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Sep 29
52m 20s

Breaking News Has Broken Us

Esther Perel Global Media
About this episode
This is a classic session of How's Work? A large and scattered network of journalists meet for a virtual session with Esther. Over the past year, they've reported on the biggest stories of their careers, but they are burned out, isolated, grieving, and disconnected from the very thing that supports and energizes them all: their newsroom. Over the last few ... Show More
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