Youngme Moon , Felix Oberholzer-Gee , and Mihir Desai debate whether former Nissan executive Carlos Ghosn was justified in fleeing Japan, before discussing the British Royal Family drama and what’s next for Harry and Meghan.

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

• HarvardAfterHours.com (website)
• Honeyland (documentary)
• Little Women (movie)
• Federica Fragapane (information illustrator)

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 review last year’s predictions for business, technology, politics, and culture. Then they debate their new predictions for 2020.

Some Recent Picks:

• HarvardAfterHours.com (website)
• Jane The Virgin (Netflix)
• ROW-cub (Radio Atlas)

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 hand out their “awards” for 2019, including best/worst trend of the year, their sleeper award, comeback of the year, most under-reported story of the year, most over-hyped story of the year, and person of the year.

Some Recent Picks:

• HarvardAfterHours.com (website)
• The Man in the High Castle (Season 3, Amazon Prime Video)
• Miznon
• Sous Vide Cooking
• “The Jungle Prince of Delhi” (New York Times article)
• The Overstory (book by Richard Powers)

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 the good and bad of modern airports. They also discuss the end of an era at Google/Alphabet, with the co-founders now stepping away from their operating roles.

Some Recent Picks:

• Sous Vide Cooking
• “The Jungle Prince of Delhi” (New York Times article)
• The Overstory (book by Richard Powers)
• “My 27-Hour Vacation in Singapore’s Changi Airport” (New York Times article)
• HarvardAfterHours.com (app and website)

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 some of the under-the-radar companies that they think people should be paying more attention to.

Some Recent Picks:

• Dolly Parton’s America (podcast)
• Ole & Steen
• Sugarfish (restaurant)
• KitchenAid Stand Mixer
• Radio Garden (app and website)

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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In this special Thanksgiving edition taped a few days before the holiday, Youngme Moon , Felix Oberholzer-Gee , and Mihir Desai discuss all things food, including food halls, the plastic problem, vertical farming, CBD menu sightings, culinary tourism, and fast whiskey.

Some Recent Picks:

• Sugarfish (restaurant)
• KitchenAid Stand Mixer
• Radio Garden (app and website)
• Flighty (app)
• Downbeat (magazine)
• Jokes Seth Can’t Tell (YouTube)

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 several topics from a busy news week, including the launch of Disney+ (what does it mean for Netflix?), the growing public animosity towards billionaires, and proposals to move to a 4-day work week.

Some Recent Picks:

• Flighty (app)
• Downbeat (magazine)
• Jokes Seth Can’t Tell (YouTube)
• NPR Marketplace (podcast)
• Catalyst cases
• The Economist Audio Edition

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 the biggest money mistakes people make when managing their personal finances. They also discuss the rise of the social media “micro-influencer.”

Some Recent Picks:

• NPR Marketplace (podcast)
• Catalyst cases
• The Economist Audio Edition
• “Agent Running in the Field” (by John Le Carre)
• Big Little Lies, season 2 (HBO)
• “The Meritocracy Trap” (by Daniel Markovits)

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 Google’s announcement that it’s buying Fitbit and what this tells us about the future of wearable computing. Later in the show, they discuss how Twitter and Facebook are handling political advertising.

Some Recent Picks:

• “Agent Running in the Field” (by John Le Carre)
• Big Little Lies, season 2 (HBO)
• “The Meritocracy Trap” (by Daniel Markovits)
• Conan O’Brien talks to Stephen Colbert (podcast, starting from 26:00)
• Parasite (movie)

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 a variety of trends from the world of entertainment — including TikTok, the resurgence of museums, the audio explosion, newspaper paywalls, spiked seltzer, entertainment genres, and binge-watching vs. appointment-viewing.

Some Recent Picks:

• “The Meritocracy Trap” (by Daniel Markovits)
• Conan O’Brien talks to Stephen Colbert (podcast, starting from 26:00)
• Parasite (movie)
• “In Hoffa’s Shadow” (by Jack Goldsmith)
• “Dopesick” (by Beth Macy)
• Dear White People (Netflix)

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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