Latest Telecommuting Podcast Episodes
The Jobs Are Back In Town
Telekinetic - June 23, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings(1:40) Mitch introduces Greg LeRoy, Executive Director of Good Jobs First. (3:13) Greg notes that America's state and city governments spend roughly $70B/yr in economic development incentives to corporations, who often use those incentives in turn to pay no taxes on property or income o...
Let’s Make Sweet Music Alone
Telekinetic - June 03, 2021 04:32 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings(1:38) Mitch introduces Ben Sharp, the force behind progressive metal act Cloudkicker. (3:09) Ben reflects on the influences and innovations that shaped his "bedroom music" hobby -- a classification barely old enough to drink, as it references the 21st century transition from traditiona...
Stranded In The Food Desert
Telekinetic - May 05, 2021 14:36 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings(1:22) Mitch introduces Genevieve Miller, Director of Advocacy at Indy Hunger Network. She gives us the lay of the land regarding how millions of Americans, many of whom are located smack in the middle of high-density urban areas, find themselves unable to access food. She cites USDA's ...
Water On The Brain
Telekinetic - April 21, 2021 20:52 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings(1:18) Mitch introduces Dr. David Zetland, economics professor at Leiden University College. (2:16) David briskly walks us through humanity's drive to get useful water on demand, whether it be at the root of an irrigated crop, or at the 30th floor of the Bellagio in Vegas. (7:44) We app...
Baby On Circuit Board
Telekinetic - April 08, 2021 06:19 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings(1:29) Mitch introduces Jenn Sydeski, Founder of Connect Wolf. She speaks to prior advancements in mommy autonomy that not only replaced the need for non-stop in-person vigilance, but also helped distribute the communal parenting load from people to objects and algorithms. (7:43) We tal...
Add Me On Meatspace
Telekinetic - March 24, 2021 09:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings(1:25) Mitch introduces Alex Cherones, Partner and head of Cybersecurity at Headstorm. He paints a picture of information security before the days of cloud computing and wifi and iPhones... and how the progression of business communication tech has added more and more attack vectors to ...
Police In The Panopticon
Telekinetic - March 10, 2021 17:20 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings(1:24) Mitch introduces Dr. Brett Stoudt, head of the CUNY Graduate Center's PhD program in Critical Psychology. He rattles off a handful of the NYPD's latest and shadiest technologies, exponentially increasing the power with which law enforcement can bring the city to its fingertips. H...
Time Machines Are Selling Potato Chips
Telekinetic - February 24, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings(1:44) Mitch introduces Veronica Ahern, fresh off her career move at Oracle. We compress a hundred years of advertising into one brief recap -- revealing how the industry progressed from transporting their ads to physical destinations all over the built environment, to now focusing prim...
Telecommuting With (Literally) Extra Steps
Telekinetic - February 10, 2021 10:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings(1:30) Mitch introduces Gary Walker, creator of "Ready for Remote" and Digital Director at Distribute. (4:45) Gary lays out some of his process around aligning employers to the optimal working environment for their staff & departments... one tell-tale sign informing his consideration fo...
The Miseducation Of Educators
Telekinetic - January 27, 2021 06:04 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings(1:30) Mitch introduces Tracey Zimmerman (President of Robots and Pencils), and Ryan Gialames (education technologist at large). Thus begins a Zoom interview with so much compression it sometimes sounds like autotune. T-Pain, don't steal our hooks. (4:15) We cite the core advantages of ...
Democracy Beyond The Destination
Telekinetic - January 13, 2021 21:29 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsFor posterity: this was recorded in mid-December, 2020. (1:55) Mitch introduces Jamie Skella, technologist and strategic advisor to the Aussie stars -- Mitch's words, not Jamie's. (5:26) Jamie explains how the blockchain-based voting technology he helped developed at MiVote, and later H...
Transportation Avoidance
Telekinetic - January 13, 2021 20:51 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings(1:28) Mitch introduces Carlos Pardo of NUMO. (3:52) Carlos illuminates the modern history of "transportation avoidance" as an urban planning strategy. (6:26) We consider why transportation planners and mobility agencies refuse to acknowledge teletravel as a key component of TDM. (19:30...
Trailer
Telekinetic - January 13, 2021 20:18 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMitch settles into his dangerously comfortable armchair to wax philosophical about the nature of human progress, and how we know we're achieving it whenever we see transportation being made obsolete.
How to Work in Estonia With the E-Residency and Nomad Visa Programmes. Ott Vatter - MD of Estonian E-Residency. WFH - Rewind
WFH Daily - December 23, 2020 08:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWith only a couple of days to go until Christmas, we’ve got one last favourite episode to re-gift you. As we move in and out of tiered restrictions and face an uncertain year ahead, the urge to get a change of scenery and escape grows stronger. Estonia has a system for moving your busin...
Is Remote Work Making Us Feel Like Imposters? A Conversation - WFH Rewind.
WFH Daily - December 21, 2020 08:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWe’ve still got a couple more episodes from the vaults to keep you going until Christmas. First released in October, Harry and Alex discuss imposter syndrome. We’ve all felt it at some point in our professional lives, but how has lockdown and remote working and the madness that is 2020 ...
How to Stay Active, Fix Posture, and Stick to your Goals. Dr Emil Goliath - WFH Rewind
WFH Daily - December 18, 2020 08:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIt’s the fifth day of Christmas. And although we haven't got any jewellery for you, we do have another of our favourite episodes. First broadcast in sunny September, Harry talks to Dr. Emil Goliath, who specialises in personal health and fitness, about how to stay active and pain-free w...
How to Eat Healthily While Working From Home. A Conversation - WFH Rewind
WFH Daily - December 16, 2020 20:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn our second visit from the ghost of podcast past, Harry and Alex discuss how to keep up the healthy eating habits while working remotely. First broadcast in July, they talk about some techniques to help you outsmart the fridge and beat the cravings. How to avoid overeating when...
How to Beat Procrastination, Balance Work and Home Life, and the Future of Remote Work. Steve Folland - WFH Rewind
WFH Daily - December 14, 2020 08:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJoin us as we revisit some of our favourite episodes from this year. In this one, Harry spoke with Steve Folland, Producer and podcaster extraordinaire all the way back in June about procrastination, balancing work and home life, and what the future of the office might be. For more ...
Four Alternatives to a Zoom Christmas Party. A conversation.
WFH Daily - December 11, 2020 08:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe office Christmas party season is upon us. But with many workplaces still closed, offices have either had to forgo the yuletide celebrations or move the festivities online. Join Alex, Harry and Ryan as they discuss some interactive Christmas party substitutes to avoid the awkwardnes...
How to Care for your Employees' Mental Health while Working from Home. A conversation.
WFH Daily - December 09, 2020 08:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA recent Forbes article revealed that four out of five employees find it difficult to switch off from work in the evenings. It also found that the same number would leave their current job for one that takes better care of their mental health. Join Alex, Harry and Ryan as they discuss m...
How to Beat Procrastination. A Conversation.
WFH Daily - December 07, 2020 08:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWe all get distracted from time to time. Sometimes the tasks we're working on are too dull or too big and before we know it, we've procrastinated away an entire afternoon on Twitter or YouTube. Join Alex, Harry and Ryan as they discuss the things that distract them and how to get your ...
The Workspace of the Future - Is it too Early to Predict? Lucy Minton - Kitt.
WFH Daily - December 04, 2020 08:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWe’re back with the second part of our conversation with Lucy Minton from Kitt. This time we’re talking about the office of the future - how big will they be? Will everyone be returning to them? And will they be different from the ones we recently left? Kitt https://www.kittoffices...
Staying Positive During Another Lockdown. A Conversation
WFH Daily - December 02, 2020 08:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsRecorded in the initial weeks of the UK’s second lockdown - Alex, Isobel and Ryan discuss their thoughts on the new restrictions and a couple of ways to make working from home in the gloomy winter months a bit more bearable. How to be happier while working from home https://www.bbc...
What Sucks About Working from Home. A Conversation
WFH Daily - November 30, 2020 08:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsUnwanted distractions, unsuitable workspaces and isolation. These are the top three things that Alex, Isobel and Ryan find most annoying about working from home. Join them as they share their gripes and grievances in this very special, cathartic episode. For more #WFH tips and resou...
Is VR The Future Of Remote Working? These companies say yes. A Conversation.
WFH Daily - November 27, 2020 07:58 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSome of the largest financial firms in the UK have started to incorporate VR as a way to reintroduce the feeling of human interaction among their home-working employees and combat "Zoom-fatigue". As well as replacing in-person interaction, other benefits that the firms are reporting ar...
The Office Ain't Dead Yet. Lucy Minton - Kitt.
WFH Daily - November 25, 2020 08:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe office is not going to disappear from working life, nor should it. Today we’re talking to Lucy Minton, COO of Kitt - a company that designs offices. We talk a lot about the death of the office and what the future of remote work will look like, so this conversation is especially inte...
Rituals to End the Workday When Working from Home. A Conversation
WFH Daily - November 23, 2020 08:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWe’ve talked a lot about separating work and personal life when working from home, and in this episode Harry, Alex, and Ryan talk about the ways you can create more space between the virtual office and the dining room table. 7 Rituals to End the Working Day: https://www.huffington...
Can Young People Thrive in a Remote-Work World? We Discuss the Challenges of Inducting new Hires Remotely. A conversation.
WFH Daily - November 20, 2020 08:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAn article from BBC Worklife recently questioned whether remote workers can grow into their new roles as well as their office-based counterparts. Finding it harder to connect with co-workers, weakening interpersonal skills and being inundated with new technologies are just a few of the ...
Working from Home Boosts Productivity, but Blocks Innovation? A Conversation
WFH Daily - November 18, 2020 08:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsMicrosoft have conducted a big survey into remote working and its effects on the workplace. In this episode Harry, Ryan, and Alex discuss the findings of the study and ask, is dressing more casually really the best thing about working from home? The Study From Microsoft: https://ne...
How to Lower your Energy Bills When Working from Home. A Conversation.
WFH Daily - November 16, 2020 08:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsMore time spent in the house means more time spent cooking, using the PC, and running the heating. What can we do to keep the bills down whilst making the most of our homes? And should our employers chip in? In this episode Harry and Ryan discuss the best ways to keep the electric bill ...
Related Telecommuting Topics
- Remote work 3
- Remote 2