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Now, What's Next?

A podcast that explores the human stories behind the big, sometimes hidden economic forces that shape how we live, what we value and how we make choices. This season: the supply chain.

Hosted by Sonari Glinton.

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Season 3

Now, What's Next? Podcast

Host to Host: A Conversation with Carla Harris

May 11, 2022

Sonari sits down with fellow Morgan Stanley podcast host and Wall Street veteran Carla Harris to discuss their experiences of equity in the economic landscape.

Now, What's Next? Podcast

Trouble Brewing Along the Coffee Supply Chain

Feb 2, 2022

How will climate change impact farmers, shippers, distributors, roasters and ultimately the price we pay for a cup of joe?

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Your Pet’s Supply Chain Woes

Jan 19, 2022

Changes in our eating habits, along with the pandemic surge in pet ownership, are making it more difficult and expensive to feed our animals.

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Jobs Go Begging on the Open Road

Jan 5, 2022

There’s a serious shortage of truck drivers just when we need them most. Recruitment efforts and technology could change the face of the job for good.

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The Great Kettlebell Shortage

Dec 15, 2021

Overseas manufacturing contributed to a kettlebell shortage: onshoring helped meet demand, but is not a simple solution.

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Trouble in Toyland

Dec 1, 2021

How shipping chaos is wreaking havoc on the busiest buying season, and what some toymakers and toy stores are doing to save the holidays.

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Stuck on the Ever Given

Nov 3, 2021

Sonari Glinton begins a season-long series on the supply chain by exploring how different people were impacted by the cargo ship that clogged up the Suez Canal for six days.

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When Just-in-Time Is Too Late

Nov 17, 2021

How the just-in-time supply chain model left healthcare workers scrambling for PPE, and how supplier relationships and innovations filled the gaps.

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Revaluing the Essential Work of Childcare

Jul 21, 2021

The pandemic pushed working mothers to a breaking point. As the U.S. recovers from a “she-cession,” we look at the past and future of childcare.

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Caring for Our Elders

Jul 7, 2021

The pandemic has taken a terrible toll on elderly people and their caregivers. Sonari Glinton meets people finding solutions to improve life for seniors.

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Searching for Balance: How and Why We Work

Jun 23, 2021

Industrialists like Henry Ford made the 40-hour work week popular in the 1920s. A hundred years later we look at how it’s working out for us.

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The Re-Education of Higher Learning

Jun 9, 2021

How is the pandemic changing higher education? We meet people rethinking online teaching, what students need to succeed and why a campus matters.

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Back to the Big Screen

May 12, 2021

Sonari Glinton explores how this past year changed the ways we watch movies, who gets to tell stories, and how box office and production power is shifting.

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Meet Me At The Mall

May 26, 2021

Host Sonari Glinton talks with people around the world who are rethinking shopping malls, what they mean to a community, and how to build them better.

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Mental Health: The Other Pandemic

Feb 3, 2021

The strain is showing on us all. As a parallel mental health crisis emerges from the pandemic, many of us are admitting that we need help. It’s an opportunity to finally take mental health seriously.

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New Lessons for Remote Education

Jan 20, 2021

Students and teachers were forced to adapt to online learning this past year. The pivot gave them a chance to rethink how we teach - and how we learn.