2020 Did It to Me

Lately, I’ve been curious about purpose and motivation and how, if at all, our relationship with purpose and motivation has changed across the 2020s. I found a study that confirms purpose is still a crucial factor to motivation at work today for Millennials, which has possible implications on how we design work so that employees are engaged and satisfied and our organizations remain productive and...

No one really knows how much and in what ways the world of work will be shaped by AI moving forward, but one thing’s for sure - AI is already and will continue shaping jobs and the ways those jobs are done.    Sources:  International Labour Organization - Global Index of Occupational Exposure to Generative AI US Bureau of Labor Statistics - AI Impacts in BLS Employment Projections  World Economic...

If you feel like your grocery bill looks completely different than before 2020, you are not imagining it. In this episode, we’re looking at what actually happened to food costs before and after 2020, what changed, why prices went up, and why they haven’t come back down. Sources:  USDA Food Price Outlook United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Price Index  AP - Rockets and Feathers Effect ...

The General Social Survey shows Americans are the least happy in the 2020s  since the survey's inception in 1972. Why?     Sources:  Economist 2020 Findings - by Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune  Email info@2020didittome.com to share your 2020 story or submit an idea for a future episode. Visit www.2020didittome.com to see all available episodes.  Our album art was created by Sarah Duff .  The follo...

Gallup highlights global trends across the 2020s in employee engagement, manager engagement, and job market perceptions.    Sources:  2026 State of the Global Workplace Report - Gallup   Email info@2020didittome.com to share your 2020 story or submit an idea for a future episode. Visit www.2020didittome.com to see all available episodes.  Our album art was created by Sarah Duff .  The following mu...

In the US since 2020, people have been moving. Where and why?   Sources:  Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies - Post-Pandemic Migration Has Reshaped Rural Population Change Venture Capitalist - US Population Growth by State (2020-2025)  Realtor.com - New Map Shows Extent of Post-Pandemic Wealth Migration - With Billions Flowing Into Florida  Email info@2020didittome.com to share yo...

Allow me to reintroduce myself as we kick off the fourth season of 2020 Did It to Me . In this episode, explore public trust in the government in the 2020s.    Sources:  Pew Research Center - Public Trust in Government   2025 Edelman Trust Barometer Email info@2020didittome.com to share your 2020 story or submit an idea for a future episode. Visit www.2020didittome.com to see all available episode...

In this episode, we’re taking a look at alcohol-related deaths in the U.S. and how it’s changed since 2020.     Sources:  Research Article - Alcohol-Induced Deaths in the US - Wong, Böttcher, Chou, D’Orsogna  Gallup’s Latest Findings on US Drinking Rate  NIAAA - Alcohol Use in the US  Email info@2020didittome.com to share your 2020 story or submit an idea for a future episode. Visit www.2020diditt...

All anyone seems to be talking about lately is AI. The 2020s have been a revolutionary period for AI, changing the way we work and navigate life, and it will continue to change things moving forward.    Sources Tableau - AI History Open AI - Economic Analysis  Business Wire - AI Growth  Stanford - 2025 AI Index Report  Pew Research - AI Usage in US Entrepreneur - IBM  Microsoft - AI in Education ...

I’ve heard a few mentions of declining crime rates in the US since 2020. Naturally, I had to explore. Here's what I learned.    Sources:  Pew Research Article by John Gramlich  Brookings 2020 Homicide Spike Article by Rohit Acharya and Rhett Morris Email info@2020didittome.com to share your 2020 story or submit an idea for a future episode. Visit www.2020didittome.com to see all available epi...

Here are three key points from the 2025 World Happiness report that help shed light on how we’re different on the other side of 2020.    Source:  2025 World Happiness Report   Email info@2020didittome.com to share your 2020 story or submit an idea for a future episode. Visit www.2020didittome.com to see all available episodes.  Our album art was created by Sarah Duff .  The following music was use...

The mental health crisis in youth across the world is still a major issue in the 2020s, and the pandemic didn’t help.  Sources: The Book - The Anxious Generation  The Evidence - The Anxious Generation   Notes and Figures PDF - The Anxious Generation  Four New Norms - The Anxious Generation  Yes, Social Media Really Is a Cause of the Epidemic of Teenage Mental Illness - After Babel  Social Media an...

Rachel Edwards helps us understand what it’s like to work in international humanitarian aid in the US in 2025, as executive orders from President Trump call for a pause in US foreign development assistance and DOGE has essentially dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID).    Sources:  White House : Executive action on Jan. 20 to pause US foreign development assistance  Pew Re...

Since President Donald Trump took office in January, he's issued several executive orders against DEI. Companies are walking back their DEI efforts at an increased rate, and consumers are boycotting.    Sources:  The White House - Ending DEI Programs Executive Order  NPR - DEI Executive Order Temporary Block   CBS - Trump Blaming FAA DEI for Plane Crash   USA Today - Removal of the Black Live...

Let's unpack a Pew Research Center report from February 2025 that looks at COVID’s impact in four specific areas of American life:  Personal health and policy  The workplace  Religious life  Technology use  Sources:  https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/02/12/5-years-later-america-looks-back-at-the-impact-of-covid-19/  https://www.brookings.edu/articles/a-majority-of-americans-are-worrie...

It’s December 2024, and this is my last episode of the second season of 2020 Did it to Me.  Across my two seasons, I’ve been exploring the ways we’ve changed since 2020.  I truly do believe we’re still coming to terms with how 2020 has affected us. And I think this is going to be a decades-long exploration.  Email info@2020didittome.com to share your 2020 story or submit an idea for a future episo...

As we face the first presidential election in the wake of January 6, 2021 what has changed when it comes to voting since 2020?    Sources:  https://news.gallup.com/poll/649397/democrats-drive-surge-election-enthusiasm.aspx   https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/09/09/issues-and-the-2024-election/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/voters-are-worried-about-post-election-violence-implication...

Let’s dive into some of Gallup’s latest findings on emotions and the global workforce, and look for clues that tell us how our relationship with work and our outlook on life is shifting in the wake of 2020.    Sources:  2024 Gallup Global Emotions Report  2024 Gallup State of the Global Workplace Report    Email info@2020didittome.com to share your 2020 story or submit an idea for a future episode...

2023 was the warmest year on record, and climate change has been in the news quite a bit the last several years, so I thought it right time to talk about it on the podcast. Sources:  https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/06/energy-transition-positive-climate-change/   https://www.epa.gov/climate-change/what-you-can-do-about-climate-change   https://phys.org/news/2024-08-shipping-emissions-air-qualit...

I came across an interesting Reddit thread that starts with a question - “Does anyone else not feel the same since 2020 and the pandemic?” The conversation sparked by the post piqued my interest. Sources:  https://www.reddit.com/r/Adulting/comments/1ecj6l8/does_anyone_else_not_feel_the_same_since_2020_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Adulting/comments/1cux4ha/does_anyone_else_not_feel_the_same_since_...

Let's take a look at the economic impacts of 2020 and where we are today.  Sources:  https://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/research/2024/20240408 https://www.gallup.com/workplace/612143/post-pandemic-customer-demanding-harder-employees.aspx?utm_source=gallup_brand&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=gallup_at_work_2_march_03192024&utm_term=information&utm_content=see_the_findin...

George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis in May 2020. His death ignited an uproar in racial justice and caused a ripple effect of calls for and promises of change. So what’s really changed since 2020 when it comes to racial justice? Sources:  https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-policing-has-changed-4-years-after-george-floyds-murder   https://www.axios.com/2024/04/02/dei-backlash-diver...

Apparently, it’s actually rare to see population-wide personality shifts, even after stressful events, but this is actually what psychologists have noticed since the pandemic.  Sources:  https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/10/05/1126825073/pandemic-stress-impact-personalities   https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0274542   https://time.com/6165501/pandemic-...

What did COVID really do to birth rates? Was there an increase in babies due to the pandemic or not? Sources:  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-caused-a-baby-bump-when-experts-expected-a-drop-heres-why/   https://apple.news/A-r2h0xy-RTOLku7LIcj2lA   https://news.gallup.com/poll/511238/americans-preference-larger-families-highest-1971.aspx https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/document...

Hear key findings from author David Hochman's May 2023 AARP Bulletin cover story, "Three Years Later: What We Learned from COVID: The Pandemic's Impact on Home, Family, Healthcare, Work, Technology, Community, Money and More." Read the article with an AARP account here .  Email info@2020didittome.com to share your 2020 story or submit an idea for a future episode. Visit www.202...