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What does the future of work look like?👩💻💼
These podcast recommendations explore jobs, careers, and how we'll be making money in the not-too-distant future
Arielle Nissenblatt at EarBuds
August 24, 2025
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Hi, podcast friends! Meeting EarBuds readers in Dallas last week at Podcast Movement was such a highlight. To everyone who just signed up after hearing about us there, welcome aboard! I hope this newsletter helps you stumble across a podcast that feels like it was made just for you.
Now, let’s meet this week’s podcast recommendation curator⬇️
Anyone coming into the job market knows there is a lot of uncertainty. Thankfully, we have podcast episodes to help us make sense of it.
Here are five episodes to gain clarity and think bigger about the future world of work.
You can curate a list for us! Learn more about that here. You can also support this initiative on Patreon so that we always stay free!
Podcast Picks Curated by Tricia Friedman
 Shifting Schools: Conversations for K12 Educators podcast cover art | Shifting Schools: Conversations for K12 EducatorsExpert Ann Nakaska has incredible insight and a ton of hope about what our future(s) might be. Nakaska (M.Ed. CDF) has a background in psychology, education, and business. She specializes in career decision-making and planning with a special interest in opportunities of the future. |
 Masters of Scale podcast cover art | Masters of ScaleNYU Stern School of Business professor Suzy Welch is here to tell you that we've been thinking about values all wrong when it comes to work. The good news is, she has a clear framework, and I loved it. |
 Hidden Brain podcast cover art | Hidden BrainIf you are thinking about taking the jump into a new career and it feels hard, this is the episode to prioritize. |
 Mistakes That Made Me podcast cover art | Mistakes That Made MeI just absolutely love all Eman's guidance, and her show is a must-listen for those who are interested in entrepreneurship. |
 TED Radio Hour podcast cover art | TED Radio HourMost education technologies are invited into schools. No matter what job you are in, odds are you'll be working with other people in some way. Host Manoush Zomorodi (legend!) is here with an episode that makes that a little less terrifying. |
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Movie Pairing in partnership with Tuesday Night Movie Night
Our Movie Pairing shares a movie rec to pair with your listening
Tuesday Night Movie Night Pairing
Mickey 17. In Bong Joon-ho’s follow-up to his critical darling, Parasite, Mickey is a disposable employee on a space mission — a clone who gets replaced with a new body and his old memories every time he dies on the job. The film is a darkly comedic story about the abuse of power and colonialism — with plenty to say about the "respect" large organizations are known for showing to their employees.
-Blake & Drew of TNMN🎬
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🦩Finding Your Pink is about all the moments in life where women lose themselves, and the bold, beautiful ways they find themselves again. Hosted by broadcaster and author Emma Ledden, it’s a warm, honest space where women share the real stories behind reinvention, resilience, and rediscovery.
🎙️The 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time were published by Left Of Dial Media. With 300 votes cast by voters in 23 countries, This American Life has been named the Greatest Podcast of All Time in the inaugural Essential Listening Poll.
💖In Podcast The Newsletter, Lauren Passell recommends Simple and Clean: A Kingdom Hearts Podcast. She writes: “They said something powerful in episode one — that fandoms should be inviting. They are often not, instead presented as things too complicated for outsiders to understand.”
Podcast news from Podnews
On the eve of Podcast Movement 2025 in Dallas, it was announced that Podcast Movement and Sounds Profitable have merged in a seven-figure deal. Bryan Barletta becomes President of Podcast Movement. Dan Franks will continue producing the event as President of Event Movement, an independent production company.
Every presentation and panel from Podcast Movement was recorded in both audio and video, and will be posted online for free after the event. It will be available here.
Goalhanger’s The Rest Is Football posted a record for the show - 1.4 million downloads and streams of an interview with Marcus Rashford, recorded on location in Barcelona.
Spotlight
 Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson podcast cover art | Afterlives is a documentary podcast series about trans lives we’ve lost and the ways their stories have reshaped our world. Host Raquel Willis brings Marsha P. Johnson’s story to life through rare archival interviews and intimate conversations with queer elders, friends, and historians. Legend says she threw the first brick at the Stonewall riots, setting off the modern movement for queer rights. Immortalized by Warhol and known as “The Saint of Christopher Street,” Marsha was also unhoused, surviving through sex work, navigating violence, and resisting with joy. |
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