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Hey everybody.
This is Connor and you're listening to episode 122 of the Listening Time podcast.
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In today's episode, we're going to talk about the gig economy.
So what is the gig economy?
First of all, what does the word gig mean?
A gig is a job that is short term.
It's temporary.
It's not a big commitment.
It's not like a contract for a.
Year or anything like that.
It's just a small job that someone can get.
So for example, let's pretend you're a.
Musician and you have a band, and.
Your band gets hired to play at a certain restaurant for a few hours on a Friday night.
You can say that this is a.
Gig, you're getting paid for it.
It's like a job, but it's not a formal job where you have a contract that's a gig.
So the gig economy refers to the.