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As the tech oligarchs dream of subjecting us all to their sick fantasies and their pet governments pave the road to hell with bad intentions, the sycophantic press breathlessly praises each new ‘advancement' in dystopian tech — and each new phony scam as well. In Episode 83 we're joined by Paris Marx, technology critic, author and host of Tech Won't Save Us, one of the most important podcasts of the Canadian Left. We discuss technopessimism, fully-automated luxury space communism, whether sentient AIs will ever be a thing, and what, behind all the smoke and mirrors, the evil techlords are actually trying to accomplish.Show NotesTech Won't Save UsDisconnect Parismarx.comParis on InstagramRoad to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation by Paris MarxHow to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny OdellRed Enlightenment with Graham JonesLinksInstagramMerchfuckingcancelled.comclementinemorrigan.comjaylesoleil.comTheme songFucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

Part 1 How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell Summary"How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy" by Jenny Odell is a thought-provoking exploration of the idea that productivity often comes at the cost of our mental well-being, attention, and personal agency. Odell argues that in a society driven by constant connectivity and the demand for productivity, people have lost the ability to appreciate stillness, nature, and the present moment. Here are the key themes and ideas from the book:The Attention Economy: Odell critiques the modern attention economy, where social media and technology compete for our focus and time, often leading to stress and a sense of overwhelm. She argues that this environment pressures individuals to constantly produce and perform, diminishing personal joy and creativity.Rethinking Productivity: The author challenges conventional notions of productivity, arguing that doing nothing—or rather, engaging in unproductive activities like daydreaming, observing nature, or simply being present—can be critical for mental health and personal fulfillment. She emphasizes that these moments can foster creativity and provide room for reflection.Connection to Place: Odell encourages readers to cultivate a deep connection to their surroundings. She believes that being aware of and engaged with our local environments can help ground us in reality and provide a sense of community. This interaction with nature and local space can balance the frenetic pace of modern life.Activism and Resistance: The book blends personal narrative, history, and cultural criticism, suggesting that doing nothing can be a form of resistance against societal pressures and expectations. By stepping back from constant engagement, individuals can reclaim their time and attention, ultimately leading to a more intentional and meaningful life.The Importance of Community: Odell highlights the role of community in our lives, advocating for social relationships and connections as essential elements for a fulfilling life. She encourages fostering real-life connections rather than those mediated by screens.Practical Tips: Throughout the book, Odell provides practical suggestions for how individuals can incorporate more presence and stillness into their lives. This includes spending time in nature, practicing mindfulness, reflecting on personal values, and stepping back from digital distractions.In conclusion, "How to Do Nothing" is not just a guide on reducing productivity but a manifesto on reclaiming time and attention in a world that often demands constant engagement. Through self-reflection, community engagement, and a reconnection with nature, Odell advocates for a more meaningful and connected approach to life.Part 2 How To Do Nothing AuthorJenny Odell is an American author, artist, and educator renowned for her book "How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy," which was published on April 2, 2019. The book combines philosophical insights with personal narrative and social critique, focusing on the importance of reclaiming our attention in an age dominated by digital distractions and the attention economy. In addition to "How to Do Nothing," Odell has also written other works, including:"Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock" (Published on February 15, 2023) This book continues to explore themes of time and our relationship with it, offering a reflection on how we perceive and manage time in a modern context.Odell is also a contributor to various anthologies and has written articles for publications like The New Inquiry and The New York Times. Regarding which of her books may be considered the best in terms of editions, "How to Do Nothing" has received acclaim for its rich prose and insightful commentary. It has been produced in various formats, including hardcover, paperback, and audiobook, each edition catering to...

Sari recounts her takeaways from Jenny Odell's 2019 book, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy and how the book's recommendations can be helpful to artists feeling overwhelmed by media and our hunger for constant information dopamine.There is one spot remaining for my 2025 artist retreat/residency! Camp Spark features a week-long painting retreat, where you'll immerse yourself in the nostalgic magic of summer camp, reimagined as a creative residency in the Catskills. Grow your art practice via virtual programming, the week-long retreat in upstate New York and a capstone virtual exhibition to include on your CV.This episode is sponsored by Not Sorry Art, where you can shop my work.Learn painting from me at my online art school, Not Sorry Art School. Lifetime Access at Not Sorry Art School is your ticket to all my courses plus a spot in our vibrant community group. Pay once and have access for life! Learn more about Lifetime Access at NSAS.This episode is also sponsored by my book, Modern Still Life: From Fruit Bowls to Disco Balls, which you can order now :)Email Sari at notsorryart@sari.studioFollow Sari: @not_sorry_art, @not_sorry_art_schoolSHOW NOTES:How to Do Nothing by Jenny OdellIt's not easy seeing green (Himba Tribe study)

On this week's episode, we speak with Jenny Odell, acclaimed author of _Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock_ and _How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy._ We'll dig into the ideas behind _Saving Time, _which gives a sweeping panoramic overview of how the ways we think about time actually shapes our lives. We begin with a critical look at productivity culture and the idea that time is money. Then we'll hear how to begin to disentangle our daily concept of time from its capitalistic and colonialist roots in order to liberate and expand our relationship to time.  Featuring: Jenny Odell, artist and author of Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock and How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy Credits: Host: Lucy Kang Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Editor: Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Engineer: Jeff Emtman  Digital Media Marketing: Anubhuti Kumar Music Credits: "Simonero" by Keyframe Audio via Pixabay "Documentary Ambient Guitar" by William_King via Pixabay Clock sound effects by Pixabay and Semen Surin via Pixabay   Learn More:  Making Contact homepage:  Jenny Odell:  Jenny Odell on Making Contact   Making Contact is an award-winning, nationally syndicated radio show and podcast featuring narrative storytelling and thought-provoking interviews. We cover the most urgent issues of our time and the people on the ground building a more just world.

Christ had a wide-ranging conversation with first-time guest, Lore Ferguson Wilbert, and repeat guest, Ragan Sutterfield, in which they touched on various topics including: processing the recent U.S. election, grief and lament, pace and time, rootedness and place, story, and of course, what they have been recently reading.Books Mentioned in this Episode:If you'd like to order any of the following books, we encourage you to do so from Hearts and Minds Books(An independent bookstore in Dallastown, PA, run by Byron and Beth Borger) The Understory: An Invitation to Rootedness and Resilience from the Forest Floor by Lore Ferguson WilbertHandle With Care: How Jesus Redeems the Power of Touch in Life and Ministry by Lore Ferguson WilbertThe Art of Being a Creature: Meditations on Humus and Humility by Ragan SutterfieldWendell Berry and the Given Life by Ragan SutterfieldFarming as a Spiritual Discipline by Ragan SutterfieldThe Art of the Commonplace: Agrarian Essays by Wendell BerryWhen Time is Short: Finding Our Way in the Anthropocene by Timothy BealBecoming Friends of Time: Disability, Timefullness and Gentle Discipleship by John SwintonCompassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life by Henri NouwenHow to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny OdellHow to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto by Tom HodgkinsonThe One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming by Masanobu FukuokaStolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention - And How to Think Deeply Again by Johann HariAmphibious Soul: Finding Wild in a Tame World by Craig FosterSystematic Theology: Volume 1, the Doctrine of God by Katherine SondereggerThe Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth by Elizabeth RushNorth Woods: A Novel by Daniel MasonThe Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason

After a grueling campaign season, Election Day has arrived. Here at Forum, we asked ourselves what we would want to hear on an anxiety-inducing day. To that end, we've brought together a panel of thinkers including Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate, Jenny Odell, an artist and author who has thought deeply about nature and time, and Dacher Keltner, a psychology professor, who has written about awe and wonder. We'll talk with them about how they find beauty, discovery and meaning in the face of worrying times, and hear from you: What is keeping you grounded today? Guests: Jenny Odell, author of "Saving Time: Discovering A Life Beyond the Clock". Odell is also the author of "How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy" Tracy K. Smith, poet; professor of English and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University - She served as the 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017 to 2019 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for her book, "Life on Mars." She is the author of five poetry collections, including "Such Color," "Wade in Water," among other volumes Dacher Keltner, professor of psychology and faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley -Keltner is the author of "Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life." He served as a consultant on the Pixar films, "Inside Out" and "Inside Out 2".

In a world where everyone is constantly seeking the next big thing, it can be refreshing to find individuals who focus on the beauty within the ordinary. Mary Jo Hoffman, an accomplished nature photographer, and creator of the "Still" project, joined Matt Payne on the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast to discuss her journey, the transformative power of daily practice, and her unique approach to visual art. Don't miss an episode! Sign up for our weekly mailing list! Watch this episode on YouTube. Resources Mentioned on the Podcast Support the podcast on PATREON! My interview with Krista McCuish Mary Jo Hoffman's Book - Still: The Art of Noticing (affiliate link); Mary Jo on Instagram Jenny Odell's Book - How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (affiliate link) Karl Blossfeldt's Book - Masterworks (affiliate link) Irving Penn John Dolan Neale James Eliesa Johnson

This episode of The Behavioral View podcast explores the critical topic of supervisory skills in applied behavior analysis. Featuring Amber Valentino PsyD, BCBA-D, the discussion centers around her recent publication on objectively evaluating supervisory behaviors in practice. The conversation delves into the importance of "soft skills" in supervision, strategies for creating a supportive supervisory environment, and methods for giving and receiving feedback. Participants will gain insights into current research on supervision practices and practical tips for improving their supervisory repertoire. This CEU advances knowledge of supervision by providing concrete strategies for assessment and improvement of supervisory behaviors, emphasizing the importance of empathy, presence, and continuous learning in the supervisory relationship.  To earn CEUs for listening, click here, log in or sign up, pay the CEU fee, + take the attendance verification to generate your certificate! Don't forget to subscribe and follow and leave us a rating and review. Show Notes References: Valentino, A. L., Fuhrman, A. M., & Beck, J. (2024). The Development of a Calculator for Objectively Evaluating Supervisory Behaviors in Practice. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 17(3), 932-944. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-024-00946-w  Taylor, B. A., LeBlanc, L. A., & Nosik, M. R. (2018). Compassionate Care in Behavior Analytic Treatment: Can Outcomes be Enhanced by Attending to Relationships with Caregivers? Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12(3), 654-666. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-018-00289-3  Newport, C. (2016). Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World. Grand Central Publishing.  Scott, K. (2017). Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. St. Martin's Press.  Odell, J. (2019). How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. Melville House.  Bailey, J., & Burch, M. (2010). 25 Essential Skills & Strategies for the Professional Behavior Analyst: Expert Tips for Maximizing Consulting Effectiveness. Routledge. LeBlanc, L. A., & Luiselli, J. K. (Eds.). (2016). Behavior Analysis in Practice: Special Issue on Supervision [Special Issue]. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 9(4).    Resources: BACB Supervisor Curriculum Outline: https://www.bacb.com/supervision-resources/  CentralReach Institute: https://centralreach.com/solutions/cr-institute/  CASP (Council of Autism Service Providers) Supervision Training: https://casproviders.org/  Notebook LLM: https://www.notebooklm.com/  MindColor Autism: https://www.mindcolorautism.com/ 

If you find yourself feeling chronically overwhelmed, with a to-do list you can't ever get to the bottom of, and a nagging feeling that you're never quite doing enough, this episode is for you. Joining me is Jenny Odell, the acclaimed author of zthe books How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy and Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture. An artist and educator based in Oakland, California, Jenny's work shines a light on how we can reclaim our attention in an increasingly digital world, while escaping from the clutches of productivity culture. I also share my personal story of how a recent vacation followed by COVID has caused me to rethink my own attention economy - and how this has been shifting my nervous system - and perspectives - on ‘what's enough.”Join us as we explore insights on the importance of rest, reflection, and mindful living as part of taking back our lives, power, and mental well-being including: What the attention economy is and how it's impacting our mental well-beingThe compare and despair impact of social media on women's healthThe misconception of "doing nothing" and its true meaning.The anxiety and irritability that comes from constantly racing the clockChronodiversity and the power of nature for expanding timeStrategies for reclaiming our attention by focusing on what truly matters.The importance of rest and reflection in maintaining overall well-being.Practical tips for incorporating mindful practices into daily life.How to start making small changes toward a more intentional and fulfilling life.Resources Mentioned:More from Jenny Odell:How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity CultureJenny's websiteThe Adrenal Thyroid Revolution : Dr. Aviva's book on taking back your health - while nourishing your adrenals and supporting your thyroidLooking for supplements for yourself and your family, including some of those I talk about in episodes? You can find those - and your 15% discount on every order here: avivaromm.com/supplements

In recent years, in the realms of self-improvement literature, Instagram influencers, and wellness gurus, an idea has taken hold: that in a non-stop world, the act of slowing down offers a path to better living. In this episode of Critics at Large, the staff writers Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz trace the rise of “slowness culture”—from Carl Honoré's 2004 manifesto to pandemic-era trends of mass resignations and so-called quiet quitting. The hosts discuss the work of Jenny Odell, whose books “How to Do Nothing” and “Saving Time” frame reclaiming one's time as a life-style choice with radical roots and revolutionary political potential. But how much does an individual's commitment to leisure pay off on the level of the collective? Is too much being laid at the feet of slowness? “For me, it's about reclaiming an aspect of humanness, just the experience of not having to make the most with everything we have all the time,” Schwartz says. “There can be a degree of self-defeating critique where you say, ‘Oh, well, this is only accessible to the privileged few.' And I think the better framing is, how can more people access that kind of sitting with humanness?”Read, watch, and listen with the critics:“How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation,” by Anne Helen Petersen (BuzzFeed)“How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy,” by Jenny Odell“Improving Ourselves to Death,” by Alexandra Schwartz (The New Yorker)“In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed,” by Carl Honoré“The Sabbath,” by Abraham Joshua Heschel“Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture,” by Jenny Odell“Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto,” by Kohei SaitoNew episodes drop every Thursday. Follow Critics at Large wherever you get your podcasts. This episode originally aired on January 11, 2024.

Have you ever really considered how we view time as a society? From work to leisure to appointments, we schedule every minute of our days, but how often do we think about why we treat time the way we do, our relationship to it, and why we value productivity over all else? This week, we talk to Jenny Odell about the ideas behind her book Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock and How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. We talk about how time shapes all our lives, question the idea that time is money, and look to understand the capitalistic and colonialist roots of the way we view time every day.   Learn more about the story and find the transcript on radioproject.org. Making Contact is an award-winning, nationally syndicated radio show and podcast featuring narrative storytelling and thought-provoking interviews. We cover the most urgent issues of our time and the people on the ground building a more just world. EPISODE FEATURES: This episode features Jenny Odell, artist and author of Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock and How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. MAKING CONTACT: This episode is hosted by Lucy Kang. It is produced by Anita Johnson, Lucy Kang, Salima Hamirani, and Amy Gastelum. Our executive director is Jina Chung.  MUSIC: This episode features music "Simonero" by Keyframe Audio via Pixabay, "Documentary Ambient Guitar" by William_King via Pixabay, and Clock sound effects by Pixabay and Semen Surin via Pixabay. Learn More: Jenny Odell  

Samara Bay is a downright truth-giver. She is the author of Permission to Speak: How to Change What Power Sounds Like, Starting With You (Penguin Random House, 2023). Samara coaches rising business leaders, political hopefuls, and public figures. In Hollywood, Samara worked as a speech and dialect coach on Wonder Woman 1984 with Gal Gadot, American Crime Story: Versace with Penelope Cruz and Edgar Ramirez, and Avengers: Infinity War. Her work has been featured in The New York Times Magazine, TIME, Fast Company, Glamour, Entrepreneur Magazine. Books recommended by Samara Bay: Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser Women and Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell Recommended by VW bookseller/co-host, Julia: How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang SHELF TALKERS is a podcast from Village Well Books & Coffee in downtown Culver City, CA, where we interview authors on their books, writing process, and what they are themselves reading. A new episode is released every other Wednesday! Need to reach out or have questions? Feel free to email us at podcast@villagewell.com. If you love the show and want us to keep creating, please leave us a review! Village Well Books & Coffee is an independent book and coffee-shop in the heart of downtown Culver City. Come through, grab a drink, and read a book!

On this week's episode, we take a critical look at productivity culture and the idea that time is money by speaking with Jenny Odell, acclaimed author of Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock and How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. We dig into the ideas behind Saving Time, which gives a panoramic overview of how the ways we think about time actually shapes our lives. Then begin to disentangle our daily concept of time from its capitalistic and colonialist roots in order to liberate and expand our relationship to it. Learn more about the story and find the transcript on radioproject.org. Making Contact is an award-winning, nationally syndicated radio show and podcast featuring narrative storytelling and thought-provoking interviews. We cover the most urgent issues of our time and the people on the ground building a more just world.  EPISODE FEATURES: This episode features Jenny Odell, artist and author of Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock and How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy.  MAKING CONTACT: This episode is hosted by Lucy Kang. It is produced by Anita Johnson, Lucy Kang, Salima Hamirani, and Amy Gastelum. Our executive director is Jina Chung.     Learn More:  Jenny Odell: https://jennyodell.com/  

In recent years, in the realms of self-improvement literature, Instagram influencers, and wellness gurus, an idea has taken hold: that in a non-stop world, the act of slowing down offers a path to better living. In this episode of Critics at Large, the staff writers Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz trace the rise of “slowness culture”—from Carl Honoré's 2004 manifesto to pandemic-era trends of mass resignations and so-called quiet quitting. The hosts discuss the work of Jenny Odell, whose books “How to Do Nothing” and “Saving Time” frame reclaiming one's time as a life-style choice with radical roots and revolutionary political potential. But how much does an individual's commitment to leisure pay off on the level of the collective? Is too much being laid at the feet of slowness? “For me, it's about reclaiming an aspect of humanness, just the experience of not having to make the most with everything we have all the time,” Schwartz says. “There can be a degree of self-defeating critique where you say, ‘Oh, well, this is only accessible to the privileged few.' And I think the better framing is, how can more people access that kind of sitting with humanness?”Read, watch, and listen with the critics:“How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation,” by Anne Helen Petersen (BuzzFeed)“How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy,” by Jenny Odell“Improving Ourselves to Death,” by Alexandra Schwartz (The New Yorker)“In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed,” by Carl Honoré“The Sabbath,” by Abraham Joshua Heschel“Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture,” by Jenny Odell“Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto,” by Kohei SaitoNew episodes drop every Thursday. Follow Critics at Large wherever you get your podcasts.

Attention defined is the behavior a person uses to focus the senses. Focus being the keyword. It's the action of taking special care of something.I believe that once I bring something into my realm of attention, I begin studying it—and that's where my creative practice really begins. It's where the “work” starts. It's where my dialogues and narratives take shape. Where concepts, ideas, themes, and subjects emerge.viewfinder is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new episodes and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Reflections* I have complete control over what I choose to focus on.* I take special care when bringing things into my realm of attention.* My attention begins and builds my narratives. The stories I tell myself and the stories I share with others.Resources* White Pine: Poems and Prose Poems, Mary Oliver* Red Bird, Mary Oliver* Upstream, Selected Essays, Mary Oliver* How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, Jenny OdellConnectIf we haven't had the pleasure of meeting - I'm Lauren Sauder, an artist, writer, and mentor. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider writing a review. Here are a few more ways you can connect with me:* Download your viewfinder—Print it, cut it, and carry it with you.* The artist mixtape—a mix of books, playlists, and residencies to provide inspiration and company in the studio.* Receive letters from me—bi-weekly letters from me about what I'm working through in my creative practice and life.* Enlist me as your mentor—if you are interested in unlimited support and guidance to grow your creative practice.* Get in touch with me directly—send an email to laurensauderstudio@gmail.com.Share Get full access to Lauren Sauder at laurensauder.substack.com/subscribe

No episódio 26 de De Repente Cringe, Luisa e Marianna falam sobre o cansaço. Porque as mulheres dessa geração vivem cansadas? Porque a pressão de ser uma supermulher? A culpa feminina e normalização do cansaço.DICAS:- Livro: How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy - Jenny Odell- Série: Na mira do júri - Prime Vídeo- Filme: A baleia - Prime VídeoAgradecimento especial ao @for.you.studio*Escute também nas plataformas Youtube e Apple Podcast.

Author and artist, Jenny Odell, discusses how to break from the attention economy long enough to feel fully alive in a culture obsessed with productivity. She shares stories of her encounters with nature, how to be creative instead of productive, how to be less useful in order to survive, and the real reason for art and rest. This is a deep dive about how to stay human in a world that wants us to become machines. About Jenny:  Jenny Odell is a multidisciplinary artist and the New York Times bestselling author of How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy and Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Sierra magazine, and other publications. She lives in Oakland, California. TW: @the_jennitaur IG: @jennitaur To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the inspiring field guide to dropping out of the attention economy, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, artist and The New York Times–bestselling author Jenny Odell extolled the value of rest as resistance in a culture that always expects us to be productive. In conversation with Jess Scully she takes the discussion further and introduces her new book Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock which makes a radical argument about our concept of time and offers a hopeful antidote for anyone grappling with burnout and anxiety about the future. Supported by ARA. This episode was recorded live at the 2023 Sydney Writers' Festival.   If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and follow our channel.  Sydney Writers' Festival podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms.  After more? Follow Sydney Writers' Festival on social media:Instagram: @sydwritersfestFacebook: @SydWritersFestTwitter: @SydWritersFestTikTok: @sydwritersfestSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aliki Nicolaides Ed.D, is Professor of Adult Learning and Leadership at the University of Georgia in Learning, Leadership, and Organization Development program. Her research explores the intra-active dynamics of learning that generate personal and societal transformation. She accomplishes this by focusing her research on the role that learning plays in activating the vital potential that connects self and society. Her desire to create tools and scaffolds that grow individual and collective capacity for inquiry and action is central to her approach to teaching and mentoring the next generation of scholars and leaders of change. She's co-founder of the Generative Learning and Complexity Laboratory, which brings together scholars and practitioners of learning and complexity science to reimagine learning and development through the lens of generative knowing and complexity learning. Her scholarship is shaping a new philosophical strand of adult learning, what she describes as Generative Knowing: Ways of being and becoming that liberate potential creatively in her first solo book. Dr. Nicolaides is a founding steward and current Director of the International Transformative Learning Association. David McCallum, S.J., Ed.D is a Jesuit priest and leadership educator. He serves as the founding Executive Director of the Program for Discerning Leadership, a special project of the General Curia of the Society of Jesus, Georgetown, and the Gregorian University. The Program provides leadership formation for senior Vatican officials and major superiors of religious orders in Rome, Italy, and internationally. He lives in Rome and serves as a member of the Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops Commission on Methodology, supporting the Synodal process initiative by Pope Francis, and as adjunct faculty in the Institute for Anthropology, Interdisciplinary Studies of Human Dignity and Care at the Pontifical Gregorian University.A Quote From this Episode"How do I do good things if I'm not conscious of, and in relationship with, the whole ecosystem in which I'm in?"Resources Mentioned in This EpisodeBook - How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by OdellBook - Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by HerseyAbout The International Leadership Association (ILA)The ILA was created in 1999 to bring together professionals interested in studying, practicing, and teaching leadership. Plan for ILA's 25th Global Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, October 12-15, 2023.About The Boler College of Business at John Carroll UniversityBoler offers four MBA programs – 1 Year Flexible, Hybrid, Online, and Professional. Each MBA track offers flexible timelines and various class structure options (online, in-person, hybrid, asynchronous). Boler's tech core and international study tour opportunities set these MBA programs apart. Rankings highlighted in the intro are taken from CEO Magazine.About  Scott J. AllenWebsiteMy Approach to HostingThe views of my guests do not constitute "truth." Nor do they reflect my personal views in some instances. However, they are views to consider, and I hope they help you clarify your perspective. Nothing can replace your reflection, research, and exploration of the topic.

Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's moved again again again again (no, seriously!), Emma's in catch up mode while doing secret side reading, and we do the Mid-year Book Freakout Tag! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy - Jenny Odell A Career in Books - Kate Gavino Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson The Shadow Cabinet - Juno Dawson The Neapolitan Quartet series - Elena Ferrante Attack on Titan, Volume 2 - Hajime Isayama Scott Pilgrim series - Bryan Lee O'Malley 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World - Elif Shafak Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf Hamlet - William Shakespeare Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare Peter Pan - J.M. Barry Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë We Are the Weather Makers: The History of Climate Change - Tim Flannery On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden The Weeds - Katy Simpson Smith Broad Band - Claire L. Evans My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh The Book Thief - Markus Zusak Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation - Hannah Gadsby Yellowface - R.F. Kuang The Crane Husband - Kelly Barnhill When Women Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill The Death I Gave Him - Erm X. Liu Rouge - Mona Awad Damsel - Elana K. Arnold Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences - Sarah Hill The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi - S.A. Chakrabortry The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - P. Djèjí Clark The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield I Have Some Questions for You - Rebecca Makkai The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers Emma - Jane Austen A Country of Eternal Light - Paul Dalgarno Shatter Me series - Tahereh Mafi I'll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music - Dave Grohl Horns - Joe Hill ————————————————— Also mentioned: Mid-year Book Freakout Tag (slightly modified) Originally created by ReadLikeWildfire and Earl Grey Books https://youtu.be/X_Wh0rPGfRg 1. The best book you've read so far this year. 2. A new release from the first half of this year that you want to read. 3. A highly anticipated new release for the second half of the year. 4. Biggest disappointment so far. 5. Biggest surprise so far. 6. Favourite new author (debut or new to you). 7. A book that made you cry. 8. A book that made you happy. 9. The most beautiful book you've acquired so far this year. 10. A book you need to have read by the end of the year. —— Our most beautiful books: https://imgur.com/a/LMiIUvA?s=wa OnlineBookClub.org —— Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300012 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's moved again again, Emma's been sick again, and we discuss the differences between fantasy and mythology/folklore, and finally work out why our tastes in Fantasy novels rarely overlap. AND SO MUCH MORE! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi - S.A. Chakraborty The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen The Lord of the Rings series - J.R.R. Tolkien The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna Throne of Glass series - Sarah J. Maas Yellowface - R.F. Kuang Babel - R.F. Kuang This Green and Pleasant Land - Ayisha Malik Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare Hamlet - William Shakespeare The Tempest - William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare The Fault in our Stars - John Green Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation - Hannah Gadsby Pageboy - Elliot Page I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf Turtles All the Way Down - John Green The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy - Jenny Odell A Career in Books - Kate Gavino ————————————————— Also mentioned: Andy Serkis https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785227/ Game of Thrones https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/ 10 Things I Hate About You https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147800/ Shakespeare in the Park https://publictheater.org/programs/shakespeare-in-the-park/free-shakespeare-in-the-park/ Nanette: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8465676/ Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Audrey app https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/

Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's moved again, Emma's been sick, and we discuss bookshelf organisation and whether or not reading challenges really serve our reading styles. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl - Melissa Keil Year of the Rabbit - Tian Veasna Heaven - Mieko Kawakami The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting - Clare Pooley Little Men & Jo's Boys - Louisa May Alcott Babel - R.F. Kuang The Secret History - Donna Tartt Yellowface - R.F. Kuang How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy - Jenny Odell The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi - S.A. Chakraborty When We Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World - Elif Shafak Circe - Madeline Miller The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller All Our Shimmering Skies - Trent Dalton Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi The Other Side of Beautiful - Kim Lock The Insatiable Volt Sisters - Rachel Eve Moulton Emma - Jane Austen The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut The Bandit Queens - Parini Shroff This Green and Pleasant Land - Ayisha Malik Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation - Hannah Gadsby A Prayer for the Crown-Shy - Becky Chambers A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers ————————————————— Also mentioned: Imgur album for this episode: https://imgur.com/a/FCAuFHI Jack Edwards https://youtube.com/@jack_edwards Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Make Emma Happy challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/d70c3a54-b24e-4f64-8775-5cebebd64652 Make Nina Happy challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/437561dc-2769-47de-a239-fa940f85a3ce Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8

Joël has been working on his RailsConf talk about various aspects of discrete math useful in day-to-day work as a developer and going deep on some concepts from propositional logic and Boolean algebra, particularly DeMorgan's Laws, which explain how to negate a compound condition. Stephanie attended a meeting with a fun "Spicy Takes" topic. She gave a short talk on how frictionless technology may not be the best path forward and tried to argue in favor of more friction in our software. Together, they talk about ways they've made remote work work for them and things they'd like to try/do differently. This episode is brought to you by Airbrake (https://airbrake.io/?utm_campaign=Q3_2022%3A%20Bike%20Shed%20Podcast%20Ad&utm_source=Bike%20Shed&utm_medium=website). Visit Frictionless error monitoring and performance insight for your app stack. Taskmaster - Do Not Avoid Not Making the Bell Not Ring (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iEnaOKGOFw) The Dark Side of Frictionless Technology (https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/galaxy-brain/6328fa97bcbd490021b314da/personal-tech-obsolete-user-experience/) Is Tech Too Easy to Use? (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/technology/tech-friction-frictionless.html) How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/600671/how-to-do-nothing-by-jenny-odell/) Rubber duck Debugging (https://rubberduckdebugging.com/) Schedule Shutdown, Complete Bike Shed episode (https://www.bikeshed.fm/310) Transcript: STEPHANIE: Hello and welcome to another episode of The Bike Shed, a weekly podcast from your friends at thoughtbot about developing great software. I'm Stephanie Minn. JOËL: And I'm Joël Quenneville. And together, we're here to share a bit of what we've learned along the way. STEPHANIE: So, Joël, what's new in your world? JOËL: I've recently got accepted to speak at RailsConf. And I've been working on my talk about various aspects of discrete math that are useful in day-to-day work as a developer and going really deep on some concepts from propositional logic and Boolean algebra, particularly the DeMorgan's Laws, which explain how to negate a compound condition. So if condition one or condition two, if you want to negate that thing as a whole, you can't just negate both of the conditions individually. You will get a totally different result, and that's a really easy mistake to make. I don't always memorize exactly what to do. But I know enough in the back of my head when it comes up on a pull request to check it out and be like, oh, there's a negating of a compound condition here. Pay closer attention. There might be a bug. STEPHANIE: So are you saying that when you negate each condition individually, you get the opposite result that you want? JOËL: It's not opposite, just different. STEPHANIE: Just different, okay. JOËL: So De Morgan's Laws tell us that if you want to negate the compound condition as a whole, you negate the individual clauses but then also have to flip the sign in the middle. So if you're trying to negate condition one and condition two, it becomes not condition one or not condition two. STEPHANIE: I see. Wow, that's confusing because you'd think that there are just two outcomes, but really there are a lot more. JOËL: Yes. STEPHANIE: And that reminds me of when we've talked about on the show combinatorial explosions, which I know is a favorite topic of yours. JOËL: Combinatorics will definitely come up in the talk as well. It's sometimes hard to hold all the possibilities in your mind. And so I'm a big fan of truth tables to visualize what's happening and to be like, oh, when I make this thing negative, now all these things flipped into false when I want them to be true and vice versa. Okay, I've got a weird inverse going on here or something like that. STEPHANIE: I have a funny thing to share with you. Joël, have you ever heard of the show "Taskmaster"? JOËL: No, I'm not familiar with this. STEPHANIE: Okay, it's a British reality competition comedy show where the contestants are usually famous British actors or comedians. And they have to do just really insane, silly tasks. And usually, one of the more iconic ones is to eat as much watermelon as you can in a minute. But they're just presented with a whole watermelon without any tools or anything [chuckles] for cutting it up. And it's just very funny and very delightful. And one of the tasks that I watched recently was a situation where they had to follow these instructions, and the instructions were to do the opposite of the following statement: "You must under no circumstances not avoid not making the bell not ring." And they had a bell right in front of them. And so they had to figure out if they were supposed to ring the bell or not ring the bell based on those instructions and within a certain time limit. If they had the math skills that you were talking about, [chuckles] perhaps they would have been able to figure it out. JOËL: I would absolutely want to write that out as a more formal logic thing. Otherwise, it becomes...you just mess with your head. You get in almost a recursive space where like, wait, not not, does that cancel? Does it stay? And yeah, it gets really messy. STEPHANIE: Yeah, it was very funny to watch them try to figure that out on the spot. And I think there's a clip of it on YouTube that we can link [laughs] for our listeners. JOËL: That's amazing. What's new in your world? STEPHANIE: So last Friday...you and I are on the same team at thoughtbot called Boost, and every two weeks, we get together as a team, and we have a meeting where anyone can propose a topic. It's just a nice space for people to see each other and hang out. And one of our co-workers hosted that meeting and he chose the topic of spicy takes and asked for volunteers to sign up and give a quick couple of minutes lightning talk on the spicy take that they had. And it was so fun. We got some takes on how REST is not the best. We got some opposing opinions about Tailwind. And I ended up giving a short, little talk on how frictionless technology may not be the best path forward and was trying to argue in favor of a little more friction in our software. JOËL: What would friction look like in this scenario? STEPHANIE: I was really interested in exploring how by making our software so easy for users we eliminate some amount of attention and mindfulness into using technology. So I think for me friction would be presenting the user with more autonomy and choice rather than making decisions on their behalf. I don't totally know what that looks like, but I do know that things like one-click ordering or autoplay those things have made me bristle a little bit in certain contexts and wondering what other options do we have available to us to provide the features we want to provide to our users but maybe not in a way that is so convenient and easy to use that we lose that aspect of knowing what we're doing with our technology. JOËL: I feel like knowing you, you've probably read a couple of articles and some books on this topic. And if I wanted to dig more into this idea of a little bit more mindfulness or introducing a little bit of friction into my software world, where would you recommend I go to read? STEPHANIE: Yeah, that's a great question. When I was preparing the talk, I referenced a few articles that I'll link in the show notes, one from The Atlantic and one from The New York Times. And I liked them because one of them presented what I was getting at, the more philosophical approach of like, what does it mean for our attention to be? And what does it mean for our technology to be too easy? And the other one had more practical use cases for security and technology misinformation and abuse. So I liked that those two things complemented each other equally. And then I also would plug a book called "How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy" by Jenny Odell. I read that book last year and really enjoyed it. And she talks a lot about just the current technology landscape and what we, as consumers and users, can do to reframe our relationship with it. And I think that book is for people who use technology in general. But as developers, I think we are in a unique position to extend that train of thought right into the things that we develop. JOËL: You know, a place where I do appreciate friction is in the physical world. If there weren't any friction, my chair would not stay put on the ground. My fingers would not press on the keyboard. So we need friction to be able to do our jobs. So you work from home; I work from home because thoughtbot is now fully remote. How has that been for you setting up a work environment in your home? STEPHANIE: So I've actually been working from home since 2019. So about a year before the pandemic, I had moved to Chicago and was still working for a company in New York. And so that was when I started working from home, and then have just been doing that ever since. So I think I have now really figured out a setup that works for me. I've been doing it for four years now, which is pretty wild to me when I think about it. It's interesting because I actually really enjoyed going into an office. And there are parts of that that I really miss. But I think I have just gotten used to it and have a setup that works well for me. JOËL: Are there any things that you like to do for your environment to help get yourself into maybe the zone a little bit more easily? STEPHANIE: Yeah. So my workspace is a separate room from the rest of my apartment, which is also really just one big room. [laughs] It's kind of like a loft-style situation, so I don't really have doors. But I am in what we call the sunroom, and it's actually kind of like an enclosed porch with a big window and lots of plants. And it's in the back of the apartment. And so whenever I'm in this space, it's because I'm working. And I think having that separation of home and work is really helpful. Because when I step into this space, I'm like, okay, now I'm at work, and I don't have as many distractions as I would if I were working in a different space like a bedroom or the living room. JOËL: I have to say whenever you're on a video call, the plants around you are iconic. STEPHANIE: Oh, thank you. Yeah, it's been a nice conversation starter. When I'm meeting a new person, they usually comment on the plants, and I can give them a little show and tell. And that's been really nice. JOËL: I feel like a lot of people who work from home have put a lot of work into creating fun backgrounds for their video calls. Maybe they're setting up a cool bookcase behind them or plants. People like to put something behind them that will make things interesting on a video call in a way that maybe we didn't need to when it was just a conference room and in an office. STEPHANIE: Yeah, absolutely. I was just on a meeting with someone who had a big pile of tiny rubber ducks. So he was also a developer and, I guess, had just amassed this very delightful rubber duck collection, and it was just in the background. And we got to joke about it for a little bit, and that was really fun. JOËL: Are these rubber ducks meant to be used during debugging sessions? STEPHANIE: Yeah, exactly. JOËL: So I'm in a somewhat different situation from you in that I don't have a separate room to set up a home office. I've resisted doing anything in my bedroom. Like you said, it's good to have that separation. So I work more in my kind of living room-dining room space. And something that I found is really valuable for me has been movement. So say I work an hour in one part of the room, and then I switch to a different place. And it's going to be maybe a different posture. So I'm working in a solid chair table for a while, and then maybe I switch to more of an easy chair situation. That I think has been really helpful for me ergonomically during the day is just making sure that I'm not always in the same position constantly all the time but actually incorporating change in movement throughout my day. STEPHANIE: I like that a lot. I actually do also end up sitting at my dining room table sometimes for a change of scenery. It's funny because there was a while when...when I'm at my office desk, I have a standing desk. And so usually if I'm in a meeting, I would be at my desk and people would see me standing. And I think someone at some point mentioned like, "Wow, you seem to stand all day." And I was like, "Oh, well, when I'm not in a meeting, that's when I'm sitting on the couch or a lounge chair or something." [laughs] I'm curious, though, because you are working in your dining living space if it's been harder to separate work and home life. JOËL: I think it was definitely an adjustment, but it's a thing that I learned to do. And I still try to keep some amount of separation, which is why I don't set up an office space in my room. But I've also gotten to the point where now that I work from home, I find myself leaving home much more frequently after the workday ends. I was surprised just how much social interaction you get just by default being in an office around people all the time. When you're at home all day, even if you're on calls, it's not the same. And so I've found myself more and more to stay in a healthy emotional, mental space, leaving the home in the evening to go do things with friends or with other people. And so even though I am an introvert who prior to working from home preferred to stay at home more evenings than not, I've started living almost more of what people would assume is an extrovert lifestyle where I'm out every evening. STEPHANIE: Wow, that's so interesting because I'm the opposite; where when I was commuting and going to an office, I found it much easier to stay out. I would just go to a bar or a restaurant after work. Whereas now it's a bit harder because I'm not already out and about in the world, and also I am in my comfy pants, and I'm just like, oh, I have to go out? I don't know if I'm up for that. [laughs] Though I also really...I think the downside is that I have been really missing some of that human contact. And there are weeks where I'm like, dang, I really didn't talk to people in the world very much. So it's actually been a bit of a bigger obstacle for me to find the energy to see people in the evenings after work. JOËL: It helps to make plans. STEPHANIE: Yeah, that's a good idea. JOËL: Or you can have people come to you. You mentioned you were doing that soup club. STEPHANIE: I did, yeah, back when the winter was first starting. I mentioned on the show that I was having people over for soup on Friday nights, and that was really great. That was nice because then I was like, okay, I have to sign off by 5:00 p.m. so I can start making the soup. [laughs] MID-ROLL AD: Debugging errors can be a developer's worst nightmare...but it doesn't have to be. Airbrake is an award-winning error monitoring, performance, and deployment tracking tool created by developers for developers that can actually help cut your debugging time in half. So why do developers love Airbrake? 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From testing to production, Airbrake notifiers have your back. Your time is valuable, so why waste it combing through logs, waiting for user reports, or retrofitting other tools to monitor your application? You literally have nothing to lose. Head on over to airbrake.io/try/bikeshed to create your FREE developer account today! JOËL: So you mentioned that sometimes it's hard to leave the home because you're kind of in your comfy clothes, and you don't want to kind of get dressed to go out. Has working from home kind of changed the way you tend to dress? Do you ever do the thing where it's like, oh, I've got the formal top and then just sweats? STEPHANIE: Yeah. Like business on top and party in the bottom [laughter] or something like that is the phrase. My habits around getting ready in the morning have definitely changed; where I don't put as much energy or effort, or time into it as I did when I was working in an office. And that has been nice because I get that time back, and that is really valuable to me. Yeah, I'm also usually just in soft pants. [laughs] That has definitely been a very positive impact on my life. And I do try to make an effort to go out for coffee. And when I do that, I'm just like, yeah, how I go out is how I go out. I don't really mind. I'm very comfortable going out however I'm feeling that day. But I think getting the time back actually has been really important to me. JOËL: Hmm, I think for me, interestingly, that's become an interesting way to build a little bit of separation from personal life and work life. So I'm making a point to put on...I don't know how you describe it. I was going to say real pants, but it's not like sweats are not real pants. But yeah, I will put on the kind of thing that I would put on to go in the office. And for me, that's kind of a...it's a start to the day. It's a start to being more serious and transitioning to more of a work mindset. STEPHANIE: Yeah, absolutely. JOËL: As opposed to on the weekend, if I'm just hanging around in the same space, but I'm dressed differently, I don't feel like I'm in work mode. STEPHANIE: Yeah, yeah, that's fair. I've definitely noticed your fun sweaters that you wear in video calls and stuff. So I really appreciate that; yeah, you are just putting on clothes that make you feel like you're ready to dive into the work week. I'm really curious, do you find yourself being more productive working from home than you were working in an office? JOËL: I would say it's about even on average. There are probably days where more or less on one side or the other, but I would say it's similar. STEPHANIE: I think I'm actually much more focused at home. And I know that this is not true for everyone because I was chatting with a friend, and she was asking, like, "How do you stay focused at home?" She was telling me that she gets so distracted by all the things that she could be doing in her home life. And for me, because I really enjoyed the social aspect of being in an office, I found myself wandering into the kitchen not infrequently to go get some snacks, and oh, running into this person and having a little chat. And I think my presence also, I was available for other people to come to me and start a conversation or ask to go on a walk. And I think I actually really needed that external push to take breaks. Because now that I'm working from home by myself, I definitely just get into some rabbit holes, and it's tough for me to resurface. JOËL: Let me fix one more error, and then maybe the test will be green. Oh, that didn't fix it, but I'll bet one more would fix it. And keep doing that until it's like, oh, well, I'm going to push off my break for another 30 minutes, oh, another hour. And it's like, you know what? I'm just going to finish my day. STEPHANIE: That literally happens to me all the time. The lunchtime break is tough because I definitely will delay that by 15 minutes and then 30 minutes, and then oh no, it's like 2:00 p.m. Okay, let me just eat a snack, then. And then keep going until I finish whatever task, and then end up wishing that I had made a little more of an effort to take a real break. JOËL: Yeah, I was having a conversation recently with someone about how it's often easier to make space for other people than for yourself. So if somebody is like, "Hey, I want to take a break. Do you want to go take a walk?" You might be like, "Sure." Maybe I wasn't quite in a place where I wanted to take a break, but I'll make the time for you. Whereas when it's like, you know what? My body or my mind is telling me I need to take a break, but this test isn't green yet. So I'm going to almost deny myself here for the, I don't know, the good of the mission, whatever. It's not really a noble sacrifice. It ends up hurting you and the project in the longer run, but it's so much easier to do that. STEPHANIE: Wow. Okay, yeah, that really resonated with me because I find myself in situations where I don't think that I can take a break because I'm like, oh, I have all these red tests, and I need to get them in a place where I feel comfortable stepping away. But if someone asked me like, "Hey, I'm at your door. Let's go for a walk," I could just put it away and go for a walk and have a great time. And I would like to be able to do that for myself when I don't have someone prompting me. JOËL: There's something I really appreciated that someone who used to be at thoughtbot would do is this person would go for a walk every afternoon without fail and would drop a line in the Slack channel being like, "Hey, I'm stepping away for a walk." And, I mean, yeah, it's nice to know that, okay, this person's not reachable for the next 15 minutes or whatever. But that's not really, I think, the value that I got from it. It was more of seeing somebody else taking a break and it being a reminder for me too to be like, you know what? Maybe I should take a walk as well, like, it might be time for a break. STEPHANIE: Yeah, I like that a lot. I think it's kind of ironic that I have quote, unquote, "optimized" my setup so much that I don't get distracted that I miss out on the friction laughs (A little call back to earlier.) that I would like to, yeah, call more mindfulness to how I'm physically feeling, not even physically but also emotionally and intellectually and being prompted, like I said, externally because I am realizing now that I really need that. JOËL: And at least for us here in North America, it's now starting to be spring. And so I think sometimes winter can be its own barrier to be like, you know what? I should go and take a walk. I don't know if I want to put on all the layers and my boots and all of that and deal with the snow. Whereas now it's like, just walk out and there will be flowers and trees covered in blooms. And it's going to be amazing. STEPHANIE: Yeah, I'm really looking forward to that. I agree; I think when the weather is nice, that is definitely a bigger motivator for me because there's more to enjoy and more to look at. And I love being outside. When you do step away to take a break, what do you do in your home or outside your home? JOËL: So I'm a big fan of taking a walk. I live in a dense, walkable neighborhood, Downtown Boston. And so just walking around a few blocks is a great way to get a little bit of fresh air, just get some motion going because I've been sitting around for a long time. It's a lot of natural beauty as well. A lot of people have gardens, and there are a lot of trees planted along the roads. So it's just a really pleasant way to, in some ways, connect with a little bit of nature and be outside and reset. Do you find yourself when you're looking for a break gravitating outwards or inwards in your space? STEPHANIE: I like to make myself a snack, a cup of tea. Sometimes if I'm reading a good book, I'll get into the book for 20 minutes. And sometimes, if there's nothing to pick up, maybe I'll find myself on YouTube and watch a short little thing just to reset and have some fun. Sometimes I'll try to tackle some dishes. I think the other thing with working from home is that I now create more mess in my home. [laughs] I don't know if it's the same with you. But I, yeah, try to keep on top of that so that I don't have to do it later in the evening. JOËL: I think one of the things that's really nice about working from home is the ability to cook more because you're in that space. So I've found myself oftentimes more on my lunch break, maybe prepping some things for a stew or something that's going to braise, and then just having it sit on the stove all afternoon. And like I said, maybe a really quick break is just you get up, go check the pot on the stove, and you turn the heat down or stir it a little bit and then get back to work. STEPHANIE: Yeah, I like that a lot. I do that, too, with a pot of rice or beans or something like that. I also am definitely making my own food for lunch a lot more just because, being at home, you have your whole kitchen and fridge available to you, and I feel less pressure to get all that done the night before. JOËL: Right. I think I've been trying to incorporate a little bit more physicality to my breaks recently. And one thing that I've done for shorter breaks...if it is a longer break, it is nice to go out and take a walk. But for shorter breaks, I set up a pull-up bar, and I just try to go and do a set of pull-ups there. And I'm not great at it, so it's not like I'm there for 10 minutes doing 100 pull-ups. But it's a nice way to go from a very static mental mode to a quick break that just totally resets you into this active physical space. STEPHANIE: Yeah, I like that a lot because something like that requires your full attention and physical effort in that moment. So it's not like you can still really be thinking about work while you're in the middle of doing a pull-up, at least [laughs] that's my interpretation of [laughs] how you take those breaks. JOËL: I'm curious, are there any other kinds of lifestyle elements that you've changed or customized to help you have a better working-from-home experience? STEPHANIE: There was a past Bike Shed episode hosted by Steph Viccari and Chris Toomey, and I can't remember exactly what it was that they were talking about. It must have been working from home-related because Chris had mentioned a ritual that he had when he was finishing his workday where he would close his laptop and say, "Schedule shutdown complete." And I've been thinking about that a lot and trying to do a similar thing of just verbalizing, "I'm done with work now," to make it true. [chuckles] Otherwise, if I don't, I can find myself gravitating towards my laptop when I have a thought. Like, I have an idea like, oh, I just thought of a way to try to debug that test or whatever. And then I'll want to go back just really quickly to write it down on my work computer so it's there for me when I come back. But if I've said, "I am done with work today," that means I'm trying not to reopen the work laptop, and then I'll try to jot it down somewhere else. And that has been really helpful. JOËL: So, setting like an emotional boundary. STEPHANIE: Yeah, an emotional boundary that almost becomes physical in a way because when I was working in an office, I would never take my work stuff home with me, so I physically could not access it. And since I can't do that now, by verbalizing it, it's almost as if I've created a boundary in my head. JOËL: That's really powerful, the impact that you can have just by sort of verbalizing something. STEPHANIE: I will say that I also don't keep any work stuff on my personal devices and that was true even when I worked in an office, but I think it has actually been more helpful and important working remotely. It sounds like you've experimented with a lot of different ways to make remote working work for you. And I'm curious if there's anything else that you really want to change or anything that you would like to try or do differently. JOËL: I think an element that I've been experimenting with recently is actually working outside of the home, so something like going to the library or going to a coffee shop. Interestingly, I've tended to use those mostly for when I want to work on personal projects that are not work. So strangely enough, now I work in my home, and when I do things for myself that I previously would have maybe done in my home, now it's always at a coffee shop, at the library, something like that. So I still keep that separation, but it's inverted. STEPHANIE: Wow, that's really interesting. I also like to be in a more public space as well with my work. And just being surrounded by other people and busyness is very comforting for me. And it actually also helps with the rabbit hole because I think I am more present in my environment when I do have cues of people getting up around me or whatever. Though ironically, my wanting to be around other people does not really work well with meetings and collaborating and pairing with other people. [chuckles] And so when I have to do those things, even though I'm also socializing just in a different way, I usually have to be in a more quiet, private space. JOËL: Have you ever tried to maybe group your meetings on a particular day so that you have, let's say, an afternoon of uninterrupted time that you know you can just go to a coffee shop and be heads down and not have to take a call there? STEPHANIE: I haven't tried that. But I think that would be helpful because then it's kind of like the best of both worlds, right? Where I can say, "Hey, I can meet once I'm moved back into my private space," and also have that physical environment of being around other people. And I think I had previously thought just those things were mutually exclusive, but there are certainly ways that I'd love to try injecting that into my home-work setup. I'm really glad that we ended up talking about this because I think this will just be our future for a while. And it's always worth revisiting it and thinking about it and thinking if it's working for us or not. I'm really excited to try some of the new things that you mentioned. Like, we've been doing this for several years now, but there's always room for improvement and room to inject more fun and joy, and creativity in how we choose to do our work. JOËL: On that note. Shall we wrap up? STEPHANIE: Let's wrap up. Show notes for this episode can be found at bikeshed.fm. JOËL: This show has been produced and edited by Mandy Moore. STEPHANIE: If you enjoyed listening, one really easy way to support the show is to leave us a quick rating or even a review in iTunes. It really helps other folks find the show. JOËL: If you have any feedback for this or any of our other episodes, you can reach us @_bikeshed, or you can reach me @joelquen on Twitter. STEPHANIE: Or reach both of us at hosts@bikeshed.fm via email. JOËL: Thanks so much for listening to The Bike Shed, and we'll see you next week. ALL: Byeeeeeee!!!! ANNOUNCER: This podcast is brought to you by thoughtbot, your expert strategy, design, development, and product management partner. 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We're all used to being 'on the clock' and ruled by it. But a new book by Jenny Odell takes on the very idea of time in our lives. "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock" is Odell's follow-up to her best-selling title, "How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy." Jeffrey Brown sat down with her for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

"What first appears to be a wish for more time may turn out to be just one part of a simple, yet vast, desire for autonomy, meaning, and purpose." -Jenny Odell Join us for an evening on long-term thinking with a talk & reading from Jenny Odell and conversation with Long Now's Executive Director Alexander Rose. Artist and writer Jenny Odell brings her acutely insightful observations to the dominant framework of time, based on industrial and colonial worldviews, that is embedded within our societies. Addressing the inability to reconcile the artificially constructed time pressures of modern culture with planetary-scale crisis, she offers a series of histories, concepts, and places as "provocations that can defamiliarize an old language of time, while pointing in the direction of something else." Odell's newest book is Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock (March 02023) and her first book is the widely-read How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (02019). Her visual work is exhibited internationally, and she's been artist in residence at Recology SF (the dump), the San Francisco Planning Department, the Internet Archive, and the Montalvo Arts Center. Previously, Odell taught digital art at Stanford University.

This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with Jenny Odell, initially aired in February of 2021. Our attention has operated as currency for the past couple of decades, but with the invasiveness of social media and technology, our ability to exit and enter the attention economy has been severely hindered. As we feel pressure to post and comment on everything for an unknown audience, do we inherently limit our capacity for complexity and vulnerability? And what are the extended ramifications of becoming illiterate in complexity? How does this ripple out into all of our relationships? In lieu of the demanding world buzzing inside our devices, guest Jenny Odell shares the brilliance of doing “nothing”, tending to the ecological self, and growing deeper forms of attention through a commitment to bioregionalism. Jenny Odell is a writer, artist, and enthusiastic birdwatcher based in Oakland, California. She is the author of How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. Odell teaches digital art at Stanford University. Music by Harrison Foster, Bosques Fragmentados, Samara Jade, and Kritzkom. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points. Support the show

It's a conundrum typical of the modern condition: we've got too much to do, but too little time. Someone who thinks a lot about our use of time, as well as the basic concept of time is Jenny Odell. She's the best-selling author of How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. She also taught digital art at Stanford University until 2021. Her latest book is Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock. But this is no self-help book. Saving Time challenges how we consider time, looks at the cultural forces that shape our conception of time, and questions how we've become so focused on mastering time. Jenny Odell is appearing at the Auckland Writer's Festival on Tuesday May 16th from 8.30pm at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre at the Aotea Centre.

Today, we're joined by writer and artist Jenny Odell! At the top, we discuss the recent legislation regulating social media in Utah (4:02), how these platforms affect our perception of daily life (5:20), and the relationship between time and power Odell unpacks in her first book, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (6:41). Then, we talk about ‘productivity bros' (13:05), our culture of self-optimization (16:35), and the social inequities that shape our relationships to time (20:31). On the back-half, we walk through Odell's tools to help experience time (34:47), a historic picture of today's home office (38:22), the systemic reform she hopes to see in the US (42:15), and to close, the ways she's grown since completing hew new book Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock (49:30).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“I guess for me the real tragedy is this idea of a life where you're getting further and further away from something meaningful or what you want and then just watching the time, like having to sell your time in which you do something meaningless. That's deeply horrifying to me. I mean, I know that is describing a lot of jobs and work, but I think a lot of this book is me kind of poking someone and being like, hey, don't you hate that? Like we shouldn't be okay with this. You know, because I think to some degree if you're in a situation like that, there are coping strategies, or you know, you're just kind of like, well, I can't really think about that because I just need to get through another day.” So says the brilliant Jenny Odell, the now two-time New York Times Bestselling author. In 2019, she came out with HOW TO DO NOTHING, a treatise on the attention economy. Her book landed right before COVID, offering wise and trenchant insight into what happened to all. This book captured my heart. And her follow-up—SAVING TIME: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock continues the conversation, exploring the way we use our hours, whose hours count more, and what this looks like in the context of our ancient universe where time has a different measure.  MORE FROM JENNY ODELL: Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy Inhabiting the Negative Space The Bureau of Suspended Objects Jenny Odell's Website Follow her On Instagram and Twitter To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What if time isn't money? What if time is actually rocks and beans? And what if time is not running out? Jenny Odell, author of “How to Do Nothing,” ponders these questions as she takes us on a road trip through the Bay Area in her new book, “Saving Time.” Pausing at the Port of Oakland, reflecting in Pescadero and Pacifica, and nodding at the Interstate 880 minion, Odell questions who benefits when we see time as hours or minutes, rather than the changes in place, space and ourselves. She joins us to explain how advocating for a better future begins with looking beyond the clock. Guests: Jenny Odell, author, "Saving Time: Discovering A Life Beyond the Clock." Odell is also the author of "How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy."

Quote - “There is no joy to be found in playing small and dimming your lights.”The Afropolitan Podcast spotlights Afropolitans who aren't afraid tostep into the unknown and walk in purpose. With this podcast we hopeto empower Africans in the Diaspora to harness their full potentialand contribute to the development of a bold and progressive blackcommunity.Our guests will share their working formulas, the hard facts aboutleaving familiar terrain, embracing the unknown, and staying relevantafterwards.This episode features Hanu Agbodje, Founder & CEO of PATRICIA; afintech company founded in 2017 using Blockchain technology to processcryptocurrency transactions in Africa and beyond.Hanu holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Statistics fromUniversity of Port Harcourt and founded PATRICIA after 13 otherunsuccessful businesses.He is passionate about crypto and how the technology can solveAfrica's biggest problems and synergise payments.Listen and enjoy as Hanu talks to us about his journey with PATRICIAand ambition to transform alternative payments solutions in Africa.Hanu's Reading ListThe Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clasonhttps://amzn.to/3E3l8iWZero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by PeterThiel and Blake Mastershttps://amzn.to/3lt34IqHow to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odellhttps://amzn.to/2VzobXMShow Notes1:23 Patricia's mission and vision for the world1:58 Recruiting and retaining talent3:30 The journey to Patricia9:39 African founders competing anywhere in the world12:25 What promise cryptocurrency holds for Africa?15:02 Advice for founders dealing with government regulation16:25 Dealing with failure and lessons learnt19:23 Balance between creativity and objectives20:38 Title of the book about your life22:07 Other passions aside from Patricia24:08 Self-care and avoiding burnout25:07 Reading list30:41 Being Afropolitan32:38 Future of PatriciaThe Afropolitan Podcast is hosted by Eche Emole, co-founder of Afropolitan.Listen and subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Jamit, orwherever you get your podcasts.Want to learn more about Afropolitan?Twitter - https://twitter.com/afropolitanWebsite - https://www.afropolitan.io/

Plus, Gavin calls in with a victory involving his teapot.Things You Should Stop Worrying About This WeekReplacing journalists with ChatGPTRevenge inflation spendingGuilt TippingMentioned in the EpisodeHow to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny OdellThis episode is sponsored by…Do YOU have a tiny victory to share? Call the Tiny Victories Hotline: (323) 285-1675We want folks to share their tiny victories on our hotline because, frankly, we'll assume we're just talking into the void every week and nothing matters. Prove us wrong. Did you finally do that thing you were putting off? Tiny victory! Reconnect with someone you haven't been in touch with for ages? Victory! We only ask that you try to keep messages to under a minute so we're able to play it on the show.If you prefer, you can record a tiny victory on your phone and then email us the audio. Email: TinyVictories@maximumfun.orgHOW TO @ USTwitter@GetTinyPod@LAGurwitch@ImLauraHouse@Swish (producer Laura Swisher)Instagram@GetTinyPod

"Innovation" is one of those words that has, unfortunately, been used so frequently as to almost be without meaning. What began as an economic term to describe productivity gains from technology, has morphed into a catch-all for anything new or different, regardless of whether it improves our lives or not. The pursuit of this nebulous idea of innovation as an ultimate goal has crowded out much of the important, less exciting work that keeps our world functioning. We idolize "innovators" and "disruptors", but undervalue the simple, daily tasks of maintenance necessary for the upkeep of both our physical and digital infrastructure. This week on The Buzz, we're joined by Andrew Russell and Lee Vinsel, authors of the book, "The Innovation Delusion" and co-founders of The Maintainers, a  global research network studying the concepts of maintenance, infrastructure, repair, and the myriad forms of labor and expertise that sustain our human-built world. More from The Maintainers at https://themaintainers.org/Referenced in this episode: The Buzz interviews Daniel Greene, author of "The Promise of Access"The Innovation Delusion Shop Class as Soulcraft How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention EconomyPressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform to never miss an episode! For more from ACT-IAC, follow us on Twitter @ACTIAC or visit http://www.actiac.org.

Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina's reading is in full chaos mode, Emma‘s extra fatigued but still managed to finish two excellent books, and we do the Contradictions Book Tag. Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting - Clare Pooley The Survivalists - Kashana Cauley When I Sing, Mountains Dance - Irene Solà Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin Babel - R.F. Kuang The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt The Merry Wives of Windsor - William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare Paradise - Abdulrazak Gurnah Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics - Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy - Jenny Odell The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield Lonely Castle in the Mirror - Mizuki Tsujimura Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver Beautiful Redemption - Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl Divergent - Veronica Roth Insurgent - Veronica Roth Allegiant - Veronica Roth These Broken Stars - Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner This Shattered World - Annie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner Their Fractured Light - Annie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell Landline - Rainbow Rowell Attachments - Rainbow Rowell Carry On - Rainbow Rowell This Song Will Save Your Life - Leila Sales Everything That Makes You - Mariah McStay Passing - Nella Larsen Pachinko - Min Jin Lee The Paper Magician - Charlie N. Holmberg The Binding - Bridget Collins According to Yes - Dawn French Love Poems - Pablo Neruda Gods, Demigods & Demons: An Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology - Bernard Evslin Broken Things - Lauren Oliver Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness The Emperor of Any Place - Tim Wynne-Jones Persuasion - Jane Austen Emma - Jane Austen Vanishing Girls - Lauren Oliver Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne Belzhar - Meg Wolitzer You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty - Akwaeke Emezi An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green No Sex in the City - Randa Abdel-Fattah ————————————————— Also mentioned: Original Contradictions Book Tag video by Only For If A Page https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FnvfT_27ScU 10 Things I Hate About You https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147800/ Paradise analysis video referred to https://youtu.be/tdiHUeDxaow CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Booksandlala https://youtube.com/@BooksandLala Jack Edwards https://youtube.com/@jack_edwards

Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina has a new favourite book of 2022, Emma's already read a 5 star book in 2023, and we have read so many books in the last four weeks! Send us an email! BooksWithoutBordersPod@gmail.com ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Death in Her Hands - Ottessa Moshfegh The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin Still Life - Sarah Winman The Survivalists - Kashana Cauley Walden - Henry David Thoreau Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi Paradise - Abdulrazak Gurnah Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki - Baek Sehee The Matzah Ball - Jean Meltzer Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation - Liana Finck The Psychology of Time Travel - Kate Mascarenhas Babel: An Arcane History - R.F. Kuang The Solitude of Prime Numbers - Paolo Giordano My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare Guerilla Green - Ophelie Damblé & Cookie Kalkair Homesick for Another World - Ottessa Moshfegh Delicates - Brenna Thummler Sheets - Brenna Thummler You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty - Akwaeke Emezi The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi Himawari House - Harmony Becker This Is Your Brain on Birth Control - Sarah E. Hill No One Else - R. Kikuo Johnson The Girl from the Sea - Molly Knox Ostertag Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me - Mariko Tamaki On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden Ballad for Sophie - Filipe Melo Anne of Green Gables series - L.M. Montgomery Long Walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela This is Going to Hurt - Adam Kay Best Foot Forward - Adam Hills Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Secret History - Donna Tartt Penny - Karl Stevens Heartstopper series - Alice Oseman How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy - Jenny Odell The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir - Dolly Alderton ————————————————— Also mentioned: Audrey https://www.listenwithaudrey.com/ Booksandlala 2023 Buzzword Reading Challenge https://youtu.be/SwmtVw9iJUg Charlie's books StoryGraph challenge https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/62d8f8b1-30a3-42eb-babc-7d7753df9339 Leena Norms https://youtube.com/@leenanorms Book Roast https://youtube.com/@BookRoast Books Unbound https://www.booksunboundpodcast.com/ Orilium Adventure in Aeldia challenge https://youtu.be/hAGr_byzqw8 CAWPILE introduction https://youtu.be/iZhinxtTMFQ CAWPILE V4 https://youtu.be/Z24ckUB-FY4 A Midsummer Night's Dream https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140379/ Shameless Book Club https://www.shamelessmediaco.com/shameless-book-club

In this week's bonus episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss the 5 types of books to best kick off your reading year (with great suggestions for your TBR, of course).Books, etc. discussed in this episode:The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John GreenEx Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne FadimanThe Moth Presents All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the UnknownGirls Can Kiss Now: Essays by Jill GutowitzBad Feminist: Essays by Roxane GayWhat is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen OyeyemiArsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery)Love & Other Words by Christina LaurenUp to No Gouda by Linda Reilly (Grilled Cheese Mysteries)Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. SutantoWintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine MayHow to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny OdellYou Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen SinceroA Job to Love: A Practical Guide to Finding Fulfilling Work by Better Understanding Yourself by The School of LifeTaste: My Life Through Food by Stanley TucciSalt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin NosratThe Best American Food Writing 2022 edited by Sohla El-WayllyThe Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji López-Alt

It's an all-Newslaundry panel this week with Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Mehraj D Lone and Anand Vardhan. The conversation begins with speculation about Mehraj's future career choices. Anand mentions bureaucracy while Manisha talks about the media. “If money isn't your main priority, teaching is the best. The most satisfying in the long run,” adds Abhinandan. Then discussion shifts to what Abhinandan calls “the most exciting FIFA ever”, as the panel discusses all the controversial headlines, Messi's big win and Qatar's management of the tournament. “What was the stated objective of Qatar behind FIFA and was it counterproductive,” asks Abhinandan. Tune in!Hafta letters: NL interviews, renouncing citizenship, podcast player issuesSong: Auld Lang SyneTimecodes00:00:00 - Introduction00:02:42 - Headlines00:12:26 - Mehraj's Future00:40:02 - Qatar and Fifa00:58:19 - Subscriber mails01:08:53 - RecommendationsRecommendationsManishaMunir Niazi - Aj da din Bob Dylan on Music's Golden Era vs. StreamingHighway 61 Revisited The Physical Genius AnandHow to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention EconomyMehrajIn Praise of IdlenessLionel Messi winning World Cup would define him but he's already among the greatest of all‘It was a set-up, we were fooled': the coal mine that ate an Indian villageAbhinandanThe Genius of Lionel Messi Just Walking AroundThe Last CupCheck out our previous Hafta recommendations.Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Hassan Bilal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The San Francisco Bay is the largest estuary in Western North America and a key link in the 4,000-mile Pacific Flyway, one of the primary migratory routes used by birds to move north and south across the continent. It's a place where birds come to rest and refuel for their long trip, or breed and nest the next generation. But in the span of a few human generations, 90% of California's wetlands have disappeared to development and agriculture, endangering migrating and local birds. Now drought and sea level rise are further diminishing important bird habitats. As climate change becomes a bigger threat to the Bay Area's local and migratory birds, scientists and conservationists work to help habitats adapt to climate change to ensure bird's futures. We'll talk to bird and conservation experts about how the Bay Area's bird population has changed, what it means for the environment, for us, and what can be done about it. Guests: Steven Beissinger, Professor of Conservation Biology, UC Berkeley Andrea Jones, Director of Bird Conservation, Audubon California Jenny Odell, author of "How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy"

I recommend Jenny Odell's wonderful book, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (Melville House, 2020), and I draw out some implications about humanity from Genesis 1-2.

Do you sometimes find it hard to express how you're feeling? In today's episode, I'm joined by Lauren Best, a Certified Hypnotherapist, as we discuss the different ranges of emotions and how to start checking in and being aware of your emotions. Throughout this episode, we explore how your emotions can cause trauma in your body and how it's important we listen to what our bodies are trying to tell us.Lauren shares about when she was experiencing momentum in her business, her body told her to pause and rest and by putting her body first, she was able to create more ease and work on her self-care. No healing journey is linear, but by opening your heart to coming back to yourself, you can discover so many new doors on new paths that you hadn't imagined. And we explore the ways in which you can explore this healing work through the subconscious mind and how Lauren uses hypnosis as a tool with her clients to identify blocks, limiting beliefs, and rewrite old stories.It's ok if you don't experience overnight results when working through your emotions and feelings, but with time you'll learn to be in control of how you want to feel and react.Connect with Lauren over on:Website: https://lauren-best.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenbest_co/Group Hypnosis Sessions: https://lauren-best.com/group-hypnosis-sessions/Hypnosis Audio - Dreaming During Uncertainty: Visualize a Life You Love: https://laurenbestco.gumroad.com/l/dreamingduringuncertaintyBook she is reading: How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell_____________________________________________________________________For more of The Scenic Route, head to scenicroutepodcast.com for more free resources to help you build the life you want, regardless of what life throws at you. JOIN THE CONVERSATIONConnect with me over on: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jenniferwalter_ch/ or TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@itsjenniferwalter Don't forget to sign up and receive your free Intuitive Branding Invitation email course, where you learn how to unlock the secrets to a captivating brand that is just so you and builds the foundation of your successful and sustainable business. SHOW SOME LOVEIf you found value in today's episode, I would appreciate it if you could leave a rating and review and help me share the message with more business owners who are ready to discover the scenic route!

Multi-disciplinary artist and author of How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy Jenny Odell conducts a rare reverse interview with Douglas Rushkoff to celebrate the launch of Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires.Odell interrogates the premise and purpose of. Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires through the lens of her investigations about why we do what we do with technology. For more about Jenny Odell:Website | Twitter | How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

Amanda Marchand is a Canadian, New York-based photographer. Amanda's Lumen Notebook series is a body of elegant and strikingly beautiful images that nevertheless layer deep meaning within their seemingly simple compositions. In our conversation, Amanda and I talked about her process in creating these photograms and how working within strict constraints allows her to explore the technique more fully. We also discussed how she uses photography to facilitate connection and presence, and the duality of delight and mortality in her work. Then for the second segment we had a meandering conversation about autism, communication, attention, and using art to process and understand our emotional experiences. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Stitcher | Goodpods | TuneIn | RSS Support: Support our Patreon | Review on Apple Podcasts | Review on Podchaser Share: Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect: Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Show Notes: Amanda Marchand Amanda Marchand - The World is Astonishing With You in It Medium Photo - Second Sight lecture with Amanda Marchand Barbara Bosworth - The Meadow Stanley Fish - Is There a Text in This Class? Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal - Louise Bourgeois Linda Connor Kathy Acker Amanda Marchand - Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again Amanda Marchand - Lumen Circles Keep the Channel Open - Episode 124: Farrah Karapetian Leah Sobsey Mary Oliver - Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver Mary Oliver - “The Summer Day” Tara Brach Jenny Odell - How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy Transcript Episode Credits Editing/Mixing: Mike Sakasegawa Music: Podington Bear Transcription: Shea Aguinaldo

On this episode of F*ck Wellness, Mal, Lara, & Ken get chaotic in the heat. Technology breaks down, Makena ends up doing a one-woman podcast for the last 10 minutes, the three girls realize they are living through the apocalypse. It's a time. Please enjoy the hefty list of book recommendations & remember go outside before the whole world burns down!All of our episodes are now on Youtube! You can now listen & watch us be goofy, completely uncut. Head here for our Youtube Channel!Notes:Book: How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny OdellBook: The Overstory by Richard PowersBook: Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanBook: The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy PaulBook: This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael PollanBook: Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne SimardBook: Bewilderment by Richard PowersBook: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererPodcast: "This Conversation Will Change the Way You Think About Thinking"Podcast: "A Good Walk Spoiled" -- Malcolm Gladwell on golf coursesAll of our episodes are now on Youtube! You can now listen & watch us be goofy, completely uncut. Head here for our Youtube Channel!New to F*ck Wellness? Click here for our blog post on the best episodes to start with!Join the GTG Book Club! It is a free, low-commitment, & fun bonding experience. Pick and choose which calls you go to! Sign up for our book club newsletter here.Sign up for our newsletter for monthly updates on our lives, events, and blog posts.Follow us on Instagram at @generationthreegirls or visit our website: generationthreegirls.com for more information on upcoming offerings and blog posts.Personal instas:Mallory: @mallorycmwLara: @laravanderb22Makena: @makenasherwood

Russ Poldrack reveals the science behind why our brains are habit-building machines and how to make the best out of it. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) How to make good habits stick 2) How to strengthen your brain against bad habits 3) Why habits never really go away–and what you should do instead Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep778 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT RUSS — Russell A. Poldrack is a psychologist and neuroscientist. He is the Albert Ray Lang Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. He is also the Associate Director of Stanford Data Science, a member of the Stanford Neuroscience Institute and director of the Stanford Center for Reproducible Neuroscience and the SDS Center for Open and Reproducible Science. Prior to his appointment at Stanford in 2014, he held faculty positions at Harvard Medical School, UCLA, and the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of The New Mind Readers: What Neuroimaging Can and Cannot Reveal about Our Thoughts and Hard to Break: Why Our Brains Make Habits Stick. He lives in San Francisco. • Book: Hard to Break: Why Our Brains Make Habits Stick • Twitter: @russpoldrack — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell • Previous episode: 734: How to Train Your Mind to Focus and Handle Distractions Better with Dr. Amishi Jha See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Introducing Human/Nature, from LAist Studios, a podcast with a wild yet inspiring thesis: if you step outside and reconnect with nature in your own city, you'll feel better, reconnect with yourself, and find your place in the world. This podcast will empower you to reclaim your attention.  In Episode 1, host and nature activist Marcos Trinidad talks with Jenny Odell, an artist and author of the book, “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy.” O'Dell talks about birdwatching, the repose of Oakland's bustling Morcom Rose Garden and why seeing a Wilson's Warbler always puts her in a good mood. Human Nature is sponsored by BetterHelp and our listeners get 10% off their first month of online therapy at BetterHelp.com/nature Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live. This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

Introducing Human/Nature, from LAist Studios, a podcast with a wild yet inspiring thesis: if you step outside and reconnect with nature in your own city, you'll feel better, reconnect with yourself, and find your place in the world. This podcast will empower you to reclaim your attention.  In Episode 1, host and nature activist Marcos Trinidad talks with Jenny Odell, an artist and author of the book, “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy.” O'Dell talks about birdwatching, the repose of Oakland's bustling Morcom Rose Garden and why seeing a Wilson's Warbler always puts her in a good mood. Human Nature is sponsored by BetterHelp and our listeners get 10% off their first month of online therapy at BetterHelp.com/nature Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live. This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

Introducing Human/Nature, from LAist Studios, a podcast with a wild yet inspiring thesis: if you step outside and reconnect with nature in your own city, you'll feel better, reconnect with yourself, and find your place in the world. This podcast will empower you to reclaim your attention.  In Episode 1, host and nature activist Marcos Trinidad talks with Jenny Odell, an artist and author of the book, “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy.” O'Dell talks about birdwatching, the repose of Oakland's bustling Morcom Rose Garden and why seeing a Wilson's Warbler always puts her in a good mood. Human Nature is sponsored by BetterHelp and our listeners get 10% off their first month of online therapy at BetterHelp.com/nature Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live. This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

Introducing Human/Nature, from LAist Studios, a podcast with a wild yet inspiring thesis: if you step outside and reconnect with nature in your own city, you'll feel better, reconnect with yourself, and find your place in the world. This podcast will empower you to reclaim your attention.  In Episode 1, host and nature activist Marcos Trinidad talks with Jenny Odell, an artist and author of the book, “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy.” O'Dell talks about birdwatching, the repose of Oakland's bustling Morcom Rose Garden and why seeing a Wilson's Warbler always puts her in a good mood. Human Nature is sponsored by BetterHelp and our listeners get 10% off their first month of online therapy at BetterHelp.com/nature Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live. This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

Introducing Human/Nature, from LAist Studios, a podcast with a wild yet inspiring thesis: if you step outside and reconnect with nature in your own city, you'll feel better, reconnect with yourself, and find your place in the world. This podcast will empower you to reclaim your attention.  In Episode 1, host and nature activist Marcos Trinidad talks with Jenny Odell, an artist and author of the book, “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy.” O'Dell talks about birdwatching, the repose of Oakland's bustling Morcom Rose Garden and why seeing a Wilson's Warbler always puts her in a good mood. Human Nature is sponsored by BetterHelp and our listeners get 10% off their first month of online therapy at BetterHelp.com/nature Support for this podcast is made possible by Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live. This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

This week, Jenny Odell teaches Jon how to unplug and, almost literally, smell the roses. Pulling from lessons outlined in her book “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy,” Jenny makes the case that our attention is precious and what we choose to focus it on doesn't always need to be productive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices