EP 474: Making Non-Obvious Choices at Work with Samhita Mukhopadhyay
Description
For justice-minded people, navigating the world of work in the 21st-century economy can feel... impossible. A real no-win scenario. There's a constant tension between what's good for the communities we inhabit and what's good (and necessary) for us as individuals. But it's in this tension that we find a "margin of maneuverability"—a source of hope, possibility, and creativity.
That's the theme of a new book called The Myth of Making It by Samhita Mukhopadhyay, a feminist writer and editor, and the former executive editor of Teen Vogue. I sat down with Samhita to talk about the book and explore our margins of maneuverability.
Footnotes:
- Grab your copy of The Myth of Making It by Samhita Mukhopadhyay
- Find out more about Samhita
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and more on the Kobayashi Maru in Star Trek lore
- The Politics of Affect by Brian Massumi
- "At 20, Teen Vogue knows its readers contain multitudes" by Annie Aguiar for Poynter
Related episodes:
- 466: Making Room for Others with Leonie Smith
- 455: The Case for Uncertainty (and How to Navigate It)
- 457: How to Define Hard-to-Define Work Stress
- 450: The Will to Share Power with Tania Luna
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