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b'Pathfinders are flamboyant, touchy, secretive, and in demand \\u2014 the defining work of 2050."\\xa0\\n--\\nWHAT IS WORKING 2050?\\xa0\\nWorking 2050 is a speculative oral history about workers of the future.\\nWe talk to people about what they do all day and how they feel about it.\\xa0\\nThen we write science fiction about what they say \\u2014 and how the future might look in 2050.\\n\\nEPISODE 1.01 -- PATHFINDER:\\xa0\\nWe interviewed Rabbi Menachem Cohen, a spiritual director and tabletop game designer in 2020.\\xa0\\nThen, in the style of Studs Terkel\'s oral history Working, we interviewed Ursula Delany, a Pathfinder in 2050.\\xa0\\n\\nSHOW NOTES + TRANSCRIPT:\\xa0\\nhttps://bit.ly/PathfinderWorking2050\\n\\nCREDITS:\\xa0\\n2020 Interviewee: Rabbi Menachem Cohen\\n2050 Interviewee: \\xa0Ursula Delany, Pathfinder, played by Hunter Dunn.\\nHost/"The Narrator" (2020/2050): \\xa0H Kapp-Klote\\nMixing, Engineering, Sound Design: Katie In\\nMoral Support, Story Strategy: Lawrence Barrier and the Center for Story Based Strategy Class\\nStory Editing: Zoe Schein\\n\\nOTHER NOTES:\\xa0\\nThis episode is a test run -- my hope is to get feedback and make Working 2050 even better.\\nFeel free to email me at kappklot@gmail.com with thoughts, feedback, and more.\\nTo learn more about Rabbi Menachem\'s work check out: http://whatmakesyoucomealive.net/\\nTo learn about his project adapting a spiritual version of Dreamchaser, check out: https://www.imagininggames.com/\\nPathfinder is a real (and very popular) game from Dungeons and Dragons. The 2050 career as a whole is likely a direct descendant of RPG games like played with this system. However, this \\xa0template is unlikely to be the basis for Ursula Delany\'s game The Demon Within.\\n--\\nWe tell ourselves so many stories about work -- what we do all day, and how we feel about it.\\nWhen we imagine how people will feel about what they do all day in the future -- we get a little closer to changing the future for the better.'