After Hours

Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss why CEO departures are occurring so frequently, before unpacking the flaws in our 401(k) system. They also offer their After Hours picks for the week. Some recent picks: Salt Fat Acid Heat (Netflix) Turing Tumble (toy) You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: harvardafterhours@gmail.com . You can follow Youngme and Mihir on Twitter at: @Youngm...

Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss Apple’s position in the Chinese market; debate whether payday lending is good or bad for workers; and ask whether companies should be doing more to help employees manage cash shortfalls. They also offer their After Hours picks for the week. You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: harvardafterhours@gmail.com . You can follow Youngme and Mihir...

Taped a few days before heading off for the holidays, Youngme, Felix, and Mihir share their After Hours Predictions for 2019, covering everything from Big Tech, to food, to finance, to entertainment. Some recent picks: Hilma af Klint Exhibit (Guggenheim Museum) Prime Suspect (Amazon Prime Video – Britbox) Atavist Magazine Atlanta, Season 2 (Netflix) Bloomberg article (“ Wall Street Rule for the #M...

Taped a few days before heading off for the holidays, Youngme, Felix, and Mihir share their After Hours Awards for 2018, including their awards for Best/Worst Trend of the Year, Biggest Fail of the Year, Sleeper of the Year, Comeback of the Year, Work Cut Out for Them Next Year, Most Under-Reported Story of the Year, Most Over-Hyped Story of the Year, Person of the Year, and Favorite Entertainment...

Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss Verizon’s write-down on Oath (Yahoo, AOL) and the challenges with building a digital advertising business. They also debate the notion of Radical Transparency, before sharing their After Hours picks for the week. Some recent picks: Bloomberg article (“ Wall Street Rule for the #MeToo Era: Avoid Women At All Cost “) and Response from Jefferies CEO Richard Handler 2...

Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss staggering student debt levels, the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) Movement, and share their After Hours picks for the week. For interested listeners: The Basics of FIRE Mr. Money Moustache (FIRE blog) Some recent picks: Today, Explained Podcast, Nov. 30 Episode (Humans 2.0) Babylon Berlin (Netflix) “ The Prison Inside Me ” (Reuters) Robert Stavins (f...

Youngme, Felix, and Mihir debate whether Microsoft is trending up while Apple is trending down, before discussing the Marriott (Starwood) data breach. They also share their After Hours picks for the week. Some recent picks: Robert Stavins (follow on Twitter) FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) RBG (Documentary on Amazon Video) The Man in the High Castle (Amazon Video) The Ringer website Janesvill...

Youngme, Felix, and Mihir tackle climate change, discuss the Nissan-Renault soap opera, and share their After Hours picks for the week. For interested listeners: The National Climate Assessment Some recent picks: The Man in the High Castle (Amazon Video) The Ringer website Janesville (Amy Goldstein) Airtable (software) Small Fry (Lisa Brennan-Jobs) Educated (Tara Westover) Burn After Reading (Netf...

Youngme and Felix decide to “grade” The New York Times’  news coverage, before sharing their quick takes on other random things. They also share their After Hours picks for the week. For interested listeners: AG Sulzberger Interview with Kara Swisher (Recode Decode Podcast) You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: harvardafterhours@gmail.com . You can follow Youngme and Mihir...

Youngme, Mihir, and Felix discuss how much Uber is worth as it prepares to go public, before debating China’s controversial Social Credit system. They also share their After Hours picks for the week. You can email your comments and ideas for future episodes to: harvardafterhours@gmail.com . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Youngme, Mihir, and Felix debate whether Netflix’s success is sustainable, before trying to wrap their heads around the unthinkably high murder rate in Latin America. They also share their After Hours picks for the week. For interested listeners: Latin America is the Murder Capital of the World (Wall Street Journal) You can email Youngme, Mihir, and Felix with your comments and ideas for future ep...

Youngme and Mihir welcome their colleague Ryan Buell to discuss whether airlines deserve their reputation for terrible customer service. They also share other customer service pet peeves, as well as their personal “Customer Experience Picks.” For interested listeners: Ryan Buell in HBR: The Parts of Customer Service That Should Never Be Automated You can email Youngme, Mihir, and Felix with your c...

Youngme, Mihir, and Felix discuss whether the “retailpocalypse” is real, try to figure out how companies are spending their Trump tax cuts, debate whether share buybacks are a good thing or a bad thing, and offer their picks for the week. For interested listeners: The future of retail? A report from Deloitte Mihir’s take on tax reform Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Youngme, Mihir, and Felix are back with Season 2 of After Hours ! In this episode, they debate whether the federal minimum wage should be raised, offer their personal reflections on a year of the #MeToo movement, and share their picks for the week. For interested listeners: Early evidence on the $15 minimum wage , including the research cited by Felix Slides from a recent classroom discussion Mihi...

In this episode, Felix and Mihir explore the prospects for media outlets like Vice and Buzzfeed, discuss their thoughts on predictive policing, and offer their After Hours picks for the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Mihir and Felix discuss trade, soccer, offer their After Hours picks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this light-hearted episode taped a couple of weeks ago, Youngme, Mihir and Felix discuss the #eatclean movement, their most/least favorite food trends, and offer their After Hours picks for the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this LIVE! episode taped in front of an audience of Harvard Business School alumni, Mihir and Youngme discuss the #MeToo Movement and its impact on business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Youngme, Felix and Mihir debate whether the job of the presidency is too big even for the most competent of executives; discuss whether the vaping trend among teenagers should have us worried; and offer their After Hours picks for the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Youngme, Mihir and Felix brainstorm out-of-the-box ideas for gun control; discuss whether cities like Boston should be trying to attract companies like Amazon despite the affordable housing crunch created; and offer their After Hours picks for the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special episode, Youngme asks three teenagers (including her own son) a set of 10 random questions that address everything from how they think about social media, to bullying in high schools, to how optimistic they are about the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Youngme, Mihir and Felix discuss antitrust and whether we should be concerned about the size of the big tech companies; debate the propriety of corporate lobbying; and offer their After Hours Picks for the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Mihir sits down with HBS economist Rafaella Sadun, who has dug deep into why and how management practices matter with award-winning large-sample empirical work. Rafaella discusses the problems and promise of family ownership, why Americans do IT better, the secrets of her productive partnership and how she came to economics, and her recommendation for a biography of a pioneering f...

In this episode, Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss why voice assistants like Amazon Echo and Google Home are all the rage; debate how to punish Wells Fargo for criminal wrongdoing; and offer their After Hours picks for the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss whether there’s a market for a Netflix for News; debate the future of newspapers like The New York Times; argue about which Big Tech company (Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook) is most and least vulnerable; and offer their After Hours picks for the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.