Hardly Working with Brent Orrell

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Whether you are working hard or hardly working, join AEI Resident Fellow Brent Orrell as he explores national trends and public policies affecting the vitality of the American workforce and how to prepare yourself for success in our rapidly-changing economy. And whatever else happens, we promise it will take your mind off of your job.

Episode Date
Carol Graham on the Power of Hope
Apr 11, 2024
Jim Pethokoukis on Conservative Futurism
Mar 28, 2024
Vikram Mansharamani on Why to Be a Generalist
Mar 14, 2024
What Rural Voters Think: A Conversation with Nick Jacobs
Feb 23, 2024
Robert Schwartz and Rachel Lipson on Community Colleges and Economic Mobility
Feb 08, 2024
Keith Sonderling on AI and the Workforce
Jan 25, 2024
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett on Rural America
Jan 11, 2024
Ben Wildavsky on the Career Arts
Dec 14, 2023
Michael Chui on Generative AI
Nov 30, 2023
Chris Stirewalt on Appalachia
Nov 09, 2023
Aaron Renn on Appalachia
Oct 26, 2023
Harriet McDonald and Jennifer Mitchell on the Doe Fund
Oct 12, 2023
Tom Davenport and Steven Miller on Human-Machine Collaboration
Sep 28, 2023
Samuel Gregg on the Next American Economy
Sep 14, 2023
Uncertainty & Technology: The Adaptability Imperative of Automation
Aug 31, 2023
Does Big Tech Need a Reboot?
Aug 17, 2023
Workforce Futures Initiative Event Rebroadcast
Aug 03, 2023
100th Episode Special: Hardly Working Highlights
Jul 20, 2023
Joseph Fuller on Delivering on Degrees
Jul 06, 2023
Matt Continetti on American Conservatism through the 20th Century
Jun 22, 2023
Evan Selinger on Tech, Surveillance, and Obscurity in Work and Society
May 11, 2023
Scott Lincicome on Empowering the New American Worker
Apr 27, 2023
Liya Palagashvili on benefits for non-traditional workers
Apr 13, 2023
John Roy Price, Scott Winship and Robert Doar on Nixon’s Surprising Domestic Policy
Mar 16, 2023
David Adams on Improving Education through Social Emotional Learning
Mar 02, 2023
Alissa Quart on Economic Hardship and Automation in Journalism
Feb 16, 2023
Joseph Politano (of Apricitas) on the Modern Economy and his Journalistic Career
Feb 03, 2023
Matt Sigelman on Predicting and Analyzing Work in America
Jan 20, 2023
Eric Reinhart on Accompaniment and the Limits of Empathy in Modern Community
Dec 22, 2022
Stephen Moret on Building Educational and Workforce Opportunities in States and Localities
Dec 01, 2022
Clinton Smith on the Automated Future of Work
Nov 17, 2022
Erik Brynjolfsson and Michael Strain on The Costs of Labor-Replacing Technology
Nov 03, 2022
Glenn Hubbard on Protectionism and Economic Opportunity
Oct 20, 2022
Nick Eberstadt on Men Without Work
Oct 06, 2022
Benjamin Storey on Restlessness in the Modern Age
Sep 22, 2022
Tyler Cowen on Talent and Hiring in the Twenty-First Century
Sep 08, 2022
Rebroadcast: Ryan Streeter and Dan Cox on the State of American Communities
Aug 18, 2022
Vikram Mansharamani on how to stop outsourcing your opinions and re-learn critical thinking
Aug 04, 2022
Victor Dickson on First Chances, the Success Sequence, and Safer Foundation
Jul 21, 2022
Grassroots Approaches to Entrepreneurship
Jul 07, 2022
STEM Voices: The Experiences of Women and Minorities in STEM Occupations
Jun 09, 2022
Leon Cooperman on the True Value of Billionaires
May 26, 2022
First Workings Mentors on Discovering the Value of Mentorship
May 12, 2022
First Workings Alums on their journeys from New York to New Beginnings
Apr 28, 2022
Kevin Davis on his Finance Career and the Impact of First Workings
Apr 14, 2022
Introducing the Mentorship Miniseries
Apr 13, 2022
Prison Scholars Fund Part 1: Theresa Matheson on community education and work, in and out of prison
Mar 31, 2022
Prison Scholars Part 2: Robert Wood on his journey to desistance through education
Mar 31, 2022
Dirk Van Velzen on his transition from crime to founding a nonprofit
Mar 25, 2022
Brett Tolman on his legal career and leading Right on Crime
Mar 17, 2022
Identity Required: How pro-social identity fosters desistance from crime
Mar 10, 2022
Jeremy Travis on prisoner re-entry and his storied career in criminal justice
Mar 03, 2022
Introducing the National Criminal Justice Month Miniseries
Mar 01, 2022
Ryan Streeter and Dan Cox on the State of American Communities
Feb 17, 2022
Brent Orrell on Lessons from his Vocational Journey
Feb 04, 2022
Howard Husock on The Poor Side of Town and Why We Need It
Jan 13, 2022
Thomas Chatterton Williams on Race, Identity, and a Writer’s Vocation
Dec 16, 2021
Joseph Fuller on Hidden Workers and issues in AI-based recruiting
Dec 09, 2021
Annie Murphy Paul on the Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
Dec 02, 2021
Andrew Donaldson on American Culture, Writing, and Vocation
Nov 18, 2021
Paul Ryan on Poverty and Opportunity in 21st Century America
Nov 10, 2021
Scott Winship on Tax Credits for Working Families
Nov 04, 2021
Dr. Alex Ruder on Benefits Cliffs
Oct 21, 2021
Nicholas Bloom on the Future of Remote Work
Oct 07, 2021
Part II of Minding our workforce: the importance of noncognitive skills in employment
Sep 23, 2021
Minding our workforce: the importance of noncognitive skills in employment
Sep 09, 2021
Jamie Merisotis on the Future of Human Work
Jul 28, 2021
Pano Kanelos on St John’s College and the importance of the liberal arts
Jul 14, 2021
The 'sansdemic': How declining fertility may be affecting the job market
Jul 01, 2021
Worker retraining and transitions in a dynamic economy
Jun 17, 2021
Laurel Farrer on the remote work revolution
Jun 03, 2021
Does Job Corps work? A conversation with Anne Kim
May 20, 2021
Liya Palagashvili on the Gig Economy
May 06, 2021
Ted Hadzi-Antich on great books education in community colleges
Apr 08, 2021
David Deming on noncognitive skills
Mar 18, 2021
Remote Work: What We've Learned, Part 2
Mar 04, 2021
Remote Work: What We've Learned, Part I
Feb 18, 2021
Redefining normal
Feb 04, 2021
Deaths of Despair and what comes next
Jan 21, 2021
Building pathways to career success for entry-level workers (Part 2)
Dec 23, 2020
Building pathways to career success for entry-level workers (Part 1)
Dec 09, 2020
The economic ramifications of COVID-19
Nov 25, 2020
Finding purpose behind bars (with Chris Wilson) [REBROADCAST]
Nov 11, 2020
All in the family? How two-parent households influence economic outcomes
Nov 04, 2020
The American Dream: Alive, dead or just ailing?
Oct 28, 2020
Restoring the dignity of work
Oct 21, 2020
Freeing the mind: how liberal arts in prison supports the rehabilitation of offenders
Oct 14, 2020
Humans versus machines: how technology is impacting the future of work
Oct 07, 2020
Untangling America’s Anti-Poverty Programs
Sep 30, 2020
How to stop outsourcing your opinions and re-learn critical thinking
Sep 23, 2020
The Divided Brain: Perception, Social Life, and Interpersonal Neurobiology [REBROADCAST]
Sep 16, 2020
Building a more inclusive STEM workforce
Sep 09, 2020
How statistical modeling can make it harder to understand the world
Sep 03, 2020
Tamar Jacoby on the future of community colleges
Aug 26, 2020
Future history: looking behind to shape what’s ahead
Aug 19, 2020
Once a criminal, not always a criminal: What we know about desistance
Aug 12, 2020
Worker without a boss: The new American gig economy
Aug 05, 2020
How computers and the algorithms that drive them influence our life, work, and future
Jul 29, 2020
What does COVID-19 mean for the future of American cities?
Jul 22, 2020
Is STEM education and training working? And for whom?
Jul 15, 2020
Harry Holzer on racial disparities, crime, policing, and the COVID economy
Jul 08, 2020
Can computers improve reentry outcomes? How automated risk assessments save money and help offenders.
Jul 01, 2020
Dilbert’s revenge: Did COVID-19 kill cubicle culture?
Jun 25, 2020
What’s the next move on COVID?
Jun 17, 2020
Meet Your New Colleague: Artificial Intelligence
Jun 10, 2020
Building workforce and prosperity from the ground up
Jun 03, 2020
It will take a village to help youth navigate life post-COVID
May 27, 2020
The limits of science: How our obsession with data interferes with our pursuit of knowledge
May 21, 2020
Is There a Better Way to Solve Poverty?
May 14, 2020
The building blocks of the federal workforce system
May 07, 2020
COVID-19: Another barrier to employment for low-skilled workers?
Apr 29, 2020
Finding purpose behind bars (with Chris Wilson)
Apr 23, 2020
Will technological advances transform work?
Apr 16, 2020
What, if anything, works in prisoner reentry?
Apr 02, 2020
The Centuries Long Pursuit of “The Good Life”
Mar 18, 2020
Workforce of tomorrow: How early child care shapes adult employment
Mar 04, 2020
The family advantage
Feb 19, 2020
Is success a sequence? How choices affect outcomes
Feb 05, 2020
The divided brain: Perception, social life, and interpersonal neurobiology
Jan 15, 2020
Why 'Hardly Working'?
Jan 13, 2020
Welcome to 'Hardly Working'
Jan 08, 2020