Americans are obsessed with work. Americans spend more time working than people in other wealthy nations, and despite complaining about being overworked, we still put in long hours at our jobs. Why do we feel the need to work so much? And why have we made productivity and busyness a key part of our identity? In this podcast episode, we take a deep dive into American work culture and how working less could actually be good for employers and employees.

Podcast Guests:

Joshua Fields Millburn, co-founder, “The Minimalists”

Jamie McCallum, author of "Worked Over: How Round-the-Clock Work is Killing the American Dream"

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, author of "Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less—Here's How"

Ursula Mead, founder, and CEO of InHerSight