Scientific American contributing editor George Musser discusses how the open-office plan took off, the downsides its designers didn’t anticipate, and what a better office layout might look like.
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How to find a job you’ll actually love
Marcus Buckingham the head of research at ADP Research Institute, joins us to discuss how to identify your strengths and apply them to fulfilling work.
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When you need your job and your kids need you
Psychologist Maureen Perry-Jenkins discusses the working conditions of parents who must return to work weeks after giving birth and the challenges they face raising healthy children.
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Why is ageism still OK?
Megan Gerhardt examines intergenerational workplaces, why age accounts for only 8 percent of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, and strategies for change.
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How kids benefit from seeing their mom’s ambition at work
Lara Bazelon argues that pursuing career goals is central to raising healthy, happy children – and that aspiration is part of the work-life balance.
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So, you gained weight during the pandemic — you’re not alone
Emily McCombs discusses her own weight gain over the course of the pandemic and why she says no one is allowed to be “fat in peace.”
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In Big Tech, work is religion
Carolyn Chen discusses her research in Silicon Valley, where she found spiritual practices like mindfulness are used to increase production while affiliations with places of worship outside the office are slipping away.
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Imagine If Every Weekend Was A Three-Day Weekend
Joe Pinsker, staff writer for The Atlantic, joins us to discuss why productivity needn’t rely on a traditional five days of work — and how some companies have cut office hours and found a boost in output and morale.
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Why Humans Drink
University scholar Edward Slingerland joins us to discuss why many organisms — human and otherwise — like to tie one on now and again and the effect that has had on our societies.
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Your Co-Workers Are Not Your Family
Type Media Center reporting fellow who covers labor and economic justice, Sarah Jaffe, joins us to talk about how our relationships with our employers often take up more space than those with our own families, and why that needs to change.
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Tips For Parenting In A Pandemic
KJ Dell’Antonia, former lead editor of The New York Times Motherlode blog, joins us to provide strategies for moms and dads who must now be both parent and teacher.
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To Work Better, Work Less
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, a visiting scholar at Stanford and Oxford, joins us to talk about redesigning the workday.
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