The How This Works show
Talking to 100 people about topics they know incredibly well
About the show
A regular rendezvous into a wide array of subjects with over 100 expert guests. Our second season is underway, offering even more captivating conversations on a plethora of subject matters such as service design, product design, recruitment, facilitation, research, coaching, and other adjacent areas. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us, leave a review, spread the word, and join our exploration!
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Episodes
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Joanne Weaver
18 October 2024 | Season 2 | 1 hr 15 mins
cabaret, career advice, design, entrepreneurship, human connection, jazz, job search, music, networking, overcoming fear, personal growth, podcast, recruitment, sci-fi, trip-hop, ux
In this episode, Skipper chats with Joanne Weaver about her background about a UX recruiter, her take on the design job market, and what it means to be looking for a job today, along with some general advice
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Carl Cleanthes
8 October 2024 | Season 2 | 1 hr 30 mins
art entrepreneurship, art nfts, barefoot, blockchain, creative agency founder, creative journey, digital content creation, father's legacy, live art streaming, nfts, non-fungible tokens explainer, pandemic business pivot, visual communication expert, web3
In this episode, Skipper chats with Carl Cleanthes about making art, creativity, what NFTs are and how he works with them, and running a creative agency
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Jen Dary
11 December 2023 | Season 2 | 1 hr 2 mins
beplucky, client, french lit, in-person, leadership coach, manager, my own thing, oldest kid, plucky, small companies, so now you're a manager, virtual
In this episode, Skipper talks with Jen Dary about her work as a leadership coach and trainer of managers among other topics
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Karen Faith
3 November 2023 | Season 2 | 1 hr 7 mins
empathy, empathy for assholes, ethnography, karen faith, others unlimited
In this episode, Skipper chats with Karen Faith about her work as a researcher and ethnographer in the practice of empathy
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Zolt Levay
30 May 2023 | Season 2 | 53 mins 18 secs
astronomer, astronomy, cameras, carina nebula, color, data, images, light, nature, objects, photography, photos, pillars of creation, professional telescopes, wave lengths
In this episode, Skipper chats with Zolt Levay about his work as a nature photographer, both out in space and on our terrestrial world here on Earth
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Dr. Peter Chin-Hong
19 May 2022 | Season 2 | 51 mins 32 secs
coronavirus, covid, first booster, second booster, ucsf, vaccine
In this episode, Skipper chats again with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong from University of California, San Francisco about the coronavirus/COVID and more
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Skipper Chong Warson
15 June 2021 | Season 1 | 1 hr 8 mins
5 whys, color, design, five whys, home, listening, making how this works, new york city, podcast, san francisco, storytelling, success, work, writing
In this episode, the script is flipped and Laura puts the questions to Skipper - topics include storytelling, making How This Works, life at home, and a variety of other topics
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Call for questions
7 June 2021 | Season 1 | 45 secs
Skipper asks for listener questions for the last episode of the first season
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Sarah Sudhoff
1 June 2021 | Season 1 | 1 hr 23 mins
art, houston, performance artist, photograph, photographer, photography, sarah sudhoff
In this episode, Skipper chats with Sarah Sudhoff about her work as an artist and her background as a photographer
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Piper Payne
20 April 2021 | Season 1 | 1 hr 14 mins
audio mastering engineer, cryptocurrency, mastering engineer, music, nashville, nfts, non-fungible tokens, piper payne, quality control, sound, vinyl
In this episode, Skipper chats with Piper Payne about her work as an audio mastering engineer
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Kait Scalisi
6 April 2021 | Season 1 | 1 hr 58 secs
consent culture, kait scalisi, passionbykait, pleasure, sexual health, sexual pleasure, shame
In this episode, Skipper chats with Kait Scalisi about sexual pleasure, sexual health, and consent culture
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Sally McRae
30 March 2021 | Season 1 | 50 mins 1 sec
coach, nike, nordictrack, pro, professional, race, run, runner, running, soccer, ultrarunner, ultrarunning
In this episode, Skipper chats with Sally McRae about being a runner and specifically an ultrarunner as well as a coach for others
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Kat Hantas and Nicole Emanuel
23 March 2021 | Season 1 | 1 hr 7 mins
#girlscalltheshots, 21seeds, infused tequila, kat hantas, nicole emanuel, sarika singh, spirits, tequila
In this episode, Skipper chats with Kat Hantas and Nicole Emanuel about tequila, infusing tequila, and building a tequila empire in 21Seeds
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Dr. Laura Sicola
16 March 2021 | Season 1 | 58 mins 58 secs
authenticity, language, listen, listening, respond, speak, speaking, speaking to influence, vocal impact productions, voice
In this episode, Skipper chats with Laura Sicola about how to use your voice to its best effect
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Cassandra Carlopio
9 March 2021 | Season 1 | 56 mins 7 secs
australia, go-in, los angeles, meditation, psychologist, relaxation, sleep, sleep medicine
In this episode, Skipper chats with Cassandra Carlopio about meditation, sleep, and how to use these to great effect in the midst of everything that's going on in our world today
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Ben Falk
2 March 2021 | Season 1 | 1 hr 2 mins
ben falk, design, living systems, permaculture, resilient, vermont
In this episode, Skipper chats with Ben Falk about permaculture and its impact on the larger environment, and how that impacts our personal lives