How to Keep Time
The Atlantic
On this season of How to Keep Time, co-hosts Becca Rashid and Ian Bogost explore our relationship with time and how to reclaim it. Why is it so important to be productive? Why can it feel like there’s never enough time in a day? Why are so many of us conditioned to believe that being more productive makes us better people? Produced by Becca Rashid. Co-hosted by Becca Rashid and Ian Bogost. Editing by Jocelyn Frank. Fact-check by Ena Alvarado. Engineering by Rob Smerciak. The executive producer of Audio is Claudine Ebeid; the managing editor of Audio is Andrea Valdez. Write to us at howtopodcast@theatlantic.com.
Categories: Education
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It can be tough to face our own mortality. Keeping diaries, posting to social media, and taking photos are all tools that can help to minimize the discomfort that comes with realizing we have limited time on Earth. But how exactly does documenting our lives impact how we live and remember them? In this episode, diarist and author Sarah Manguso reflects on the benefits and limitations of keeping track of time, and Charan Ranganath, a professor of psychology and researcher at the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience, discusses what research reveals about how memories work and how we can better keep time. Write to us at howtopodcast@theatlantic.com. Music by Rob Smierciak (“Slow Money, Guitar Time, Ambient Time”), Corinne Sperens (“Dichotomy”), Felix Johansson Carne (“Headless”), Martin Gauffin (“The Time”), and Dylan Sittss (“On the Fritz”). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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38 - Can We Keep Time? Mon, 15 Jan 2024
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37 - Time Tips From the Universe Mon, 08 Jan 2024
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36 - How to Rest Mon, 01 Jan 2024
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35 - How to Leave Work Time at Work Mon, 18 Dec 2023
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34 - How to Look Busy Mon, 11 Dec 2023
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33 - How to Waste Time Mon, 04 Dec 2023
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32 - Introducing: How to Keep Time Mon, 06 Nov 2023
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31 - ‘Everyone Used to be Nicer,’ And Other Persistent Myths Thu, 27 Jul 2023
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30 - How to Not Go It Alone Mon, 26 Jun 2023
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29 - How to Know Your Neighbors Mon, 19 Jun 2023
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28 - What Makes a House a Home Mon, 12 Jun 2023
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27 - What do we owe our friends? Mon, 05 Jun 2023
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26 - The Infrastructure of Community Mon, 29 May 2023
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25 - How to Make Small Talk Mon, 22 May 2023
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24 - Trailer: How to Talk to People Mon, 15 May 2023
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23 - Introducing Holy Week Mon, 13 Mar 2023
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22 - A New Formula for Happiness Mon, 14 Nov 2022
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21 - How To Build a Happy Life: The Right Choices in Parenting Mon, 07 Nov 2022
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20 - How To Build a Happy Life: Subtraction as a Solution Mon, 31 Oct 2022
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19 - How To Build a Happy Life: Spend Time on What You Value Mon, 24 Oct 2022
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18 - How To Build a Happy Life: The Complexities of Human Love Mon, 17 Oct 2022
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17 - How To Build a Happy Life: When Virtues Become Vices Mon, 10 Oct 2022
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16 - How To Build a Happy Life: When Expectations Don’t Meet Reality Tue, 27 Sep 2022
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15 - How to Start Over: Forgive Ourselves for What We Can’t Change Mon, 04 Jul 2022
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14 - How to Start Over: The Misgivings of Friend-Making Mon, 27 Jun 2022
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13 - How to Start Over: When Can a Marriage Be Saved? Mon, 20 Jun 2022
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12 - How to Start Over: When Partnership Is Not the Destination Mon, 13 Jun 2022
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11 - How to Start Over: 'Parents Are Not All Good and All Bad' Mon, 06 Jun 2022
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10 - How to Start Over: When You Think It's Too Late Mon, 30 May 2022
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9 - Trailer: How To Start Over Mon, 09 May 2022
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8 - How to Build a Happy Life: Identify What You Enjoy Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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7 - How to Build a Happy Life: Live When You’re In Pain Tue, 09 Nov 2021
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6 - How to Build a Happy Life: Find the Secret to Meaningful Work Tue, 02 Nov 2021
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5 - How to Build a Happy Life: Know That You Know Nothing Tue, 26 Oct 2021
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4 - How to Build a Happy Life: Don't Be Your Own Worst Enemy Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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3 - How to Build a Happy Life: Know You're Lonely Tue, 12 Oct 2021
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2 - How to Build a Happy Life: Be Self-Aware Tue, 05 Oct 2021
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1 - Trailer: How to Build a Happy Life Wed, 22 Sep 2021