Silicon Valley Is Turning Nurses Into Gig Workers—With Katie J. Wells
Katie J. Wells joins Paris Marx to discuss how the Uber model is finally coming for healthcare.

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The Uber model is finally coming for healthcare. Katie J. Wells joins Paris Marx to discuss how much the healthcare gig apps resemble Uber’s rollout, why they aren’t being properly regulated, and the effects they’re having on staff and patients alike.
Katie J. Wells is a Senior Fellow at AI Now Institute and a co-author of Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City.
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Nurses and healthcare workers cheer during healthcare apparel company FIGS’ “Healthcare is Human” rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2026, as healthcare workers gather to call attention to the challenges facing medical professionals. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP via Getty Images)
(Drew Angerer / AFP via Getty Images)The Uber model is finally coming for healthcare. Katie J. Wells joins Paris Marx to discuss how much the healthcare gig apps resemble Uber’s rollout, why they aren’t being properly regulated, and the effects they’re having on staff and patients alike.
Katie J. Wells is a senior fellow at AI Now Institute and a co-author of Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City.
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We are often told that resisting technological development is impossible and ‘progress’ is inevitable, but history says otherwise. Thomas Dekeyser joins Paris Marx to discuss how understanding radical resistances of the past can help us rethink our modern relationship with technology and reshape our vision of the future.
Thomas Dekeyser is a lecturer in human geography at the University of Southampton, author of Techno-Negative: A Long History of Refusing the Machine, and co-creator of the documentary Machines in Flames.
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