Hello, and welcome to The Upgrade, the podcast from the team at Lifehacker.com,

where we help you improve your life one week at a time.

I'm Melissa Kirsch, editor-in-chief of Lifehacker. And will we help you improve your life one week at a time. I'm Melissa Kirsch,

editor-in-chief of Lifehacker. And I'm Alice Bradley, deputy editor of Lifehacker. And today we're talking about side hustles. Side hustles are those projects you pursue after work, at night or on

weekends, those extra jobs you do to supplement your income or just because you're fulfilling a passion.

First, LifeHacker Managing Editor Virginia Smith and staff writer Patrick Austin talk with Chris

Gillibault, author of Side Hustle, from idea to income in 27 days.

I believe that doing this can be really empowering for people.

Then our own producer, Levi Sharp, hits the streets

to ask New Yorkers what they're working on after they finish their day jobs. My side hustle is

pestering people with a microphone in the park. No, I'm just kidding. That's my full time. That's my

full hustle. And finally, Virginia and Patrick talked to journalist Catherine Babb McGira, who wrote this very revealing story in courts entitled,

Millennials are obsessed with side hustles because they're all we've got.

I don't mean to say, like, a man is not a plan.

So, Melissa.

Alice.

When I was freelancing, side hustles were all I had.

So you had no main hustle?

Like, you know, when you order at a restaurant, and instead of having a main dish, you just

get a collection of side plates and you feel really smart about it.

Right, like the vegetarian special.

Yeah, that's exactly what I did with my career, basically.

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