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Join Fast Company Senior Editor Amy Farley to dive into how companies are pointing the way forward for both their industries—and society at large. We’ll talk to business leaders about using cutting-edge AI technology to measure how forests are capturing carbon; we’ll discover how blockchain technology is transforming the gaming industry; and explore how Gen Z is using social networking to shop online. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Subscribe now.

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The New Way We Work

Fast Company deputy editor Kate Davis takes listeners on a journey though the changing landscape of our work lives and explains what we need to build the future we want. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Subscribe now.

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Creative Conversation

Fast Company's KC Ifeanyi dives into the most creative minds in film, TV, music, and beyond to unlock their creative processes. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Subscribe now.

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World Changing Ideas

Join Fast Company’s Talib Visram as he investigates the innovations that are solving our biggest problems, from rethinking food production to developing a circular economy to taking on climate change. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Subscribe now.

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Hit the Ground Running

Join hosts Christina Royster and Yasmin Gagne as they figure out how to navigate the unwritten rules of work and life, exploring everything from what to wear on a zoom call to how to manage a side hustle. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Subscribe now.

This is why your boss is so bad at his job

It’s not your imagination: the pandemic made your boss worse. On this episode of The New Way We Work, we find out why the people who get promoted are often the least qualified.

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How urban forestry can help battle climate inequality

It’s not enough to plant trees in cities. They need to grow in communities where access to nature has long been ignored.

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This is the true cost of the childcare crisis

The U.S. is finally paying more attention to parents’ childcare struggles. On this episode of The New Way We Work, expert guests discuss what’s broken and how it can be fixed.

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How remote work has made harassment easier and more widespread

On the latest episode of The New Way We Work, we talk to Project Include CEO and co-founder Ellen Pao about what’s behind the increase in workplace harassment in remote work and what companies need to do.

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How to make remote and hybrid brainstorming less awkward

On the latest episode of ‘The New Way We Work,’ we learn several methods for creative collaboration and culture-building that work for remote, hybrid, and in-person offices.

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How to decide whether you should leave your job

On the latest episode of ‘Hit the Ground Running,’ Spotify’s in-house talent Xavier Jernigan gives us advice on how to forge your own career path within an organization.

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How to get a promotion when working remotely

Even if you’re doing hybrid or remote work, you don’t have to be ‘out of sight, out of mind’ to your manager. In this episode of ‘The New Way We Work,’ Dorie Clark explains how.

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In places where water is hard to access, these panels can grab it from thin air

Source Global’s technology has so far brought drinking water to Navajo Nation, Aboriginal Australians, and tribes in Colombia.

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Why I decided to quit my retail job and join the Great Resignation

‘It was very much like leaving an abusive relationship,’ says this retail worker, who left the industry after 14 years.

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This is what’s really behind the Great Resignation

On the latest episode of The New Way We Work we find out why so many people are quitting and how managers can get them to stay.

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Hate the thought of returning to your cubicle? Thank medieval monks

The modern open-plan office and the cubicle have origins in historical periods such as ancient Rome and 18th-century London.

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The most successful companies infuse their business with design. Now they need to think bigger

Read Debbie Millman’s exclusive foreword to our new book ‘Fast Company Innovation by Design: Creative Ideas That Transform The Way We Live and Work,’ available now for pre-order.

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This is who should (and shouldn’t) return to the office

Before calling employees back to the office there are several things you should consider. We explore the issue from all angles on the latest episode of “The New Way We Work.”

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This app lets hungry people secure their next meal with a text

Rather than waiting in line at a food bank, someone can just text the word “HUNGRY” to Bento, choose a nearby restaurant, and pick up a meal.

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The one thing you should always do when you ask for career advice

On this week’s episode of ‘Hit the Ground Running,’ we learn from journalist and podcast host Olivia Perez about the right way to ask for advice.

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This novel approach to storytelling is designed for Gen Z readers

Young adults are engaging with a book that’s made specifically for Instagram, Snapchat, and Spotify.

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Investors poured nearly $8 billion into synthetic biology last year. This company is leading the field

Twist Bioscience ‘writes’ DNA on silicon chips, which can be used to fight COVID-19, develop precision medicines, and store your favorite Netflix show.

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This free environmental documentary streaming site is Netflix for the planet

It’s run by the executive producer of the Oscar-winning movie ‘My Octopus Teacher.’

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This startup ensures that forestry-based carbon offsets deliver on their promises

The market for carbon offsets could be worth $100 billion by 2030. Pachama cofounder and CEO Diego Saez Gil is keeping it transparent and accountable.

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Don’t call it a side hustle, think of it as dual careers

To learn how to turn our hobbies into additional streams of income, we turned to Jasmine Lawrence, founder of Eden BodyWorks and product manager on the Everyday Robot Project at X.

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This is why your boss is so bad at his job

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It’s not enough to plant trees in cities. They need to grow in communities where access to nature has long been ignored.

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On the latest episode of ‘The New Way We Work,’ we learn several methods for creative collaboration and culture-building that work for remote, hybrid, and in-person offices.

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On the latest episode of ‘Hit the Ground Running,’ Spotify’s in-house talent Xavier Jernigan gives us advice on how to forge your own career path within an organization.

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The modern open-plan office and the cubicle have origins in historical periods such as ancient Rome and 18th-century London.

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