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Oliver Burkeman Is Busy Episodes

    In Praise of Idleness

    Is the solution to busyness not to work harder but to indulge in a little idleness?

    Addicted to Busy

    Oliver Burkeman asks if people have become addicted to busy.

    It's not busyness but bandwidth

    Oliver Burkeman asks if our problem might not be lack of time but lack of head space.

    Fetishising Busyness

    Oliver Burkeman asks if we are talking ourselves into feeling overwhelmed with busyness.

    The Busyness Paradox

    Oliver Burkeman explores if the busyness epidemic is not what it at first seems.