Episode Description:

What if we taught people how to live—not just how to work?

In this episode, a longtime consumer science instructor shares the story of "Bachelor Living," a class she created at City College of San Francisco. It began with a wave of veterans, new immigrants, and young or newly divorced men who were struggling to find their footing in an unfamiliar society. Her solution was equal parts practical and clever: sell them on James Bond's glamorous, self-sufficient lifestyle (with a little help from posters placed over every urinal in the building) and then teach them the real fundamentals of a healthy human life.

Over five parts, students learned about food and nutrition, clothing and grooming, housing and cleaning, banking and consumer protection, and the social skills needed to meet people and su ...