This week Sami and Aleen are joined by writer, author, and cultural critic Anne Helen Petersen to talk about burnout and finding balance in a work-from-home environment. They begin with a conversation about how Anne’s obsession with pop culture growing up (hello Entertainment Weekly) led her to get a PhD in celebrity studies. They talk about the toxicity of tabloid culture, including how the media policed and shamed Kim Kardashian during her first pregnancy, and how it’s affecting people like Meghan and Harry today. Then they dive into a conversation about Anne’s viral BuzzFeed article (that we previously discussed) on how millennials became the burnout generation, and discuss some helpful ways to identify and prevent burnout. Finally, Anne talks about her upcoming book Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home, and what the transition of post pandemic remote work will look like.

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