S6 EP6 STEP 6: THE TIMELINE
On the final episode of The ZigZag Project, activist Stacey Abrams explains her short-term strategies for sticking to her long-term goals an...
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Meet Manoush and Jen, founders of Stable Genius Productions. They’re documenting the process of starting a media company while trying not to simultaneously become bad mothers, bankrupt thems...
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20 of 74 episodesS6 EP5 STEP 5: THE PATHS
Today is Step 5 of The ZigZag Project , our six-step process to get you from wanting to make a big change in your life and work...to actuall...
S6 EP4 STEP 4: THE MATCH
On this episode of The ZigZag Project , we move into a more practical phase and start asking hard questions like: What might you need to sac...
S6 EP3 STEP 3: THE WEIRD IDEAS
The third step of The ZigZag Project requires getting weird. Because we're gonna need to dig deep to find new ways to roll back climate chan...
S6 EP2 STEP 2: THE VISION
Conflict resolution specialist Priya Parker joins Manoush to talk about visioning : Taking time out of our daily lives to clarify our profes...
S6 EP1 STEP 1: THE PULSE
We’re doing something different this season… The ZigZag Project is six steps (and episodes) to help you map out a path that aligns your pers...
S5 EP6: The Case of the Lost American Dream
You may have heard Aarti Shahani ’s voice on the radio when she was NPR’s Silicon Valley reporter . The techies she interviewed often assume...
S5 EP5: Changing Our Relationship to STUFF
We recycle. But does it make a difference? We donate our old t-shirts. But does anyone want them? We try to shop less. But isn't that bad fo...
S5 EP4: Carrie Goldberg is the Troll Slayer
Carrie Goldberg ‘s legal career changed course the year her ex-boyfriend relentlessly cyber-harassed her. At the time, the First Amendment p...
S5 EP3: Can Big Tech Be Healed?
From his posts at Harvard and M.I.T. , Greg Epstein observed that the tech industry– with its hierarchies and sacred texts–looked a lot like...
S5 EP2: Why Arlan Hamilton Still Believes Capitalism is the Great Equalizer
In 2018, Backstage Capital's Arlan Hamilton was on the cover of Fast Company magazine. The headline was irresistible: homeless, gay, Black w...
S5 EP1: Eric Ries' Radical Stock Market Experiment
When Eric Ries wrote The Lean StartUp he had no idea his book would inspire a new generation of entrepreneurs to ‘pivot’ and ‘iterate.’ Now...
The zigs and zags just keep coming. Welcome to Season 5.
ZigZag , the business podcast about being human, returns as a member of the TED family of podcasts. Join this zig-zagging quest with Manoush...
End of A Partnership
Two years ago, Jen and Manoush quit their jobs and became business partners. Today their adventure comes to an end. Hear how financial and p...
S4 EP22: Mailchimp’s CEO On Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Business Without Being an A$$hole
The newsletter company Mailchimp made an impressive $700 million dollars in revenue in 2019 and, after 20 years, it’s still owned and operat...
S4 EP21: Being Ethnically Ambiguous At Work
As co-host of NPR’s Code Switch , Shereen Marisol Meraji combines groundbreaking reporting on race and culture with her own personal experie...
S4 EP20: How Valerie Jarrett Turned Her Misery Into Motivation
Valerie Jarrett ‘s fascinating family defied racism to become some of the most influential African-Americans you’ve likely never heard of, i...
S4 EP19: The Guy Who Quit Planes for Good
For millions of us, air travel comes with the job. NASA physicist Peter Kalmus was no different; he frequently flew to prestigious conferenc...
S4 EP18: Don't Tie a Pink Ribbon for Kate Pickert
After an onerous cancer diagnosis, Kate Pickert nearly skipped an interview for a job she desperately wanted. Her husband encouraged her to...
S4 EP17: Helping Your Relationship Survive Your Job
Double-career couples are the norm these days. But when organizational behaviorist Jennifer Petriglieri looked for studies on how these coup...