I'm Bridget Schulte. This season of Better Life Lab, we've been taking a close look at work stress and the future of work and well-being.

Frankly, parts of the American economy are looking tough for many workers. My guests have used the word dystopian more than once.

Workplace discontent is high, and people are quitting their jobs at record rates.

We know what many of the problems are, yet the fixes are not so simple.

You can't just say, hey, 55-year-old coal miner, whose coal mine shut down.

What you really ought to do is go be a programmer in San Francisco.

So on this closing episode of our season, we're asking,

how do we create an equitable future of work and well-being?

Are bad jobs, just an inherent part of the workplace?

Or can we actually do what it takes to make the jobs of the future good jobs, big enough to support human life?

We know it will take everyone to build this better future.

On past episodes, we've heard from workers and advocates about how we need to help workers build their voice and their power.

On this episode, we're talking with three people from very different sectors who also

have a role to play in shaping that future, in business and on Capitol Hill.

My guests include Congressman Jim Heimz and private equity investor Warren Waldmanis.

We'll also talk with Zenip Tone, MIT professor and president of the Good

Jobs Institute. Stay with us.

It's Better Life Lab. I'm Bridget Schulte.

With automation, globalization, and growing inequalities in our society, the American workplace is changing rapidly.

If these trends continue, the future may be grim for many of us.

So can we actually shape a better future of work and well-being? Can we make it more

sustaining and more equitable? For all of us who work for a living, that's the big question.

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