The How This Works show

The Ringer

11 December 2020
2016 nhl all star game, john scott, nhl, other podcast, radiolab, the punchline

While we’re working on our next episode with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong from UCSF, you can listen to "The Punchline". This is one of our favorite episodes from Radiolab about defenceman/winger John Scott and the 2016 NHL All Star Game.

OSFTogether and BeAnArtsHero

9 December 2020
amy kim waschke, be an arts hero, oregon shakespeare festival

Two things from Amy Kim Waschke, our guest this week.

#osftogether
Among many others, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival community is hurting right now in Ashland, Oregon because of the fires along the west coast and the shutdown associated with the pandemic among other challenges. If you are able, to support the people of OSF by donating at https://www.osfashland.org/dream.

Be an Arts Hero
And with the larger arts' community — where much of their work has ground to a halt — keeping in mind that the Arts makes up 4.5% of total GDP and creates over $877 billion dollars annually in value-added to the United States economy and employs 5.1 million people. Especially as our lawmakers have a due date of 11 Dec for spending bills before adjourning for the holiday. Be an #artshero today! https://beanartshero.com

Listen to this week's episode here: https://www.howthisworks.show/3

Nice White Parents

4 December 2020
nice white parents, nytimes, other podcast, this american life

We’ve gotten a few messages and emails asking when the next episode will be up. The answer is next Tuesday and it's with Amy Kim Waschke, who's currently a company actor at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

But in the meanwhile, if you’re itching for something to listen to, give Nice White Parents a shot.

Having lived in NYC for over a decade, this work from Chana Joffre-Wolt of This American Life and The New York Times landed hard and personal about the NYC public school system. Listen to the five episode series here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/podcasts/nice-white-parents-serial.html

A reminder from CaveDay that you are the product

2 December 2020
caveday, distraction, focus work, jake kahana

A reminder from CaveDay that you are the product on many of our most beloved platforms, including Facebook-owned Instagram. "A team of nerds spends every day thinking about how to keep you engaged for longer stretches of time. But you have work to do that matters. How will you fight against the grain?"

Listen to our first episode with Jake Kahana talking about focus work and distraction: https://www.howthisworks.show/2

The above image was designed and made by CaveDay and their aforementioned post is here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CG7gKlMDhrM/. You can find out more about CaveDay here: https://www.caveday.org/about.