Back to Work

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

  1. 03/04/2024

    Episode 644: A Tony Bennett Hair Hat

    An important discussion about aging as examined and explained through the lens of James Howlett.

    1h 1m

  2. 01/04/2024

    Episode 643: The Price of Lies

    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. Merlin’s weird, truncated contexts in Things.

    1h 29m

  3. 20/03/2024

    Episode 642: A Better Roll of Toilet Paper

    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.

    1h 43m

  4. 13/03/2024

    Episode 641: Germans in the Wild

    Travel is not always about traveling, but it is definitely always about your life.

    1h 17m

  5. 12/03/2024

    Episode 640: Bob's Big Mess

    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

    1h 20m

  6. 05/03/2024

    Episode 639: The Commodore's Club

    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.

    1h 16m

  7. 23/01/2024

    Episode 638: A New Kind of Bullet

    A classic odds n' sods episode.

    2h 14m

  8. 17/01/2024

    Episode 637: The Minimally Viable Log Cabin Channel

    Merlin conducts a deep dive on being busy versus being time-constrained, and Dan has some updates on his task management odyssey.

    1h 35m
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Ratings & Reviews

4.8
out of 5
22 Ratings

About

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

Information

  • Creator
    5by5
  • Years Active
    2011 - 2024
  • Episodes
    643
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Dan Benjamin and Merlin Mann
  • Show Website
    Back to Work

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