Heller Voices's Podcast
Heller Voices's Podcast
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Heller Voices on Social Policy showcases interdisciplinary research from the Heller community through interviews, storytelling, and discussions on topics like health equity, racial justice, and community development. Featuring students, faculty, alumni, and community leaders, the series fosters cross-disciplinary dialogue and collaborative solutions to pressing social policy challenges.
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The podcast focuses on themes such as health equity, racial justice, and community development, with episodes like 'Understanding The Gig Economy' featuring discussions on labor market policies and the challenges faced by gig workers. Other examples include analyses of community initiatives and the intersection of race and public health.
Heller Voices on Social Policy showcases interdisciplinary research from the Heller community through interviews, storytelling, and discussions on topics like health equity, racial justice, and community development. Featuring students, faculty, alumni, and community leaders, the series fosters cross-disciplinary dialogue and collaborative solutions to pressing social policy challenges.
In this episode, Professor David Weil explains the evolution of the ”gig ecomony” and the challenges it presents for workers.
David Weil, a leading expert in labor market policy and workplace regulation, is a professor at the Heller School and the 2025 Stone Visiting Scholar at Harvard Kennedy School. As the former Dean of Heller and Wage and Hour Division Administrator under President Obama, Weil brings decades of scholarship and public service to issues of employment, transparency, and economic justice.
Host: Modesta Yuoni Addison, MA
Academic Supervisor: Pamina Firchow, PhD
Producer: Quentin Cox, MA, MDiv
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