Future of Work

Season 12021

Explore monumental changes in the workplace and the long-term impact on workers, employers, educators and communities. Employment is part of the American Dream. Will the future provide opportunities for jobs that sustain families and the nation?

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3 Episodes

E01 The New Industrial Revolution

In addition to illuminating the ongoing drivers for disruptions to the world of work – AI, robotics, platform technology, globalization, labor practices -- the pandemic has been a driver of change. Unemployment flipped from lowest in 50 years to highest in a century.

September 1, 2021

E02 Futureproof

Frontline and service workers have borne the health consequences of the pandemic, increasing racial and economic disparities. Certain robotic and AI applications are accelerating as the value of human workers is further questioned. Determining the likely areas of job growth and training needs is difficult. Post-secondary education has become more virtual and its costs, more controversial.

September 8, 2021

E03 Changing Work, Changing Workers

Companies rethink the need to even have offices, or how to redesign places of work. The traditional work shift - 9-5, 5 days a week – is losing relevance. Many companies are adopting the remote work models, spawned by the pandemic, as their new normal. The sense of precariousness and fear increases for many. Workers are demoralized, lonely, frightened and don’t know how to prepare for the future. Does the nation need new policies of Guaranteed Basic Income, (UBI) or a drastic rethinking of the social safety nets? Are we facing a post-work era, or an increased inequity in how we make our livings?

September 15, 2021

Future of Work

E01 The New Industrial Revolution

E02 Futureproof

E03 Changing Work, Changing Workers

Two Guys and a Girl

Bogus Skill «Fruitmaster» ~About that time I became able to eat unlimited numbers of Skill Fruits (that kill you)~

Moonshiners

Mayday

Colin & Justin's Home Heist

The Job

Man vs. Wild

Jack of All Trades

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Everwood

Everybody Loves Raymond

As Told by Ginger

Chicago Justice

My Life as a Teenage Robot

Top Gear

Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters

Stalker

NCIS

The Price Is Right

E01 The New Industrial Revolution

E02 Futureproof

E03 Changing Work, Changing Workers