

What Works
Tara McMullin
Work is central to the human experience. It helps us shape our identities, care for those we love, and contribute to our communities. Work can be a source of power and a catalyst for change. Unfortunately, that's not how most of us experience work—even those who work for themselves. Our labor and creative spirit are used to enrich others and maintain the status quo. It's time for an intervention. What Works is a show about rethinking work, business, and leadership for the 21st-century economy. Host Tara McMullin covers money, management, culture, media, philosophy, and more to figure out what's working (and what's not) today. Tara offers a distinctly interdisciplinary approach to deep-dive analysis of how we work and how work shapes us.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the What Works podcast:

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The Steerswoman

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Alien Nation
The Spartans

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Thinking in systems
A Primer

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The time quartet

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Hope in the Dark

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On Freedom

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The New Spirit of Capitalism

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How to Do Nothing
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Small Arcs of Larger Circles

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Possessed
A Cultural History of Hoarding

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The Historian

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Sister Outsider
Essays and Speeches

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Liquid modernity
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American Bulk
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Breaking Bread with the Dead

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The medium is the massage
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The WPA Federal Music Project in New Mexico

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The Chronicles of Narnia

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What works

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