As much as we explored the desirability of the gig economy in the previous episode, surely there are liabilities as well. Who are at most vulnerable and what exactly are the disadvantages of working in the gig economy? What is the definition of the term ‘new poor’ and how does it affect an individual’s financial status? By getting gig jobs, does it mean less work hours? Are giggers’ mental health at stake? Do women have a fair shot on getting equal pay with side gigs, as opposed to traditional jobs? Is there competition between gig workers? Does being hired under a company reap more perks and benefits for the gigger?

 

 In this episode, hosts Narmatha and Livia will tackle the flaws and difficulties of taking up side gigs as students. By having our guest speaker, Shadia, come on and talk about her experiences of being a copywriter and freelancer whilst being a full-time student, we gain first-hand information of what it is like to handle stress, studies, and side gigs as a university student. 

 

The recording process for this episode included take after take as hosts Narmatha and Livia had to assimilate and integrate themselves into the tone and mood of having to discuss about the horrifying and horrendous statistics on the impact of students working in the gig economy, which could possibly include a decline in mental health or even sometimes death. With such a sorrowful and saddening topic at hand, a couple of breaths and drinking breaks were taken to get through the recording of Episode 3.

 

In our twenty-minute episode, editor ShuChen was able to combine the devastating fact-sharing done by hosts Narmatha and Livia along with the interview session that took place featuring Shadia. Graphic designer ChenHui and scriptwriter Mircea were present in both recording sessions to provide helpful tips and tricks in which hosts Narmatha and Livia could produce the best narration for our listeners.

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For this Episode, scriptwriting and interview questions were both handled by Mircea. For the recording sessions, Shuchen and Mircea were incharge of setting up the recording equipments as well as making sure the audio quality was up to par. Chen Hui, took notes as hosts, Narmatha and Livia, re-read lines to make the audio editing process easier for our audio engineer Shuchen.