S2 EP7: Forget Inbox Zero

Published: Nov. 22, 2018, 5:30 a.m.

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This week, we explain how the ZigZag inbox works and Manoush answers two very special letters: one from a listener with an unusual financial frustration and another who has an existential entrepreneurial query. Because in the daily cacophony of signals, email sometimes shines through as a place to get the news and information we want from people and sources we trust.

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GO DEEPER:
\\nA study about our email habits\\xa0finds half of us achieve in-box zero. The SEC says\\xa0tokens are securities\\xa0(we think).\\xa0That unnerving New York Times expose about how Facebook handles crises.\\xa0Manoush was in GQ talking about the importance of boredom. How about a Fair Credit Reporting Act to make platforms more accountable?\\xa0The BBC\'s look at how (and why) people in India, Kenya, and Nigeria interact with fake news. Another journalism experiment with a radical membership engagement model:\\xa0The Correspondent.

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Who You\\u2019ll Hear:

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Manoush Zomorodi @manoushz and ZigZag listeners!

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ZigZag is the business show about being human.

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Join a community of listeners riding the twists and turns of late-capitalism, searching for a kinder, more sustainable way. Manoush Zomorodi and Jen Poyant investigate how work and business impact our wellbeing and the planet we live on. On Seasons 4 and 5, hear from rebels and visionaries with radical ideas on how we can build stable lives, careers, and companies.

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\\n**If you\\u2019re also interested in Jen and Manoush\\u2019s personal story and their adventures in starting their own business with a little help from blockchain technology, listen to the first three seasons, starting with Season 1, Chapter 1.

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