Gen-Z often isn't seeking out skilled trade careers; Finding paradise with Pico Iyer - Categories Via RSS |
- News
- Publication Date |
- Jan 18, 2023
- Episode Duration |
- 00:26:40
After Kevin McCarthy stepped into the House Speaker role after a contentious voting process, the new Congress still has many challenges ahead of it. The Associated Press's Lisa Mascaro joins us. Then, if something's broken in your neighborhood, who are you going to call? Probably not Gen-Z. Data shows that the application rate for the younger generation seeking technical jobs dropped by 49% between 2020 and 2022. Paul Iversen, a labor educator with the University of Iowa's Labor Center, joins us. And, travel writer Pico Iyer released a new book called "The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise." He joins us to look back on nearly five decades of travel and finding paradise in unlikely places.