Episode Archive
643 episodes of Back to Work since the first episode, which aired on January 18th, 2011.
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Episode 439: Servant of the Red Badge
August 20th, 2019 | 1 hr 30 mins
Merlin has a long stemwinder on an admittedly amorphous topic: the unimpeachable benefits of undoing most of the buttons we've clicked.
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Episode 438: The Mashed Potatoes Need You
August 13th, 2019 | 1 hr 13 mins
The guys answer a listener question about working from home.
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Episode 437: The Credit Section
August 6th, 2019 | 1 hr 5 mins
Dan and Merlin explore the complexities of personal style. Not personal style as in fashion, but as in preferences, identity, and modes of interaction.
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Episode 436: Better Than a Lipstick
July 30th, 2019 | 1 hr 10 mins
Lot of talk about tech in media and our embarrassment of options.
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Episode 435: Scanner of Horizons
July 23rd, 2019 | 1 hr 14 mins
Your hosts respond to a listener question on getting stressed about personal quantization.
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Episode 434: Grist for an Unnecessary Mill
July 16th, 2019 | 1 hr 13 mins
Speculating about speculation.
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Episode 433: The Muscle of Worry
July 2nd, 2019 | 1 hr 8 mins
Your hosts respond to a listener's question about "circular thoughts."
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Episode 432: Fingerspace Pollution
June 25th, 2019 | 1 hr 15 mins
To Dan, Piglet was always a baby pig.
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Episode 431: Costly Branded Waiting
June 20th, 2019 | 1 hr 41 mins
Dan is back from Walt Disney World, and your hosts have a lot of thoughts about The Mouse handles resource management.
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Episode 430: Shiny Red Cleric
June 14th, 2019 | 59 mins 52 secs
Dan's away this week, so Merlin tries going it alone.
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Episode 429: A Seer of Trees
June 4th, 2019 | 1 hr 32 mins
A meditation on FOMO, acceptance, and not pretending to be a person you never actually were.
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Episode 428: Prepare for Draculas
May 28th, 2019 | 1 hr 24 mins
Your hosts address a listener's question about their "everyday carry," but honestly mostly end up talking about bags.