by michaelshaw_sar@yahoo.com | Nov 23, 2020 | 2020, Uncategorized
Marti is a travel agent who lives in Thousand Oaks, California. After 10 years in the travel business, the corona-virus pandemic rapidly put the brakes on it- there were virtually no trips to plan. Fortunately, she was beginning a transition into wellness coaching,...
by michaelshaw_sar@yahoo.com | Aug 15, 2020 | 2020, Uncategorized
Nick Morof works for an architecture firm in Paris. Just a year out of architecture school at USC, he’s already established a solid career path, thanks to strategic internships in Detroit, Tokyo and the one in Paris that led to his current full-time salaried position....
by michaelshaw_sar@yahoo.com | Jul 18, 2020 | 2020, Uncategorized
Christy works at a grocery store – part of a national chain – in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A recent college graduate, she talks about what it’s been like as shoppers went into panic mode, navigating customers who don’t follow public health...
by michaelshaw_sar@yahoo.com | Jun 11, 2020 | 2020, Uncategorized
Phillip P. is a Santa Barbara-based landlord and project manager who works with multi-millionaires and billionaires. He talks about maintaining a minimum standard of comfort when he travels – which he does often for work –including everything from where he sits on the...
by michaelshaw_sar@yahoo.com | Apr 20, 2020 | 2020, Uncategorized
Ethan Herschenfeld is a standup comedian and actor (his acting credits include: Girls, Boardwalk Empire, High Maintenance, and the Plot Against America) living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He’s managed to reach a level of financial security that’s very...
by michaelshaw_sar@yahoo.com | Feb 3, 2020 | 2020, Uncategorized
I speak with sociologist Rachel Sherman about her book, ‘Uneasy Street: the Anxieties of Affluence,’ which explores very wealthy (rich) New Yorkers’ wealth, and how they feel about it. I also spoke with my collaborator Maia Laperle about my experience talking with...
