From the time she was in elementary school, Madeline wanted to be an intelligence analyst. Moved by the events on 9/11, she took every step to set herself up for that career. But then she found out that she couldn't pursue that dream. On this week's episode, hear about how Madeline took the skills that she had developed in hopes of pursuing a career as an intelligence analyst and pivoted to become the co-founder of a luxury travel group. When Michael graduated college, he wanted to get an MFA. He spent a few years working at a boarding school while building his portfolio to apply to an MFA program. During that time his art evolved from strictly photography to a more diverse set of media. He applied to MFA programs, got in, and matriculated, but two weeks in he realized that completing an MFA program wasn't for him. So he moved home and began applying to internships. Eventually, he began working at an art gallery as an intern and worked his way up to being the director of the gallery. After working there for seven years, he decided he wanted to focus more on the data-oriented aspects of business and was hoping to learn more. Tune in to hear more about what he's learned in business school and how he's balanced his art. Before I started this podcast, I listened to podcasts. But I had never really thought about all of the jobs that go into making those podcasts possible. In this episode, I speak with Elena Schwartz, a producer for Slate Magazine's daily news podcast "What Next." In college, Elena thought that she might want to go to law school. Much of what she did in college, both academically and extracurricularly, was geared towards examining the intersection of race, class, and the criminal justice system. But during her junior year, she got an itch to do something in the audio-journalism world. She was worried that she was "behind" her peers, but managed to graduate with a temporary role with WGBH. She decided to give herself a year to test out this alternative career path, and now she's been at it for over three years.

In this episode, I speak with a fellow graduate of my high school, Ogechi Musa. Ogechi is now a full-time writer, director, actor, and producer. But that's not where she started. While a student at Boston College, Ogechi thought that she would pursue a career in medicine. Initially she thought she would be a doctor, but she ultimately landed on healthcare IT consulting and training. She was always passionate about acting and filmmaking, though, and pursued that, as well. After years of balancing two careers, Ogechi recently decided to follow her purpose, quit her six-figure job in healthcare, and pursue her career in independent filmmaking full-time. I think the long and short of it is this… when you get to the other side it will feel like going Home. You will remember more than you remember now. And it’s very peaceful and loving. You’ve got nothing to worry about. Enjoy your time here, eat at the buffet or go to the gym and protect your body as long as possible. When you slough it off it will probably feel like shedding a heavy weight.Or, maybe you’ve wondered, “What is it like to shower without someone shoving their little fingers under the door and calling, ‘MAMA!!! Mama, I see you!’ even before I’ve gotten my hair wet?”

This one definitely falls under the “similar” category. It’s something that most of us do every day, yet it can be surprising to find out that homeless people also work. That’s largely because of the common misconception that homeless people can’t or won’t work to make ends meet. The immense analysis constituted the first published data of the Human Chronome Project, an effort to create a database of global human activities. By assembling the human chronome, the researchers say that we can compare ourselves to civilizations from the past. More importantly, we can see from a high-level, empirical perspective what our species is doing on our planet and make more informed decisions about reallocating our collective time to change the world and society for the better.Even though most homeless people never panhandle, the ones that do are the most visible, and likely what springs to mind when you think of a typical homeless person. Many people believe that the only thing believers will do in heaven is sing songs of worship to God. This seems like it would become boring to do for eternity. What will we really be doing in heaven? The reason that most homeless people choose not to panhandle is that it is difficult and dangerous work. It’s difficult, both mentally and physically to travel around the city to be in the right place at the right time talking to the right people. Emotionally, it takes a lot of vulnerability and hardiness to open yourself up and ask for help from people that can often respond with disgust or hostility, if they respond at all. If you are looking for a good, screen free quiet activity that will keep your kids attention, have I got a book for you! In our home we love the book, Richard Scarry’s What Do People Do All Day?

This episode is best for: people hoping to learn more about the world of finance; people interested in learning about an ESG role Some spirits spend “time” guiding others. Some help guide the planet. Some help people cross over. I’m not privy to everything but those are the bits I’ve seen. Fifth, we will continue to serve the Lord. Jesus affirmed the Old Testament Law that, "You shall worship the Lord your God and him only you shall serve" (Matthew 4:10). This close connection between worship and service will continue in heaven in ways we will not fully understand until that time. By having gig workers, delivery people, farmers, and venture capitalists all rubbing shoulders, What Do People Do All Day asks viewers to look at their own work and the work that makes their life possible, even if it might be invisibilized, or just looked over. (Do you think about how the apple you ate with lunch got to you? Do you have any idea what a “corporate social responsibility consultant” does?) And, in the midst of this all, we shop and cook and clean or pay someone else to. We fall in love, we have sex. However, all these practices are increasingly mediated, alienated, and alienating. Someone else buys our groceries from an app, or we are that someone else. We swipe through potential lovers who are just images and a first name. Data and the management of complexity have seeped into even our most primal needs for sustenance and for touch. Using quotes from Scarry’s book and from Elio Petri’s 1971 film The Working Class Goes to Heaven, read by non-actors in shifting costumes and undergoing sexual collisions, Dybbroe Møller investigates the nature of work in the past and today while troubling the ways that techno-capitalism have turned everything and every hour into labor.

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You may wonder to yourself as you pass the same person on the same corner every day on your lunch break, “just what do homeless people DO all day?” Also, the gender roles in the job distributions are very traditional. For example, all of the doctors are male and the nurses are female. The book was first published in 1968, and a lot has changed since then. Homeless shelters are not always a sure thing. If they have more people than beds, they may draw names each day to determine who will get a bed that night. Or, it may be on a first-come-first-served basis. You can scroll past the video for just the bare book details. If you don’t watch the video, make sure to scroll down to read the Special Considerations section so that you aren’t blindsided by something in the book that might be a touchy subject for some people. (Honestly, though, the video review is much more comprehensive, and it’s only 4 minutes long.) Our World in Data presents the data and research to make progress against the world’s largest problems.