Brand Eff Up: “Guilty White Liberals Are Purchasing Racial Indulgences,” NY Mag (http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/01/guilty-white-liberals-are-purchasing-racial-indulgences.html)

What’s Up? “French workers win legal right to avoid checking work email out-of-hours,” Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/dec/31/french-workers-win-legal-right-to-avoid-checking-work-email-out-of-hours)

What’s Next? “How Amazon, Google, and Facebook Will Bring Down Telcos,” WIRED (https://www.wired.com/2016/12/the-end-of-telcos/)

Diggin’ in the Crates: Phil: “The Power Broker,” by Robert Caro Michael: Bojack Horseman on Netflix Matt: “The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America,” by Ethan Michaeli

Special episode this week featuring predictions for 2017 by the crew including Rob Fields, Hyun Kim, Biz Ghormley, Georgette Pierre, Grant McCracken, Tia Kansara, Dowshan Humzah, Mark Boles, Lee-Sean Huang, Lina Srivastava, and Rodrigo Reis. Back as usual on Tuesday.

Today, an unaired conversation in which Wos describes why he originally reached out the Michael after hearing one of Michael’s ultra-niche impressions.

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At long last, Michael and Phil take their longstanding debate on mic Who's better, Jay-Z or Nas? In Jay's corner is Phil, for Nas: Michael. Topics include lyrics, albums, diss tracks, club suitability and cultural impact.

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Brand Eff Up? “Dropbox panned for 'diversity' tweet depicting mostly white people,” SF Gate (http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Dropbox-panned-for-diversity-tweet-depicting-10796804.php)

What’s Up? “Preaching the Gospel of Diversity, but Not Following It,” NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/17/public-editor/new-york-times-diversity-liz-spayd-public-editor.html?_r=0)

What’s Next? “Free Cash in Finland. Must Be Jobless” NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/17/business/economy/universal-basic-income-finland.html?_r=0)

Diggin’ in the Crates M: “How Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul,” The Atlantic (http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/how-democrats-killed-their-populist-soul/504710/) P: “Listen Without Prejudice Volume 1,” by George Michael R: “Uproot,” book by Jace Clayton (DJ Rupture)

Joining us in studio this week is Carmen Bryant, Director, Employer Insights Americas at Indeed.com. Using data and research for storytelling. Indeed.com’s mission of finding people employment, and how current economic unease effects that mission. How the labor market effects the approach of a company like Indeed.com. Clashing with companies who have overly-specific “cultural” requirements. How data can inform on qualitative matters. The rise in “work from home” and nontraditional work arrangements. How the Gig Economy doesn’t work without social benefits.

Brand Eff Up: “WONDER WOMAN DROPPED AS UN AMBASSADOR FOLLOWING PROTESTS,” Fuse.tv (http://www.fuse.tv/2016/12/wonder-woman-dropped-un-ambassador-protest-petition)

What’s Up? “Google Signs Deal With Cuba for Faster Data Access,” Inc.com (http://www.inc.com/associated-press/google-signs-deal-cuban-government-faster-data.html)

What’s Next? “Amazon’s new grocery store highlights a huge hole in Donald Trump’s promise on jobs” Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-go-manufacturing-cashier-labor-market-employment-trump-2016-12)

Diggin in the Crates: P: “The Power Elite,” by C. Wright Mills G: “I Lie Awake Every Night” by James Vincent McMorrow M: “Small is Beautiful,” by EF Schumacher

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Afdhel Aziz and Bobby Jones joined us in studio this week to talk about their book "Good is the New Cool," on how it's no longer enough for brands to appeal to millenials as "cool," and that "good" is the newvirtue. The media savviness of millennials as an obstacle to traditional brand appeals. On this finding your purpose. The idea of different purposes for different seasons of life.

goodisthenewcool.org @afdhelaziz @mrbobbyjones

Brand Eff Up “A Japanese theme park thought it was a good idea to freeze 5,000 dead fish in a skating rink,” Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/11/28/a-japanese-theme-park-thought-it-was-a-good-idea-to-freeze-5000-dead-fish-in-a-skating-rink/?utm_term=.b2d491e7bcd0)

What's Up? “Oakland Warehouse Fire: Death Toll Up to 36, Officials 'Absolutely Believe' Number Will Climb,” NBC News http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oakland-warehouse-fire-victims-families-face-agonizing-wait-n691911

What’s Next? Michael and Phil take issues with anti-identity politics arguments like this one by Jonathan Haidt “Why social media is terrible for multiethnic democracies,” Vox

Diggin’ in the Crates: Phil: SHO Michael: Adam Curtis, “Oh Dearism” Matt: Chasing Shadows by Ken Hughes (2014) https://soundcloud.com/matt-lech-1/lbj-nixon-chasing-shadows

City sustainability evangelist & entrepreneur Tia Kansara joins us this week to talk about cities, climate change, sustainability, and her Replenish project. The importance of lifestyle and wellbeing in city living. The break between cities and rural areas. The gap between lived experiences and urban/building designers caused by lack of feedback from people using the spaces. The designed city vs. the unplanned city. Tia’s visits to Aleppo in Syria. The importance of building collaborative and communal lifestyles. Tia’s “Replenish” program as a counter to “success” being defined without respect to harmony with nature.

@2050City @ThousandNetwork tiakansara.com