Work-Shaped Life
People of all ages, doing all sorts of work, talk about the path they took to get their job and how it's shaped their life.
Episodes
Guest
Katrin Hinrichs
What'd we talk about?
Fascination. Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Horses. Assisted reproduction. Grade school goals. Pet care in the 70s. Ideas. Mentors. Doing something no one thought you could. Curiosity. Management. Ethics. Cloning. The difference between corn and oats. Teaching. Three-dimensional jigsaw puzzles. Elementary school classrooms. Trying new things. Listening to your husband si...
Guest
Sam Stanton
What'd we talk about?
Dropping out of college. Rehab. Port Townsend. Morning coffee on deck. Tinkering with things. Trade school. International travel. Leaning into your 20s. Tugboat cowboys in the oil patch. Sleep schedules. Chasing it hard. Lavender farming. Ferries. Going home at the end of a shift. Self employment. Tangerine orchards. Putting your job on the shelf. What is possible.
Guest: Jen Burkart
What'd we talk about? Literacy. Teaching. Dream jobs. Opportunity gaps. Chest puff-up moments. Raising multiple children. Supportive partners. Hobby time. Work clothes. Leadership books we've never read. Managing complex change. Finding focus. Allocating personal resources. The feeling of agency. Searching for Lake Michigan. Powell's circa 1998. Defining the outcome.
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Guest: Katie Silver
What'd we talk about? Executive recruitment. Job seekers. Introverts. Closing a deal. Finding alignment with ethos and values. Enforcing work-life balance. Helping people get unstuck. Building a network. Growing your career. Understanding the market. The art of the possible. Coaching and mentoring. AI. Throwing your resume into the void. Curiosity. Doing more with less.
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Guest: David Gutterman
What'd we talk about? Intellectual and emotional capacity. What it is to be human. The liberal arts. Funeral dancing. Sustained community. Learning how to listen and be present. The time horizon. How to finish cooking half-baked ideas. Capitalist frameworks. Fear and powerlessness. Asking better questions. Kathryn Schulz. Changing your mind. Styles of learning.
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Guest: Katie Fine
What'd we talk about? The Department of War. Evanston, Illinois. Forensic archeology. The Neolithic period in Greece. The job market. Coffee shop conversations at the Pentagon. Heated Rivalry. Tethers. Losing a parent. The Vietnam War. MIA POWs. Adventure. Loneliness. Research security. Career goals. Identity. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
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“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
In Work-Shaped Life, people talk about how the path to “what they want to be” is going...and where it’s taken them along the way.
Who’s able to build and sustain a career that fits the life they want? How have they done it? And what does that even look like today, in 2026, as the economy falters and the future of work seems less certain than ever?
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