Inside Job

In the tradition of oral historian Studs Terkel’s Working, Inside Job (hosted by Matt Sunbulli and executive produced by Aaron Calafato) captures the humanity behind the labor that keeps our world running, from AI data labelers teaching the models that are reshaping our lives to HVAC technicians keeping our data centers humming.

Careers
Business
1
The Humans Behind Your AI Chatbot
32 min
2
This is Inside Job
5 min
3
Best of TLO | When the Job Market Gets Strange
33 min
4
Is Having a Corporate Job Embarrassing?
22 min
5
Why Workplace Satire Hurts So Good
25 min
6
Why Online Job Applications Feel Broken
26 min
7
Employees Pretending to Be at Work: Quiet Vacat...
23 min
8
Job Seeker Resource: The Lonely Office Best of ...
35 min
9
Nepotism vs. Networking: What Job Seekers Are R...
24 min
10
How to Protect Your Career and Spot a Self-Dest...
26 min
11
AI vs. the Job Market: What’s Actually Going On?
19 min
12
Job Seekers and the 9-9-6 Culture: How China’s ...
23 min
13
Forget the Job Hunt and Start a Company
26 min
14
AT&T CEO’s Viral Memo Sparks Debate on Workplac...
26 min
15
We’re All Using AI — So Why Are We Still Whispe...
Breaking the fourth wall on our secret dependence on AI.
20 min
16
When AI Makes You Average, You Must Find Your S...
AI is making average work cheap. Here’s how to stay valuable.
22 min
17
AI is Flattening Companies with Fewer Bosses, B...
21 min
18
Why Job Search Support Groups Are Booming in 2025
25 min
19
Shark Tank Host on How Job Autonomy Beats Money
22 min
20
Doom Spending vs. FIRE: Can a Kid Pension Fix R...
23 min
21
How Do You Get Hired in an Employers' Market?
23 min
22
One Million Missing Jobs, CEO vs Employee Optim...
18 min
23
Desperate Job Seekers Lured by Job Scams
21 min
24
Job Hunting: Why the Search Feels Like a Rigged...
34 min
25
Jobs Held Hostage by Housing
29 min