S2 EP8 - Sloth

<p>Sloth: When does mere laziness become moral failure? When does apathy descend into sloth? In this episode, Julie and Robert tackle one final deadly sin, traveling through both Dante's purgatory and the neural pathways of the human mind. Painting by Jacques de Backer (Luciano P ... Show More

We began the community episodes with Pride, and today we wrap them with Sloth! Have you wondered if you're a sloth? Well I'm here to tell you that chances are: Affirmative! Sloth is when we're aware of what's wrong but we continue to cope and live with it... It's what stops us fr ... Show More

<p>What does the Seven Deadly Sins survey tell us about the people who listen to this podcast? Are we more afflicted by sloth or by lust? And what does Angela mutter under her breath?</p><p> </p><p>Take the Seven Deadly Sins survey: <a href="http://freakonomics.com/nsq-sins/">fre ... Show More

<p>How can we distinguish between laziness and patience? Why do people do crossword puzzles? And how is Angie like a combination of a quantum computer and a Sherman tank?</p><p> </p><p>Take the Seven Deadly Sins survey: <a href="http://freakonomics.com/nsq-sins/" target="_blank"> ... Show More

<p>Everyone knows sloths are super slow, but do you know they’re slow because their bodies produce an astoundingly small amount of energy? And did you know that might be an adaptation that protects them from predators? Sloths are awesome and we prove it in this classic episode.</ ... Show More

<p>Host Ashley Willcott is known as a TV anchor, a former judge, and a trial lawyer, and nearly all of the cases she's covered over the years intersect with one of the seven deadly sins. </p><p>Pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth. The opposite of the seven heavenl ... Show More

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As with Santa's reindeer or Snow White's seven dwarves, we all know the phrase "Seven Deadly Sins" even if we struggle to remember the exact list. But who came up with this concept? And who decided that Pride, Envy, Wrath, Lust, Sloth, Greed, and Gluttony were the seven qualities ... Show More

<p><strong>podmothers sephy &amp; wing enter the chat:</strong> spiralling on productivity anxiety, motivation, procrastination, pressure and perfectionism, the myth of laziness, the fear of mediocrity, and the bedrot phenomenon. it's the trenches. ✷</p><br><p>shop ✷ <a href="htt ... Show More