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Hardly Working with Brent Orrell

Whether you are working hard or hardly working, join AEI Resident Fellow Brent Orrell as he explores national trends and public policies affecting the vitality of the American workforce and how to prepare yourself for success in our rapidly-changing economy. And whatever else happens, we promise it will take your mind off of your job.

Untangling America’s Anti-Poverty Programs

44 mins; September 30, 2020

How to stop outsourcing your opinions and re-learn critical thinking

45 mins; September 23, 2020

The Divided Brain: Perception, Social Life, and Interpersonal Neurobiology [REBROADCAST]

37 mins; September 16, 2020

Building a more inclusive STEM workforce

84 hours 4 mins; September 09, 2020

How statistical modeling can make it harder to understand the world

57 mins; September 03, 2020

Tamar Jacoby on the future of community colleges

42 mins; August 26, 2020

Future history: looking behind to shape what’s ahead

46 mins; August 19, 2020

Once a criminal, not always a criminal: What we know about desistance

35 mins; August 12, 2020

Worker without a boss: The new American gig economy

36 mins; August 05, 2020

How computers and the algorithms that drive them influence our life, work, and future

44 mins; July 29, 2020

What does COVID-19 mean for the future of American cities?

54 mins; July 22, 2020

Is STEM education and training working? And for whom?

44 mins; July 15, 2020

Harry Holzer on racial disparities, crime, policing, and the COVID economy

54 mins; July 08, 2020

Can computers improve reentry outcomes? How automated risk assessments save money and help offenders.

41 mins; July 01, 2020

Dilbert’s revenge: Did COVID-19 kill cubicle culture?

46 mins; June 25, 2020

What’s the next move on COVID?

44 mins; June 17, 2020

Meet Your New Colleague: Artificial Intelligence

49 mins; June 10, 2020

Building workforce and prosperity from the ground up

58 mins; June 03, 2020

It will take a village to help youth navigate life post-COVID

39 mins; May 27, 2020

The limits of science: How our obsession with data interferes with our pursuit of knowledge

53 mins; May 20, 2020

Is There a Better Way to Solve Poverty?

51 mins; May 13, 2020

The building blocks of the federal workforce system

51 mins; May 06, 2020

COVID-19: Another barrier to employment for low-skilled workers?

37 mins; April 29, 2020

Finding purpose behind bars (with Chris Wilson)

42 mins; April 22, 2020

Will technological advances transform work?

35 mins; April 15, 2020

What, if anything, works in prisoner reentry?

37 mins; April 01, 2020

The Centuries Long Pursuit of “The Good Life”

44 mins; March 18, 2020

Workforce of tomorrow: How early child care shapes adult employment

50 mins; March 04, 2020

The family advantage

35 mins; February 19, 2020

Is success a sequence? How choices affect outcomes

43 mins; February 05, 2020

The divided brain: Perception, social life, and interpersonal neurobiology

36 mins; January 15, 2020

Why 'Hardly Working'?

4 mins; January 13, 2020

Welcome to 'Hardly Working'

2 mins; January 08, 2020

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