Hey listeners, it's Daniel here.

While the Dear Prudence Podcast normally answers your pressing questions,

today I'm here to let you know about something a little different.

You frequently reach out to me for advice about handling difficult coworkers, bosses, and office situations.

And maybe the best advice is to think about how we work.

Americans work among the longest hours of any economy, take the least amount of vacation,

report increasingly high levels of anxiety, and have few policies in place to help people

combine work and the rest of their life in meaningful ways. This realization prompted the team at

slate to find out what it might take for us to transform the way we work and live, as individuals,

and as a culture.

And so the Better Life Lab Podcast was born.

The show just launched and today we're here to bring you episode one.

If you enjoy this episode, I encourage you to subscribe to Better Life Lab in Apple Podcasts or wherever

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It's the best way to support the show.

You can find links to subscribe in the description of this podcast.

Now without further ado, I give you this special episode of Better Life Lab.

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Slate, I'm Bridget Schulte and this is Better Life Lab. Life is full of

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