
How to stop devoting yourself to your job (w/ Sarah Jaffe)
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Sarah Jaffe is the author of Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keep Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone. She and Chris discuss the emotional toll of modern work culture and the importance of community. They also dive into Sarah’s newest book, From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire, and explore the idea that between pandemics, climate change, and economic inequality, many of us are feeling a huge (and often unacknowledged sense of grief. Sarah explains the concept of “disenfranchised grief” and how collective mourning can invite meaningful social connections.
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Host: Chris Duffy (Instagram: @chrisiduffy | chrisduffycomedy.com)
Guest: Sarah Jaffe (Instagram: @sarahljaffe | Website: sarahljaffe.com/)
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From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire
Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keep Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone
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