Encore Episode: Work Is Not Your Friend, with Alan Henry

08/10/23 • 55 min

People have been paid for labor for at least 5,000 years, but the modern 'workplace' is a pretty recent invention. We look at how science fiction has dealt with the transformation of labor — plus we talk to Alan Henry, author of the new book Seen, Heard and Paid.

Show notes: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes

Show notes: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes

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Encore Episode: We're in the wrong timeline, with Connie Willis and R.F. Kuang

We've all been feeling like something is wrong with the timeline. In this episode, we ask what alternate history, fake history, and secondary world history can teach us about the present. Does exploring the past in fiction help us learn from history or are we doomed to repeat it? History-obsessed authors Connie Willis (Blackout, Doomsday Book) and R.F. Kuang (The Poppy War) offer their thoughts too. Show notes: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes

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