Podcast Episodes

My Favourite Tip: Nicky Sparshott - Colour me productive! Why you should be colour-coding your calendar

It’s 3pm and Nicky Sparshott is ducking out of the office to go watch her kids perform at their school’s exhibition. Sweet, right? But shouldn’t it b…

4 years, 2 months ago

Fresh starts, commitment devices and collaboration - changing for the better with Katy Milkman

You know what it’s like when you move house - you’re tripping over boxes for weeks, eating takeout on the floor while you wait for that new dining ta…

4 years, 2 months ago

My Favourite Tip: Maggie Beer - The art of the perfect roast chook

You wouldn’t think of roasting a chicken as a poignant metaphor for life, but when Maggie Beer talks cooking, you get words to live by. 

Starting with…

4 years, 2 months ago

Weaponising accountability with Lifehacker editor-in-chief Jordan Calhoun

If anything immediately strikes me as a pretty bad idea, it’s an adult learning to ride a skateboard. Without the years of experience built up over a…

4 years, 2 months ago

My Favourite Tip: Meshel Laurie - Let others go first

Running late is… stressful. You worry that you’re going to get in trouble, let someone down or miss something important. Your heart rate rises, adren…

4 years, 2 months ago

Get professional about your personal life with Life Admin legends Mia Northrop and Dinah Rowe-Roberts

Life Admin. That phrase probably makes you nervous - I know it does for me. It makes me think about all the stuff I have to keep on top of: I need to…

4 years, 2 months ago

My Favourite Tip: Emily Oster - Why you should send emails to your kids

If you’re a bit of a productivity buff, you probably have some clever hacks for reducing time spent reading or sending emails. Maybe you use Superhum…

4 years, 3 months ago

Get a handle on your health with Michael Mosley

Sometimes you have to put yourself on the line to test your assumptions. How better to know if something will work for you than to do it yourself? Mi…

4 years, 3 months ago

My Favourite Tip: Oliver Burkeman - Don’t start your day in productivity debt

You and I are finite beings, my friend. That’s a pretty abstract concept until you think about just how much stuff we need to get done every day. Oli…

4 years, 3 months ago

Lisa Leong wants you to forget work-life balance and cultivate work-life cohesion instead

You’ve tried it all. You’ve joined the 5AM club, done the morning HIIT workouts, tried the pomodoro technique, downloaded Headspace and worked at a s…

4 years, 3 months ago