Is this the answer to burnout? How are mini-retirements even possible? Kira Schabram, PhD, is the Assistant Professor in management & organization at Pennsylvania State University & historian of work who has been studying the details & impacts of a phenomenon called micro-retirement – people treating breaks from work of three or more months. In this episode, you’ll hear how others are doing this idea, why it’s worth talking about & how it could be the solution to wide...
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Is this the answer to burnout? How are mini-retirements even possible? Kira Schabram, PhD, is the Assistant Professor in management & organization at Pennsylvania State University & historian of work who has been studying the details & impacts of a phenomenon called micro-retirement – people treating breaks from work of three or more months. In this episode, you’ll hear how others are doing this idea, why it’s worth talking about & how it could be the solution to wide...
Ep. 310: American Circumcision: Preference or Cultural Hypnosis? [REMASTERED]
Meredith for Real: the curious introvert
37 minutes
2 months ago
Ep. 310: American Circumcision: Preference or Cultural Hypnosis? [REMASTERED]
When & why did circumcision begin (it’s not what you think)? What are the arguments for it & what are the experts saying? Sugar water instead of anesthetic?? Brendon Marotta is a filmmaker whose feature-length documentary, American Circumcision, won multiple awards & can be found on Amazon & YouTube. In this episode, we talk about the surprising history of circumcision, the practice today, parental consent & why this is so hard to talk about, but female circumcision...
Meredith for Real: the curious introvert
Is this the answer to burnout? How are mini-retirements even possible? Kira Schabram, PhD, is the Assistant Professor in management & organization at Pennsylvania State University & historian of work who has been studying the details & impacts of a phenomenon called micro-retirement – people treating breaks from work of three or more months. In this episode, you’ll hear how others are doing this idea, why it’s worth talking about & how it could be the solution to wide...
