The Layoff - A Child's Perspective
Thursday, August 12 2010
The Layoff - A Child’s Perspective
Rachael Clark and her daughter Alison Spiller
More often than not, when we try to see how the great recession is affecting people, we talk to the adults who are looking for work. Today, we talk to a child. Nine-year old Alison Spiller wrote Dick Gordon a letter after listening to an episode of the program. She wrote, "I hope my experiences will help your listeners with children." Turns out, Alison's father was unemployed for more than a year before he found a new job and that meant big changes to Alison's lifestyle. Alison Spiller and her mother Rachael Clark join Dick Gordon to talk about their family's experience after unemployment.
YOUR STORY- CHANCE ENCOUNTER
When we turn the storytelling over to you we get all kinds of meaningful stories. Chan Gannaway wrote in to say his story goes into the coincidence category. And he's right, it is one that ties together a powerful and dramatic moment from his youth with a recent surprise encounter. This all began innocently enough, these stories always do. Chan was job hunting and knew there was a good opening nearby. He drove over to the location, hoping to meet the manager in person. And that's where the story takes a strange turn. Chan talks with Dick Gordon about how this chance meeting changed his life.
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