{"podcast":{"title":"Make Your Damn Bed","slug":"make-your-damn-bed-1372987","podcast_index_feed_id":1372987,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6152264dc28ad2001383af42","website_url":"https://www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6152264dc28ad2001383af42/1653268330489-302af9cc8ab6429897ac2b239aed39d6.jpeg","author":"Julie Merica","episode_count":1822,"summary":"@MYDBpodcast is a bite sized, real talk, daily motivation podcast to play while you make your bed every morning. Build momentum - better your life. Each episode is around 10 minutes and intended to encourage, motivate, and inspire you to get out of bed - so you can start making it! Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, is for general information purposes only. This content is presented on an \"as-is\" basis. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T14:18:32.146541+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-your-damn-bed-1372987"},"episode":{"title":"1746 || the efficiency trap","slug":"1746-the-efficiency-trap","published_at":"2026-04-21T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-your-damn-bed-1372987/1746-the-efficiency-trap","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-your-damn-bed-1372987","url":"https://shows.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed/episodes/1746-the-efficiency-trap","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6152264dc28ad2001383af42/e/69e143a5d2febdbec94c5b62/media.mp3","summary":"“Modern industries thrive on offering  convenience , eliminating “pain points” or “friction” from daily life. Uber, Apple Pay, and food delivery services smooth out mundane chores. However, this smoothness is a  dubious virtue .\" When convenience drains an activity of its meaning, it becomes less valuable.  Access the book, Four Thousand Weeks: https://www.oliverburkeman.com/fourthousandweeks The synopsis of the book, here . Read Julie's Medium Blog . Support JULIE (and the show!) Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON . Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.com Tune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOK . Info on War Tax Resistance. Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief Fund The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"“Modern industries thrive on offering convenience , eliminating “pain points” or “friction” from daily life. Uber, Apple Pay, and food delivery serv…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":570,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/make-your-damn-bed-1372987/episodes/1746-the-efficiency-trap/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-your-damn-bed-1372987/1746-the-efficiency-trap.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}