On today’s podcast, experts debate whether artificial intelligence tools will cause mass job losses; scientists confirm an electric field above Earth’s poles followed by a discussion about why scientists did not make the confirmation earlier; then fast pronunciation on Lesson of the Day.

On the weekend podcast, James Earl Jones’ voice lives on through AI; we answer a listener’s question about ‘perhaps’ and ‘maybe;’ what is your ‘North Star?’ followed by a discussion on VOA Learning English; the final part of 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue,' by Edgar Allen Poe on American Stories.