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What does it mean to live, work, and make decisions in a rapidly automated world? Life, Automated, a new podcast distributed by KQED and made by our partners at the Ryan Institute for Complexity at Northwestern University, explores this urgent question. Listen every other Wednesd ...  Show more

As we ramp up production for August, we’ve been thinking about you – our listeners – a lot. And we’d love to chat. About what you like hearing, what you want to hear more of, and some ideas we have. If you’re up for that, leave us a voicemail at 415-710-9223. Please leave us your ...  Show more

In this edition of Taco Bell's MexiTrend Pizza, Miles and super producer Becca discuss the brave soul suing Taco Bell, the passing of Angus Cloud and Paul Reubens, Taylor Swift cutting bonus checks for her trucking team, Lizzo getting sued for a toxic work environment, and compan ...  Show more

For a measure of just how fed up American workers are, look to Starbucks, where baristas are unionizing at a pace that would have been unimaginable a year ago andinspiring similar activism elsewhere. By Josh EidelsonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

It's 2009 and with its 50th anniversary closing in fast, Taco Bell is hunting for ways to reconnect with the young people who gobble up most of the nation's fast food.But with the new wave of fast-food chains led by Chipotle challenging legacy brands like McDonald's and Taco Bell ...  Show more

How did mobile kitchens become popular with hipster gourmands? And just how much money can a popular truck make from a lunch shift? Zachary Crocket drops some napkins.