E467 NYC Garbage Man

Wayne Owen is a retired New York sanitation worker who spent 20 years serving Manhattan and Staten Island, where he was born and raised. This week Theo is joined by New York City garbage man Wayne Owen to learn all about the world of trash. They chat about how he got started in sanitation, what it’s like on the route, people’s biggest pet peeves with garbage men, the worst fights he’s gotten in, what it was like on 9/11, things he’s learned about people from their garbage, and who’s hiding bodies in the dump… ------------------------------------------------ Tour Dates!