The Global Housing Crisis, Amazon’s Newest Employee Benefit, Women Outpacing Men in College Enrollments, Carbon Capture Goes Online, and More
After Hours
TED Audio Collective / Youngme Moon, Mihir Desai, & Felix Oberholzer-Gee
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Housing prices are on the rise in cities all around the world, and Youngme, Felix and Mihir discuss whether there’s an end in sight. Plus they discuss other headlines, including: Amazon’s decision to start paying for college tuition for its workers; women outpacing men in college enrollments; the first major carbon capture facility going online; and more.
Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:
· Ministry for the Future (Kim Stanley Robinson)
· Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
We invite you to email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: afterhours@hbs.edu. You can also follow Youngme and Mihir on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon and @DesaiMihirA.
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| 0:31.0 | Hi everyone, you're listening to after hours I'm young me. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm Felix and I'm here. |
| 0:42.0 | And how are you guys doing? |
| 0:43.0 | Great. |
| 0:44.0 | Doing okay. |
| 0:45.0 | The weather's getting a little chilly, fall is in the air. |
| 0:47.0 | Anything interesting happening to your day? |
| 0:49.0 | Well, I have to tell a little story, which is I'm walking to campus this morning. |
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| 0:54.0 | And I see one of our dear friends who teaches at Sloan. |
| 0:57.0 | And first thing out of her mouth, to ask me about the podcast. |
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| 1:01.0 | And she said she had this wonderful thing happen yesterday. |
| 1:04.0 | She said, I finished teaching and then one of my students came up to me and said, |
| 1:08.0 | I was so happy because this case that we just did was written by the host of my favorite podcast. |
| 1:15.0 | And of course, in my mind, I was like, which one of my brilliant cases is this student reference? |
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