat. And I'm Helen Hong And
I've seen Gladiator like seven times. Ever, wonder what kind
of job you'd have if you lived at a different time.
Jobs Elete is a new podcast that asked that very question.
Let's check out a few jobs Alete highlights from the

(00:20):
upcoming first season. You know, you would just pick up
the phone and the operator would answer with number please. Wow,
So somebody's always just there. Else is going to explain this.
This drink called an egg cream for those that don't
know what a fox you met syrup is used for
as an egg cream, which is a very traditional New

(00:42):
York City Brooklyn beverage. It's chocolate milk and seltzer. You
don't happen to have some lactose free milk around? I do?
And chocolate syrup I do, and seltzer I do? Should
we go make a funny what what's called the funny foxy? Oh?

(01:04):
First you should have boiled the harbor, then made to tea. Originally,
the idea of MTV was a video radio station. We
were going to do to FM what FM had done
to a m particular moments that defined being a VJ
at MTV was a live aid. Work has been a
moving target since the beginning of work, from the forgotten

(01:25):
jobs of history to obscure occupations that still survive, you'll
discover the fascinating ways people have made a living through
the centuries. You can find jobs elites on the I
Heart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.