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WorkLife with Adam Grant — "Authenticity is a Double-edged Sword"

19 March 2021
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On WorkLife from TEDTalks, Adam Grant examines what it means to be authentic in our work with economist Mohamed El-Erian, journalist Leah Finnegan, professor Herminia Ibarra, marketing director Stephanie Williams McConnell, and former CIA deputy director Carmen Medina.

2016 episode of Invisibilia called "Frame of Reference"

8 March 2021
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Ahead of tomorrow's episode with Cassandra Carlopio, we're highlighting an excellent episode of Invisibilia from 2016 called "Frame of Reference". It dives into the role that our frame of reference plays in our lives and how it filters our everyday experience to good and not so good effect.

Regenerative Skills episode on how to ask better questions

5 March 2021
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Happy Friday! Today we're sharing a podcast called Regenerative Skills. They've kicked off their new season with Jill Cloutier and Carol Sanford in an episode around the powerful notion of asking better questions. Very important for a designer and very important for a human.

Listen below:

“I feel most alone in the presence of perfection"

26 February 2021
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In Tue’s episode of How this Works, Kacie Lett Gordon and Skipper talk about her solo episode, WTF is FIA? In that episode of Fuck it all, she talks about a phrase that she has recently put together, “I feel most alone in the presence of perfection”.

Read more about it here: https://www.itallpodcast.com/blog-1/i-feel-most-alone-in-the-presence-of-perfection.

You can also listen below.

You can listen to Kacie's conversation with Skipper on How This Works here: https://www.howthisworks.show/14

First episode of The Magnus Archives

15 February 2021
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In advance of tomorrow's episode with Chris Landon, we want to highlight a podcast that recent guest Nova Stanley mentioned, The Magnus Archives. It's recently concluded after 191 episodes of following Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute — a London research center on the paranormal. In Nova's words from his episode, it's got that "good ol' British library feeling".

Listen to the first episode below:

You can find all episodes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-magnus-archives/id1095138637

My Brother, My Brother and Me by The McElroy Brothers

25 January 2021
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One of the things that Nova Stanley recommends in our conversation tomorrow is the McElroy Family's My Brother, My Brother and Me. Listen to their newest episode of their advicecast, Blood is Thicker than the Bu‪n‬, it's hilarious with the three actual brothers (we think).

Home Cooking with Samin Nosrat and Hrishikesh Hirway

11 January 2021
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Ahead of tomorrow's episode with Nicolai Lipscomb, we wanted to highlight one of our favorite podcasts in Home Cooking with Samin Nosrat (author of "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat") and Hrishikesh Hirway (Song Exploder) – a series focused on cooking at home. The episode with Rachel Khong gets into all sorts of topics, including how to use a plethora of jalapeños, quality olive oils, and how to cook rice without a rice cooker.

Find out more information here: https://homecooking.show/episodes/7

Krista Tippett talks to Alison Gopnik on On Being

4 January 2021
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Happy Monday, tomorrow we're airing a conversation with Selena Rosanbalm about what it's like to be working as an independent musician having released an album in 2020. But today, we're listening to a conversation that Krista Tippett had with Alison Gopnik when her book, "The Gardener and the Carpenter", came out Jan last year.

You can listen to the interview here: https://onbeing.org/programs/alison-gopnik-the-evolutionary-power-of-children-and-teenagers/. We would highly recommend the unedited version, runs a bit longer but we find these editions to be more staisfying.

High on our Own Supply with Brad Bogus and Amber Senter

1 January 2021
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We hope it’s starting well, wishing you all health & safety. Today, we’re highlighting a podcast from Brad Bogus, this week’s guest, with Amber Senter, CEO of Breeze Distro, Chairwoman of the Board and Co-founder of Supernova Women, and vital player in helping launch Oakland's Social Equity initiatives for the cannabis industry. Consider this a deep dive into the backstage world of cannabis, a deeper cut if you will than our episode with Brad this week.

If you haven't listened, you can listen to our episode with Brad here: https://www.howthisworks.show/6

Brian Thompson's "Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald’s?"

28 December 2020
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Ahead of tomorrow’s episode with Brad Bogus, we’re listening to Brian Thompson's "Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald’s?" We can’t believe he’s gotten almost 200 episodes out of this non-question and we love it. As found in The NY Times.

Article from NYTimes is available here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/business/mcdonalds-pizza-podcast.html