After Hours

In this final episode of the season, Youngme Moon , Felix Oberholzer-Gee , and Mihir Desai discuss the stories they’ll be watching this summer, including how businesses will re-open. They also offer an extended set of recommendations for watching, reading, and other projects during the summer months.

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

• White Lines (Netflix)
• Space Force (Netflix)
• Dark (Netflix)
• Terrace House (Netflix)
• Delhi Crime (Netflix)
• Money Heist (Netflix)
• The Bureau (Sundance Now)
• Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (Netflix)
• Gomorrah (Netflix)
• The Last Panthers (Amazon Video)
• Escape: A Mansion of Thieves (A virtual escape room, by Nick Huntington Klein)
• “The Memory Police” (Yoko Ogawa)
• “The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree” (Shokoofeh Azar)
• “Hidden Valley Road” (Robert Kolker)
• “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” (Ocean Vuong)
• “The Glass Hotel” (Emily St. John Mandel)
• “Jubilee” (Toni Tipton-Martin)
• “Cook Like a Local” (Chris Shepherd and Kaitlyn Goalen)
• Bookshop.Org
• El Yucateco Hot Sauce
• The Classic Gimlet
• Ice Cream Makers

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Youngme Moon , Felix Oberholzer-Gee , and Mihir Desai debate what they’ve learned from first quarter earnings reports from Apple, Facebook, and others. They also discuss warning signs for Uber and Lyft, and share their thoughts about the recession.

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

• “The Complete Robuchon” (Joel Robuchon)
• Chef Gabrielle Hamilton’s Story in the New York Times
• The Mind of a Chef: Gabrielle Hamilton (PBS)
• Home Pasta (Bon Appetit)

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Youngme Moon , Felix Oberholzer-Gee , and Mihir Desai discuss how companies, industries, and consumers are revealing their true colors during the Covid-19 crisis.

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

• The Barnes Foundation
• Walker Art Museum
• The Palace Museum
• The Last Dance (ESPN)
• Dutch Baby (recipe)

Listeners are invited to join our mailing list by signing up here: After Hours Sign-Up. You can visit our website at HarvardAfterHours.com. You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: [email protected]. You can follow Youngme and Mihir on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon and @DesaiMihirA.

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Youngme Moon , Felix Oberholzer-Gee , and Mihir Desai debate Apple and Google’s Covid-19 contact tracing plan. They also discuss the Federal Reserve, which has taken a series of unprecedented actions to prop up the economy.

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

• Wallander (TV Show)
• Khan Academy
• Songlines (World Music site)

Listeners are invited to join our mailing list by signing up here: After Hours Sign-Up. You can visit our website at HarvardAfterHours.com. You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: [email protected]. You can follow Youngme and Mihir on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon and @DesaiMihirA.

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Youngme Moon , Felix Oberholzer-Gee , and Mihir Desai debate how the world will be changed by coronavirus. Their predictions for the “new normal” span healthcare, education, the sharing economy, working from home, and more.

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

• Andrea Bocelli Live Concert
• “Shadow” (Netflix)
• Only Connect (British Quiz Show)

Listeners are invited to join our mailing list by signing up here: After Hours Sign-Up. You can visit our website at HarvardAfterHours.com. You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: [email protected]. You can follow Youngme and Mihir on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon and @DesaiMihirA.

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Felix Oberholzer-Gee welcomes a guest to the podcast, Harvard Business School professor Rebecca Henderson, who argues that capitalism needs to be reimagined in light of the urgency associated with climate change.

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

• “Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire” (by Rebecca Henderson)
• About Rebecca Henderson

Listeners are invited to join our mailing list by signing up here: After Hours Sign-Up. You can visit our website at HarvardAfterHours.com. You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: [email protected]. You can follow Youngme and Mihir on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon and @DesaiMihirA.

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Youngme Moon , Felix Oberholzer-Gee , and Mihir Desai discuss companies that are standing out during the coronavirus crisis, including Zoom and World Central Kitchen (founded by Chef José Andrés‎). They also discuss breakout phenomena associated with the widespread shutdown.

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

• Just Capital
• “The Korean Clusters” (Reuters)
• World Central Kitchen
• “Spillover” (David Quammen)
• Podcast about Spillover (Scientific American
• “From Bats to Human Lungs, the Evolution of a Coronavirus” (Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker)
• DonorsChoose.org

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Listeners around the world write in to ask questions and share their experiences of Covid-19 with Youngme Moon , Felix Oberholzer-Gee , and Mihir Desai.

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

• Li Ziqi: Watch Her Make Beer
• Bon Appetit YouTube Channel
• Netflix Party (Chrome Extension)

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Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Mihir Desai discuss how and why countries have differed in their responses to Covid-19, with a particular emphasis on their public health and economic responses. They also debate whether or not the recent U.S. stimulus package, including the bailouts, is designed appropriately.

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

• The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
• “Tiger King” (Netflix)

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In this episode, Youngme Moon , Felix Oberholzer-Gee , and Mihir Desai discuss the housing crisis and what the coronavirus pandemic means for renters, in particular.

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

• The NerdWallet Refinance Calculator
• “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” (Jane Jacobs)

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