On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: get back to work.When your job becomes obsolete, is it the government’s job to teach you to do something else? That’s the theory behind federal workforce training programs – which have existed, in various forms, for a long time. The problem is that studies are starting to show that these programs don’t provide much of an edge to workers… and that the jobs they place for <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/06/federal-job-training-law/678759/">might not be good jobs</a>.Kevin Carey of New America joins us to argue for a retooling of federal work training.If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: <a href="mailto:hearmeout@slate.com">hearmeout@slate.com</a>Podcast production by Maura Currie.Want more Hear Me Out? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit <a href="http://slate.com/awordplus">slate.com/hearmeoutplus</a> to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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