About this episode
The Sick Man reflects on his first job in a printing factory during the summer of 1987, exploring themes of ambition and nostalgia.
In this Very Special Episode, the Sick Man talks about the summer of 1987, and his very first job working for a printing factory in Toronto’s Financial District. Before there was ambition, before there was a crash, before there were podcasts recorded in basements, there was ink. Industrial ink. The perfume of capitalism. And there were cigarettes. Lots and lots of cigarettes. A coming of each story about paper, panic, and pretending. This is the summer of ‘87. Support the show Hos...
People in this episode
Host: Sick Man Talking
Topics covered
- first job
- 1987
- printing industry
- personal story
- capitalism
- nostalgia
Keywords
- first job
- printing factory
- Toronto
- 1987
- nostalgia
- capitalism
- cigarettes
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: printing factory
Places: Toronto
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