The Case for a Four-Day Workweek
Andrew Yang Podcast
Andrew Yang & Audacy
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of the Andrew Yang Podcast, Andrew sits down with Joe O'Connor, CEO of Work Time Revolution, and journalist Jared Lindzon, co-authors of Do More In Four: Why It's Time for a Shorter Workweek. They dig into the growing movement behind the four-day workweek and make the case that the shift from five days to four is less a radical idea than a long-overdue update to a century-old industrial schedule. From Parkinson's Law to the role of AI in redefining productivity, this is a conversation about working smarter and living better.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on the Andrew Yang podcast. |
| 0:03.2 | What version of a shorter work week are we talking about? |
| 0:06.4 | Are we talking about one where we protect jobs, incomes, the tax base? |
| 0:10.0 | Or are we talking about one where, you know, maybe lower skilled employees have to work multiple jobs to earn the same salary? |
| 0:16.5 | So I do think that that's the kind of conversation about the choices that are facing us when it comes to the disruption that AI inevitably is going to bring about that we need to be having. |
| 0:35.0 | It is my pleasure to welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:38.1 | The co-authors of the brand new book Do More and Four About Drumroll, Please, |
| 0:42.9 | Why a Four Day Work Week should be our present and not just our future. |
| 0:48.5 | Journalists for Fast Company and lots of other fun pubs, Jared Linson, |
| 0:52.2 | and the CEO of the Worktime Revolution, Joe O'Connor. |
| 0:56.6 | Is that right? |
| 0:57.7 | That's right. |
| 0:58.3 | You got it right. |
| 0:58.8 | Fantastic. |
| 0:59.8 | Worktime revolution. |
| 1:01.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:01.8 | You know, well, I'm pumped because most people who follow me know that I was for a four-day work week when I was running for president in 2020. |
| 1:10.9 | I was talking about AI and it was going to come and eat the jobs, which is one of the subjects |
| 1:17.0 | in your book. |
| 1:18.5 | How did you guys come to this and then get so fired up that you decided to write a book, |
| 1:24.9 | which I know is a very big time commitment? |
| 1:26.7 | And now you're marching around having events. |
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