On fascinating ‘Working’ series, Barack Obama learns how people make a living in this moment

Narrator Barack Obama shops with Randi, a home care aide in Mississippi, on “Working: What We Do All Day.” (Netflix)

Nina Simone’s “Sinnerman” plays on the soundtrack as we see a photo of a young Barack Obama pulling a book from a library shelf and we hear the former president in present day:

“Sometime in college, I came across this book called ‘Working’ by Studs Terkel, which was a chronicle of people from every walk of life and what it was like for them to work.”