News Not Noise
70 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 284 ratingsI’m Jessica Yellin, the founder of News Not Noise. For years, I worked in network news at ABC, MSNBC, and CNN, where I was the Chief White House Correspondent. I’ve reported from around the world and won awards.
The more years I got under my belt as a reporter, the more I became convinced that the news doesn't speak to a large part of the audience.
In the summer of 2018, I did something different. The midterm elections were approaching and friends asked me to explain what the heck was happening in the political cycle.
So, I picked up my phone and began posting short, daily explainer videos on Instagram. What started with me and a ring light is now a small team, dedicated to giving you news in a different voice. We aim to provide facts, not panic attacks. We interview real experts — not pundits.
My goal is to provide the understanding you need to engage in the conversation and take action in the world.
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Traffic: Ben Smith On How The Media Got Hooked On Traffic
May 01, 2023 19:49 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBBen Smith is one of the most influential media and politics reporters today. Smith was one of the first reporters at politico and went on to become the founding editor of Buzzfeed News. He was a must-read media columnist at the NY Times and is now co-founder of global media outlet, Semafor. Smith is out with a new book, Traffic – Genius, Rivalry and Delusion in the Billion Dollar Race to Go Viral. It chronicles the rise and decline of Buzzfeed and Gawker and the online ascent of right-wing p...
Paulina Porizkova on Vulnerability, Beauty and Social Media
February 15, 2023 22:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBThis is a wide-ranging and honest conversation about aging, honesty, grief, anxiety and finding joy in life with the remarkable Paulina Porizkova. She is a longtime supermodel, actress and author. We talk about the inspiration behind her debut book No Filter: The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful. It's a stunning collection of essays and observations about life, and it's available today. We chat about everything from social expectations of women to fighting ageism, managing anxiety– the death...
Washington Divided: Power, Politics and What Comes Next
November 22, 2022 01:09 - 35 minutes - 49 MBRepublicans held the House. Democrats the Senate. But the margins couldn’t be slimmer. And the standoff ahead of 2024 is already taking shape. Can anything get done? Is a next generation of leadership ready to take the helm? And will the policies that you care about even make the agenda? We answer those questions with two experts: Jake Sherman, founder of Punchbowl News, a media company all about Capitol Hill. He's covered national politics for more than a decade. And Margaret Talev, the...
No Red Wave: Making Sense of the Midterms
November 10, 2022 01:08 - 18 minutes - 25.6 MBThe big loser in the 2022 midterms: conventional wisdom. The late punditry was all wrong. Enthusiasm was high on both sides. There was no red wave. Women did turn out to vote on abortion. Trumpism suffered some body blows and election deniers did not sweep the board. Importantly voters seemed motivated by multiple issues at once – which shouldn’t be shocking but was discounted by the pundits in the final days of the campaign. To break down what we know right now, what it means for issues you...
Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Delivering Results
November 04, 2022 20:53 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MBFormer presidential candidate-turned-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has a pricey task before him: how to spend $600 billion over 5 years to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure. He sat down with News Not Noise to tell us about some of those projects and how he believes they’ll benefit citizens across the nation. We tackle some big issues: inflation, climate change, the DOT’s work to ease holiday travel challenges and the midterms: why democracy is on the ballot this year. He tells...
What's Going On In The Housing Market, with Zillow's Skylar Olsen
October 28, 2022 17:42 - 30 minutes - 41.2 MBMortgage rates have doubled in the last year. Housing prices are coming down in some markets, but inventory is limited. And rents continue to rise. So we spoke to Zillow Chief Economist Skylar Olsen. She tracks housing market trends to help buyers, renters and sellers make informed decisions. In this episode Olsen answers your questions including: is it better to rent or buy right now? When’s a good time to sell? And how should we think about rising mortgage rates? She also compares house p...
Big Tech, The Middle Class and America “Adrift” with Scott Galloway
October 19, 2022 23:23 - 47 minutes - 64.6 MBAmerica is adrift due to polarization, inequality, greed, corruption, bad behavior. And one of the key solutions to this is to strengthen the middle class That’s what Scott Galloway argues in his new book, “Adrift: America in 100 Charts,” already on the New York Times Bestseller list. Scott Galloway is a Professor of Marketing at NYU’s Stern School of Business and co-host of the Pivot podcast and host of the Prof G pod. In this interview Galloway explains why he believes building up the mid...
Understanding Crypto, Blockchain and NFTs with Brit Morin
October 12, 2022 21:00 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBWhat are NFTs? What's the difference between Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies? And should you still spend time learning about them given the recent volatility in the crypto market? Our answer: yes. Blockchain and the new digital technologies it’s spawned aren’t going away. New investments in this space by Meta, Microsoft and other big players mean some of these technologies will probably part of your future, soon. In this episode, we speak with expert Brit Morin who offers clear explana...
The New Archetype of Women CEOs
October 05, 2022 21:48 - 45 minutes - 62.3 MBWomen's greatest strengths in the workplace are also their most underestimated. That’s what CNBC senior media & tech reporter Julia Boorstin explains in her new book, "When Women Lead." Boorstin sat with sixty powerhouse female CEOs and leaders. In the book, she weaves their stories together with research on the most effective strategies women CEOs deploy at work. She provides invaluable lessons for anyone in the workplace. In this conversation, Boorstin explains how women like Katrina Lak...
The “Weird” Economy, Explained
September 28, 2022 21:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBUnemployment is down but inflation is up. Layoffs are at new lows, but unfilled positions are near record highs. Why are experts calling the economy "weird"? Here to explain is Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics. He's the host of Inside Economics podcast, the co-founder of Economy.com, a trusted advisor for policymakers and expert for journalists, business leaders and consumers. According to Zandi, wage growth is strong, but inflationary pressures were mounting before the pan...
The Dobbs Voter: Will Abortion Move Voters?
September 21, 2022 23:23 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBThe Dobbs Voter. Will she make all the difference in November? After the Dobbs decision overturning Roe V Wade there’s been a surge in new voter registration among women. These voters are young and lean left. Is their enthusiasm to vote matched by equal enthusiasm on the other side? What does the data tell us and what can we expect in November? We discuss it all with a panel of experts who are paying close attention to the ways the Court’s abortion ruling is shifting political expectations....
Isn’t it Time for Male Birth Control?
September 14, 2022 22:41 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBVasectomies are on the rise, ever since the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe versus Wade. Because plenty of men are also interested in avoiding unwanted pregnancies. So would they be willing to do what women do and take birth control? Some male birth control products are showing promising signs in clinical trials. So how far are we from bringing male birth control to market? Would men be willing to take it? And what’s the hold up – why doesn’t this exist already? The group of experts...
Student Loan Forgiveness
September 07, 2022 21:34 - 53 minutes - 73.7 MBThe department of education estimates that 45 million students have borrowed up to $1.6 trillion in student loans from the federal government. Now the White House has announced plans to forgive all or some debt for millions of Americans. In this episode we talk to policy experts with differing political views. We get their perspective on this debt forgiveness plan. They also answer your questions about how the program works. Doug Holtz-Eaken is president and founder of the American Action Fo...
Public Image And Women Who Don’t Conform
August 31, 2022 23:11 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBFinland’s female prime minister scandalized critics by getting caught on video, wait for it, dancing with friends. One of Canada’s most esteemed anchors was fired, after an executive expressed disappointment in her decision to stop coloring her grey hair. But Gen Z isn’t having it. Instead of conforming to project the perfect life, they’re going the other way: bragging to their online audiences about their failures, oddities and dramas. Today we’re talking about public image. How expectat...
Rescuing Our Schools
August 24, 2022 21:15 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBSchool boards have become political battlegrounds. Culture wars are centering on the classroom and teachers – underpaid and often feeling unsafe and unheard – are increasingly exiting the profession. None of this is improving the reality for students who are struggling with unprecedented learning loss and mental health challenges as a result of the pandemic. In this podcast we talk with a group of people who are working on solutions. Emma Bloomberg, the founder and CEO of Murmuration, is wo...
Monkeypox, Polio, Covid Oh My!
August 10, 2022 22:31 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBThe White House has declared a national health emergency for monkeypox. How is it passed, what are the telltale signs you’ve contracted it,what do we know about the vaccine and how to stay safe. We discuss this as well as the latest news about a polio spread in New York, an uptick in lyme disease and the latest advice about when to get a COVID booster. Our experts are the co-hosts of the Unbiased Science Pod, podcast. Dr. Jessica Steier is an expert on public health policy, biostatistics an...
What We Do and Don’t Know About Depression
August 03, 2022 20:59 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBIn this episode we dive into the roots of depression, how antidepressants work, and additional treatments that are proven effective at improving wellbeing and mood. The News Not Noise audience reacted with intense emotion when we reported on a recent umbrella study concluding that decades of research shows that a lack of serotonin is not the root driver of depression overall. So we decided to ask experts about the latest research on depression and interventions including antidepressants, psy...
Women’s Health Care: Threats And Realities
July 27, 2022 20:58 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBA network of organizations is helping pregnant people and health care workers in states that are banning and restriction abortion. How does it work, what resources do they offer and what does the future look like? We dig into all this plus, a closer look at the ways these new restrictions are harming people who are trying to start families as well. I speak to Oriaku Njoku, the Executive Director for the National Network of Abortion Funds, which helpswith financial and logistical access to ...
Don’t Say Gay Laws in Florida and Beyond
July 20, 2022 21:06 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBWhat kind of effect is Florida’s Don’t Say Gay Bills having in schools? I discuss this plus discuss this plus other states considering anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ next moves with two experts: Cathryn Oakley, State Legislative Director, and Senior Counsel at Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ advocacy group and political advocacy organization in the US; and Marc Caputo, Florida based National political reporter at NBC News Digital. This conversation was h...
What We’ve Learned From The Jan 6th Hearings
July 13, 2022 22:07 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBA year and a half after rioters stormed the Capitol, the Jan. 6th Committee’s public hearings are revealing why that mob headed to the Capitol and what role Trump and his team played. In this week’s episode of the News Not Noise Podcast, I speak with US attorney and national security prosecutor Barb McQuade and Alan Rozenshtein, senior editor at Lawfare and associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School. We discuss the new evidence uncovered through the Jan 6 hearings...
Reproductive Rights Now: What’s Changed?
July 06, 2022 21:03 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBHow will the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe V. Wade change reproductive choices and even personal health in states across the country? Hillary Schneller, a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights and co-counsel on the Dobbs case, Jodi Hicks, the CEO of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, and Mary Ziegler, a legal expert on the history of abortion in America, all join this discussion which we originally held live on the Clubhouse app. They answer your ...
The Court’s Abortion Ruling, Explained
June 25, 2022 01:46 - 35 minutes - 24 MBIn a staggering decision the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, stripping away 50 years of an established right to an abortion for women and girls in America. In this conversation Ben Wittes, editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, breaks down the ruling. He offers a calm and sober explanation of what it means for pregnant people in states that will ban abortion, and what other rights might fall as a result of this decision. We...
Jan. 6 Hearings and Criminal Charges
June 22, 2022 22:02 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBWhat criminal charges could come from the January 6th investigation? Could anyone other than Trump get charged? And what might that look like. Loyola Law School professor and constitutional law expert Jessica Levinson walks us through the possible charges, why Trump’s state of mind matters so much, the evidence to date, and the difficult questions involved in prosecuting a former President of the United States. We also discuss the legal issues related to actions by Rudy Giuliani, Justice Cl...
Instagram, Kids and Mental Health
June 15, 2022 21:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBAntigone Davis is the head of global safety at META, the company that owns Instagram and Facebook. Here we discuss new tools the company has just released to give teens with mental health challenges a more positive experience using the product. We discuss how the tools work, what problems they’re meant to remedy and what else the company can or should do to ensure their products are safe for children. News Not Noise delivers its news on Instagram, and its newsletter through the Bulletin wri...
Gun Reform: How We Got Here, What You Can Do
June 08, 2022 21:52 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBThe Uvalde and Buffalo shootings were two of at least 18 mass shooting incidents in the US in 2022. How did we get here? Why do we accept this? And what can you do to move the needle? In this special episode, Shannon Watts of Mothers Demand Action and Becky Pringle of the National Education Association answer some of your many questions. Among them: why lawmakers are loathe to pass gun safety reforms supported by the majority of Americans. What teachers are prepared to do to make schools sa...
Speeches that Could have Changed History with Jeffrey Nussbaum
June 01, 2022 20:31 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBWe know about the most famous speeches, but what about the ones that were never delivered? Presidential Speechwriter Jeffrey Nussbaum took a look at some of history’s most influential speeches left undelivered. He shares a poignant story Hillary Clinton planned to recount in her victory speech, had she won the 2016 US Presidential Election. We learn about John Lewis’ intention to make his speech at the March on Washington in 1963 during the Civil Rights much more fiery, and how a verbal misst...
Putin, NATO and Brittney Griner with Ian Bremmer
May 25, 2022 21:58 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBAre rumors that Putin has cancer true? What are the chances WNBA star Brittney Griner is released soon? And what does it mean if Finland and Sweden join NATO, quickly? Political scientist Ian Bremmer shares his insight on these topics and the future of the fight against Russia in Ukraine in this episode. We also get into his new book, “The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats – and Our Response – Will Change the World.” He argues that three new crises will force change on us, that will lead t...
The Mainstreaming of Hate with ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt
May 18, 2022 21:10 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBThe 18-year-old gunman who opened fire on a Buffalo grocery store over the weekend, killing 10 mostly Black victims, cited the ”Great Replacement Theory” in his manifesto. So what is that, exactly? And how does it find its way into mainstream culture? This conversation with the Anti-Defamation League’s Jonathan Greenblatt was taped just days before that shooting. Here Greenblatt explains the origins of the troubling conspiracy theory that motivated the shooter. We discuss Tucker Carlson, ext...
How We Spend with Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
May 11, 2022 22:49 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBAfter retiring as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer founded USAFacts, to make government data accessible to the general public. He wants to help Americans understand how the government spends our money and why. So every year at tax time USAFacts releases an annual 10-K report on government financial performance – something public companies are already required to do. He thinks the government should be required to turn out the same kind of report, but until they do he’s got it covered. His annual 1...
America After Roe
May 04, 2022 22:55 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBRoe v. Wade is in jeopardy. This week Politico published a draft Supreme Court decision that, if issued, would overturn the landmark abortion ruling Roe v Wade. It would immediately ban or restrict access to abortion for people in about half the states. What are abortion rights advocates doing to prepare? In California, they are preparing to create an abortion sanctuary state open to people from across the country. On this week’s episode of the News Not Noise Podcast, we speak with Planned P...
California: America’s Abortion Provider?
May 04, 2022 22:55 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MBRoe v. Wade is in jeopardy. This week Politico published a draft Supreme Court decision that, if issued, would overturn the landmark abortion ruling Roe v Wade. It would immediately ban or restrict access to abortion for people in about half the states. What are abortion rights advocates doing to prepare? In California, they are preparing to create an abortion sanctuary state open to people from across the country. On this week’s episode of the News Not Noise Podcast, we speak with Planned P...
Digital Community with Friends with Benefit’s Alex Zhang
April 28, 2022 00:12 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBIn this week’s News Not Noise Podcast, we glimpse the future of the world wide web. Our guide is Alex Zhang, the mayor of Friends With Benefits, a popular Web3 community. We talk tokens, NFTs, cryptocurrency, blockchain, decentralization and we define the tech jargon as we go. Zhang explains how the integration of cryptocurrency builds ownership and democracy into the group’s core values from day one. I hope this offers you a way to understand where online community and commerce are headed....
Beyond the podium
April 19, 2022 07:05 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBWhite House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has a front row to all things Washington. Psaki is a veteran of public service, and as the face of the overnight change demonstrated by President Biden’s first day in office, she embodies cool, calm, and collected in her daily press briefings. But Psaki gets personal with News Not Noise, sharing how she really feels about the Republican attack on LGBTQ+ rights and giving us a glimpse of what it’s like being a mother of two young children while working i...
Sanctioning Russia’s banks, oil and superyachts
April 13, 2022 00:24 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBDaniel Glaser is an expert in all things sanctions. As the former Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office under the Obama Administration, Glaser led the office that designed sanctions against North Korea and Iran, among other countries. He explains to News Not Noise the strategy behind the U.S.’ sanctions against Russia, including sanctions against the country’s oligarchs, banking systems, and energy sector. Plus, Glase...
Preparing for a financial storm
April 05, 2022 21:49 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBAs Americans face rising gas prices, inflation, and a tough housing market, millennial money expert Tonya Rapley explains how to manage our personal finances, covering everything from building credit to tackling student loan debt, making investments, crypto, and everything in between. Talking about personal finance can feel overwhelming — so where do you start? What are some good money habits to start building today? And how do you save money when interest rates are so high? We speak with...
How to help Ukraine
March 29, 2022 23:04 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this episode, Jessica speaks to three women who are making a difference. You’ve asked what you can do to help the people of Ukraine. We found three women running remarkable non-profit efforts delivering direct aid to Ukrainians under fire in the country and refugees who have fled. Here they explain the work they’re doing and the needs that remain. Collectively they are evacuating orphans and the elderly; delivering vital first aid to the front lines of the war; and providing daily essent...
Why Putin didn’t invade under Trump with Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch
March 22, 2022 21:44 - 26 minutes - 17.8 MBMarie Yovanovitch was the US Ambassador to Ukraine from 2016 until 2019. She held many senior government positions during her thirty-three-year diplomatic career including serving as Ambassador to two other former Soviet countries, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. However, her career was derailed after she became the target of a disinformation and smear campaign led by then President Donald Trump’s private attorney, Rudy Giuliani. Her abrupt recall from her post in Ukraine led to her astounding tes...
How to talk to kids about war (and other difficult topics) with Dr. Aliza Pressman
March 16, 2022 01:13 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBHow do you talk to your kids about what’s happening in Ukraine? Have you broached the subject yet? Dr. Aliza Pressman says it is time to have that discussion. Pressman is a developmental psychologist, an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital, and the host of the Raising Good Humans Podcast. She tells us that children know when something's wrong and nobody's talking about it. Pressman says tackling difficult issues, in a developmentally appropri...
Putin under pressure with Fiona Hill
March 08, 2022 23:24 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBHow far will Putin go? The Russian destruction of Ukraine continues to shock the world and is forcing millions out of their homes and into neighboring countries, destabilizing the world as we knew it just weeks ago. What does Putin really want and how can the West stop him? We speak to Fiona Hill, who served on the National Security Council specializing in Russian and European affairs and is a Russia expert who has spent decades studying Vladimir Putin. You can follow Jessica Yellin here: ...
The Russia Ukraine endgame with Evelyn Farkas
March 01, 2022 17:49 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBAs the Russian military prepares to intensify its attacks on Ukraine, we discuss the latest developments in the war with the Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia under President Obama. Evelyn Farkas is deeply knowledgeable about this part of the world. Farkas was a senior fellow at the American Security Project and Executive Director of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism Currently, she is the Presid...
Is privacy possible? Washington Post tech reporter, Heather Kelly
February 23, 2022 01:35 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBIf you use a computer or a smartphone, this one is worth a listen. Downloading an app is easy but behind every download is a difficult question: is the convenience this provides worth whatever personal data you agree to exchange? We live in a world where increasingly, everything from your phone to your neighborhood coffee shop to your tv is harvesting your personal data and privacy seems dead. Heather Kelly is a Washington Post reporter covering technology and the ways in which it affects...
Rekindling the human spirit with Agapi Stassinopolous
February 19, 2022 00:49 - 20 minutes - 28 MBIn this episode, we take a break from the dizzying news cycle to refocus our energy on the human spirit and our well-being. The best-selling author and motivational speaker Agapi Stassinopoulos walks us through her journey finding gratitude and practicing mindfulness and compassion. We discuss her new book “Speaking with Spirit: 52 prayers to guide, inspire, and uplift you.” It doesn’t matter what you believe in. Finding prayer can mean something different to everyone. Stassinopoulos says we...
Rekindling the human spirit with Agapi Stassinopoulos
February 19, 2022 00:49 - 20 minutes - 14 MBIn this episode, we take a break from the dizzying news cycle to refocus our energy on the human spirit and our well-being. The best-selling author and motivational speaker Agapi Stassinopoulos walks us through her journey finding gratitude and practicing mindfulness and compassion. We discuss her new book “Speaking with Spirit: 52 prayers to guide, inspire, and uplift you.” It doesn’t matter what you believe in. Finding prayer can mean something different to everyone. Stassinopoulos says we...
What Putin Wants: A conversation with Anne Applebaum
February 16, 2022 06:11 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MBAnne Applebaum is a Pulitzer-prize winning historian who writes for The Atlantic, she is also a Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the Agora Institute, where she co-directs a program on disinformation and 21st century propaganda. From 1988-1991 she covered the collapse of communism as the Warsaw correspondent of the Economist magazine and the Independent newspaper. Her resume is truly impressive and it is so extensive that I won’t even attempt to...
The raging 2020s with Alec Ross
February 12, 2022 01:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBAlec Ross is a New York Times bestselling author whose latest book, The Raging 2020s, puts forth the idea that a new social contract could restore the balance of power between government, citizens, and business in modern America. In short, he spends a lot of time thinking about what’s next. Before he was one of the world’s leading experts on innovation, Alec was a night-shift janitor and a Baltimore school teacher. Currently, he is a board partner at Amplo, a global VC firm and a Distinguish...
What is long Covid?
February 08, 2022 22:37 - 26 minutes - 18 MBMillions of Americans have recovered from mild cases of Covid-19, only to later experience a range of debilitating, chronic symptoms of the virus. In this episode, we look beyond the daily pandemic headlines and turn our attention to one group suffering from a different kind of epidemic: people with long-haul Covid-19. What is it? What causes it? Who is susceptible and where does research into possible treatments stand? And what does recovery look like? Dr. Jason Maley provides answers....
Russia and Ukraine on the brink with Ian Bremmer
February 01, 2022 22:19 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBIn this episode, Jessica speaks with Ian Bremmer about the unfolding situation between Russia and Ukraine and where, right now, US intelligence officials estimate there are about 130,000 Russian troops amassed near the border. This comes as world leaders continue to apply diplomatic pressure on Russia in an effort to head off an invasion which some believe could be only days or weeks away. Ian Bremmer, is the president and founder of Eurasia Group and an expert in identifying and understand...
Making remote work, work with Harvard Business Professor Tsedal Neeley
January 25, 2022 22:06 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBWe keep hearing work is changing for good. This is the era of the employee. And no one knows what the future looks like or what it’ll take to make workers happy. Professor Tsedal Neeley says this is not actually a mystery. She is a Senior Associate Dean and Professor at Harvard Business School. She believes remote work -- in some form -- is here to stay. And she’s been studying best practices since well before the pandemic. She has advice for the best way to get the job you want, hire the ...
Reclaiming creativity in a too-busy world with Eve Rodsky
January 19, 2022 01:30 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBEve Rodsky helped start a long overdue national conversation around equality of labor and time on the home front. Eventually, she realized that even when the domestic workload becomes more equitable, people still say something is missing in their lives and that something is personal creativity. Rodsky calls this missing piece “Unicorn Space” — and defines it as the active and open pursuit of creative self-expression in any form that is fulfilling. She helps readers embrace all the unlikel...
Your Omicron questions answered with Dr. Darien Sutton
January 12, 2022 02:23 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBWith Omicron infections and hospitalizations hitting record highs you have questions about kids, long covid, boosters, treatment and more. Here Jessica Yellin speaks to Dr. Darien Sutton, a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician, a medical contributor for ABC News and a self-proclaimed professor of TikTok MedSchool, about all things Covid. He explains the CDC’s 5-day rule, how to think about whether you should send your kids to school, when to go to the hospital, and what might cause l...