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My Analog Life

We’re looking back at how work used to get done.
Whether it’s firing up a Telex Machine, navigating with paper maps, or dialing up a rotary phone, we want to hear your memories of work from way back when — whether you remember it fondly, or not.
My Analog Life

Introducing "My Analog Life"

Maria Hollenhorst and Sofia Terenzio Jun 25, 2024

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My Analog Life

A banker, a customs broker and a real estate agent share “analog” memories

by Maria Hollenhorst , Sean McHenry and Sofia Terenzio
Sep 6, 2024
To wrap up our series about how technology has changed jobs, we hear from three “Marketplace” regulars.
This summer, we asked listeners to help us time travel to the analog age. Above, a worker climbs a ladder to check the inside of a huge clock.
Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images
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How this harpist got "Cats" in the bag

by Sofia Terenzio
Aug 19, 2024
Margot Krimmel had a lot of requests for "Memory" in the 1980s, but she didn't know the song and couldn't find the sheet music.
In the 1980s, Margot Krimmel played the harp at a ski resort in Vail four hours a day, taking a lot of requests.
Photos courtesy David Lokey, John Moore/Getty Images
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How one family business kept old things running for 82 years

by Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 12, 2024
The Schulze family fixed appliances and home furnishings in Richmond, Texas for 82 years.
Arthur D. Schulze, father of Kenneth Schulze and founder of Schulze Home Furnishings, at the Ford Bend Country Fair in 1946.
Courtesy Schulze family
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A former projectionist remembers his reel life

by Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 8, 2024
Projectionists wrangle miles of film for some movie screenings.
“Movies, in every single way, are a form of art,” says Austin Andrie-Grondek. “Even projecting it.”
Ignacio Sanchez Mello/AFP via Getty Images
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From pagers and clunky cellphones to touch screens, this field sales manager has had 'em all

by Sofia Terenzio
Aug 2, 2024
"My first mobile phone was a huge suitcase I would put in the seat next to me," recalls Kristina Azab. Later, she cherished her BlackBerry.
A mobile phone model that launched in 2001.
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What it was like working as a 411 operator before the internet

by Sofia Terenzio
Jul 30, 2024
Lilith from Ventura, California, recalls what it was like working as an information operator in a time before the internet.
Lilith said she remembers sitting in a cubicle with headphones on and phone books in front of her as she waited for the calls to roll in.
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Ex-inventory clerk ticks off memories of counting merchandise

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 26, 2024
Before barcodes and electronic management systems, there were inventory clerks with pens and clipboards.
Before electronic inventory management systems came on line in the 1980s and '90s, retailers counted inventory by hand.
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My Analog Life

“Horses blink”: An equestrian sports journalist unwinds memories of 35-millimeter film

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 24, 2024
L.A. Berry, a longtime equestrian sports journalist, remembers the attire, hassles and camaraderie of the pre-digital age.
L.A. Berry, wearing a fishing vest while reporting on an equestrian event circa 1995.
Tony DeCosta
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A former floral delivery driver looks in the rearview mirror

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 19, 2024
Meghan Irby mapped her routes the old-fashioned way before navigation software was a thing. Her boss "used chickens as a landmark."
Meghan Irby circa 2004, when she worked as a floral delivery driver in rural West Virginia. "I was sweaty most of the time, both from the heat and the stress,” she recalls.
Courtesy Irby
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Record scratch: A DJ remembers her analog days

by Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 15, 2024
DJ Asha recalls that at the beginning of her career, she lugged vinyl records across London.
Los Angeles-based DJ Asha uses a controller and laptop on Catalina Island, California, in June. "I'm really grateful for the technology because it's allowed us to do so much," she says.
Courtesy DJ Asha
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