logo
episode-header-image
Jun 2022
40m 23s

Stuck@Work: Your Country's Brand Is Esca...

NPR
About this episode
When Portugal forbade bosses from contacting employees after hours, international media jumped at the chance to cover the new law. Portuguese workers were oddly quiet. Why?

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy
Up next
Dec 2023
Rough Translation New Years Message
As we head toward a new year, former Rough Translation host Gregory Warner reflects on "goal disengagement" — letting go of past goals, rather than coming up with New Year resolutions. He recommends three of his favorite episodes aligned with this theme for Rough Translation fans ... Show More
4m 37s
Aug 2023
Hold the Sitar: The Making of the Love Commandos Theme Song
In this bonus episode of Love Commandos, Gregory Warner interviews musician John Ellis, who composed Rough Translation's original theme music in 2017, and songwriters Amira Gill and VASU, who jointly created the new theme song for Love Commandos. They discuss their musical proces ... Show More
24m 42s
Aug 2023
Calling It Quits
In Episode 5 of Love Commandos, couples seeking to shut down the Love Commandos' shelter band together for a risky plan. Want to hear bonus episodes of Love Commandos? Sign up for Embedded+ at plus.npr.org/embedded. Subscribe to host Gregory Warner's Rough Transition substack new ... Show More
30m 6s
Recommended Episodes
Jan 2024
‘They treated me like an animal’: how Filipino domestic workers become trapped
Migrants from the Philippines make up a huge percentage of domestic workers around the world. But when their employers are abusive, visa restrictions force them to choose between enduring more suffering or becoming illegal. By Margaret Simons. Help support our independent journal ... Show More
46m 44s
Jul 2023
Meet the employees secretly “working from home” overseas
Remote work policies give employees flexibility to get the job done anywhere — usually anywhere within U.S. borders. Some workers are risking secret moves abroad to make their dollars go further — we’ll talk to a few, including one who got fired when his IT department caught on. ... Show More
26m 27s
Jun 2021
Life’s a Beach
Portugal is coming off the green list for foreign travel from Tuesday. So, if you want to go abroad anytime soon (without having to quarantine when you're back) your options are pretty limited. The BBC’s Caroline Davies and Nick Beake explain what’s going on. And if we can’t go t ... Show More
31m 47s
May 2018
Portugal, l'exception (rediffusion) #36
Oublié des médias ou dédaigné par eux, le Portugal ne fait guère parler de lui que pour des raisons marginales comme la défiscalisation qu’il accorde aux étrangers qui s’installent sur son sol. Pourtant, ce pays vient de donner un président à l’Eurogroupe (la réunion des ministre ... Show More
1 h
Apr 2024
L'INTÉGRALE - Les Français sont-ils fâchés avec le travail ?
Bien qu'ils se plaignent de travailler trop, les français font partie de ceux qui bossent le moins en Europe, très loin derrière l'Allemagne, l'Italie et l'Espagne... De surcroit, les avantages sociaux nous conforteraient dans une certaine nonchalance. En bref, à en écouter certa ... Show More
43m 29s
Feb 2022
Jobfished
It is 2020. Covid Britain is in lockdown and the world is working from home. In the depths of the deadly pandemic and when people were at their lowest, someone spots an opportunity. This is the story of how people from all over the world were hired to work for a seemingly glamoro ... Show More
27m 37s
Mar 2022
Why are Russian oligarchs only now in the press spotlight?
As governments around the world race to sanction associates of Vladimir Putin, the British media turns its attention to the role Russian oligarchs have played in public life. This week an edition of Panorama aired allegations about the source of Roman Abramovich's wealth. At the ... Show More
26m 6s