Fresh Air

How the government wastes our time

And I think that we don't see these things as being purposeful, modifiable, rooted in things like sexism and racism in some cases.

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Tariffs didn’t bring manufacturing jobs back to the US

We're now having robots fill out forms presumably for other robots to read just to get back to the trade we had before.

Freakonomics Radio

The World Is (Still) Drowning in Sludge

Insurance forms that make no sense. Subscriptions that can't be cancelled. A never-ending blizzard of automated notifications.

Fresh Air

Julio Torres spins immigrant stress into satire

the fact that I would have $6,000 saved somewhere is just laughable. That's what it takes to renew the visa? I mean, when I was doing it, yeah, I don't doubt that it's more expensive now. In my experience, around $6,000, which includes the government fees, but also the fees for the lawyer that because it's such a complex system, you don't want to get rejected because you feel something wrong, and they certainly make it so you're dependent on lawyers.