Full Interview: Alain de Botton on the beauty of work

Posted by Elizabeth Bowie under Audio, Interviews
Work

This week, Nora had an opportunity to speak with writer Alain de Botton about his newest book, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work.

Nora and Alain talked about how work has changed in recent years, and why we should try to see work as beautiful, and not boring.

A shorter version of this interview will air on an upcoming episode of Spark, but you can hear the full, uncut interview below, or download the MP3. [runs 27:06]

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