# Season 1, Gen X — Episode 9 — Office Space (1999) and Falling Down (1993) w/Dan Evans

An episode of [Death is a Photograph](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1851854369), 18 Jan 2026, 1 h 14 min.

Audio: https://redirect.zencastr.com/r/episode/696cd76d542a2b9a089db64e/size/106481133/audio-files/67f3e7b6c0e44b4fefd3ba4a/82452438-fc87-4b11-bc46-f6c5014e49ea.mp3

It's the new year, and Sam and Chase have returned to their PMC day jobs in force. Less mind-numbing conversations by the water cooler, less pizza parties, less boredom — but far more existential dread and precarity (who said things couldn't get better). In today's episode, we're joined by sociologist and writer Dan Evans to discuss two Gen X films about work and working: Joel Schumacher's Falling Down (1993) and Mike Judge's Office Space (1999). During a period of steady wage growth, relatively low asset prices, declining (but still powerful) labour union power, and porous gatekeeping practices — why did Gen X hate work so much? We find out in this week's DPP. Evans is the author of the brilliant A Nation of Shopkeepers: The Unstoppable Rise of the Petty Bourgeoisie (you can watch him talking about it here). You can find our Patreon here.

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