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How to Make Meetings Less Terrible (Ep. 389 Rebroadcast)
In the U.S. alone, we hold 55 million meetings a day. Most of them are woefully unproductive, and tyrannize our offices. The revolution begins now — …
5 years, 9 months ago
419. 68 Ways to Be Better at Life
Episode 419
The accidental futurist Kevin Kelly on why enthusiasm beats intelligence, how to really listen, and why the solution to bad technology is more techno…
5 years, 9 months ago
418. What Will College Look Like in the Fall (and Beyond)?
Episode 418
Three university presidents try to answer our listeners’ questions. The result? Not much pomp and a whole lot of circumstance.
Hosted by Simplecast, …
5 years, 10 months ago
417. Reasons to Be Cheerful
Episode 417
Humans have a built-in “negativity bias,” which means we give bad news much more power than good. Would the Covid-19 crisis be an opportune time to r…
5 years, 10 months ago
416. How Do You Reopen a Country?
Episode 416
We speak with a governor, a former C.D.C. director, a pandemic forecaster, a hard-charging pharmacist, and a pair of economists — who say it’s all ab…
5 years, 10 months ago
415. How Rahm Emanuel Would Run the World
Episode 415
As a former top adviser to presidents Clinton and Obama, he believes in the power of the federal government. But as former mayor of Chicago, he says …
5 years, 10 months ago
414. Will Covid-19 Spark a Cold War (or Worse) With China?
Episode 414
The U.S. spent the past few decades waiting for China to act like the global citizen it said it wanted to be. The waiting may be over.
Hosted by Simp…
5 years, 10 months ago
413. Who Gets the Ventilator?
Episode 413
Should a nurse or doctor who gets sick treating Covid-19 patients have priority access to a potentially life-saving healthcare device? Americans aren…
5 years, 10 months ago
412. What Happens When Everyone Stays Home to Eat?
Episode 412
Covid-19 has shocked our food-supply system like nothing in modern history. We examine the winners, the losers, the unintended consequences — and jus…
5 years, 11 months ago
411. Is $2 Trillion the Right Medicine for a Sick Economy?
Episode 411
Congress just passed the biggest aid package in modern history. We ask six former White House economic advisors and one U.S. Senator: Will it actuall…
5 years, 11 months ago