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Work in America Is Broken—Can Remote Work Save Us?
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Derek talks to Anne Helen Petersen, the coauthor of 'Out of Work: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home,' about Americans' relationship to our jobs, work as an identity, and burnout as a policy choice.
Host: Derek Thompson
Guest: Anne Helen Petersen
Producer: Devon Manze
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