Episodes
Getting people hired
Guest: Katie Silver What'd we talk about? Executive recruitment. Job seekers. Introverts. Closing a deal. Finding alignment with ethos and values. Enforcing work-life balance. Helping people get unstuck. Building a network. Growing your career. Understanding the market. The art of the possible. Coa…
How to search for meaning without losing joy
Guest: David Gutterman What'd we talk about? Intellectual and emotional capacity. What it is to be human. The liberal arts. Funeral dancing. Sustained community. Learning how to listen and be present. The time horizon. How to finish cooking half-baked ideas. Capitalist frameworks. Fear and powerles…
An archeologist leaves the Pentagon
Guest: Katie Fine What'd we talk about? The Department of War. Evanston, Illinois. Forensic archeology. The Neolithic period in Greece. The job market. Coffee shop conversations at the Pentagon. Heated Rivalry. Tethers. Losing a parent. The Vietnam War. MIA POWs. Adventure. Loneliness. Research sec…
Work-Shaped Life Trailer
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” The question every child is asked. In Work-Shaped Life, we talk to people about how the path to “what they want to be” is going. And where it’s taken them along the way. Have you eve...