After Hours

Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss why so many high-profile companies (Uber, Lyft, Pinterest, Airbnb, Slack, Postmates, Casper, Peloton, etc.) are planning to go public this year. They also debate whether it’s acceptable for bosses to throw temper tantrums at work.

Some recent picks:

• Shoplifters (Movie)
• Motif (Photobooks)
• Hopper (App)
• Free Solo (National Geographic Documentary)
• Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Benjamin Dreyer)
• Interesting as F*** (Reddit subreddit)
• BA Magic Videos (British Airways)
• General Social Survey Visualization Tool
• Chef’s Knife Mac MTH-80

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, Felix, and Mihir discuss how Walmart is trying to compete against Amazon and whether the strategy is working. They also debate the rise of socialism in U.S. millennials — is it a healthy phenomenon or a dangerous one?

Some recent picks:

• Free Solo (National Geographic Documentary)
• Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Benjamin Dreyer)
• Interesting as F*** (Reddit subreddit)
• BA Magic Videos (British Airways)
• General Social Survey Visualization Tool
• Chef’s Knife Mac MTH-80
• Goodbye Big Five: Life Without the Tech Giants (Kashmir Hill, for Gizmodo)
• Minding the Gap (Hulu documentary)
• Andy Warhol retrospective (Whitney Museum)

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 whether WeWork’s success is sustainable. Plus, can the government really spend as much money as it wants without worrying about deficits? What in the world is Modern Monetary Theory and does it actually make sense?

Some recent picks:

• BA Magic Videos (British Airways)
• General Social Survey Visualization Tool
• Chef’s Knife Mac MTH-80
• Goodbye Big Five: Life Without the Tech Giants (Kashmir Hill, for Gizmodo)
• Minding the Gap (Hulu documentary)
• Andy Warhol retrospective (Whitney Museum)
• Cassette (app)
• Seven Days Out: Ep 2: Eleven Madison Park (Netflix)
• Tsutaya Bookstores (Japan)

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, Felix, and Mihir debate Medicare for All and ask whether the U.S. healthcare system is broken. They then offer quick takes on everything from Amazon’s latest HQ2 news, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s influence, Marie Kondo, the toy industry, Spotify’s aggressive push into podcasting, and more!

Some recent picks:

• Goodbye Big Five: Life Without the Tech Giants (Kashmir Hill, for Gizmodo)
• Minding the Gap (Hulu documentary)
• Andy Warhol retrospective (Whitney Museum)
• Cassette (app)
• Seven Days Out: Ep 2: Eleven Madison Park (Netflix)
• Tsutaya Bookstores (Japan)
• Richard Brody’s Review of Roma (New Yorker)
• The Tangled Tree (David Quammen)
• Mary Oliver poetry
• Money Heist (Netflix)
• Patrick Radden Keefe’s Profile of Mark Burnett (New Yorker)
• Cooking by Ear (Podcast)

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, Felix, and Mihir debate U.S. fears about Huawei and implications for U.S.-China relations. They also offer their interpretation of Facebook’s latest earnings results, before sharing their After Hours picks for the week.

Some recent picks:

• Richard Brody’s Review of Roma (New Yorker)
• The Tangled Tree (David Quammen)
• Mary Oliver poetry
• Money Heist (Netflix)
• Patrick Radden Keefe’s Profile of Mark Burnett (New Yorker)
• Cooking by Ear (Podcast)

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, Felix, and Mihir debate two of the dramatic and controversial tax ideas being proposed by Democrats (a 70% marginal income tax rate and a 2% wealth tax), before discussing the trend among brands like Gillette, Nike, and Pepsi to launch “woke” advertising campaigns. They also offer their After Hours picks for the week.

Some recent picks:

• Money Heist (Netflix)
• Mark Burnett profile in The New Yorker (by Patrick Radden Keefe)
• Cooking by Ear (Podcast)
• Salt Fat Acid Heat (Netflix)
• Turing Tumble (toy)

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, Felix, and Mihir discuss why CEO departures are occurring so frequently, before unpacking the flaws in our 401(k) system. They also offer their After Hours picks for the week.

Some recent picks:

• Salt Fat Acid Heat (Netflix)
• Turing Tumble (toy)

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, Felix, and Mihir discuss Apple’s position in the Chinese market; debate whether payday lending is good or bad for workers; and ask whether companies should be doing more to help employees manage cash shortfalls. They also offer their After Hours picks for the week.

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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Taped a few days before heading off for the holidays, Youngme, Felix, and Mihir share their After Hours Predictions for 2019, covering everything from Big Tech, to food, to finance, to entertainment.

Some recent picks:

• Hilma af Klint Exhibit (Guggenheim Museum)
• Prime Suspect (Amazon Prime Video – Britbox)
• Atavist Magazine
• Atlanta, Season 2 (Netflix)
• Bloomberg article (“Wall Street Rule for the #MeToo Era: Avoid Women At All Cost“) and Response from Jefferies CEO Richard Handler
• The Value of Everything, by Mariana Mazzucato
• 21c Museum Hotels
• The Truth As Told By Mason Buttle (by Leslie Connor)
• TikTok (phone app)
• Today, Explained Podcast, Nov. 30 Episode (Humans 2.0)
• Babylon Berlin (Netflix)
• “The Prison Inside Me” (Reuters)

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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Taped a few days before heading off for the holidays, Youngme, Felix, and Mihir share their After Hours Awards for 2018, including their awards for Best/Worst Trend of the Year, Biggest Fail of the Year, Sleeper of the Year, Comeback of the Year, Work Cut Out for Them Next Year, Most Under-Reported Story of the Year, Most Over-Hyped Story of the Year, Person of the Year, and Favorite Entertainment of the Year.

Some recent picks:

• Atavist Magazine
• Atlanta, Season 2 (Netflix)
• Bloomberg article (“Wall Street Rule for the #MeToo Era: Avoid Women At All Cost“) and Response from Jefferies CEO Richard Handler
• The Value of Everything, by Mariana Mazzucato
• 21c Museum Hotels
• The Truth As Told By Mason Buttle (by Leslie Connor)
• TikTok (phone app)
• Today, Explained Podcast, Nov. 30 Episode (Humans 2.0)
• Babylon Berlin (Netflix)
• “The Prison Inside Me” (Reuters)
• Robert Stavins (follow on Twitter)
• FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
• RBG (Documentary on Amazon Video)

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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