​Recent media appearances (selected)

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"The Work AI Can't Do."  By Moe Carrick.  Fast Company.  June 18, 2026.

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"Wenn Maschinen trosten" ("When Machines Give Comfort").  By Pierre Heumann.  Weltwoche.  (Swiss weekly).   

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"Menschen schätzen echte menschliche Verbindung noch immer sehr“ ("People Still Highly Value Human Connection").  May 28, 2026.  By Annika Keilen.  Handelsblatt. (German daily business paper).

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"Can AI Replace Human Connection?" (with Louis Kim). February 10, 2026.  Beauty at Work with Brandon Vaidyanathan

 

"Relationships 2.0: The Price of Disconnection." March 31, 2025.  The Hidden Brain.

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"Relationships 2.0: Recovering the Human Touch." March 31, 2025.  Hidden Brain+ (behind paywall).

 

“I’m Afraid We Are Automating This Work Without Really Understanding It.” February 20, 2025. Harvard Business Review. 

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"The Last Human Job, Part I." February 20, 2025.  Reach Out and Read podcast.

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"Musk and His Techies are Purging Workers to Replace Them With Automation and AI."  February 10, 2025.  Background Briefing with Ian Masters.

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"AI's Economy of Alienation." February 6, 2025. The Majority Report with Sam Seder.  (Segment starts at 18:23)

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"Är AI bättre än inget?" (Is AI Better Than Nothing?"). November 19.  Den Nya Ekonomin  (The New Economy) (Swedish).

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"The Humanity of Connective Labor," October 15.  "Human-Centered," a podcast by the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University. 

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"Is AI Coming for Your Job?" Sept. 1.  The Bunker podcast (UK).

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"Allison Pugh on Why Human Interaction Is Good for Us.". July 25: "Nine to Noon" with Kathryn Ryan, RNZ (New Zealand Public Radio).

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​"The Economy Needs Workers Who Can Really Connect."  July 9: "Think" with Krys Boyd, KERA, Dallas/Fort Worth.

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"'The Unique Magic That Happens When Two People Come Together': Allison Pugh on Building a Society of Connection." Public Books. ​June 25, 2024.

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"Being Human Now: Work." March 1, 2024: "Spark" with Nora Young, Canadian Broadcasting Company radio show.

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"The world wants your kids to buy stuff. Here’s how to help them be less materialistic." Vox, December 2024

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"Working conditions: Human Jobs." With Good Reason radio show, June 2023. 

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"Automated technology isn't going anywhere — and it's changing society" USA Today, August 2017

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