03-18-19

How Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski learned to love his haters

The culinary expert on Netflix's smash hit show "Queer Eye" has learned to block out the haters (especially when it comes to guacamole). He's slowly building a food empire with his fast-casual restaurant The Village Den in New York's West Village and a new cookbook, "Antoni in the Kitchen."

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Facebook tests “kind” speed dating and Steak-Umm beefs with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Facebook tries a video speed dating service for “kind people,” and Steak-Umm calls out astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on Twitter.

Facebook tests “kind” speed dating and Steak-Umm beefs with Neil deGrasse Tyson

How Convoy plans to modernize the trucking industry

On this episode of the World Changing Ideas podcast, host Talib Visram chats with Jennifer Wong, head of sustainability at Convoy, to talk about the company’s plans to tackle inefficiency in the trucking industry.

How Convoy plans to modernize the trucking industry

Should I have my Zoom Camera on at work?

In this episode, hosts Christina and Yasmin speak with Dr. Courtney McCluney, an assistant professor of organizational behavior and labor relations at Cornell University, about the nuances and challenges of remote work for people of color and notions of professionalism through the lens of gender and race, as well as the pros and cons of anonymity in the workplace.

Should I have my Zoom Camera on at work?

The challenges and benefits of remote work for employees of color

In this episode of ‘Hit the Ground Running,’ hosts Christina Royster and Yasmin Gagne speak with Dr. Courtney McCluney, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Cornell, about how remote work has affected people of color.

The challenges and benefits of remote work for employees of color

How Nike designed its first hands-free sneaker

Legendary Nike sneaker designer Tobie Hatfield breaks down the process of designing the GO FlyEase, Nike’s first sneaker with a hinge that lets you slide in and out without using your hands.

How Nike designed its first hands-free sneaker

Jeff Bezos’s PR disaster and Patagonia fights restrictive voting—brand hit and miss of the week

Amazon pulls the PR equivalent of peeing in a bottle, and Patagonia donates a million dollars to fight restrictive voting laws.

Ben & Jerry's has successfully blended ice cream and activism for decades—here's how

At the intersection of activism and confectionary delight is none other than Ben & Jerry’s. The company has stood up for everything from climate change to same sex marriage to Black lives matter and defunding the police. And in June 2020, the brand took a bold stance against white supremacy, proving that in business, silence is no longer an option. Host Chris Denson spoke with Head of Global Activism Strategy Christopher Miller and Global Social Mission Officer Dave Rapaport about the realities of being a mission-driven brand and what they’re doing to change their internal culture to reflect the brand's own outward ideals.

Ben & Jerry's has successfully blended ice cream and activism for decades—here's how

Lil Nas X's devilishly good branding play and VW's painful April Fools joke

Lil Nas X courts controversy while expanding his personal brand with his latest song and music video and Volkswagen fails with its leaked April Fools Day joke on this week's brand hit and miss.

Lil Nas X's devilishly good branding play and VW's painful April Fools joke

Will 3D-printed houses fix the housing crisis?

On this episode of the ‘World Changing Ideas’ podcast, Talib Visram talks with Jason Ballard, CEO and cofounder of Icon, a digital construction company that prints 3D houses. They discuss how this new technology will revolutionize home building—and potentially make it to the moon.

Will 3D-printed houses fix the housing crisis?

3 ideas to revitalize your home this spring

From smoke-free firepits to millennial pink air purifiers, senior writer Liz Segran has tips as you say "out with the old and in with the new" this season.

3 ideas to revitalize your home this spring