Back to Work

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About the show

Back to Work is an award winning talk show with Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin discussing productivity, communication, work, barriers, constraints, tools, and more.

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Episodes

  • Episode 365: Volume Eight

    February 27th, 2018  |  1 hr 23 mins

    The main topic this week is an exploration of TickTick. Neat app.

  • Episode 364: The New Fudge

    February 20th, 2018  |  1 hr 24 mins
  • Episode 363: She's My Horcrux

    February 13th, 2018  |  1 hr 20 mins

    This week, Dan and Merlin talk about lots of recent experiences with the weird and often-frustrating world of streaming TV. What a mess.

  • Episode 362: A Yuck and a Yum

    February 6th, 2018  |  1 hr 9 mins

    This week, Dan and Merlin talk about the Eagles' big win, what constitutes a catch, Dan's cool new shirt, and more.

  • Episode 361: Caveman Arithmetic

    January 30th, 2018  |  1 hr 23 mins

    This week, Dan and Merlin talk about crazy kids' homework, Dan's exciting nerd field trips in the Bay Area, the magic of PIXAR, a handy Netflix companion site, and using Siri on Apple TV.

  • Episode 360: I Haven't Lost My Knife

    January 24th, 2018  |  1 hr 16 mins

    This week, Dan and Merlin talk a lot about writing and respond to feedback from listeners.

  • Episode 359: You Can't See Inside the Dog

    January 16th, 2018  |  1 hr 18 mins

    This week, Dan has some weather, Cash makes a battery, homework can be a silly drag, management is about scalability and quantification, and more.

  • Episode 358: Dumb Ohio Mouth

    January 9th, 2018  |  1 hr 32 mins

    This week, your hosts cover some odds and sods, share some recommendations, design some fantasy podcast apps, and introduce an exciting new feature involving the Internet Science Site.

  • Episode 357: Scrolling Carousel of Pain

    January 2nd, 2018  |  1 hr 26 mins

    Hey, Twitter is trending pound sign back to work!

  • Episode 356: Politics or Gender or Iron Man

    December 29th, 2017  |  1 hr 19 mins

    The boys wrap up a big year—a huge year—with an unintentionally thematic episode about feelings, expectations, nostalgia, and the black boxes of life, technological and otherwise.

  • Episode 355: Eleven Dollars and a Bottle of Yoo-hoo

    December 19th, 2017  |  1 hr 39 mins

    This week, Dan and Merlin talk about keyboard preferences (and their noises), Merlin catching Dan's weird "Mr. Robot" bug on Apple TV, feedback about "inside jokes" and more.

  • Episode 354: One Whale

    December 12th, 2017  |  1 hr 45 mins

    This week, Dan and Merlin talk about (partial) resolution to Dan's Apple TV bug and more.