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Today, Explained

The Future of Work: The gig is up

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

A third of American workers do gig work. In the third part of our series, The Future of Work, learn how the pandemic helped them discover their power. Today’s show was produced by Will Reid, edited by Jillian Weinberger, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The Avatar film franchise is kind of weird.

0:05.1

On the one hand, the original is one of the most successful films of all time.

0:10.4

But on the other hand, the blue people that Avatar fought, all of it feels like a big joke.

0:17.2

But if it's so meaningless and has had no impact, how are we still able to make jokes

0:23.7

about it?

0:24.7

Upon the sequel's release, a case for Avatar.

0:37.6

This week on Into It, Vultures Pop Culture Podcast.

0:42.6

Okay, let's see what's on the radio.

0:45.9

The workforce, that a large share of white collar workers are simply never going to think

0:50.2

of the office the way they did in 2019, ever again, to run it as something that is optional,

0:56.1

something that is part time, something that they do on a hybrid basis.

1:02.7

Is it worth it?

1:03.9

Let me work it.

1:04.9

That's too early for this.

1:08.1

Don't want to work.

1:10.1

I just want to bang on a drum all day.

1:13.5

Give it to me time.

1:15.7

I'm going to take it.

1:22.7

It says it's a S.O.B.

1:24.7

Tell them to S.H.O.V.E. the J.O.B.

1:27.7

Turn it up.

1:28.7

Yeah.

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