Dear Dual Perspective

In this episode, Emma and Sara answer a question from a listener who has recently broken off a two-year relationship with her boss, and is having a difficult time managing his less than positive traits at work. Your hosts offer advice on how to try to reset the relationship, while acknowledging that leaving this workplace might be the best approach - and to ensure that this listener negotiates her salary if she does so.

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Workplace romance survey data: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/workplace-romance-statistics/

Ask A Manager, the best workplace advice blog in existence: https://www.askamanager.org/

Bowles, H.R. June 19, 2014. Why Women Don't Negotiate Their Offers. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2014/06/why-women-dont-negotiate-their-job-offers

Morgan, K. August 10, 2022. Can you stay in a job too for long? BBC. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220808-can-you-stay-in-a-job-for-too-long

In this episode, Emma and Sara answer a follow up question to the "Biking through a world built for cars" episode on how to take people who say "not in my backyard" to active transportation projects to "yes in my backyard". Emma offers a suggestion to look for shared values, and Sara mentions that getting to test drive an eBike was something that helped her get over the initial barrier to active transportation.

You can also find us on CJUC, Whitehorse Community Radio, every Wednesday at 8 PM. Check out our show page: https://cjucfm.com/shows/dear-dual-perspective/

References:

White Coat, Black Art. 2023, Why this Sask. drug outreach centre doesn't require abstinence to access its services. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/harm-reduction-abstinence-saskatchewan-1.6712346

Whitehorse 2040 Official Community Plan

Yukon Status of Women Council - safe transportation⁠

In this follow up episode on primary parenting, Emma and Sara answer a question from a mom who is considering going back to school and is wondering why it's more difficult for women to have these conversations about career advancement and juggling household and childcare responsibilities. Sara has a lot of questions about what type of schooling and how it will fit in to the family's goals and priorities, and Emma points out that the patriarchy is like the air we breathe which is why this type of change is so challenging.

References:

Wage gap in Canada

Zawn Villines, Liberating Motherhood

In this episode, Emma and Sara answer a question (that is really a bunch of questions) about how to be a good step-parent to adult children. Emma adds in some ideas about how to be a good step-kid, and Sara provides some context to the number of step-families according to the census, and the current divorce rates in Canada.

References:

Census data on step-families, 2016

Divorce rates over time

In this episode, your hosts answer a question from a listener asking their opinion on artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, and its potential to impact work and the home. Further, they ask if AI can help solve big challenges, like the mental health crisis, health inequality and climate change. Emma and Sara offer their opinions on the use of artificial intelligence in different spheres, including the implications for copyright, credit for published work, ethical use, and how new technology exacerbates existing inequalities. Finally, your hosts ask ChatGPT what it thinks it can do for addressing these problems, and offer their critique and conclusion: artificial intelligence won't save us, even though promises that technology will fix society's biggest issues are seductive.

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References:

CBC News. 2023. Study suggests AI can help find breast cancer. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2265144899551#

In this episode, your hosts answer a detailed question from a listener who is frustrated with a workplace where they enjoy their work and coworkers but are stymied by bottlenecks, unclear priorities and poor communication, and are thus losing motivation and struggling to be productive. Sara's initial reaction was to encourage quiet quitting, but following more reflection she emphasizes that it's important to match expectations of productivity to the work environment. Emma points out that building capacity and relationships is a productive activity even if it doesn't directly create a product. Your hosts also mention that productivity culture, and that constant hustling is not sustainable or fair to workers.

References:

Gallup poll on quiet quitting: https://www.gallup.com/workplace/398306/quiet-quitting-real.aspx

Petersen, Anne Helen. Feb 4, 2021. The diminishing returns of productivity culture. Culture Study. https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-diminishing-returns-of-productivity

Perlo J, Balik B, Swensen S, Kabcenell A, Landsman J, Feeley D. 2017. IHI Framework for Improving Joy in Work. IHI White Paper. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

In this episode, a listener asks why so few people in Whitehorse bike or walk despite relatively short distances to many destinations, and another asks why drivers can be so aggressive. Emma and Sara talk about their experiences bike commuting, car culture, and the need for more safe and accessible infrastructure to support different transportation modes across neighbourhoods and life stages. There are lots of statistics mentioned in this episode, and sources are linked below.

References:

Yukon Bureau of Statistics, 2021, Whitehorse Transportation and Commuting Survey Report. https://emrlibrary.gov.yk.ca/environment/whitehorse-transportation-commuting-survey-report-2021.pdf

Global News. June 28, 2023. Road rage is heating up in Canada. https://globalnews.ca/news/9796469/road-rage-incidents-canada/

CBC News. August 17, 2022. Do SUVs, pickups cause more pedestrian deaths? Safety advocates say they have the numbers to prove it. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/street-safety-groups-say-suvs-pickups-more-likely-to-kill-1.6551924

What is Vision Zero? https://visionzeronetwork.org/about/what-is-vision-zero/

Scientific American. 2016. What is loss aversion? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-loss-aversion/

We're at the mid-point of season 2! We hope you enjoy this bonus short episode.

Today, Emma and Sara take on a different kind of question that left them with far more questions - this listener's neighbour stole their plants from their yard, and is looking for advice on whether to steal them back! Your hosts comment on the oddity of this behaviour, with Emma suggesting a rational and responsible way to address it and Sara offering a much more petty solution. (Surprisingly, Sara manages to get through the episode without commenting on how this problem ties back to the development of individual property rights.)

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This episode forms part 2 of a two-part series on friendship (part 1 is "Birthday Cards and Letting Go of an Old Friend"). In this episode, Emma and Sara answer a question from a listener asking how to gently and honestly break up a platonic relationship. Emma brings up a recent topic of interest, the HR-ification of friendship, and Sara notes that we have very few well-defined cultural norms about friendships and how they end. In true #Yukon fashion, your hosts' recording session in Sara's camper is interrupted by a raven! We also discussed this hour's main character on the Internet, Jonah Hill, and the use of therapy speak in friendships.

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References:

Barrett, Jessica. Feb 6, 2023. The kindest way to break up with friends is to ghost them. iNews Opinion. https://inews.co.uk/opinion/the-kindest-way-to-break-up-with-a-friend-is-to-ghost-them-2131119

Fishbein, Rebecca. Apr 7, 2023. Is therapy-speak making us selfish? Bustle. https://www.bustle.com/wellness/is-therapy-speak-making-us-selfish

CBC News. July 12, 2023. Jonah Hill and the rise of therapy speak. Frontburner. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/jonah-hill-and-the-rise-of-therapy-speak-transcript-1.6904309

In this episode, Emma and Sara answer a question from a senior who is wondering whether it is time to let go of an old friendship that has become unbalanced and is leaving the listener feeling resentful. Your hosts discuss how different people show up in their friendships, greeting cards, and how access to transportation and technology can affect our friendships as we age. This is a two-part episode series on friendship; our next episode will discuss ways to respectfully let go of a friend.

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References:

Olga Khazan, 2023, "Stop firing your friends; just make more of them" The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/stop-breaking-up-with-friends/674540/