About the show
Back to Work is an award winning talk show with Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin discussing productivity, communication, work, barriers, constraints, tools, and more.
Episode 566: Vice-President of Doing It Wrong
Merlin begins sketching his new project about energy, fuel, and courageous non-vacations.
Episode 565: The Injustice of Youth
Thought-provoking insight on youth, hustle, and work-life balance from "Slate Political Gabfest."
Episode 563: Bang-Bang Machine
An epic journey that begins with Dan's viral week and ends with a misunderstanding about the first Chicago album.
Episode 560: The Cat of Amontillado
Wrapping up the year with thoughts on unearned Covid optimism, defining "normal," Roomba training, Microsoft Visual Studio, plus a new (and decidedly more positive) reframing for New Year's resolutions.
Episode 558: Pseudism
Merlin's Best of 2021™ kicks off with the return of "Cool Things I Learned This Week."
Episode 555: The Accretion of Non-Essential Things
Merlin starts tentatively sketching a unified field theory for rethinking how we think about and use space.
A Disproportionate Loss
According to a nationwide study conducted in early 2021, women lost over 12 million jobs during the pandemic's recession while men lost 4.4 million jobs. The study also found that from February 2020 to February 2021, more than 2.3 million women dropped out of the labor force completely, compared to the 1.8 million men who dropped out.
Strategies To Bring Women Back
As our nation gradually returns to the workplace, it's vital that organizations make an effort to ensure all of the women who lost their jobs during the pandemic are re-entering the workforce. Throughout the podcast, Kathleen shares strategies companies should be using to bring women back to work.
