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Today's must-listen/must-read story comes -- not surprisingly -- from StoryCorps on NPR this morning, which is 

the story of John Marboe, who picks up trash for a living.

That's in addition to being a Lutheran pastor in St. Paul and an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota. He got his Ph.D. in 2011.

He took the trash-collecting job when he was unemployed and kept it.

This is the section of the story that should make everybody think again about how we look at people.

The reverend has also raised a pretty cool daughter.

Until about a year ago, Marboe wrote a blog about what he's learned as a garbageman -- 

 further expands on how we view people around us.

St. Paul’s alleyway recycling debuts with glare ice and lots of yellow tags

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Today's must-listen/must-read story comes -- not surprisingly -- from StoryCorps on NPR this morning, which is the story of John Marboe, who picks up trash for a living. That's in addition to being a Lutheran pastor in St. Paul and an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota. He got his Ph.D. in 2011.

That’s ‘Rev. Dr. Garbage Man’ to you

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