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Annex Sociology PodcastAlexandrea Ravenelle on Side Hustle Safety NetDr. Alexandrea Ravenelle, @ajravenelle.bsky.social, @AJRavenelleNYC, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill joins Dan Morrison (@danielrmorrison.bsky.social) to discuss her 2023 book Side Hustle Safety […]2025-01-061h 19
"Be Bold America!"Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious TimesProduced by KSQD 90.7, 89.5 & 89.7FM
“Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT)
Back in 1929 when the market crashed and the Great Depression began, Uber, TaskRabbit, and the gig economy were almost a century in the future. So why are the laws we use to protect the workers who power those businesses unchanged from 100 years ago?
As we learned with startling clarity during the unprecedented economic upheaval of the pandemic, our social safety net legislation is divorced from how Americans on the margins survive today.
Government policies have not kept up with the changing...2024-05-0757 min
Why Now? A Political Junkie PodcastEpisode 47: It's Good Work--If You Can Get ItThe first cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in late December 2019, near a lab in Wuhan, China that may or may not have been responsible for accidentally releasing the virus into the wild.The disaster that took shape around the world in the following weeks was like watching someone fall from a skyscraper in slow motion. The first case of Covid-19 in the United States was diagnosed on January 20, 2020. But even though there had been three weeks to make contingency plans to defend against a fast-moving and deadly virus, the White House seemed almost paralyzed. Donald Trump, consumed...2024-02-2739 min
The Rob Burgess ShowEp. 242 - Alexandrea J. RavenelleHello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess.
On this our 242nd episode our guest is Alexandrea J. Ravenelle.
Alexandrea J. Ravenelle is an Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, a Faculty Fellow with the Center for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS), and a 2023-24 Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar. Her newest book, “Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times,” was released by the University of California Press on Oct. 24. Her first book, “Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy,” was rele...2023-12-2839 min
Facepalm AmericaHow Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious TimesBeowulf talks with Alexandrea Ravenelle, author of SIDE HUSTLE SAFETY NET: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times about how vulnerable workers in the gig economy really are and how side hustles aren't really side hustles.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/facepalm-america--5189985/support.2023-12-1030 min
New Full Audiobooks in Self-Improvement, Career DevelopmentSide Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times by Alexandrea J. RavenellePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/716034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times Author: Alexandrea J. Ravenelle Narrator: Rachel Perry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: November 21, 2023 Genres: Career Development Publisher's Summary: The first major study of how the pandemic affected gig workers—a sociological exploration that reads like a novel. This is the story of what the most vulnerable wage earners—gig workers, restaurant staff, early-career creatives, and minimum-wage laborers—do when the economy suddenly collapses. In Side Hustle Safety Net, Alexandrea J. Ravenelle builds on interviews with nearly...2023-11-2130 min
Discover the Best Audio Stories in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsSide Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times by Alexandrea J. RavenellePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/716034to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times
Author: Alexandrea J. Ravenelle
Narrator: Rachel Perry
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes
Release date: November 21, 2023
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
The first major study of how the pandemic affected gig workers—a sociological exploration that reads like a novel. This is the story of what the most vulnerable wage earners—gig workers, restaurant staff, early-career creatives, and minimum-wage laborers—do when the economy suddenly collapses. In Side Hustle Safety Net, Alexandrea J. Ravenelle builds on interviews with n...2023-11-219h 20
the Best Audio Stories in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsSide Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times by Alexandrea J. RavenellePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/716034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times Author: Alexandrea J. Ravenelle Narrator: Rachel Perry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: November 21, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The first major study of how the pandemic affected gig workers—a sociological exploration that reads like a novel. This is the story of what the most vulnerable wage earners—gig workers, restaurant staff, early-career creatives, and minimum-wage laborers—do when the economy suddenly collapses. In Side Hustle Safety Net, Alexandrea J. Ravenelle builds on interv...2023-11-2130 min
Woke AF DailyTurning Moments into MovementsSociology professor Alexandrea Ravenelle has published the first major study on the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on gig workers; the Side Hustle Safety Net author joins Danielle for a gripping conversation on the current economy and the push by workers for a better future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2023-10-2630 minWoke AF DailyTurning Moments into MovementsSociology professor Alexandrea Ravenelle has published the first major study on the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on gig workers; the Side Hustle Safety Net author joins Danielle for a gripping conversation on the current economy and the push by workers for a better future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2023-10-2630 minFacepalm AmericaSide Hustles Without A Safety Net with guest Alexandrea RavenelleWe speak with Alexandrea Ravenelle, author of SIDE HUSTLE SAFETY NET: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times about how vulnerable workers in the gig economy really are.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/facepalm-america--5189985/support.2023-10-2530 min
So Money with Farnoosh Torabi1445: Gig Work in America: Risks, Costs and a Better Path ForwardChoose your hours, choose your work, be your own boss, control your own income. Welcome to the gig economy, a nebulous collection of online platforms and apps that promise to transcend capitalism. Supporters argue that the gig economy will reverse economic inequality, enhance worker rights, and bring entrepreneurship to the masses. But does it? Guest Alexandrea J. Ravenelle, Associate Professor of sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill and author of Hustle and Gig, shares the personal stories of nearly eighty predominantly millennial gig workers, underlining the volatility of working in the gig economy. Learn more about your...2022-12-0733 min
Century LivesThe Free Agent EconomyGig-based work has exploded over the last decade, accounting for almost all of America’s job growth. Is it a more flexible, personalized work experience or cost-cutting, exploitation tactic? And what should change so it’s fair to all? Gig-based work represents virtually all of America’s job growth in the last decade. To some, it’s a solution for a more flexible, personalized work experience providing more time for other commitments. To others, however, it’s a means for companies to shed costs and exploit workers. In this episode, Century Lives: The 60-Year Career explores the m...2022-05-2532 min
The Institute PodcastEpisode 103: The Gig Economy With Alexandrea RavenelleAssistant Professor Alexandrea Ravenelle (Sociology) discusses her research on the gig economy as well as her book HUSTLE AND GIG: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy (Univeristy of California Press).2020-05-0817 min
WORKFORCEPODSE158: Workforce Central- Struggling and Surviving in the Gig EconomyFrom Workforce Central Podcast: Dr. Alexandrea Ravenelle, author of Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy, joins the program to discuss the costs, benefits and social impact of freelance work and the gig economy. Discover the economic forces that have led to an increase in freelance work, and why some freelance workers do well in the gig economy while others struggle. Dr. Ravenelle also discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gig workers.2020-05-0436 min
Workforce CentralE94: Struggling and Surviving in the Gig EconomyDr. Alexandrea Ravenelle, author of Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy, joins the program to discuss the costs, benefits and social impact of freelance work and the gig economy. Discover the economic forces that have led to an increase in freelance work, and why some freelance workers do well in the gig economy while others struggle. Dr. Ravenelle also discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gig workers.2020-05-0136 min
The ConversationDavid Catanese, Alexandrea Ravenelle - February 27, 2019Can Centrism Defeat Trump In 2020? Dangers Of The Gig Economy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2019-08-0828 min
Small Business DigestEric Diamond & Alexandrea Ravenelle - Small Business Digest Ep 5Today my guests are Eric Diamond CEO of Pushsend & Alexandrea Ravenelle, professor at Mercy College2019-05-0158 min
Get Yourself the JobAlexandrea RavenelleJennifer Hill asks Assistant Professor and author, Alexandrea Ravenelle about her book “Hustle & Gig.” Alexandrea shares cautionary tales from her research into the dangers of working in a gig economy job. She also shares what she found from the gig economy workers she interviewed, and ways to make working in the gig economy safer for workers.
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Alexandrea J. Ravenelle is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Mercy College and Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU. Recently awarded an Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Knowledge Challenge grant, Ravenelle is currently working on her next project, After the Hust...2019-04-1655 min
Give and TakeEpisode 150: Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy, with Alexandrea J. RavenelleMy guest is Alexandrea Ravenelle. Her new book is Hustle and Gig. Choose your hours, choose your work, be your own boss, control your own income. Welcome to the sharing economy, a nebulous collection of online platforms and apps that promise to transcend capitalism. Supporters argue that the gig economy will reverse economic inequality, enhance worker rights, and bring entrepreneurship to the masses. But does it?
In Hustle and Gig, Alexandrea J. Ravenelle shares the personal stories of nearly eighty predominantly millennial workers from Airbnb, Uber, TaskRabbit, and Kitchensurfing. Their stories underline the volatility of working in...2019-02-1345 min