
Bonus: The $10 Million “Future of Work” Prize
12/23/21 • 11 min
Episode 2-5 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
A bonus previously unreleased excerpt from our interview with entrepreneur and author Jeff Wald., in which he talks about his $10 Million “Future of Work” Prize with host Nathan Ruggles. In the last episode, they had an in-depth conversation of Jeff’s book The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations. Check out that in Episode 2-4 here.
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Edited by: Nathan Ruggles, with Angela Baughman.
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Log Design: Brittany Sheets (bsheetscreative.com)
Original Music Composed and Recorded by: Jason Kendall (jasonkendallproductions.com)
Marketing by Larry McCullough (Battle of Homestead Foundation Communications Chair), with Nathan Ruggles
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Episode 2-5 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
A bonus previously unreleased excerpt from our interview with entrepreneur and author Jeff Wald., in which he talks about his $10 Million “Future of Work” Prize with host Nathan Ruggles. In the last episode, they had an in-depth conversation of Jeff’s book The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations. Check out that in Episode 2-4 here.
Your essential todo list:
- Give us five stars and a positive review on Apple Podcasts!
- Support this podcast and the work of our producing sponsor, The Battle of Homestead Foundation.
- Subscribe for podcast episodes and updates from BHF.
Share a comment, ask a question: (412) 326-9435
[email protected]
essentialworkpodcast.org
Hosted and Produced by: Nathan Ruggles (nathanruggles.com)
Edited by: Nathan Ruggles, with Angela Baughman.
Audio Engineering consulting: Angela Baughman (thatsoundgirl.com)
Log Design: Brittany Sheets (bsheetscreative.com)
Original Music Composed and Recorded by: Jason Kendall (jasonkendallproductions.com)
Marketing by Larry McCullough (Battle of Homestead Foundation Communications Chair), with Nathan Ruggles
In 2021, The Battle of Homestead Foundation discovered new ways to advance their mission of heritage, education and social action.
Membership and contributions are “essential” to their continued success in 2022.
Show your support today at battleofhomestead.org.
Music: "Americana" by Mr. Smith.
Organized to preserve, interpret, & promote a people’s history focused on the 1892 labor conflict.
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Industrial Revolutions and On-Demand Workers
Episode 2-4 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
Host Nathan Ruggles discusses the book The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations with author Jeff Wald. A best-selling writer, tech entrepreneur, angel investor, founder of WorkMarket and Spinback, Jeff examines how companies and workers reacted to the last three industrial revolutions. They review this history of work and his analysis of how it has led to the current state of the labor market, along with how workers, companies and societies might respond to the coming Rise of the Robots.
Watch for a special podcast Bonus Episode coming soon, with special additional content from the interview, in which they discuss Jeff’s $10 Million “Future of Work” Prize.
Check out our website: essentialworkpodcast.org
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Credits:
- Hosted by: Nathan Ruggles (nathanruggles.com)
- Produced by: Nathan Ruggles, with Angela Baughman
- Edited by: Angela Baughman, with Nathan Ruggles
- Audio Engineer: Angela Baughman (thatsoundgirl.com)
- Log Design: Brittany Sheets (bsheetscreative.com)
- Original Music Composed and Recorded by: Jason Kendall (jasonkendallproductions.com)
- Marketing by Larry McCullough (Battle of Homestead Foundation Communications Chair), with Nathan Ruggles
In 2021, The Battle of Homestead Foundation discovered new ways to advance their mission of heritage, education and social action.
Membership and contributions are “essential” to their continued success in 2022.
Show your support today at battleofhomestead.org.
Music: "Americana" by Mr. Smith.
Organized to preserve, interpret, & promote a people’s history focused on the 1892 labor conflict.
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A Year in Work Re/Pre-view (Part 1)
Episode 3-1 of Essential Work: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Jobs, brought to you by the Battle of Homestead Foundation.
A New Year and new season on the podcast!
Long-time friends of the show, labor leader Rosemary Trump and labor historian Dr. Charles McCollester join host Nathan Ruggles for a Year in Review/Year in Preview on a range of issues facing workers on the job and in society today.
- Film: Don't Look Up on Netflix
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Hosted by: Nathan Ruggles (nathanruggles.com)
Produced by: Nathan Ruggles and Angela Baughman
Edited by: Angela Baughman, with Nathan Ruggles
Audio Engineer: Angela Baughman (thatsoundgirl.com)
Log Design: Brittany Sheets (bsheetscreative.com)
Original Music Composed and Recorded by: Jason Kendall (jasonkendallproductions.com)
Marketing by Larry McCullough (Battle of Homestead Foundation Communications Chair), with Nathan Ruggles
In 2021, The Battle of Homestead Foundation discovered new ways to advance their mission of heritage, education and social action.
Membership and contributions are “essential” to their continued success in 2022.
Show your support today at battleofhomestead.org.
Music: "Americana" by Mr. Smith.
Organized to preserve, interpret, & promote a people’s history focused on the 1892 labor conflict.
Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!
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