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#23: How to Get Hired, with Jared Spool

May 2nd, 2017 · 60 minutes

This week, the legendary and outspoken Jared Spool joins the show. We discuss why most companies are terrible at hiring for design jobs, and what designers can do to take control of their careers and attract meaningful work.

#22: Jessica Hische Is Good at Freelancing

April 14th, 2017 · 53 minutes

This week, one of the best letterers and illustrators in the industry, Jessica Hische, joins the show. We discuss the thrills and anxieties of making a living as a freelancer.

#21: How We’ll Design for Virtual Reality

March 29th, 2017 · 47 minutes

Game designer Shahid Ahmad joins the show to talk about designing for VR.

#20: Design Sprints: How to Get Your Boss to Draw in Just 5 Days

March 16th, 2017 · 45 minutes

Special guest Jake Knapp joins the show to talk about how sprints are changing how we do design. He's a Design Partner at Google Ventures and author of bestselling book "Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days."

#19: Design Ethics and the Race to the Bottom of the Brain Stem

March 1st, 2017 · 45 minutes

This week's special guest is Tristan Harris, former Design Ethicist at Google and the founder of the Time Well Spent movement. We talk about ethics in design, and how even our best intentions in serving users can often make use of manipulative patterns.

#18: So What Is It Exactly That Product Managers Do?

February 15th, 2017 · 46 minutes

Laura Klein, author of "Build Better Products" discusses the evolving role of Product Managers, and how they intersect, overlap, and compliment User Experience Designers.

#17: My Dishwasher Really Needs Bluetooth

February 3rd, 2017 · 54 minutes

This week, Relay FM co-founder Myke Hurley joins the show to talk about the design of everyday things, the impact of companies like Apple and Slack on how we build things, and why it's so hard to rebrand a business.

#16: Design at Google Is Like Baseball in Europe

January 20th, 2017 · 42 minutes

Former Global Head of UX at Google Irene Au joins the show to talk about the last 10 years of design at the search engine giant.

#15: The Voice of Slack

January 6th, 2017 · 51 minutes

Anna Pickard, the Head of Voice and Tone at Slack, talks about how writing and language that is clear, concise, and human can be the bedrock of a great user experience.

#14: The Next Billion Users

December 8th, 2016 · 45 minutes

We talk to Rachel Ilan Simpson from the Google Chrome team about designing for the next billion users coming online in emerging markets.