S10 E4: Differences Seize Our Attention ...

Why are so many workers—blue-collar, white-collar, contract, freelance, and college-educated alike—feeling like the old bargain has broken down? Today, Paul Osterman, author of Disposable Workers: The Transformation of Employment, explains how companies increasingly rely on worke ... Show More

What does it mean to find your way—through a city, a life, or a world that refuses to make perfect sense? In ⁠The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise⁠, Pico Iyer travels from Iran to North Korea to Japan in search of peace in the middle of uncertainty. In Dark and Magical Plac ... Show More

Growing up is supposed to mean getting wiser. So why does it so often feel like losing something you can’t quite name? Julian Shapiro-Barnum, the creator of Recess Therapy, thinks kids still have some of the answers. In How to Grow Up Without Becoming a Grown-Up, he asks what hap ... Show More

In way ways, we're not that special -- and that's a good thingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

<p>Have you ever downplayed some aspect of your identity? Maybe you don’t hide it, but you don’t bring it up with certain people, either.  It turns out that these subtle disguises can have powerful effects on how we view ourselves. This week, we talk with legal scholar <a href="h ... Show More

"You may think that you are completely insignificant in this world. But someone drinks coffee from the favorite cup that you gave them. Someone heard a song on the radio that reminded them of you. Someone read the book that you recommended and plunged headfirst into it. Someone s ... Show More

We often let bad events blot out good ones, but a simple approach can help you keep a better perspective Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

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Confidence isn't something for others to see. 

We need to deliberately let all the craziness and mundane tasks of life to fall away. Because all of those things that we allow to stick around, even if just in the background or further down the list, will inevitably steal from those few things we care about most.✉️ Sign up for ... Show More

Important things happen when your target is alone: the slightest feeling of relief that you are not there, and it is all over. Familiarity and overexposure breed contempt. How do you keep your person coming back for more? This episode, we learn to poeticize our presence. | Let’s ... Show More

<p>It happens to the best of us — we blank on someone's name, or forget an important meeting, or bomb a test we thought we'd ace.   Today on the show, we talk to cognitive scientist <a href="https://psychology.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/dbw8m">Daniel Willingham</a> about the ... Show More