Work-Shaped Life Trailer
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” The question every child is asked.
In Work-Shaped Life, we talk to people about how the path to “what they want to be” is going. And where it’s taken them along the way.
Have you ever had a job that rewards what you're good at, suits how you’re wired, and leaves you free to thrive when you’re not working? Do you have a job like that now?
Who’s able to build and sustain a career that fits the life they want? How have they done it? And what would that even look like today, in 2026, as the economy falters and the future of work seems less certain than ever?
On one level, we're all just humans doing the jobs we wound up with, paying bills and trying to make the best of our situations day by day. But the challenges we’re navigating and how we respond, one person to another, or sometimes even the same person one year to the next, are not the same.
Work-Shaped Life is a podcast about what making a living makes of our lives.
Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform or visit WorkShapedLife.com to find every episode, show notes, transcripts and special bonus shorts.
David Gutterman
If we had this conversation when I was 16, I would say to you, I think I'm gonna be a rabbi.
Kate Lasky
I wanted to be an artist. My parents wanted me to be an artist. And it's just because I could draw.
Dave Weich
What do you want to be when you grow up? The question every child is asked. In Work-Shaped Life, we talk to people about how the path to what they want to be is going and where it's taken them along the way.
Dave Weich
What's the longest vacation you've had?
Matt Newell
Two and a half weeks?
Dave Weich
In 30 years.
Matt Newell
Yes. We're in America, that's common.
Dave Weich
Have you ever had a job that rewards what you're good at, suits how you're wired, and leaves you free to thrive when you're not working? Do you have a job like that now? Who's able to build and sustain a career that fits the life they want? How have they done it? And what would that even look like today, in 2026, as the economy falters and the future of work seems less certain than ever?
Katie Silver
Everyone I know is being asked to do more with less. It doesn't matter what industry they're in or what their job is.
Dave Weich
My name is Dave Weich, and I've been interviewing people about their work for 30 years. On one level, we're all just humans doing the jobs we wound up with, paying bills and trying to make the best of our situations day to day. But the challenges we're navigating and how we respond, one person to another, or sometimes even the same person, one year to the next, are not the same.
Katie Fine
I, as of today, am a former employee of the Department of War. I've kind of been in this weird liminal space of like, who am I? What do I want out of my life?
Dave Weich
Work-Shaped Life is a podcast about what making a living makes of our lives.
Jen Burkart
I have my dream job.
Dave Weich
You have your dream job. Do you have your dream life?
Jen Burkart
Mmm. Well, that's a different question. That's a different question.
Dave Weich
Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform or visit WorkShapedLife.com to find every episode, show notes, transcripts, and special bonus shorts.
