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90,000 Hours

Hosted by The Ken · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 9 episodes

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9
Last ep.
17 days ago
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27m
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34
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About this podcast

You’ll spend 90,000 hours at work in your lifetime. How do you make that time count?90,000 Hours is a weekly podcast from the newsroom of The Ken that helps you navigate today’s changing world of work, where the traditional 40-year career is gone, entry-level jobs are being replaced by artificial intelligence, and staying relevant means constantly reinventing yourself.Hosted by Rahel Philipose and Vidhatri Rao, the show features conversations with the people creating, breaking, and rewriting the way we work.

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The Ken hosts 90,000 Hours, a business show with 9 episodes published.

Recent episodes

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Bangalore is unsustainable. Here is how founders are building in smaller tech cities

Jan 19, 202622mEp. 150

Being an employee in corporate urban India is living in a perpetual state of frustration. Long hours, followed by longer commutes. Add infrastructural issues to the mix. It is a nightmare. But people stay on for opportun

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Career forecast 2026: Pyramid collapse, hiring woes, and being human in an AI world

Dec 22, 202528mEp. 120

We started 90,000 Hours because we believe careers are at an inflection point. Nothing seems to be certain anymore as old rules are actively being thrown out of the window. As we wrap up five months of this podcast, our

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In a sea of sameness, one skill stands out

Dec 8, 202539mEp. 110

Generative AI has made it easy to churn out decent design, copy, code in seconds. But in this flood of outputs, who decides what’s actually good? This episode looks at taste. Not the elite kind shaped in galleries or run

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Young, skilled and floundering: Overcoming the hope gap in careers today

Nov 24, 202534mEp. 100

Every generation has a way of thinking their problems are unique and that they have somehow been handed the wrong end of the stick. Most times, it is a cliche. But sometimes, it captures a rare moment that we are only be

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'I automated 20 hours of my work': What AI really does to your job

Nov 10, 202521mEp. 90

We ran a survey last month asking professionals whether AI tools had saved them time at work. About 200 of you wrote in. We heard from consultants, lawyers, product managers, software developers — even a yoga instructor.

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Ex-founders get a bad rap, but they’re exactly who enterprises need

Oct 27, 202528mEp. 80

We have all heard the founder's story. The kind they make movies about. The kind of founders who see unimaginable success and build massive brands that the whole world knows about. Or the other kind of founder story. The

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The great Indian GCC makeover

Oct 13, 202530mEp. 70

It started with a satellite dish arriving on a bullock cart. Back in 1985, that scene outside Texas Instruments’ new Bengaluru office quietly marked the birth of India’s first multinational R&D centre and opened the door

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AI broke the job hunt. Here’s what’s replacing it

Sep 29, 202525mEp. 60

Do you remember the first job you ever applied for? Maybe it was during your college placement cycle. Or perhaps it was a frantic search on Naukri.com or LinkedIn right after graduation. However you did it, and whatever

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Meta to SoftBank to Verix: Kirthiga Reddy on navigating 'six careers in one lifetime'

Sep 15, 202545mEp. 50

In this week’s 90,000 Hours, Rahel Philipose speaks to Kirthiga Reddy, Meta India’s first hire, SoftBank’s first woman investing partner, and now founder of blockchain-powered credentialing platform, Verix. From taking a

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Indian IT faces its ultimate reckoning. Here’s how founders and veterans are rethinking the playbook

Sep 1, 202532mEp. 40

India’s $283 billion IT industry is in the middle of a perfect storm: AI is rewriting old playbooks, GCCs are pulling away top talent, and clients are tightening budgets. But this isn’t the first time the sector has had

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The hard truth about the American dream

Aug 18, 202523mEp. 30

For decades, studying in the US was seen as a golden ticket: a degree that promised not just world-class education, but a clear path to jobs, visas, and a better life abroad. But in 2025, that promise looks very differen

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At work, it’s 'AI or bust'. What’s your move?

Aug 4, 202527mEp. 20

What happens when AI at work isn't optional anymore? Across the board, companies are investing in AI tools for their teams. But with that access comes a new kind of pressure to work smarter, move faster, and think more c

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Pitches, pickleball, and the new rules of networking

Jul 21, 202518mEp. 10

For decades, networking was about being seen: showing up in the right rooms, handing out the right cards, and saying the right things. Today, a new generation of founders and VCs is rewriting that script with sweat, snea

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Introducing 90,000 Hours: Work is changing. Are you ready?

Jul 15, 20251m0

You’ll spend 90,000 hours at work in your lifetime. How do you make that time count? 90,000 Hours is a weekly podcast from the newsroom of The Ken that helps you navigate today’s changing world of work, where the traditi

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90,000 Hours is hosted by The Ken. The show is categorised under business (careers) and has published 9 episodes.

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90,000 Hours has published 9 episodes.

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90,000 Hours regularly covers business, careers. It sits in the business category, with a careers focus.

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