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Why are so many workers—blue-collar, white-collar, contract, freelance, and college-educated alike—feeling like the old bargain has broken down? Today, Paul Osterman, author of Disposable Workers: The Transformation of Employment, explains how companies increasingly rely on worke ...  Show more

What does it mean to find your way—through a city, a life, or a world that refuses to make perfect sense? In ⁠The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise⁠, Pico Iyer travels from Iran to North Korea to Japan in search of peace in the middle of uncertainty. In Dark and Magical Plac ...  Show more

Spotlight looks at the idea of a legacy and how others remember us after we die. What is your legacy?Check out more Spotlight English content at: www.SpotlightEnglish.com 

This week Rabbi Steve Leder on why we should consider what we leave those closest to us when we die to include a legacy letter or ‘ethical will.’ Rabbi Leder reminds us that it’s not only our material possessions that matter when we’re no longer around but what will be cherished ...  Show more

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How do you grieve a loved one? Megan Nollet and Bruce Gulland share of a new, innovative way to grieve someone you have lost to death. https://spotlightenglish.com/science-and-technology/technology-and-death/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload o ...  Show more