Back to Work

Back to Work

Back to Work is an award winning talk show with Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin discussing productivity, communication, work, barriers, constraints, tools, and more.

Episodes

Episode 644: A Tony Bennett Hair Hat

April 3, 2024 • 60 mins
An important discussion about aging as examined and explained through the lens of James Howlett.
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Episode 643: The Price of Lies

April 1, 2024 • 89 mins
Merlin thinks LLMs have raised the bar for voice assistants in general and Siri in particular. Dan and his kid watch the excellent HBO series, Chernobyl.
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Episode 642: A Better Roll of Toilet Paper

March 20, 2024 • 102 mins
Your hosts discuss facial hair, notebooks, the metric system, flexing about local weather, and becoming the bathroom supplies you want to see in the world.
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Episode 641: Germans in the Wild

March 12, 2024 • 77 mins
Travel is not always about traveling, but it is definitely always about your life.
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Episode 640: Bob's Big Mess

March 12, 2024 • 79 mins
A classic odds n' sods episode. Plus, Merlin has thoughts about memory and ecosystems, and Dan is considering jetting through an eclipse. e640 Bob Evans https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/3/316b04e9-2b1f-4ccb-98f1-28fe023874a8/9RoymJk5.jpeg
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Episode 639: The Commodore's Club

March 5, 2024 • 75 mins
Dan talks about what he's learned from traveling a bunch, and Merlin thinks a lot of weirdness comes from our twin fears of boredom and inconvenience.
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Episode 638: A New Kind of Bullet

January 23, 2024 • 134 mins
A classic odds n' sods episode.
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Episode 637: The Minimally Viable Log Cabin Channel

January 17, 2024 • 95 mins
Merlin conducts a deep dive on being busy versus being time-constrained, and Dan has some updates on his task management odyssey.
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Episode 636: Honoring My Pivot Table

January 9, 2024 • 81 mins
Dan is navigating the landscape of task management apps, and, shockingly, Merlin has some thoughts.
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Episode 635: Buffet de Canard

January 2, 2024 • 80 mins
Dan and Merlin kick off the new year with a wide-ranging look at how tools and motivations evolve with how we work.
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Episode 634: Nominally Future-Resistant

December 12, 2023 • 80 mins
A fairly epic episode covering health tracking and self-quantization. Remember: data doesn't have to hurt.
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Episode 633: A Self-Aware Old Man

December 5, 2023 • 57 mins
Your hosts talk about how we perceive the world and the challenge of mindfully updating our perceptions.
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Episode 632: Big Strong Beef Boy

November 28, 2023 • 83 mins
Dan and Merlin are excited about technologies that have found a place in their lives. What a blessed season of thanks! Runner-Up Titles: A Lot of Their Unhappiness Came from Me The Smell of a 15-Year-Old My Trans Daddy is a Fox Las Vegas Poops
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Episode 631: Little Bit of Dirty Grey

November 14, 2023 • 70 mins
Merlin has more on generative AI, and Dan has a sweet new watch.
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Episode 630: Monchichabowsky

November 7, 2023 • 75 mins
On AI and curiosity.
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Episode 629: Benjamin Franklin's Disease

October 24, 2023 • 51 mins
And and Merlin have a wide-ranging discussion.
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Episode 628: Beating Yourself Up at Scale

October 10, 2023 • 58 mins
Talk of eyes, intentionalities, and HDMI.
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Episode 627: Unscheduled Dirt Event

October 3, 2023 • 66 mins
Merlin claims he's not going to do any work for this one, and Dan has some advice for travelers.
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Episode 626: Chekhov's Lightsaber

September 26, 2023 • 70 mins
Your hosts catch up on some great media, and Merlin expounds on the magic of Channels. Also, Merlin logrolls a recent podcast episode and re-extolls the power of dictation.
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Episode 625: Chapters of Madness

September 5, 2023 • 44 mins
Dan and Merlin have a wide-ranging discussion.
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