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Friends,
Leftists and progressives more broadly are becoming increasingly aware of the lie of “loving what you do.” And we’re also becoming more aware of the ways corporations try to ameliorate real reflection and demands for higher wages via “perks” like organic cereal dispensers and “funny hat day” and other forms of glitzy dross.

But conversations about the above, as important as they are, can sometimes reduce fuller conversations tBut conversations about all the above, as important as they are, can sometimes reduce fuller conversations to a political/rights dimension, which don’t consider feeling, culture, the individual, or even economy. One of the sites of labor where this is evident is the “dream job.” That’s a category that includes YouTube “stars,” writers, podcasters, adult performers, and more.

My friend – regular AEWCH guest, the bestselling author and mortician and YouTube star of Ask A Mortician – Caitlin Doughty and I have been “making content” for over a decade.

We talk about how the landscape has changed, where it’s going, but mostly how this particular form of work is emblematic for the “dream job” that is at once elevated and belittled in our society, free and exhausting, life-giving and soul-killing.

My hope is that you’ll reflect on your own work and dreams as you listen. And that we’ll all talk more about how to make our artistic efforts more free and easier to engage with, while at the same time dissolving the “grind” of it.

Happy 250 episodes to this crazy, exhausting, fun, enlivening thing. Thanks for being along for the ride. XO CH

MORE ON CAITLIN Caitlin’s been on the show many times, including recently on AEWCH 213 talking about love and death, and AEWCH 200 in conversation with me and paranormal research John E.L. Tenney. Here’s Caitlin’s website. And my favorite book of Caitlin’s is From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death.