We discuss the stressed Amazon delivery driver who dumped 80 packages along a wooded road in Lakeville, Massachusetts. We consider this case alongside the unionization of Amazon workers and stories of overwhelmed and exploited workers.

CW | TW: This episode discusses potential work-related stresses. Listener discretion is advised.

Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Website: ⁠severedpodcast.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠@severed_podcast⁠

Hosts: Harry Chambers + Drew Hudson

Logo Art: Drew Hudson

Theme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry Chambers

Show Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew Hudson

Available on ⁠RadioGardenState⁠

Available on ⁠Rogue Media Network

Sources

NBC 10 Boston News Clip: Officers Find Amazon Packages Ditched in Woods; Driver Cites Stress, Police Say

Article: “Amazon Packages Found Piled in Mass. Woods; Driver Blamed Stress, Police Say” by Thea DiGiammerino and Asher Klein

Article: “‘Stressed’ Amazon Driver Abandons 80 Packages in Mass. Woods During Holiday Shipping Rush” by Marlene Lenthang

Article: “Teamsters Announce Strike Against Amazon Amid Holiday Delivery Rush” by Marlene Lenthang, Charlie Gile, Liz Kreutz, and Kevin Nious

Article: “Surveillance, Stress, and No Bathrooms: Life as an Amazon Driver” by Jake Alimahomed-Wilson (LaborNotes.org)

Bodycam Footage: Lakeville PD Shawn Robert Bodycam Footage

Lakeville PD: Official News Log of the Lakeville Police Dept.

IMDb: Good Will Hunting (1997)

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices