Reclaiming UBI Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/reclaimingubi Work and Values in the Age of AI. This series explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way we think about Universal Basic Income (UBI), work, and inequality. As UBI is increasingly touted as a response to the economic impacts of automation and technological change, the podcast unpacks the narratives around UBI, shedding light on whose interests they serve and what they leave out. Bringing together economic analysis, critical perspectives on AI discourse, and philosophical reflections on the meaning of work, the series aims to help listeners engage more thoughtfully with UBI as a broader social and ethical question about how we organize work, value, and human life. © Kairos.fm bc1ecfd2-732b-53b1-826b-534070a3a110 yes Joe Williams Jacob Haimes en Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:11 -0600 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:02:01 -0600 https://kairos.fm/reclaimingubi/ https://img.transistorcdn.com/2J9d0MaUwIh2F9HAr3SfRlh0fzLUNpwkCwrCSgR9LDw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMDg3/NTM5ZThjMWJmMjc0/YzU0MzE1OTc3ZTE3/ZGQ4Ni5qcGc.jpg Reclaiming UBI https://kairos.fm/reclaimingubi/ serial Joe Williams Work and Values in the Age of AI. This series explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way we think about Universal Basic Income (UBI), work, and inequality. As UBI is increasingly touted as a response to the economic impacts of automation and technological change, the podcast unpacks the narratives around UBI, shedding light on whose interests they serve and what they leave out. Bringing together economic analysis, critical perspectives on AI discourse, and philosophical reflections on the meaning of work, the series aims to help listeners engage more thoughtfully with UBI as a broader social and ethical question about how we organize work, value, and human life. Work and Values in the Age of AI. UBI, Jacob Haimes listen@kairos.fm No No UBI and the Story of Work 1 1 UBI and the Story of Work full de9f5c8b-12a3-4f4d-9699-2467072ea900 https://kairos.fm/reclaimingubi/e001 Host Joe Williams shares the story that sparked the series: watching his freelance translation work dry up in late 2025 as AI reshaped his industry. In this audio-documentary style podcast, Joe uses this opportunity to ask bigger questions. If automation does hollow our the job market, what happens to the social contracts around work? If work is not only a paycheck, but also a source of identity as it is for many people, what might we be able to do to build up societal resilience now?

Joe begins to explore these ideas through reflection, The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, as well interviews with Andrew White and Héctor Pérez-Urbina.

Chapters

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (10:22) - Inequality in the digital economy
  • (15:02) - Automation, AI and Work
  • (17:04) - The Meaning of Work
  • (20:24) - Relationships with Work
  • (21:44) - Work Culture
  • (23:25) - Work and Moral Value
  • (26:10) - Work as Self-Realisation
  • (28:03) - Value of Non-Paid Work
  • (32:43) - Paid vs Non-Paid Work
  • (38:44) - AI-Elites and UBI Discourse
  • (42:29) - Outro
]]> Host Joe Williams shares the story that sparked the series: watching his freelance translation work dry up in late 2025 as AI reshaped his industry. In this audio-documentary style podcast, Joe uses this opportunity to ask bigger questions. If automation does hollow our the job market, what happens to the social contracts around work? If work is not only a paycheck, but also a source of identity as it is for many people, what might we be able to do to build up societal resilience now?

Joe begins to explore these ideas through reflection, The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, as well interviews with Andrew White and Héctor Pérez-Urbina.

Chapters

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (10:22) - Inequality in the digital economy
  • (15:02) - Automation, AI and Work
  • (17:04) - The Meaning of Work
  • (20:24) - Relationships with Work
  • (21:44) - Work Culture
  • (23:25) - Work and Moral Value
  • (26:10) - Work as Self-Realisation
  • (28:03) - Value of Non-Paid Work
  • (32:43) - Paid vs Non-Paid Work
  • (38:44) - AI-Elites and UBI Discourse
  • (42:29) - Outro
]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0600 Joe Williams Joe Williams 2751 Host Joe Williams shares the story that sparked the series: watching his freelance translation work dry up in late 2025 as AI reshaped his industry. In this audio-documentary style podcast, Joe uses this opportunity to ask bigger questions. If automation does hollow our the job market, what happens to the social contracts around work? If work is not only a paycheck, but also a source of identity as it is for many people, what might we be able to do to build up societal resilience now?

Joe begins to explore these ideas through reflection, The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, as well interviews with Andrew White and Héctor Pérez-Urbina.

Chapters

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (10:22) - Inequality in the digital economy
  • (15:02) - Automation, AI and Work
  • (17:04) - The Meaning of Work
  • (20:24) - Relationships with Work
  • (21:44) - Work Culture
  • (23:25) - Work and Moral Value
  • (26:10) - Work as Self-Realisation
  • (28:03) - Value of Non-Paid Work
  • (32:43) - Paid vs Non-Paid Work
  • (38:44) - AI-Elites and UBI Discourse
  • (42:29) - Outro
]]> universal basic income, UBI, AI and jobs, automation, future of work, job displacement, AI economy, meaningful work, AI ethics, digital economy, AI inequality, basic income, AI and labor, tech criticism Yes Joe Williams Jacob Haimes Tech Elies and UBI: Unpacking the Discourse 2 2 Tech Elies and UBI: Unpacking the Discourse full f2111e58-30a9-4871-a906-464d2da78cd1 https://kairos.fm/reclaimingubi/e002 This episode turns a critical eye on the dominant discourse around UBI in the context of AI-driven job disruption, investigating whose interests these narratives actually serve. Talking to experts on UBI policy and AI-elite rhetoric, Joe gets behind the sales pitch, asking whether the UBI we're being offered is a genuinely transformative proposal, or a moral alibi for existing power imbalances? Could it entrench tech-elite power if implemented uncritically and undemocratically, and what would a better alternative look like?

Chapters

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (03:17) - Techno-supremacy doctrine
  • (14:03) - Empires of AI
  • (20:06) - Tech-elites' motivations & worldviews
  • (29:34) - Homogeneity
  • (35:42) - Supposed inevitability of tech
  • (42:43) - UBI as a progressive economic policy?
  • (48:41) - Outro
]]> This episode turns a critical eye on the dominant discourse around UBI in the context of AI-driven job disruption, investigating whose interests these narratives actually serve. Talking to experts on UBI policy and AI-elite rhetoric, Joe gets behind the sales pitch, asking whether the UBI we're being offered is a genuinely transformative proposal, or a moral alibi for existing power imbalances? Could it entrench tech-elite power if implemented uncritically and undemocratically, and what would a better alternative look like?

Chapters

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (03:17) - Techno-supremacy doctrine
  • (14:03) - Empires of AI
  • (20:06) - Tech-elites' motivations & worldviews
  • (29:34) - Homogeneity
  • (35:42) - Supposed inevitability of tech
  • (42:43) - UBI as a progressive economic policy?
  • (48:41) - Outro
]]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -0600 Joe Williams Joe Williams 2994 This episode turns a critical eye on the dominant discourse around UBI in the context of AI-driven job disruption, investigating whose interests these narratives actually serve. Talking to experts on UBI policy and AI-elite rhetoric, Joe gets behind the sales pitch, asking whether the UBI we're being offered is a genuinely transformative proposal, or a moral alibi for existing power imbalances? Could it entrench tech-elite power if implemented uncritically and undemocratically, and what would a better alternative look like?

Chapters

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (03:17) - Techno-supremacy doctrine
  • (14:03) - Empires of AI
  • (20:06) - Tech-elites' motivations & worldviews
  • (29:34) - Homogeneity
  • (35:42) - Supposed inevitability of tech
  • (42:43) - UBI as a progressive economic policy?
  • (48:41) - Outro
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