A general view shows the body welding workshop which uses automated welding machine robots that assemble automobile bodies called white body

Is Work, As We Know It, Disappearing?

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 23, 2015

For centuries, experts have predicted that machines would replace workers, and work as we know it would disappear. Oxford researchers have forecast that machines might be able to take half of all U.S. jobs within two decades. Atlantic senior editor Derek Thompson explores our post-work world in his cover story “A World Without Work.”

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Jack Schlossberg, the Kennedy Running for Congress in New York. Plus, the Astronaut Reid Wiseman

The candidate on the role of social media in politics, and speaking out against his cousin R.F.K., Jr. Plus, the commander of NASA’s Artemis II mission on the dark side of the moon.
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NJ Gov. Sherrill: If state police were too aggressive at Delaney Hall, we'll look into it

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I.C.E.'s "Wartime Recruitment" Campaign

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Ask the Mayor Recap and More News From City Hall

Elizabeth Kim discusses the issues Mayor Mamdani talked about in his first "ask the mayor" segment.
The Brian Lehrer Show |
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