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This edition: Out With the Old: Reimagining the Way People Work and Earn


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Episode Details

Original tape date: December 8, 2023. First aired: January 1, 2024.

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders sits down with Kafui Attoh, an associate professor at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, and Katie Wells, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, to discuss the explosive rise of Uber in cities across the country, a symbol of the growth of precarious, low-wage platform-based gig work. Laura also speaks with Cameron Black, an assistant professor at CUNY SLU about the rapidly changing landscape in college sports in America where student-athletes are no longer forbidden to earn money from their fame.

Guest List

Kafui Attoh Associate Professor, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies

Cameron Black Assistant Professor of Labor Studies, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies

Katie Wells Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgetown University

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  • City Works is a show that highlights the vast array of workers across New York City. Hosted by Laura Flanders and produced in collaboration with the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, the show spotlights the occupations and projects of the working people of our city, with inquiry carried out by one of the nation’s most outstanding universities.

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