How The Pandemic Could Give Workers More Leverage, Explaining The Taliban

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A masked worker a Sprint mobile phone store sanitizes a door as an unmasked customer walks a dog out of the location in Nashua, N.H., Thursday, May 14, 2020. Some retail locations reopened in New Hampshire this week after shutting down during March due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak. Charles Krupa/AP Photo

We discuss some of the potentially changing dynamics in the employer-employee relationship. Then a journalist gives us a primer on the Taliban in Afghanistan, as well as one of the militarized groups challenging them in the region.

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Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Rachael Vasquez Producer
  • Bill Martens Producer
  • Tyler Ditter Technical Director
  • Julie Battilana Guest
  • Tiziana Casciaro Guest
  • John Haltiwanger Guest

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