This episode contains strong language.
A year and a half ago, the Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Karen Weise began examining labor practices at Amazon.
In the process, they met Christian Smalls and Derrick Palmer, two Amazon workers at a warehouse in New York, who had embarked on an improbable attempt to create the company’s first union. Last week, the ... Show More
Nov 24
The Autism Diagnosis Problem
<p>Once primarily limited to severely disabled people, autism began to be viewed as a spectrum that included children and adults far less impaired. Along the way, the disorder also became an identity, embraced by college graduates and even by some of the world’s most successful p ... Show More
32m 40s
Nov 23
Sunday Special: Wicked, Good?
<p>“Wicked” was one of the biggest movies of 2024. It was culturally ubiquitous, a box office smash and an Oscar nominee for Best Picture. Now, a year later, “Wicked: For Good” arrives in theaters to finish the tale of the complicated friendship between Glinda the Good Witch and ... Show More
51m 44s
Apr 2022
Same-Day Solidarity At Amazon with Chris Smalls
<p>Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to form the company’s first union in the U.S. last Friday, making a historic win for labor organizers everywhere. The union earned recognition in less than a year into its existence, and it overcame multiple arrests as ... Show More
17m 20s
Feb 2021
Which Side Are You Amazon?
<p>Amazon faces its first unionization vote in the country in seven years next week in Bessemer, Alabama, and if the workers decide to unionize, it could spark waves of action across the country.</p><p>We interviewed Christian Smalls, a former Amazon employee, who led a walkout l ... Show More
21m 18s
Feb 2021
The Fight to Unionize an Amazon Warehouse
On Tuesday, workers in an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama started voting on whether or not to form a union. Amazon has been fighting the vote on multiple fronts. A “yes” vote could possibly spark unionization drives in warehouses all across the country. Guests: Jay Greene, ... Show More
24m 20s
Mar 2022
LinkedIn Normalizes Job Gaps
Welcome to The Hustle Daily Show! Today our hosts Juliet Bennett Rylah, Zachary Crockett, and Jacob Cohen take you through our most interesting story of the day: LinkedIn normalizes job gaps.
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21 m
Oct 2018
UBoof40’s, Bezos Blesses The Peasants 10.3.18
In episode 244, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Liz Stewart to discuss Comedy Cellar's new policy cause of Louis CK, more news from Kavanaugh's wild drinking days, how the Trumps think this is a scary time for white men, how Whole Foods employees are considering unionizing ... Show More
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