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Still Processing

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🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Wesley and J discuss the push to “return to office” — and what it means for their lives, as well as American culture as a whole. What have 50 years of workplace sitcoms, from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” to “Abbott Elementary,” taught us about our romance with the office? And what do TikTok parodies and the TV show “Severance” get right about the history of labor in America? In this period of returning to so-called normalcy, Wesley and J reflect on how we can ensure that the lessons of the early pandemic aren’t forgotten.

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0:00.0	I'm not a bad guy.
0:07.0	I'm not a bad guy.
0:12.0	Wesley.
0:14.0	I J.
0:15.0	You know a lot about me.
0:17.0	But there's something I don't know if you know.
0:21.0	About a place I worked in high school.
0:24.0	Oh, oh.
0:25.0	I worked at a sports bar.
0:27.0	I called Damon.
0:30.0	Not Damon.
0:31.0	Yes, Damon's red and white stripes awning.
0:34.0	The type of place that served ribs and the ribs were good.
0:39.0	This is the place I'm talking about.
0:41.0	Carpeted wall of television stadium seating.
0:46.0	Carpet and food.
0:47.0	Yes, I know.
0:48.0	Take it there.
0:49.0	Correct.
0:50.0	I can see it.
0:51.0	It was a way to make extra money so that I could go on my hot topic, shopping spree.
0:56.0	You know I wanted to.
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