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The Colin McEnroe ShowNeither snow nor rain nor heat... A history of the U.S. Postal ServiceThe U.S. Postal Service was one of our earliest experiments in democracy. The vast transportation networks that led to more than 30,000 post offices remain at the heart of many communities and still reach into the most remote parts of our country. Today, a look at the past and the future of the post office. GUESTS: Winifred Gallagher: Author of several books including How the Post Office Created America: A History Evan Kalish: Self-proclaimed postal tourist and creator of Postlandia. He manages the world’s largest curated collection of post office bu...
2025-09-0948 min
Something You Should KnowWhy Thinking Is Not All In Your Head & Secrets From the Longest Study of Happiness - SYSK ChoiceWe humans love novelty. We seek it out. While that can be good, it can also get us in trouble. This episode begins by exploring why we seek out new things, places and experiences and what happens after we do. Source: Winifred Gallagher author of the book New (https://amzn.to/3XsAxRb)Did you know that one of the reasons we gesture with our hands when we talk is to help us figure out what to say next? That is just one example of how thinking isn’t all about what goes on in th...
2025-02-0151 min
The Inner Landscape Travel AgencyEp. 1 - Kelly Wilde-Miller's Conversational PortaitKelly shares about..- Writing a best-selling book on creativity and emotional regulation in seven days - Living within cycles, rhythms, and seasons—from creating to resting- Helping her dad die- Finding the pinnacle of self-actualization: Goof- Letting herself re-explore all of the creative sides she muted in her early youth- A surprise view into Kelly’s dancer alter ego from her 20sShow Notes~20:15 Bill Plotkin and eco-niche : https://www.dailygood.org/story/2766/the-descent-to-soul-an-overview-of-the-terrain-bill-plotkin/~27:12: Bill...
2024-09-133h 15
No Small Endeavor with Lee C. CampUnabridged Interview: Clay Hobbs
This is our unabridged episode with Clay Hobbs.What if you knew you had one year left to live? With just 365 days left on earth, how would you spend them? After a terminal cancer diagnosis, host Lee C. Camp’s friend Clay Hobbs was faced with this exact question. Doctors estimated he would die before the year was out, and Clay took them literally. He chose a date, marked it on a calendar, and began planning accordingly. In today’s intimate episode, Lee shares several conversations with Clay in the last year of his li...
2024-08-132h 21
No Small Endeavor with Lee C. CampClay Hobbs: The Wisdom of Numbering Your Days
What if you knew you had one year left to live? With just 365 days left on earth, how would you spend them? After a terminal cancer diagnosis, host Lee C. Camp’s friend Clay Hobbs was faced with this exact question. Doctors estimated he would die before the year was out, and Clay took them literally. He chose a date, marked it on a calendar, and began planning accordingly. In today’s intimate episode, Lee shares several conversations with Clay in the last year of his life. The friends discuss coming to terms with a termin...
2024-08-0853 min
FocusedRaptDavid & Mike read Rapt by Winifred Gallagher and discuss how to protect your attention and cultivate a focused life.
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2024-06-181h 23Focused206: RaptDavid & Mike read Rapt by Winifred Gallagher and discuss how to protect our attention and cultivate a focused life.
2024-06-181h 23
Dogs Are Smarter Than People: Writing Life, Marriage and MotivationOvercoming Negativity Bias & Toilet RatsBeing an author or an artist or almost anyone is about navigating. You have to walk a fine line with criticism and praise, discern what's real and what's not, what matters or not, what is noise and what is important.And sometimes? Well, sometimes we only hear and dwell on the one negative thing that someone has said to us or written about us even though they (or others) have also said 100 positive things. You're an author. You get a glowing review but there's one line in there that says, "I didn't like...
2024-04-1619 min
The Witch Crafted Files: A True Crime PodcastFile 6: Angels of DeathThis week we cover File 6: Angels of Death. We do a quick life update and celebrating life. Then Josh tells the story of the evil nurse Charles Cullen; Josh named his story Angel of Death: Charles Cullen (innovative right?!). Then, Amy covers the terrible "doctor" Harold Shipman; she named her story Ship Him Out! Here is the list of victims starting with the murderer Charles Cullen: June 11, 1988: John W. Yengo, Sr., 72 March 9, 1991: Lucy Vigilone Mugavero, 90July 23, 1991: Mary Natoli, 85September 1, 1991: Helen Dean, 91January 21, 1996: LeRoy Sinn, 71May 31, 1996: E...
2024-03-161h 08
The Gilded Age and Progressive EraThe Star Route ScandalThe Gilded Age had its fare share of political scandals, and the Star Route scandal ranks as one of its most important. It exposed the spoils system at a time when public debate about good government filled the headlines. Why has this scandal remained so obscure when compared to others like Credit Mobilier or the Whiskey Ring. Professor Shawn Peters joins the show to discuss his latest book When Bad Men Combine, the story of the star route scandal.Essential Reading:Shawn Francis Peters, When Bad Men Combine: The Star Route Scandal and...
2023-04-1244 min
Free Forum with Terrence McNally1) WINIFRED GALLAGHER, Attention, our most valuable resource. 2) TIM RYAN, former Ohio Congressman on meditationThe world is a crazy place and the battle for our attention has never been more fierce. (1) In 2009’s RAPT: Attention and the Focused Life, WINIFRED GALLAGHER argues that the quality of your life largely depends on what you choose to pay attention to and how you choose to do it. Worth paying attention to. (2) Former Ohio Congressman TIM RYAN - lost 2022 Senate race to Hillbilly Elegy author, election denier J.D.Vance - urges the practice of meditation in A MINDFUL NATION: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit.
2023-03-0300 min
Viewpoints RadioForging Opportunity: The Early Women Of The WestThe Wild, Wild West: cowboys, shootouts, open prairies & gold mines galore. While this is a common stereotype surrounding the colonial West, there’s much more about this region and period than meets the eye. For thousands of women, living out West meant greater independence, and an opportunity to start anew. Historian and author Winifred Gallagher joins us this week to share how the women of the Old West paved the way for women across the U.S. Learn More: https://viewpointsradio.org/forging-opportunity-the-early-women-of-the-west
2023-02-1210 min
EASY ViewpointsEarly Women of the West / Disintegrating FrameworkSegment 1: Guest: Winifred Gallagher, historian, author, New Women in the Old West. Contrary to the stereotype of cowboys and shootouts, for thousands of women, living out West meant greater independence, and an opportunity to start anew. Historian and author Winifred Gallagher joins us this week to share how the women of the Old West paved the way for women across the U.S. https://tinyurl.com/2p8ybvbp Segment 2:Guests: Laurie Garrow, professor, co-director of the Center for Urban and Regional Air Mobility at the Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael McCormick, assistant professor, air traffic management, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. We...
2023-02-0627 minSomething You Should KnowHow to Think Outside Your Brain & Proven Secrets to A Long and Fulfilling LifeHuman beings seek out novelty. That’s a good thing in many ways – but it is also troublesome. This episode begins with a look at why we seek out new things, places and experiences and how we quickly adapt to them so that we then need to seek out more new novelty. Source: Winifred Gallagher author of the book New (https://amzn.to/3XsAxRb)When you have a problem, you are often told to, “Use your head!” While that may be good advice, you can actually use things outside your head to help you think. Gestures are a good e...
2023-01-3050 min
The Artisan CEOScarcity v. Abundance MindsetOn this episode, we’ll be talking about the biggest mental hurdle I’ve encountered as a business owner- the scarcity vs. abundance mindset. I’m not normally one to talk about something as wooly as mindsets, I’m a fact-loving fiend, but there’s research to back-up WHY a mindset of abundance leads to higher levels of satisfaction and happiness. I likely would have quit my business years ago out of sheer discouragement if it weren’t for this crucial shift.Resources mentioned:Small Business Association StatisticsNatalie FrankeRising Tide SocietyBuilt to Belong by Natalie Franke*Season 1 Epi...
2023-01-0929 min
The Daily Eudemon71 Thoughts to Improve Your ThoughtsShow notes here.
1. The wise know they start each morning as beginners. Robin Daniels
2. "In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention." Simone Weil
3. "My experience is what I agree to attend to." William James
4. "To enjoy the kind of experience you want rather than enduring the kind that you feel stuck with, you have to take charge of your attention." Winifred Gallagher, Rapt
5. "Choice of attention--to pay attention to this and ignore that--is to the inner life what c...
2022-07-1814 min
The B.rad PodcastBecoming More Focused And Productive, Less Stressed And Exhausted (Breather Episode with Brad)Do you ever struggle with staying focused and being productive? Do you find it difficult to get through the day without feeling anxious and tired? There is a cost to hyperconnectivity, and this episode will help you find the best solution to this increasingly prevalent problem. In this episode, you’ll hear some great tips for becoming more focused and productive, while decreasing stress and exhaustion. This is hugely important, as today we all face more hurdles than ever in the workplace. Consider this: a UC Irvine study revealed that the average office worker is interrupted once eve...
2022-04-2652 min
Markenkraft - Der Podcast über Markenführung und MarkenforschungMetalife & Mirror Worlds – Barry Chudakov, Technology Expert & Futurist (English)How the metaverse will influence our perception, our thinking and our view of ourselves
Barry Chudakov is an award-winning creative director who has been a Chief Brand Officer and a brand consultant for international companies. He is regularly quoted as a technology expert and futurist. Barry invented the concept of Metalife and has been writing about, and giving talks on, meta realities for almost 15 years. Now Mark Zuckerberg has renamed Facebook to Meta, and many VCs and others in the investment and business worlds are touting the metaverse, a world Barry predicted and wrote about extensively.
Paris...
2022-04-011h 16
WhatstheTbookclubNovember's Book: Deep Work by Cal NewportWhat's the T?
In this episode, Ron and I discuss some gems we took away from the guide Deep Work by Cal Newport. You will hear how this novel is important to us and how we both are working to develop our deep thinking skills as we navigate life. In addition, we discuss our favorite quotes and introduce a new topic— the most used word(s) by the author in the book!
Quotes:
“What we chose to focus on and what we choose to ignore plays in defining the quality of our life." – Winifre...
2021-11-3031 minEASY ViewpointsPrivate Sector Space Race / Women of the Old WestSegment 1: Guest: Jeffrey Kluger, journalist, editor-at-large, TIME Magazine, author, Holdout.Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson both made history last month as they rocketed out of Earth’s atmosphere with their own companies, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic. Where will the space tourism industry go from here? Are the risks worth the experience?https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/aerospace-and-defense/our-insights/wall-street-to-mission-control-can-space-tourism-pay-off Segment 2: Guest: Winifred Gallagher, author, New Women in the Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists: An Untold American Story. Gallagher talks about how the ladies of this region fought for more rights and recognition. https://time.com/3662361/women-american-west/
2021-08-0927 min
Viewpoints RadioThe Women of the Old WestWhen most people imagine the early West, they picture wide open landscapes, lawlessness and sweaty men working away in mines and on farms. While this is part of the narrative, the other lesser known side is the unique opportunities the West held for women of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Author Winifred Gallagher joins us this week to share how the ladies of this region fought for greater equality and recognition.
2021-08-0814 min
Relish A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Next-Level.New Women in the Old West by Winifred GallagherPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/29790to listen full audiobooks.
Title: New Women in the Old West
Author: Winifred Gallagher
Narrator: Blair Seibert
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
Release date: 07-20-21
Ratings: 3.5 out of 5 stars, 20 ratings
Genres: Women
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2021-07-209h 57
2 Pages with MBS26. How to focus on what matters: John Zeratsky x 'Rapt'Much like Dug the dog from the Pixar movie ‘Up,’ we all have our version of a squirrel that distracts us. In fact, there’s an entire industry in Silicon Valley that profits off of creating ‘squirrels’ to catch our attention. In the face of that, how do we find the time and focus to do the things that really matter? John Zeratsky, a former design leader at Youtube and Google Ads, is the author of two books aimed at helping people make time for and focus on the things that actually matter in life. Get book links and resources at https://ww...
2021-07-0839 min
Genel Sesler PodcastHayat Neye Dikkat EttiğimizdirKripto para alım-satım platformu Stablex’i şimdi keşfet: Tıklayın**Bu bölüm "Stablex" hakkında reklam içerir* *Bu bölümde dikkat üzerine konuşuyoruz. Neden dikkatimiz bu kadar çabuk dağılıyor? Bu bizim suçumuz mu yoksa biz insanlar doğal olarak dikkatsiz varlıklar mıyız? Ve bunun bir çözümü var mı? Tüm bu soruların yanıtları ve daha fazlası bu bölümde sizleri bekliyor. Keyifli dinlemeler.Bahsettiğim kitaplar:- Dağınık Zihin/ Adam Gazzaley - Larry Rosen- Pürdikkat/ Cal New...
2021-05-0119 minSomething You Should KnowSYSK Choice: How Your Home Impacts You & The Forgiveness MythWhen you ask someone on a date, is it better to call or send a text or email? There is a preferred method if the goal is to get a - yes. This episode begins by explaining all of this. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150901140703.htmWhen someone walks into your home, they immediately make assumptions about you. So what do people assume about you? What does your home say? According to Winifred Gallagher author of the book, House Thinking: A Room by Room Look at How We Live (https://amzn.to/2LzmTWX), it says a lot...
2021-02-1345 min
The VaultDistracted: Attention in the Digital AgeNever before has attention been such a precious resource. So on May 19, 2015, the New York Institute for the Humanities held a discussion titled, Distracted: Attention in the Digital Age. Moderated by Virginia Heffernan, the panelists were Winifred Gallagher, David Mikics, Mark Edmundson, and Matthew B. Crawford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-12-1446 min
Robando CerebrosEp.20 - Los efectos de la adaptación (Artículo. Winifred Gallagher citando a Daniel Kahneman)Continuación del capítulo ANTERIOR
Nuevamente acudimos a la página Farnam Street.
Acá se revisan algunos conceptos del libro Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life de Winifred Gallagher. Dicho autor revisa conceptos basados en ideas de Daniel Kahneman, premio nobel de economía, que escribió el interesantísimo libro “Pensar Rápido, pensar despacio”.
Los conceptos que se revisan responden a la siguiente premisa:
Cómo enfocarnos en las cosas incorrectas afecta el razonamiento que usamos para tomar decisiones.
Los conceptos de esta parte son:
1. Los efectos de la adapta...
2020-09-1105 minRobando CerebrosEp.19 - Enfocando las ilusiones (Artículo de Farnam Street. Winifred Gallagher citando a Daniel Kahneman)Nuevamente acudimos a la página Farnam Street.
Acá se revisan algunos conceptos del libro Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life de Winifred Gallagher. Dicho autor revisa conceptos basados en ideas de Daniel Kahneman, premio nobel de economía, que escribió el interesantísimo libro “Pensar Rápido, pensar despacio”.
Los conceptos que se revisan responden a la siguiente premisa:
Cómo enfocarnos en las cosas incorrectas afecta el razonamiento que usamos para tomar decisiones.
Los conceptos tratados:
1. Aversión a pérdidas / riesgos
2. La Ilusión de Enfoque
2020-09-0806 min
99% InvisibleThe Revolutionary Post (Repeat)Winifred Gallagher, author of How the Post Office Created America argues that the post office is not simply an inexpensive way to send a letter. The service was designed to unite a bunch of disparate towns and people under one flag, and in doing so, she believes the post office actually created the United States of America.
This is a rebroadcast from October 2017
The Revolutionary Post
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2020-08-2519 min
For RealVote (Seriously, Do it!)This week Alice and Kim talk all about voting, including some of its complications and contested history. Plus, new books on the Great Migration, caste systems, and more!
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2020-08-1842 min
99PI Bests244- The Revolutionary Post Podcast: 99% Invisible (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 244- The Revolutionary PostPub date: 2017-01-24Winifred Gallagher, author of How the Post Office Created America: A History, argues that the post office is not simply an inexpensive way to send a letter. The service was designed to unite a bunch of disparate towns and people … Continue reading →The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Roman Mars, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
2020-08-1317 min
99PI Bests244- The Revolutionary Post Podcast: 99% Invisible (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 244- The Revolutionary PostPub date: 2017-01-24Winifred Gallagher, author of How the Post Office Created America: A History, argues that the post office is not simply an inexpensive way to send a letter. The service was designed to unite a bunch of disparate towns and people … Continue reading →The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Roman Mars, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
2020-08-1317 min
Radio CuriousGallagher, Winifred: In Good Times and in BadClick here to begin listening Working on God Why are we the way we are? How should life be lived? When should we start living it that way and why? “Working on God” is a new book by Winifred Gallagher, a science writer who lives in New York City. When her early learning about Christianity […]
2020-07-2229 min
Free Yorkshire Radio (An Improvised Comedy)Ep 011 Hector the Agony Aunt and Prof Henry SlumberbackFollow us @FreeYorksRadio
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In this episode: relationship advice from Hector the existential agony aunt, theories about our past from historian Professor Henry Slumberback and Sly Winifred in the Gadget Dungeon.
All the (government approved) info and entertainment you could possibly want, packed into one half hour show.＜br＞
This podcast is made by Noel Curry and this episode features Quenby Harley, Justin Gallagher and Adam Martin and features music by Paul Clarke. Myself, Justin and Adam are all members of the improv comedy group The Square Pegs.
Quenby Harley is a writer and performer and you...
2020-07-0629 min
The B.rad PodcastInsights from the book Deep Work by Cal Newport: Part 2(Breather) Enjoy more insights from Cal Newport’s book, Deep Work. In this episode, I discuss why attention is key to living a happy life, why you are the sum of what you focus on, and why you can find something positive in any and every situation ― even when you get into a massive blowout fight with a friend or family member! All the way back in 1993, the late Neil Postman warned us against the culture of technology, where anything representing technological progress was deemed as good, instead of weighing the pros and cons. Oh man, doesn’t this...
2020-06-1222 minFree Yorkshire Radio (An Improvised Comedy)Ep 008 Lockdown Special 1Follow us @FreeYorksRadio
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In this lockdown special: updates from zombie control officer, Lionel Mottlecheek, crisis review with historian Professor Henry Slumberback, recipes from celebrity chef Suzanne Putting and the Gadget Dungeon with Sly Winifred.
All the (government approved) info and entertainment you could possibly want, packed into one half hour show.＜br＞
This podcast is made by Noel Curry and this episode features Ben Spencer, Justin Gallagher, Mandy McCarthy and Adam Martin. Myself, Justin and Adam are members of the improv comedy group The Square Pegs.
Music featured in this episode:
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2020-04-1942 min
Lars og PålEpisode 74 Om meditasjonI denne episoden er tema meditasjon. Vi drøfter egne erfaringer, hva slags oppfatninger og feiloppfatninger som farter rundt der ute om hva meditasjon er for noe, og hvorfor vi foretrekker ordet meditasjon til ordet mindfulness. Før hoveddelen begynner snakker vi litt om diverse tema, om livet nå for tiden og hjemmeundervisning, blogging og slikt. Noen gode bøker om meditasjon og relaterte tema: Sam Harris, Waking Up. A Guide to Spiritualism Without Religion, 2014 (god og klar bok, kan være en fin intro til meditasjon for folk med skepsis til r...
2020-03-311h 41
Five Minutes of Focus - Focus Driven FemalesFive Minutes of Focus - EP 26 - 3/7/2020"Because you actually might not know what activities truly engage your attention and satisfy you, he says, it can be helpful to keep a diary of what you do all day and how you feel while doing it. Then, try to do more of what's rewarding, even if it takes an effort, and less of what isn't. Where optimal experience is concerned, he says, 'I just don't have the time' often means 'I just don't have the self-discipline'."
-Winifred Gallagher, Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life
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2020-03-0705 min
The Gospel Underground PodcastDeep WorkShow NotesRUTs and BUTsRidiculous - Banned Book Week! http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedBeautiful - Meat is Good?https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/upshot/health-risks-meat-experts.htmlhttps://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2752320/red-processed-meat-consumption-risk-all-cause-mortality-cardiometabolic-outcomesMain Topic - Deep WorkArticle - Is Google Making us Stupid? by Nicholas Carr https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/Book - The Shallows by Nicholas Carr https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393339750/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_IzINDb27FA9J9Book - Deep...
2019-10-1042 min
Making Life BrighterThe Coolest Dog Trainer Ever W/Brian GallagherLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2019-10-0359 min
Making Life BrighterThe Coolest Dog Trainer Ever W/Brian GallagherLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2019-10-0359 min
Free Forum with Terrence McNally1) TIM RYAN, running in 2020, A Mindful Nation 2) WINIFRED GALLAGHER, Attention, our most valuable resource(1) Ohio Congressman TIM RYAN entered the race last week for the Dems’ 2020 nomination. Here’s our 2012 interview on his book, A MINDFUL NATION: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit. (2) In 2009’s RAPT: Attention and the Focused Life, WINIFRED GALLAGHER argues that the quality of your life largely depends on what you choose to pay attention to and how you choose to do it. Worth paying attention to.
2019-04-1300 min
New DimensionsStrengthening Your Ability to Pay Attention - Winifred Gallagher - ND3306How may we focus on what is important to us? How can we avoid technology overload? Why do certain things grab our attention and not others? With so many things now demanding our attention - emails, cell phones, text messages - many of us are overwhelmed by a plethora of distractions. Our lives may be described as the sum of what we focus on.Tags: Winifred Gallagher, psychology, focus, attention, meditation, brain, motivation, will power, Science, Psychology
2018-02-2100 min
Lars og Pål7 tema på 70 minutter, eller en tur i parkenVi tok en tur i Slottsparken og snakket om en masse tema, ting vi har nevnt i podcasten tidligere og saker vi kanskje vil gå mer i dybden på senere. Temaene er valgt av Lars, Pål hadde ikke peiling på hva det var vi skulle snakke om. Vi snakket om mobiler, samtaler, argumentasjon, læring og lesing, konsentrasjon, Gunnar Tjomlid og skepsis, problemet med å fokusere for mye på kvantitative data når det er snakk om helse, vegetarisk kosthold, hva kunnskap gjør med oss. For å nevne noe... Forhåpentligvis får episoden deg til å tenke...
2017-08-021h 12
Paper TeamAssisting TV Comedy Writers ft. Gary Sundt (Superstore/The Goldbergs) (PT43)Alex and Nick invite Gary Sundt, writers' assistant on NBC's Superstore and ABC's The Goldbergs, to discuss the ins-and-outs of assisting TV writers in comedy.
How do comedy writers' rooms operate? How do those experiences in the room help your own writing? When and how should you navigate asking your boss to read your content? What are the priorities when helping a writer develop a pilot? What is the meaning of storytelling?
The Paper Team pulls up a chair...
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Being a writer's assistant, assisting a showrunner in developing pilots, working in a writer's room, and the role of...
2017-05-1500 min
99% Nvisible t1244- The Revolutionary PostWinifred Gallagher, author of How the Post Office Created America: A History, argues that the post office is not simply an inexpensive way to send a letter. The service was designed to unite a bunch of disparate towns and people … Continue reading →
2017-01-2417 min
99% InvisibleThe Revolutionary PostWinifred Gallagher, author of How the Post Office Created America: A History, argues that the post office is not simply an inexpensive way to send a letter. The service was designed to unite a bunch of disparate towns and people … Continue reading →
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2017-01-2417 min
Roman Mars244- The Revolutionary PostWinifred Gallagher, author of How the Post Office Created America: A History, argues that the post office is not simply an inexpensive way to send a letter. The service was designed to unite a bunch of disparate towns and people under one flag, and in doing so, she believes the post office actually created the United States of America.
2017-01-2419 min
The Future of the Future with Game Changers, Presented by SAPDigital Mindset: Keeping Customers at the Center of Your BusinessThe buzz: Tension, pressure... All B2C and B2B businesses are racing to go digital, driven by new and different competition, fast-advancing technology, and relentless profit pressures. As your company faces such challenges, how can you keep your customer at the center of what you do, and predict, design and deliver a new service or product before they know they even want it? The experts speak. Gray Scott, SeriousWonder.com: “Nothing reveals your personality more succinctly than your characteristic emotional reaction to novelty and change over time and across many situations” (Winifred Gallagher). Daniel Gwynn, TCS: “Get closer than ever t...
2016-05-1756 min
Free Forum with Terrence McNallyFree Forum Q&A - TIM RYAN Congressman, author, A MINDFUL NATION: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, Recapture American Spirit & WINIFRED GALLAGHER RAPT: Attention and the Focused LifeTIM RYAN - Originally aired August 2012WINIFRED GALLAGHER - Originally aired May 2009"My experience is what I agree to attend to." -- William JamesThis week we focus on mindful attention - hailed by ancient spiritual traditions and modern neuroscience alike as one of the keys to the quality of our lives. In the first half, I'll be joined by Ohio Congressman TIM RYAN, who offers a radical solution to the stresses and problems that face Americans today -- radical in its original meaning of having to do with roots of...
2015-04-0259 min
Free Forum with Terrence McNallyQ&A: WINIFRED GALLAGHER, Author - Understanding Our Need for Novelty and ChangeAired 01/29/12Though change has never been as rapid as it is today, adapting to new circumstance is so crucial to our survival that "love of the new" is hardwired into our brains at the deepest levels. The number of new things we confront - from products to information - has quadrupled in the last thirty years with no signs of slowing. In NEW: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change, WINIFRED GALLAGHER points out that 15% of us are "neophiliacs," biologically predisposed to passionately pursue new experiences. Another 15% are "neophobes" who resist change. Most of us fall in...
2012-01-3126 min