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Know What You See with Brian Lowery
Experience the transformative power of human interaction in 'Know What You See'
The “Know What You See” podcast delves into the ways our fundamental need to connect with others profoundly shapes our experience of life. On each episode, through conversations with experts and people just trying to make sense of it all, Brian takes a journey of exploration—answering and raising questions to deepen our understanding of and appreciation for the often surprising, sometimes perplexing, and now and then transcendent lives we create together.
November 21, 2023
Different Friends and Different Times
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This season Brian explores some of the topics from his book “Selfless: The Social Construction of You”.
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November 28, 2023
The Endless Swipe For Love
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2
Barry Schwartz and Radha Patel join Brian Lowery to discuss dating and love.
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December 19, 2023
Finding Home
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3
Brian discusses what makes a home with Le'Shaun Williams and Noami Grevemberg.
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December 27, 2023
Watching Work…from Home
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4
The line between our employment and our personal lives has been blurring and evolving.
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March 12, 2024
Blurring the Boundaries of Race
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6
How do we understand racial identity from individual and community perspectives?
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May 8, 2024
Transforming Life Through Death
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Brian discusses death and dying with Adrianna Prosser, Death Doula
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June 14, 2022
Unrest at Work
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1
Workers are asking their companies for values-based behavior and decision-making.
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July 7, 2022
Rediscovering Worker Power
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2
What's behind the surge in labor organizing?
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July 28, 2022
How Do We Make "Work from Home" Work?
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3
Is working from home working out?
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August 20, 2022
When The Side Hustle Becomes THE Hustle
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4
The future of the gig economy
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September 16, 2022
Minding the Generation Gap
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5
Today's multi-generational office culture and how managers and employees are navigating it
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October 31, 2022
The Great (re-)Balance
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6
The height of the pandemic lockdown caused widespread job losses, followed by a rise in the number of people quitting work, which we haven’t seen in decades.
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November 25, 2022
Work on the Move
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7
Digital nomads are travelling beyond freelance, working remotely from multiple locations.
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December 13, 2022
Learning What’s Next
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Upskilling and New Pathways to Career Opportunities
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August 26, 2021
Coloring Public Spaces
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Understanding the intimacy of public space.
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September 9, 2021
The Cost of Flying High
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Racial identity and the full cost of upward economic mobility.
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September 23, 2021
They Call Them Bruce
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3
How negative stereotypes and the deep lack of representation in the culture can lead to active change.
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October 7, 2021
The Blacker the Hero, the Darker the Truth
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4
What if only Black people could have superpowers? How would they use these abilities, and at what cost?
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October 21, 2021
Identity-Driven Design
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5
Design is about more than just what looks good. From what we choose to wear to what we bring into our homes, design tells us what matters and sometimes who matters.
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November 6, 2021
Who Owns Food?
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What does it mean for food to be authentic? Who owns this or that recipe, ingredient, or flavor? Why do we care?
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November 19, 2021
The Business of Food and Identity
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Selling food that represents who you are and where you’ve been can be a tricky business. What does it mean to serve “authentic” food, and why should it matter?
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December 17, 2021
Who Do You Think You're Talking To?
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Our voices are powerful tools. Whenever and however we speak, we reveal the way we see the world. But, it’s not just the words we use that people interpret, it’s the way we sound.
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May 13, 2022
There's No Place like House
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In the early 1980s a new sound emerged from the loft parties and underground clubs of Chicago: House music.
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