MINE: How the Rules of Ownership Control Our ...

What does it take to turn a money-losing hot dog cart into a global empire? Surprisingly, it starts with how you treat your employees. Danny Meyer, the legendary restaurateur behind Shake Shack, Union Square Cafe, and Gramercy Tavern, has built an empire on a deceptively simple i ...  Show more

What if everything we've been told about having a successful career is wrong? ⁠Rutger Bregman⁠ thinks most of us are wasting our working lives and argues we should stop trying to get rich and start trying to solve the world's problems instead. This episode first aired in May 2025 ...  Show more

Every year, fights break out on airplanes. They happen between the people who lean back in their seats, and the people who get their knees smooshed. Sometimes planes have to be grounded because of these arguments. If you think about it, these arguments are the result of confus ...

"Mine" is one of the first words babies learn. By the time we grow up, the idea of ownership seems natural, whether we’re buying a cup of coffee or a house. But who controls the space behind your airplane seat: you reclining or the squished laptop user behind? Why is plagiarism w ...  Show more

Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode talk to Aaron Perzanowski, a University of Michigan Law Professor and author of two books on our shifting definitions of ownership, The End of Ownership and The Right to Repair. They dive into why “buying” something means less than it used to and ...  Show more