Latest Post-pandemic Podcast Episodes
Host to Host: A Conversation with Carla Harris
Now, What’s Next? - May 11, 2022 22:51 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsOn this special episode, Sonari Glinton sits down with 33-year Wall Street veteran and fellow Morgan Stanley podcast host Carla Harris to discuss their careers, the roles they play in fostering opportunity and their experiences around equity in the economic landscape. The guest speake...
Trouble Brewing Along the Coffee Supply Chain
Now, What’s Next? - February 02, 2022 22:58 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsHost Sonari Glinton finds out how changing climates and unpredictable weather will continue to impact coffee crops, create shipping delays, and raise the price of a cup of joe, and what some are doing to help create resilience in the face of these challenges. We meet Luiz Araripe, a B...
Your Pet's Supply Chain Woes
Now, What’s Next? - January 19, 2022 22:27 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsHost Sonari Glinton finds out why some pet owners struggled to find canned food, what’s in pet food to begin with, and why competition for key ingredients may be forcing that to change. Along the way we meet David Saltz, who went to great lengths to track down the only food his finicky...
Jobs Go Begging on the Open Road
Now, What’s Next? - January 06, 2022 00:23 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsHost Sonari Glinton finds out why the trucking industry is short tens of thousands of drivers, and how the pandemic exacerbated the problem. We learn about the ways the industry is changing to recruit new drivers - and keep the ones it has - and how innovative thinking and technology co...
The Great Kettlebell Shortage
Now, What’s Next? - December 16, 2021 15:28 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsHost Sonari Glinton explores the great kettlebell shortage of 2020, as closed gyms led to unprecedented demand for home exercise equipment. We learn how manufacturing overseas made kettlebells difficult to get, and how bringing the manufacturing to the U.S. and supply chain diversificat...
Trouble in Toyland
Now, What’s Next? - December 01, 2021 22:36 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsHost Sonari Glinton explores why we’ve all been warned to start holiday shopping early. We discover how toymakers are navigating shipping delays, what’s causing those delays, and why local, independent shops have an important role to play in alleviating supply chain shortages. On this ...
When Just-in-Time is Too Late
Now, What’s Next? - November 17, 2021 22:57 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsHost Sonari Glinton delves into the workings of the just-in-time inventory model and how it let down millions of frontline workers at the start of the pandemic. We find out how relationships along the supply chain are deeply critical, and how new technology is provoking a rethink in hea...
Live Finale: From New York to Camden The High Line Effect
UCL Future Cities - November 11, 2021 13:43 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFor our live finale event, we hosted a fascinating debate with Christoph Lindner, Dean of The Bartlett and editor of Deconstructing the High Line: Postindustrial Urbanism and the Rise of the Elevated Park; Simon Pitkeathley, CEO of Camden Town Unlimited and the Camden Highline; and Jodi...
Stuck on the Ever Given
Now, What’s Next? - November 03, 2021 23:49 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsIn March 2021, the Ever Given cargo ship got stuck in the Suez Canal and opened the world's eyes to the vulnerability of a system we rely on each and every day. In this episode we meet Jan Unander, a Swedish importer who had goods aboard the Ever Given and almost lost his business becau...
Revaluing the Essential Work of Childcare
Now, What’s Next? - July 21, 2021 22:58 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsThe pandemic pushed parents, particularly working mothers, past a breaking point. As the U.S. begins to recover from the economic and social setbacks stemming from so many women leaving the workforce to care for their kids, we look at the history and future of childcare. Host Sonari Gli...
Caring for Our Elders
Now, What’s Next? - July 07, 2021 21:21 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsWillie Wright is 63 and lives alone in Cleveland, Ohio while his daughter Lauren lives over 500 miles away in North Carolina. We listen as they talk about the future and how they’ll manage as Willie gets older. Then we meet Iris Yafuso Toguchi, who relies on Kupuna Care, a Hawaiian stat...
Searching for Balance: How and Why We Work
Now, What’s Next? - June 24, 2021 01:22 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsHost Sonari Glinton talks to Celeste Headlee, journalist and author of Do Nothing, about burnout, and how that led her to reorient her life and approach to work. Next, we meet Jomar Reyes, who worked at Danish digital marketing agency IIH Nordic as they transitioned to a 4-day work week...
The Re-Education of Higher Learning
Now, What’s Next? - June 09, 2021 22:54 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsHost Sonari Glinton checks in with college student Jacob Sarasohn. When his art school classes went virtual, Jacob decided to put college on hold and become an Emergency Medical Technician. We find out how that experience changed him and if he’ll go back to college. At Georgetown Univer...
Learning and working in a future London
UCL Future Cities - June 03, 2021 14:08 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week, we’re looking at knowledge, skills and jobs in a future London. How has the pandemic affected education, and what lessons can we take from it in the future? How can we continue to attract and retain talent in an era of virtual working, and how will increasing digitisation aug...
Memory Maps of London
UCL Future Cities - May 27, 2021 15:52 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis episode is all about the capital’s memory maps and why we need to remember and preserve the past as we step into the future. We’ll be taking a look at several memory maps from around London and how these intersect with culture, gender, race and religion. Tune in to special guests ...
Meet Me at the Mall
Now, What’s Next? - May 26, 2021 22:08 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsMalls were originally designed to be the centerpiece of a community. For a long time, they were. Between the boom in online shopping and over-retailing, many malls were struggling even before the pandemic. Now, experts predict every 1-of-4 malls in the U.S. may close over the next five ...
Is London truly a Smart City?
UCL Future Cities - May 20, 2021 12:07 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis week’s episode is all about Smart Cities – but what does that mean in reality? We are living and working in a city where technology is becoming increasingly embedded into the fabric of London. But is this technological freedom improving our lives or is consumer exploitation enslavi...
How gentrification has created a city of paradoxes
UCL Future Cities - May 13, 2021 08:26 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGentrification has become synonymous with London. While being a system of development, gentrification has created a city of paradoxes. In this episode, we'll be examining how can a city like London contain such extreme divisions between wealth and poverty? Why do we keep building homes ...
Back to the Big Screen
Now, What’s Next? - May 12, 2021 18:12 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsIn this first episode of our new season, we meet Shelli Taylor, who became the CEO of Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas just weeks after the pandemic temporarily closed all their locations. Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director and Co-Head of the Toronto International Film Festival, talks about dive...
Post-Pandemic, Post-Brexit London
UCL Future Cities - May 06, 2021 13:27 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhat are the challenges facing London as it comes out of the pandemic and into a post-Brexit world? Join Prof Alan Thompson, Pro-Vice-Provost for London, in conversation with Dr Jon Reades from The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment. Show Notes and Transcript https://www....
Coming Soon: A New Season of Now, What's Next?
Now, What’s Next? - May 05, 2021 21:20 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsAfter nearly two decades of reporting on culture and the economy, host Sonari Glinton meets people who are looking for solutions to the cracks exposed by the pandemic. From how we care for our children and elderly, to what to do with shopping malls... these are stories of everyday peopl...
Mental Health: The Other Pandemic
Now, What’s Next? - February 03, 2021 20:52 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsThe pandemic has created a huge mental health crisis. We’re all feeling the strain and many of us are admitting, for the first time, that we need help. It’s ok to not be ok. In the last episode of our season, we look at how this pandemic forces us to examine our own mental health, and h...
New Lessons for Remote Education
Now, What’s Next? - January 20, 2021 15:36 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsEducation was one of the pandemic’s first casualties. When schools closed overnight, students and teachers switched to virtual classrooms—a massive social experiment that hasn’t been easy on anyone. But it also revealed opportunities to rethink the ways in which we teach, and what is mo...
Recipes for Restaurant Resilience
Now, What’s Next? - January 06, 2021 14:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsBefore the pandemic, about half of all Americans dined out at least twice a week. The pandemic has pushed hundreds of thousands of restaurants into bankruptcy—and the rest are struggling to stay afloat. In order to keep the lights on, many have shifted their business models, and are emb...
Working Together, Remotely
Now, What’s Next? - December 16, 2020 21:55 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsThanks to the pandemic, some 40% of Americans no longer head into the office to get work done. For many, the shift to remote work could be permanent, and yet millions of others do not have that luxury. This trend exacerbates the fault line between those who can, and those who can’t. But...
The Triumph of Remote Work?
Now, What’s Next? - December 16, 2020 21:55 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsThanks to the pandemic, some 40% of Americans no longer head into the office to get work done. For many, the shift to remote work could be permanent, and yet millions of others do not have that luxury. This trend exacerbates the fault line between those who can, and those who can’t. But...
Reimagining Travel
Now, What’s Next? - December 02, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsBarren airports, anchored cruise ships, vacant hotels—it’s impossible to run a tourism business when international borders close and most of the world shelters in place. There is no doubt the pandemic has pushed the travel industry into a corner: one estimate suggests the industry will ...
The End of Travel
Now, What’s Next? - December 02, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsBarren airports, anchored cruise ships, vacant hotels—it’s impossible to run a tourism business when international borders close and most of the world shelters in place. There is no doubt the pandemic has pushed the travel industry into a corner: one estimate suggests the industry will ...
The End of Travel?
Now, What’s Next? - December 02, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsBarren airports, anchored cruise ships, vacant hotels—it’s impossible to run a tourism business when international borders close and most of the world shelters in place. There is no doubt the pandemic has pushed the travel industry into a corner: one estimate suggests the industry will ...
The City is Dead, Long Live the City
Now, What’s Next? - November 18, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsAt the height of the pandemic, headlines around the world proclaimed an exodus of people from urban centers toward smaller, and possibly safer, communities. The sudden mass shift to remote work—for those who could—helped fuel this rush to more pastoral, or at least less congested, envir...
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