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Rough Translation

New Season: @Work. Starting June 1.

Rough Translation

NPR

Society & Culture, Social Sciences, News, News Commentary, Science

4.87.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

We're back @Work. The new season of Rough Translation will tell surprising stories from workplaces and work cultures around the world.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Gregory here from the NPR podcast Rough Translation.

0:07.1

So excited to tell you about the new season that we are hard at work on.

0:11.5

That is all about... well... work.

0:18.1

Okay, follow me.

0:19.3

I'm so excited.

0:20.6

Our expectations of work are changing.

0:22.8

Sorry, it took me some time.

0:24.6

I was choosing my avatar.

0:26.6

We are meeting up in virtual offices.

0:29.0

For your people, robots and machines.

0:33.5

Maybe we're back to a physical workspace.

0:38.2

And we find that we have changed.

0:40.0

I was right there in that culture of dysfunctionality.

0:45.7

So I'm here rolling.

0:49.0

So in the new season of Rough Translation...

0:51.0

Wow, what kind of cool stuff I'm going to get in this time.

0:53.9

Well, mind yourself to really get up.

0:56.6

We are riding shotgun with workers.

0:58.6

I'm a transgender truck driver slash chef slash Jill of all trades.

1:05.9

To understand work cultures around the world.

1:08.5

I came into this totally prepared to defend my American productivity.

1:13.2

Like is this not a thing in other countries?

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