Podcasts by Better Life Lab
Economists say the way we work has become so stressful it’s now the fifth leading cause of death. Our mission is to find a better way. Explore the art and science of living a full and healthy life with behavioral and social science researchers who can help us better understand what drives our human experiences, and how to change. Better Life Lab is a co-production from New America and Slate.
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Rage Against the Machine from 2022-03-22T11:00
As much as the media has been inundated with future of work stories that read like a Sci-Fi-like robot apocalypse, the future of work, in a very real sense, is already here. And what’s really at st...
ListenCrisis Conversations: Setting Working Moms Back a Generation? from 2020-11-14T12:00
Is the pandemic is setting women back a generation? Without reliable childcare and schools, an unprecedented number of working mothers have been forced to reduce their hours. Or have had to leave t...
ListenCrisis Conversations: Will 2020 be the year care becomes a bipartisan issue? from 2020-10-08T11:00
What role will care and caregiving could play in the 2020 election. Pundits have long insisted that care issues like childcare, elder care and paid and unpaid caregiving are not “bread and butter” ...
ListenCrisis Conversations: Women and Leadership from 2020-08-29T11:00
Kamala Harris just made history as the first woman of color nominated for national office by a major party. So why, after so much time and money have been spent on diversity initiatives, and on wom...
ListenCrisis Conversations: Woke at Work? from 2020-08-22T11:00
After the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police sparked a racial justice reckoning, many American organizations put up Black Lives Matter signs. Many put out statements...
ListenCrisis Conversations: Will COVID Kill Work-Life Balance? from 2020-08-15T11:00
In the era of coronavirus, the notion of work-life balance can seem a dream for those who still have work. But the gut-it-out model is bad for workers, virtual and otherwise, and bad for employers....
ListenCrisis Conversations: Family Caregiving from 2020-08-08T11:00
One American in five takes care of another family member or loved one. That's more than 53 million family caregivers in America. Members of this vast, largely invisible workforce were already under...
ListenCrisis Conversations: Family Caregiving from 2020-08-08T11:00
One American in five takes care of another family member or loved one. That's more than 53 million family caregivers in America. Members of this vast, largely invisible workforce were already under...
ListenCrisis Conversations: Family Caregiving from 2020-08-08T11:00
One American in five takes care of another family member or loved one. That's more than 53 million family caregivers in America. Members of this vast, largely invisible workforce were already under...
ListenCrisis Conversations: Working pregnant in the time of COVID. from 2020-07-25T11:00
Pregnant workers already face discrimination on the job, Before the pandemic struck, the United States was the only advanced nation without a national paid maternity or parental leave policy. Now, ...
ListenCrisis Conversations: Lifequake Now from 2020-07-18T11:00
Bruce Feiler, an eminent thinker on meaning, spirituality and contemporary life, shares what he’s learned about navigating life’s transitions with purpose and skill. His latest book is LIFE IS IN T...
ListenCrisis Conversations: Calling for a New Bailout — for Women of Color from 2020-07-11T11:00
On this edition of Crisis Conversations, we look at the arguments why the next Federal bailout package should focus on Black women and women of color. Before the pandemic, even with historically l...
ListenCrisis Conversations: The (Virtual?) Future of Medicine from 2020-06-27T11:00
Telemedicine – virtual appointments with doctors and health professionals – has become the only way many people can get the care they need during the pandemic. But some see unexpected advantages to...
ListenCrisis Conversations: Being a Dad in the Time of COVID-19 from 2020-06-20T11:00
Before COVID-19 hit, women spent about twice as much time as men doing childcare and housework. That unequal gendered division of labor at home contributed to gender inequality in the workplace. — ...
ListenCrisis Conversations: The Uncertain Future of Work from 2020-06-13T11:00
As states lift shelter-in-place orders meant to slow the spread of coronavirus, some office-based firms are allowing remote work to continue. Some workplaces are staggering schedules, shutting off ...
ListenCrisis Conversations: Anti-Blackness in America from 2020-06-06T11:00
Since May 25, tumultuous protests have engulfed the country — touched off by the murder of George Floyd, another black man who died at the hands of a white police officer. And as protests have tran...
ListenCrisis Conversations: To Have and to Have Not — Family Leave in the Pandemic from 2020-05-30T11:00
The United States stands virtually alone in the world in failing to guarantee paid maternity leave. When the COVID-19 crisis hit, Congress made history by quickly passing temporary emergency paid f...
ListenCrisis Conversations: for elder-care workers in the pandemic, one state (mostly) gets it right from 2020-05-23T11:00
The coronavirus pandemic has shown just how essential are the home health workers who care for our aging loved ones. Yet many of these care workers struggle with no benefits on the brink of poverty...
ListenCrisis Conversations: Doing Essential Work in one of the few Countries that Resists Paid Sick Leave. The USA. from 2020-05-16T11:00
The United States is one of just 11 countries around the world that don’t guarantee workers paid time off to stay home if they’re sick – one of the surest ways to slow the spread of infection. Jody...
ListenCrisis Conversations: Parenting Alone in the Time of COVID-19 from 2020-05-09T11:00
It's tough to be a single parent in the best of times. Now the coronavirus pandemic has made it even harder. One in five children in the United States live with a single mother, and 4 percent live ...
ListenCrisis Conversations: is our childcare system nearing its breaking point? from 2020-05-02T11:00
The coronavirus crisis is upending the way we work, live, connect with one another. THis week, we look at how the coronavirus pandemic is straining an already fragile child care system. The crisis ...
ListenCrisis Conversations: The transformation of work from 2020-04-25T11:00
As crisis has become the "new normal," there are new rules for so many things we took for granted just a few weeks ago. Some of the biggest changes have to do with work: How can people work remotel...
ListenCrisis Conversations: A new and dangerous enemy — healthcare workers battle coronavirus at work and at home. from 2020-04-19T11:00
Many front-line healthcare workers are routinely exposed to the deadly coronavirus, and many of them have made the difficult choice to live away from their families in an effort to keep them safe. ...
ListenCrisis Conversations: Living with layoffs of pandemic proportions from 2020-04-11T11:00
The coronavirus pandemic is completely disrupting the way we work, and the way we live, That’s why the Better Life Lab is offering Crisis Conversations - Live from Better Life Lab. With host Brigi...
ListenCrisis Conversations - Live from Better Life Lab: Sand and Diamonds — the pandemic upends the balance of labor at home from 2020-04-04T11:00
The coronavirus pandemic is completely disrupting the way we work, and the way we live, care and relate to one another. So much is changing, and so fast, it’s hard to keep up with it all,That’s why...
ListenCrisis Conversations - Live from Better Life Lab: Family and Medical Leave in the Time of Coronavirus from 2020-03-28T15:59
The coronavirus pandemic is completely disrupting the way we work, and the way we live, care and relate to one another. The novel virus that threatens public health and is sending stress and anxiet...
ListenEgalitarian Relationships from 2019-04-12T05:00
Research shows that egalitarian couples who fairly share work and home responsibilities are happier, healthier and have better sex. But are egalitarian partnerships really possible, especially when...
ListenSchedule Chaos from 2019-04-05T09:00
While an unpredictable schedule has always been a part of a restaurant worker’s experience, the advent of scheduling technology and the pressure to keep labor costs low has turned the schedules - a...
ListenWork-Work Conflict from 2019-03-22T09:00
You’ve heard of work-life conflict, but when one Stanford researcher looked into how doctors managed it, she discovered another complicating factor: work-work conflict. It's having so many differen...
ListenThe Calm Company from 2019-03-15T11:00
When Jason Fried founded Basecamp, he and his partner decided not to focus on growth, but on sustainability, and healthy work-life balance. While Fried’s stance is unorthodox in an economy where su...
ListenIntroducing Season 2 from 2019-03-05T10:00
Better Life Lab is back! In Season 2, join host Brigid Schulte as she explores the torture of "Inbox Zero", work schedule chaos, and the Japanese idea of "karoshi" — a sadly common phenomenon where...
ListenThe Surprising Reason Why the Gender Pay Gap Hasn’t Shrunk from 2018-07-19T19:02:55
It gets more intense every year — the drive to work longer and longer hours. And there’s striking new research that shows that women, who already get paid less than men, are put at a distinct disad...
ListenInside A Workaholics Anonymous Meeting from 2018-07-12T08:00
What happens when you can’t stop working? In this episode, the Better Life Lab podcast goes to a workaholics anonymous meeting to find out. We also here from Malissa Clark, a professor of psycholo...
ListenEven Progressive Offices Fail at Work-Life Balance from 2018-07-05T08:00
No meeting Wednesdays and work from home Fridays are not enough. In this episode, you'll find out how employers can really create a healthier and more productive workplace. Tara Oakman, a former Ob...
ListenWhy You’re Addicted to Being Busy from 2018-06-28T08:00
Email inboxes and push notifications were designed to keep us busy. But when we break it all down and how we think about busyness, we should be paying attention to the way our environment is design...
ListenHow to Take Summers Off and Still Get Promoted from 2018-06-21T08:00
Michelle Hickox took summers off and still got promoted. First, she had to believe that she could, then she had to prove to others it was possible. Now she wants everyone to know how she did it. Sh...
ListenYour Work May Be Killing You from 2018-06-15T08:00
Bragging about being overworked is not badge of honor. Economists say the way we work has become so stressful it’s now the fifth leading cause of death. That’s according to Jeff Pfeffer, a Stanford...
ListenIntroducing Better Life Lab from 2018-05-18T18:32:51
On Better Life Lab, we explore the art and science of living a full and healthy life. The podcast combines the power of storytelling - people sharing their own very real struggles, failings and tri...
ListenIntroducing Better Life Lab from 2018-05-18T18:32:51
On Better Life Lab, we explore the art and science of living a full and healthy life. The podcast combines the power of storytelling - people sharing their own very real struggles, failings and tri...
ListenIntroducing Better Life Lab from 2018-05-18T18:32:51
On Better Life Lab, we explore the art and science of living a full and healthy life. The podcast combines the power of storytelling - people sharing their own very real struggles, failings and tri...
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