“Love Is Blind,” and Allegedly Toxic

“Love Is Blind,” and Allegedly Toxic

Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter of the best New Yorker podcasts. On the Netflix reality-TV dating show “Love Is Blind,” contestants are alone in windowless, octagonal pods with no access to their phones or the Internet. They talk to each other … Read more

When the C.I.A. Turned Writers Into Operatives

When the C.I.A. Turned Writers Into Operatives

Benjamen Walker, the creator and host of “Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything,” is a pod-maker of the mad-scientist variety: he cooks up projects using his own zeal, research, and audacious notions, then unleashes the results on the world. “Theory of Everything,” which originated in 2004, a decade before the podcast boom, has always been intellectually … Read more

Organize Your Podcasts and Audio Content with This $40 Plan

Organize Your Podcasts and Audio Content with This  Plan

Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. The life of an entrepreneur is often a scattered and busy one. For those times when you can … Read more

Meet CNN’s Legal Eagle With a Bird’s-Eye View of the Trump Trial

Meet CNN’s Legal Eagle With a Bird’s-Eye View of the Trump Trial

When former president Donald Trump struck a two-debate deal with President Joe Biden on Wednesday, the Drudge Report posed a provocative question: “WILL HE BE IN PRISON” by the time the first debate takes place on June 27? Trump’s hush money cover-up trial will surely be over by then, but, according to CNN’s chief legal … Read more

How the U.S. can switch to a 4-day workweek

How the U.S. can switch to a 4-day workweek

For many people, the biggest problem with work isn’t anything about the job itself; it’s how the timing constantly conflicts with everything else in life. We take for granted the “standard” five-day, 40-hour workweek, but the truth is, this structure was created less than 100 years ago to suit a much different reality. In recent years, … Read more

The real reason why so many managers don’t know how to manage

The real reason why so many managers don’t know how to manage

One of the most universal problems with work is bad bosses. Part of the reason so many people end up with a terrible manager is that as a society, we associate personality characteristics like charisma to mean someone has strong leadership skills. Instead, it’s often a sign of narcissism.  But personality isn’t the only reason … Read more

Why don’t managers and workers get along?

Why don’t managers and workers get along?

Even in the best of times, there’s always been conflict between corporate leadership’s priorities and those of employees. But the past several years have been far from the best of times. When the pandemic forced companies to embrace remote work as a necessity, employees were able to seize the opportunity to work in what is … Read more

Spotify vs. YouTube Music: so alike, but which is best?

Spotify vs. YouTube Music: so alike, but which is best?

Derek Malcolm / Digital Trends Choosing the right music streaming service can be daunting, as there are so many contenders in the market. Two of the most popular ones are Spotify and YouTube Music, which offer libraries of more than 100 million songs and similar plan options, ranging from ad-supported free tiers to various premium … Read more

‘True Detective: Night Country,’ Episode 5: Death in Ennis

‘True Detective: Night Country,’ Episode 5: Death in Ennis

Some big questions were grimly answered in part five of True Detective: Night Country, with a conspiracy’s web at least partially unveiled. It turns out that mean old sad-sack Hank Prior (John Hawkes) has indeed been a bad guy all along and has now paid for his sins. Though creator Issa Lopez was careful to … Read more