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Employee of the Month

We spend most of our time working, so what does it take to (mainly) love what you do? How do even the most gifted, talented, intelligent, ambitious, disciplined, imaginative, inventive, and lucky people develop their point of view, find meaning, serve a greater good, deal with work place politics, rejection, finances, boredom, red tape, logistics, and creative roadblocks? What are the perks or enjoyable about forging your own path? Catie Lazarus and her guests delve into beauty, banality and absurdity of work, jobs, and labor.

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MakeLoveNotPorn.com's Founder Cindy Gallop on the business of sex Nov 17, 2015

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After running iconic campaigns as an Ad Exec, Cindy Gallop decided to create a campaign for a subject dear to her heart. In 2009, she gave a now legendary Ted Talk and launched MakeLoveNotPorn.com. Since then she has gained a cult fan base for speaking about the myths surrounding pornography and real sex. We spoke about renting out her massive black apartment for rap videos, including for Notorious B.I.G.. We also spoke about whether Mad Men resonates for Ad Executives today and how she balances wanting to redesign the future of business and the future of sex.

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JOSH RADNOR discusses art, film, TV, happiness, and knocking heads with the Dalai Lama. Nov 17, 2015

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JOSH RADNOR is currently appearing as a brilliant, but afflicted and drug addicted, doctor in PBS’s civil war drama MERCY STREET. In our interview, we discussed his range as an actor and found out why the Dalai Lama picked Josh to speak at the beloved spiritual leader’s 80th birthday extravaganza. Josh reveals whether the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso needs a flu shot.

When not writing or directing, Josh often speaks to colleges and audiences, like at the INK Conference in India. Josh speaks about the “golden handcuffs” of being a famous TV sitcom actor. The perk of being the star of a syndicated, network sitcom is obvious. Assuming you don’t blow all of the money on blow, you’re set for life. But it also comes with challenges, be it existential, like the contrived intimacy and projections from fans, to practical, like being typecast in future parts.

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INYANG BASSEY, a back up singer for MOBY, strikes out on her own. Nov 16, 2015

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While at Columbia, Nigerian born and New York raised Inyang Bassey was giving her first concert. Well, she was singing in her shower and her roommate suggested, they get a bigger shower. Actually, her roommate advised her to audition for one their university's productions. She did and decided to giving a singing career a real go. A couple years later when Moby was looking for a back up. An extraordinary singer Jenny Wasserman recommended Inyang. Before she knew what had happened, Inyang found herself singing on tours and albums with Moby. When not working with Moby, her unique ability to deliver soul to funk to blues to pop enabled Inyang to then team up with a range of artists, including neo-soul singer Binky Griptite, cellist Yair Evnine, and cabaret sensation Lady Rizo. Now, she is striking out on her own and working on her own album. You can catch Inyang perform solo and with some of her contemporaries at the Mckittrick Hotel, where she performs weekly.

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NATE SILVER on his own confirmation bias, Trump vs. Rubio, VOX vs. 538, and New York Times vs. ESPN Nov 06, 2015

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NATE SILVER may be best known as political pollster, but he describes himself as "well rounded" and talks about the perils of having, what I call, a halo effect. In our interview for Employee of the Month, which was taped live at Joe’s Pub in New York, we spoke the day before Halloween on everything from how he deals with his own confirmation basis to how 538 differs from Ezra Klein's Vox Media, and why Silver feels more free to do what he wants as a journalist at a gigantic corporation, i.e. Walt Disney, which owns ESPN, versus his prior employer, The New York Times, which is arguably one of the most respected institution for journalism. Since I had previously interviewed Jill Abramson, the former Editor-in-Chief of The New York Times, about her negotiations with Nate Silver, I wanted to get his perspective. Silver says he didn’t just leave for more money. We, of course, dig into what to expect in the upcoming Presidential elections.

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KATINA CORRAO on stand up, writing, and being the nosiest neighbor in NYC Nov 04, 2015

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After appearing in TV shows like Broad City to VH1's Best Night Ever, writing for TV shows, like The Newly Wed Game, stand up comedian Katina Corrao just released her first stand up comedy album HOT DATE. You can go to www.katinacorrao.com to get it and see her hilarious web series, THE GOOD NEIGHBOR MINUTE, which chronicles her antics as a nosy neighbor. You can also catch her live, as she performs stand up all over the country. If you're in New York, she co-hosts the weekly stand up show Lasers in the Jungle at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCB EAST).

In our interview we spoke about starting out in stand up and doing bringer shows in stand up, which even Amy Schumer and Demetri Martin suffered through, as well as the roles that finances, rejection, courage, and family play when working in showbiz. She is AMAZING! Seriously, we shot a video called You're Amazing, which you can get to via Employee of the Month's YouTube channel.

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NOTORIOUS R.B.G. author IRIN CARMON on Ginsburg's legacy, Jezebel commenters, and The Daily Show Nov 04, 2015

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A recent Law & Human Behavior study found that female lawyers are penalized for displaying anger. It may explain why Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg chose to picked her battles from the get go. Considering she’s successfully advocated for gender equality, among other civil liberties, since 1959, her tactics paid off. Instead of getting angry, she got even.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg continues to be one of our nation's greatest social justice crusaders. Still her career hasn't shielded her from personal and professional trials and tragedy. Ginsburg dealt with losing her beloved mother the day before she graduated from high school. Her late husband Marty faced his first battle with cancer while the two were still in school and recently married. Despite being number one in her class at Columbia, Ginsburg could get arrested before she could get hired. Not one New York law firm, not to mention then Justice Felix Frankfurter, would hire, as Ginsburg says, a Jewish female with a young daughter.

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BARACK OBAMA's music pick WILL SHEFF talks about being on the President's playlist and Lou Reed. Oct 28, 2015

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It's not just Barack Obama who is drawn to Will Sheff's music, Lou Reed was a massive fan as well. Like his mentor Lou Reed, Sheff is a bit of a polymath, but best known for being the lead singer for the indie darling rock band Okkervil River straight out of Austin, Texas. Sheff is also an artist and prolific and pithy writer. You can check out his drawings on his website and read his essays on art and fiction in McSweeney’s, The Talkhouse, Magnet, Billboard, and the Austin Chronicle, where he worked as a film critic for a spell. In 2010, Sheff’s liner notes for the Roky Erickson album True Love Cast Out All Evil, which he also produced, were nominated for a Grammy. I didn't even know liner notes could win a Grammy! More recently, Sheff directed, composed the music and wrote the script for the indie film Down Down the Deep River, which reflects on his childhood of growing up in the 1980’s.

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WNBA's CANDICE WIGGINS, basketball star and AIDS activist talks about the NBA VS. WNBA and planking Oct 21, 2015

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Candice Wiggins was a toddler when her father, Alan Wiggins, a professional baseball player died due to complications from AIDs. He passed away ten months before Magic Johnson boldly came forward about his own status. Once Johnson did, Candice’s mother decided to take her three children out of basketball where Alan had faced racism, and became, what Candice calls, a “basketball family.” Those three children went onto college on basketball scholarships. Candice ended up at Stanford, where she graduated as the highest all-time leading scorer in the Pac-10 women's basketball history. She described her Stanford coach Tara VanDeVeer, had who coached the 1996 Olympic Team, as "like a second mother to me."

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TARA BRACH talks about making a living and being deified as a meditation teacher. Oct 16, 2015

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When I wanted to switch to a meditation practice that felt accessible, a former boss and now genuine friend recommended her therapist, Tara Brach. By that time, Brach had segued to focusing on being a meditation teacher. I became a fan of Brach's dharma talks, joining about 200,000 other folks from over 150 countries who download and listen to her regularly. You can as well at www.tarabrach.com.

In 1998, Tara founded the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C. (IMCW), which is now one of the biggest non-residential meditation centers. You can take one of her workshops, at places like Kripalu in Massachusetts and Omega in New York. She is also the author of the book Radical Acceptance (2003) and True Refuge: Finding Peace & Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart (Bantam, 2013). Brach helped create the Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowship and co-founded the DC-based Meditation Teacher Training Institute.

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New York Times Best Selling Author on sex with professors and writing about people you know. Sep 21, 2015

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Journalism is tough to break into for anyone, particularly if you can't afford to work for less than minimum wage. Freelancing requires constantly pitching, not taking rejection personally, and ingratiating yourself to editors, who already have a stable of staff writers and hungry former colleagues. No matter how talented you are, it's a low paying racket, but a truly gratifying one when you see your name in print or get to work with a fantastic editor or write about an enticing subject. It's why Sue Shapiro's classes are so popular and such a rare opportunity, as she generously shares contacts, offers advice how to best connect, and remains loyal to her students.

When not nurturing other writers as a professor at NYU, Shapiro is a prolific writer. She regularly contributes to The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and every major publication in between, and her novels and memoirs are accessible, funny, pithy and fun rides.

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