Can Meta’s New $115M Academy Fix the American Workforce?

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Brian Kilmeade discusses Meta's $115 million initiative to revitalize the American blue-collar workforce with guests Dina Powell McCormick and Mike Rowe.

Brian Kilmeade sits down with Meta President Dina Powell McCormick and mikeroweWORKS Foundation CEO Mike Rowe to discuss a massive $115 million initiative to revitalize the American blue-collar workforce. They break down how eliminating the friction of training costs can fill the critical shortage of 500,000 electricians needed to build out America's AI infrastructure. Discover why this private-sector push is vital to winning the high-stakes technology race against China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Host: Brian Kilmeade

Guests: Dina Powell McCormick, Mike Rowe

Topics covered

• American workforce
• blue-collar jobs
• training costs
• technology race
• electricians
• Meta initiative

Keywords

• Meta
• workforce
• training costs
• electricians
• AI infrastructure
• technology race
• blue-collar jobs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, mikeroweWORKS Foundation

Places: America, China

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