Worth Knowing

Elliot Costello and Matt Kendall
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A weekly podcast about the forces shaping politics, power and technology, and how they affect you.

Episodes

  1. 4h ago

    Let them eat UBI

    Universal Basic Income (UBI) is often served up as the neat solution to AI job disruption. Lose work, receive a payment, and everything will be OK. In this episode, Elliot and Matt come at that promise from different positions. Elliot makes the optimistic case for the freedom UBI could unlock. Whereas Matt is more sceptical... especially of those who treat it as a silver bullet. They explore the targeting problem and what a flat payment means for workers facing vastly different income losses. Then there is the big question: who pays, and how do we ensure the companies capturing the productivity gains contribute? Chapters ➡ 00:17 Introduction to Universal Basic Income03:04 Historical Context and Examples of UBI05:43 Concerns and Critiques of UBI08:12 The Role of Technology and AI in UBI10:49 Funding UBI and Economic Implications13:40 The Future of Work and UBI14:29 Conclusion and Final Thoughts on UBI Watch and subscribe to the channel now as well as our substack and on your favourite podcasting channels at: https://worthknowingpod.com

    Let them eat UBI

  2. 1d ago

    Is Australia hurtling towards an AI jobs cliff?

    What happens if AI transforms work faster than Australia can adapt? In the first episode of Worth Knowing, Matt and Elliot explore what AI job disruption could mean for Australian workers, and why the unemployment rate may not tell us the full story. The Caldera Institute’s AI Work Cliff modelling stress-tests a scenario in which 20 per cent of Australia’s AI-exposed workforce experiences job loss, reduced hours or income downgrading. The result: 1.08 million workers affected and $48.9 billion in household income at risk each year. Most may remain “technically employed”, even as their incomes fall. Australia could enter a hollow boom: productivity, investment and GDP keep rising while the wage base supporting households quietly erodes underneath them. AI will create opportunities as well as disruption, but the warning signals are lighting up the board. What should workers do now? And how do we make the transition planned and intentional? Chapters ➡ 00:00 Highlight Teaser00:30 Introduction00:45 The Impact of AI on Jobs11:21 Understanding AI Job Disruption17:22 Industry's Role in AI Transition19:57 Navigating the Future of Work23:14 The Upside of Disruption24:37 Wrap Up Watch and subscribe to the channel now as well as our substack and on your favourite podcasting channels at worthknowingpod.com

    Is Australia hurtling towards an AI jobs cliff?

  3. 1d ago

    Worth Knowing Teaser

    Coming soon: Worth Knowing is a weekly podcast about the forces shaping politics, power and technology, and how they affect you. Created by co-hosts Matt Kendall and Elliot Costello, Worth Knowing is an antidote to the polarised media landscape of grifters, bots, sock-puppets, rage baiters and a never-ending firehose of rapid-fire disinformation, hot takes and angertainment. Each episode slows down and calms your info metabolism by taking one complex issue, looking at it from different angles and asking what is really happening, who is shaping the story, how it could affect your life and where it may be heading. We take the big abstract issues that are having an impact and make them real and meaningful for you. Watch and subscribe to the channel now, as well as our Substack, and on your favourite podcasting channels at worthknowingpod.com

    Worth Knowing Teaser

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A weekly podcast about the forces shaping politics, power and technology, and how they affect you.

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  • Creator
    Elliot Costello and Matt Kendall
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Elliot Costello and Matt Kendall
  • Show Website
    Worth Knowing