What It's Like To Be...
Hosted by Dan Heath · Dan Heath
4.9from 1,515 ratings
- 93
- Episodes
- 74
- Transcribed
- 1,515
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About What It's Like To Be...
Curious what it would be like to walk in someone else’s (work) shoes? Join New York Times bestselling author Dan Heath as he explores the world of work, one profession at a time, and interviews people who love what they do.
- Publisher
- Dan Heath
- Category
- business · business · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Sept 2023
- Latest episode
- 8 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
74 of 93 episodes have a transcript.
8 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
A Stadium Beer Vendor (With an Update)
1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
A Choreographer
25 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
A Piano Tuner
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A Stadium Beer Vendor (With an Update)
Published 8 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It was. It was. Look, that one of the greatest rewards of the job was that every night that I went to work, I was guaranteed to have people, when they saw me, they'd break into a smile. And when I saw them, I would break into a smile as well. And oftentimes hugs are, how you doing? How's the family? […]
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- Howard Hart
- Galen Hooks
- Peter Stumpf
- Lisbeth Mikoleit
- Jorge McCormack
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 944 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 571 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100
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- Quality
- 91
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 91
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