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Oliver Burkeman Is Busy

Oliver Burkeman explores why people feel so busy today.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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In Praise of Idleness
Is the solution to busyness not to work harder but to indulge in a little idleness?
16 Sep 2016,15 mins
Addicted to Busy
Oliver Burkeman asks if people have become addicted to busy.
15 Sep 2016,15 mins
It's not busyness but bandwidth
Oliver Burkeman asks if our problem might not be lack of time but lack of head space.
14 Sep 2016,15 mins
Fetishising Busyness
Oliver Burkeman asks if we are talking ourselves into feeling overwhelmed with busyness.
13 Sep 2016,15 mins
The Busyness Paradox
Oliver Burkeman explores if the busyness epidemic is not what it at first seems.
12 Sep 2016,15 mins