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Labor in the Loop

Labor in the Loop

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Join friends Britt & Kay in an unprofessional chat about the future of work. Britt, an HR expert, and Kay, a AI ethics PhD, rant, joke, complain, and inform listeners about the workplace, AI, and how to grow your career in today’s labor market without losing your humanity.

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Episodes
  • Episode 5: AI Should Remove Noise, Not Judgment
    16 Sep 2026

    Cases Referenced

    Mobley v. Workday, Inc. — ongoing; class action window closed March 7

    Harper v. SiriusXM — ongoing

    Resources Mentioned

    Mapping Inequality — digitized historic redlining maps by city

    Cautionary Tales podcast, hosted by Tim Harford — source of the Steve Shirley story

    Reference to the Enron/Arthur Andersen collapse as the origin of third-party auditing norms

    Disclaimer

    Neither host is a lawyer. This episode is for entertainment/informational purposes only and isn't legal advice — talk to an actual attorney before making decisions based on anything discussed here.

    Brittany (Britt) is a certified HR professional based in Boise, Idaho with four years of experience spanning HR generalist work, talent acquisition, and fractional HR consulting through her own practice, Lumi HR LLC. She got into HR the long way, through customer service, restaurants, sales, administration, and a lot of figuring it out as she went. That path is exactly why she cares so much about the people side of work.

    Karen Boyd is a values and technology researcher and director of research at a think tank in Southern California. She holds an MBA from the University of California, San Diego and a PhD from the University of Maryland's School of Information, where she studied AI ethics and the future of work. She is, by her own admission, better at studying people than working with them.

    Connect With Us

    Britt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanyhumphreys

    Karen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkarenboyd/

    Lumi HR LLC:https://www.instagram.com/lumihrllc/

    Karen’s author account: https://www.instagram.com/karenboydauthor/

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    If this episode resonated with you, we'd love to hear from you. Leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or write us an email with your feedback and questions!

    Labor in the Loop is part career strategy, part tech deep dive, part therapy session between two friends who study work for a living.

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  • Episode 4: Fractional Everything: Part-Time Jobs, Full-Time Feelings
    2 Sep 2026

    About Your Hosts

    Brittany (Britt) is a certified HR professional based in Boise, Idaho with four years of experience spanning HR generalist work, talent acquisition, and fractional HR consulting through her own practice, Lumi HR LLC. She got into HR the long way, through customer service, restaurants, sales, administration, and a lot of figuring it out as she went. That path is exactly why she cares so much about the people side of work.

    Karen Boyd is a values and technology researcher and director of research at a think tank in Southern California. She holds an MBA from the University of California, San Diego and a PhD from the University of Maryland's School of Information, where she studied AI ethics and the future of work. She is, by her own admission, better at studying people than working with them.

    Connect With Us

    Britt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanyhumphreys

    Karen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkarenboyd/

    Lumi HR LLC:https://www.instagram.com/lumihrllc/

    Karen’s author account: https://www.instagram.com/karenboydauthor/

    Leave Us a Review

    If this episode resonated with you, we'd love to hear from you. Leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or write us an email with your feedback and questions!

    Labor in the Loop is part career strategy, part tech deep dive, part therapy session between two friends who study work for a living.

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  • Episode 3: Inside the Hiring Process (Before AI Ruins It)
    19 Aug 2026

    About Your Hosts

    Brittany (Britt) is a certified HR professional based in Boise, Idaho with four years of experience spanning HR generalist work, talent acquisition, and fractional HR consulting through her own practice, Lumi HR LLC. She got into HR the long way, through customer service, restaurants, sales, administration, and a lot of figuring it out as she went. That path is exactly why she cares so much about the people side of work.

    Karen Boyd is a values and technology researcher and director of research at a think tank in Southern California. She holds an MBA from the University of California, San Diego and a PhD from the University of Maryland's School of Information, where she studied AI ethics and the future of work. She is, by her own admission, better at studying people than working with them.

    Connect With Us

    Britt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanyhumphreys

    Karen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkarenboyd/

    Lumi HR LLC:https://www.instagram.com/lumihrllc/

    Karen’s author account: https://www.instagram.com/karenboydauthor/

    Leave Us a Review

    If this episode resonated with you, we'd love to hear from you. Leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or write us an email with your feedback and questions!

    Labor in the Loop is part career strategy, part tech deep dive, part therapy session between two friends who study work for a living.

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    Less than a minute
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