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We help bleeding hearts rest. Each episode learn to advocate for yourself while you change the world. The Just Joy with Jordan™ speaks directly to the helpers, caregivers, changemakers, and general do-gooders who need help making their care, rest, and joy a priority.
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Lots of people are talking about the future of work today: remote work, artificial intelligence, white-collar unions, robots, 4-day workweeks... But those things are either here already or will be soon. What about the far future of work? What alien advancements await the office of the future? This podcast wants to boldly go where no other future-of-work podcast has gone. Host Tara McMullin (What Works) brings this limited series about how speculative fiction can help us imagine strange new w ...
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Power. Some fear it. Others hoard it. Some with power speak softly. Others carry a big stick. Power is charisma, or coercion, or violence. Power is name recognition, or money, or computer code. Regardless of your definition or perceptions of it, power plays a critical role in how we work. Today, we explore power—what we can do with it, how we can g…
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What's the most undervalued skill of the 21st-century economy? Moderation. I very well might be forgetting something. But with more of our lives and work showing up online every day, the way our feeds, data, and connections are moderated is critical to our daily lives. Moderation can be many things—it's how platforms are designed, how content is in…
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Find the work you were born to do. Do what you were meant to do. Discover the work that makes you feel alive. We've all heard these messages. Crack open any career, self-help, or personal development book on your shelf, and you're sure to find a similar message. It seems pretty convenient that our "purpose" in life is work, doesn't it? In this epis…
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Think the future of housework looks like Rosey the Robot from The Jetsons? Or maybe just a fleet of Roombas keeping every inch of a house free of dust or dirt? Think again. Housework is ready for a much, much bigger disruption. Of course, housework is rarely portrayed in pop culture space cowboy science fiction. And when it is, it's all about the h…
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Social and professional norms aren't natural or innate. They're political. Those in power exert their preferences on those who aren't, and throughout history, have exerted social, cultural, and physical violence to either force subjugated people to assimilate or drive them out of society altogether. Speculative fiction is rife with tales of imperia…
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Today's work happens in tiny slivers of time. And we try to optimize each minute or hour for all its worth. But remarkable work? Well, that takes time. And lots of it. The kinds of work that are central to our evolving economy—care work, maintenance work, creative work—require more time rather than more optimization. In this episode, I consider how…
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Artist and writer Morgan Harper Nichols is a world-builder. She says, "Worldbuilding, for me, [is] a form of expansive hope—a necessary imagination for being alive." What is world-building? It's the process of creating secondary, fictional worlds. There's world-building in all sorts of fiction—but especially science fiction, speculative fiction, an…
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The future of work doesn't have to be an extension of today's reality. This is the first installment in Strange New Work, a new series from What Works about imagining radically different ways of working and doing business. In this episode, I take a closer look at speculative fiction and its role in the collective imaginary. Is science fiction all s…
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Join Tara McMullin for a journey into the far future of work, and consider how we can create more humane, inclusive, and supportive work environment. The first episode of Strange New Work drops September 14! Support the show at: whatworks.fyi Strange New Work is brought to you by What Works with Tara McMullin and YellowHouse.Media.…
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Send us a text “What’s possible with rest?” It’s a buzzword you’ve heard a lot lately. It’s probably what brought you here. If you've ever wondered what exactly rest is, then this is the episode for you. In this episode you’ll learn: 01:20 The definition of rest 02:55 How to reframe rest as a necessity 05:29 THE question you should be asking yourse…
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Meet Dani! "Dani Espinoza is the owner of Lustrous Public Relations, a boutique public relations, marketing and events management firm. She strives to live in a world filled with vibrant colors, brilliant minds, collaborative projects and positive vibes." We sit down with her and her right hand Ashley Huerta and learn when Dani decided to expand Lu…
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On the latest episode of Ay Tu Podcast, we sit down with Christina Olivarez and Michelle Vallejo, the founders of Hustle & Socialize. After organizing an amazing women's conference, the pair are now hosting monthly events that help empower new female business owners across SA. Learn how they got started, what it's like working with your best friend…
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Isabel Ann Castro is a quadruple threat. The illustrator, co-founder of St. Sucia, co-founder of the San Antonio Zine Fest and all-around chingona sits down with us to talk about her life. Buckle up, cuties. This is a good one.Follow Isabel at @queenoftacostx!Make sure to follow us on Facebook/Instagram at @aytupodcast.Leave us a rating on iTunes s…
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Episode 022 is podception! We chat with fellow San Antonio podcast/TV producer/ all-around kickass Katie Meyers about what our teen selves. Tune in to Coffee with Katie for part one of this podception where we talk about how we've survived big life milestones. Follow Coffee with Katie at @coffeewithkatiepod and follow Katie at @hey.katierae!Follow …
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Y'all aren't ready for this one! We sat down with Amy Gonzalez, owner and badass at The Love Shack Boutique. She shared how she opened the adult toy boutique, the hurdles, and how she's grown the store. Follow The Love Shack at @theloveshackboutique and follow Ay Tu Podcast at @aytupodcast on Facebook and Instagram.…
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Can you believe??Erika Prosper, the First Lady of San Antonio sat down with Jess & Elsa to chat about everything from growing up in the Valley, her work for the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, her passion for literacy, her breakfast taco order and everything in between. For more info on Latinas are Leaders luncheon, visit sahcc.org. Make …
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You're in for an amazing episode. We catch up with comadre of the pod Janeli Saucedo-Castrejana, director of development for the San Antonio AIDS Foundation, founder of the Esposa Experience, half of the Positive Vida Podcast and mother of four. She's a quadruple threat and we talk about self-love, coming back into her body after three little ones …
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