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EPISODE 0098 - SEPT 29, 2020

Selling Burnout with Anne Helen Petersen

with Anne Helen Petersen

Culture writer Anne Helen Petersen, author of the new book Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, comes on the show to talk about how the real estate agents of the reality show Selling Sunset embody toxic ideas around work, passion, and career success. Along the way, Anne and...

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BONUS EPISODE - APR 30, 2020

Breadcamp

with Nathan Anderson and Joan Stewart

Basecampers Nathan Anderson and Joan Stewart talk about their love of baking bread and how to get started if you’re a newbie. As Joan says, you just have to believe.

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EPISODE 0072 - FEB 18, 2020

Poetry at Work

with Leslie Villasenor Marchel, Laura Barkat, Don Share, Lexi Kent-Monning, Matthew Vincent, and Troy Toman

Some of our most famous poets had day jobs: Robert Burns was a tax collector; William Carlos Williams was a doctor; Audre Lorde was a librarian and professor. Poetry has a lot to say about work and can serve as a meeting place, a provocative memo, or a break from the daily grind. In this episode, we...

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EPISODE 0071 - FEB 11, 2020

Try Everything

with Mert Iseri

Every year for the past decade, Mert Iseri has chosen a new skill to learn. This annual challenge has taken him from a magicians’ club to chess tournaments where he’s competed against eight-year-olds. In this episode, Mert talks about chasing the joy of being challenged just the right amount and...

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EPISODE 0044 - JUN 18, 2019

We Love the Subs

with Jonas Downey, Joel Veitch, Ty Harper, Kerry Feuerman, and Mark Lohmann

In 2004, fast food company Quiznos launched a national advertising campaign featuring animated rodent-like creatures screech-singing an ode to the chain’s toasted sub sandwiches. The TV commercials were instantly polarizing and lodged themselves in many viewers’ brains like a recurring fever dream....

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BONUS EPISODE - JAN 22, 2019

Spark Joy with DHH

with David Heinemeier Hansson

Basecamp co-founders David Heinemeier Hansson and Jason Fried are fans of Marie Kondo’s 2014 bestseller “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” which is back in the cultural zeitgeist thanks to her new Netflix show. In this bonus episode, DHH talks about how he’s applied the KonMari framework to...

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EPISODE 0020 - MAY 29, 2018

But Wait, There's More

with Peter Bieler, Andrew LaRowe, Carrie Jeske, and Rachel Tipograph

Do you struggle with finding the right podcast? Are you tired of true crime shows and hosts trying to sell you a mattress? Introducing Rework, a podcast that’s free of both murder and midroll ads. When you listen to this episode of Rework, you’ll learn the fascinating history of infomercials and...

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EPISODE 0006 - OCT 24, 2017

The Moral ABC

with Michael Bronner

Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, which bills itself as the top-selling natural soapmaker in North America, wasn’t founded to sell soap. The company was started to promote a religious philosophy developed by Emanuel Bronner, a third-generation German Jewish soapmaker, who printed his message on the labels...

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