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15 July 2020updated 23 Jul 2021 2:18pm

How do we talk about work in a pandemic?

Podcasts about work are grappling with the changes brought about by the coronavirus crisis.

By Anna Leszkiewicz

The world of work is in flux. A majority of office staff are working from home or furloughed, as a wealth of service and hospitality workers begin to return to their jobs. Meanwhile, podcasts about work are grappling with the changes. Some, such as Esther Perel’s How’s Work?, ended before the pandemic, and have dated quickly. Others tackle the new landscape directly.

“We were actually planning on launching a whole different season – and then the pandemic hit,” said Anna Codrea-Rado on her podcast Is This Working? She described recent episodes as “an audio diary of the impact of the pandemic on work”. She and co-host Tiffany Philippou, both veterans of working from home, discussed everything from financial anxiety and productivity to professional loneliness.

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