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What’s That Like?

The odd, unusual and downright weird jobs that help prop up our economy
What’s That Like?

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Erika Soderstrom Oct 4, 2024

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What’s That Like?

When balancing is in the job description

by Erika Soderstrom
Dec 20, 2024
Flouber Sanchez is a third-generation circus performer who has been doing high wire performances for nearly two decades.
After about 28 years of performing on a wire 30 feet in the air, Flouber Sanchez has no plans to slow down.
Courtesy Cirque Du Soleil
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Life's a circus for this Cirque du Soleil wardrobe head

by Erika Soderstrom
Dec 19, 2024
Alexandra Mancini works as head of wardrobe for Cirque du Soleil's KOOZA, where she maintains and constructs roughly 1,200 costume pieces.
The cast of Cirque du Soleil KOOZA in August 2016 in Sydney, Australia.
Gaye Gerard/Getty Images
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The perfect career for this art and science lover? A medical illustrator

by Erika Soderstrom
Dec 6, 2024
Vinald Francis has a love of both art and science. Now, he works as a medical illustrator for textbooks and doctor's office posters.
Medical illustrators play a major role in making science a little more digestible, with far reaching implications.
Courtesy Vinald Francis
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The business behind Halloween scares

by Erika Soderstrom
Oct 31, 2024
It’s fun, games and a lot of work…
“A lot of these people have 9-to-5s, and so it gets taxing and it gets tiring. And these actors who want to give me all they got, they get burnt out,” says Star Romano, a stage production manager at the Queen Mary's Dark Harbor.
Courtesy Dark Harbor
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They buzz, they sting but someone has to move these pollinators across the country

by Erika Soderstrom
Oct 4, 2024
A massive honeybee migration is underway...
Prepared and ready for action, flatbed truck drivers begin the long process of transporting millions of commercial bees across the country.
Courtesy of Delfino Mendoza
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