Charlie Warzel discusses the takeaways from work-life balance that have come out of Covid working arrangements, and what the future of corporate HQ might look like.
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The global poor need mental health care, too
Vox reporter Dylan Matthews discusses the work of the Happier Life Institute, which found that access to psychotherapy should be central to foreign aid and charity work abroad in order to increase well-being.
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Why day care centers are on the verge of collapse
Bloomberg Businessweek columnist Claire Suddath explains why daycare centers struggle with staffing and profit margins, and why, despite the demand, the industry is struggling to survive.
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Want to help the planet? Stop buying so much
J. B. MacKinnon joins us to talk about the push-pull between the supposed economic harm of less shopping with the environmental impacts of buying too much.
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Meet the moms taking over social media
Kathryn Jezer-Morton, author of the “Mothers Under the Influence” Substack, joins us to talk about the moms of TikTok, Instagram and other social media platforms who have turned their lives into profitable enterprises.
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When killing a newspaper is good business
McKay Coppins, a staff writer at The Atlantic, joins us to talk about a hedge fund that is buying up newspapers across the country and dismantling them at an alarming rate.
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Pulling out of poverty is harder than you think
Journalist Ray Suarez joins us to talk about everyday Americans who have lost jobs and homes – and about the degree to which the economy is working for different sectors of the population.
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Now is the perfect time to rethink your work life
Bill Burnett, executive director of the Design Program at Stanford, joins us to discuss ways to access creativity and personal growth even as the workplace is radically changing.
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How William Randolph Hearst Made The Media
Stephen Ives joins us to tell the story of William Randolph Hearst – the subject of a new American Experience documentary.
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The Essential Jobs No One Wants
Eyal Press joins us to talk about everyone from drone pilots to workers on slaughterhouse floors and how we’re all complicit in jobs we wouldn’t want to hold ourselves.
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It’s Time To Recognize The Value Of ‘Women’s Work’
Type Media Center reporting fellow Sarah Jaffe joins us to talk about how Covid lockdowns made it clear how much Americans rely on care workers – and how little we value them monetarily.
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Why Are Customers Such Jerks These Days?
Amanda Mull, staff writer for The Atlantic, joins us to talk about the flight attendants, grocery store clerks, gig workers and others on the frontlines of a rapidly declining atmosphere of civility, and what’s happening to customer service.
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