Unproductive Labor

By Pete Sinnott

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Episodes: 22

Description

A podcast about work, the work ethic, what it means to be a productive member of society, working conditions today, and the history of how we got here. So, yeah, we cover a lot of ground.

Episode Date
Non-compete Agreements and Corporate Subsidies with Pat Garofalo
Mar 16, 2023
The Problems and Possibilities of Graeber's BS Jobs with Matteo Tiratelli
Feb 08, 2023
Essential Workers and Labor Activism During the Pandemic: An Interview with Jamie McCallum
Jan 26, 2023
We'll Always Need to Work: An Interview with Alex Gourevitch
Jan 12, 2023
Inflation, the Labor Market, and Inequality: Two Interviews
Nov 02, 2022
Violence and Class Solidarity
Oct 20, 2022
What Austerity Has done to Care Work and Care Workers: An Interview with Emma Dowling
May 06, 2022
Why We Need Unions: A Conversation with Eve Livingston
Apr 01, 2022
The Great Resignation, a Delayed Reaction
Mar 11, 2022
An Interview with Peter Linebaugh on the Commons, Crime, and the Meanings of Industry and Idleness
Feb 25, 2022
Company Unions and Why Voters Don't Care about Policy: An Interview with Matt Bruenig
Feb 11, 2022
The Need for a Shorter Working Week with Kyle Lewis and Will Stronge
Jan 28, 2022
What Weber and Foucault Get Wrong about Institutions: An Interview with Steven Klein about the Welfare State
Jan 07, 2022
The Genius (and Fraud) of Frederick Taylor, Covid Capitalism, and Other Topics: An Interview with Jamie McCallum
Dec 16, 2021
The Long Con: Scarcity and the Origins of Virtue
Dec 03, 2021
The Hope of Pleasure in What you Make
Nov 19, 2021
The Origins of Wage Labor
Nov 04, 2021
Human Evolution Has Left Us Ill-Prepared
Nov 04, 2021
Work Society and Unworked Community
Nov 04, 2021
The Terrible Consequences of Solving the Economic Problem
Jul 21, 2021
For Only $184 million You Can Have a Bespoke Labor Category For Your Business
Jun 07, 2021
The Problem with Work
Jun 01, 2021