This week, two new books about the perilous nature of the current work economy.

First up, Nicholas Kristoff and Cheryl Wudon talk about their new book, Tightrope, with

my colleague Jennifer Salai.

This took place at a live book review event last week.

For those who missed it, we've got some highlights.

Then, what do we do about the robots taking over our jobs?

Daniel Susskind will be here to talk about his book, World Without Work.

Alexander Alter will give us an update from the publishing world.

Plus, our critics will join us for the latest in literary criticism.

This is the Book Review Podcast from the New York Times.

I'm Pamela Paul.

On January 14th, in the first of a year-long series of book review live events,

my colleague Jennifer Salai, a critic here at the New York Times, interviewed Nicholas

Kristoff and Cheryl Wudon about their new book, Tightrope.

The following is a little bit of an excerpt from that event and that conversation.

I wanted to start off by talking about the genesis of this book project, which I, you know,

it's really interesting for a variety of reasons, but one of the things that struck me was that

this is your fifth book together.

And your other books have taken you across the world.

You've looked at poverty initiatives in Kenya.

You've looked at education for girls in China.

And, you know, this is something that's much closer to home.

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