# Life, Automated: A New Podcast About Our Tech-Driven World

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Podcast: [The Bay](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bay-504645)
Published: 2026-07-28T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

What does it mean to live, work, and make decisions in a rapidly automated world? Life, Automated, a new podcast distributed by KQED and made by our partners at the Ryan Institute for Complexity at Northwestern University, explores this urgent question. Listen every other Wednesday wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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