Host and producer Paul Smart looks into the sometimes delicate and usually rewarding interplay between volunteer and spec work and paying jobs, especially as they relate to WGXC. Interviewees include writer and wordsmith Deborah Artman, a regular interviewee of Catskill-area artists for the station; station manager Lynn Sloneker, and music producer and writer Karen Schoemer (whose show precedes the Work Show. Music is by Franco et la OK Jazz Band, Yo La Tengo, Jane Siberry and k.d. lang, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Bob Dylan & The Band, Bruce Springsteen and Caetano Veloso.