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Work Words

Work Words

By: John McKinstry
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Welcome to Work Words, a fortnightly poetry podcast. Poetry can be found anywhere and the inspiration for the poems in this podcast is taken from the world of work – specifically the offices and call centres so many of us call home. Join me for poems about things that most office and call centre workers will be all too familiar with – including such things as team building days, good (and also terrible) managers, what it’s like to work in sales, the horrible impact of redundancy and the perils of recruiting the wrong person or blaming everything that goes wrong on the training.Copyright 2026 John McKinstry Art Economics Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Ep 29 - I need to see all your smiling faces

    Ep 29 - I need to see all your smiling faces
    Jun 22 2026

    The poem in this episode – “I need to see all your smiling faces” – is about the push by some companies to get their staff back into the physical office instead of working more flexibly from home…
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    11 mins
  • Ep 28 - Cogs

    Ep 28 - Cogs
    Jun 8 2026

    The poem in this episode – “Cogs” – looks at the ways we have of thinking about things and in particular how it can be easy to view work and the people in the office as nothing more than cogs in the machine and the possible consequences of doing so…
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    10 mins
  • Ep 27 - Your call is important to us

    Ep 27 - Your call is important to us
    May 25 2026

    The poem in this episode – “Your call is important to us” – offers a glimpse into call centre life and reminds us that while companies may wish to project the notion that we will always have the same experience with them that this may not in fact be the case…
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    15 mins
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