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All Episodes

Productivity Nerd — 102 episodes

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Episode 51.5 - The Dopamine-Driven Productivity Hack - How gamification can make work more engaging.

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Episode 51 - The 5 Types of Wealth by Sahil Bloom | Are You Rich in the Ways That Actually Matter? with Helen Taylor

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Episode 50.5 - This Meeting Could've Been an Email

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Episode 50 - The Breathing Fix: How Your Breath is Running (or Ruining) Your Performance, with Phoebe Newman

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Episode 49.5 - The ‘Done for the Day’ Checklist - A method to wrap up work effectively

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Episode 49 - The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande, with Claire Ennion

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Episode 48.5 - Taming the Open Tabs Syndrome – Strategies to stop jumping between tasks

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Episode 48 - Physical Energy, Movement Habits & The Science of Sustainable Productivity, with Duncan Vincent

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Episode 47.5 - Success Comes From Small Efforts Repeated Daily

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Episode 47 - How Flown Is Reinventing Remote Work Productivity with Rich Gwilt

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Episode 46.5 - Mini pod on how to Retain More From the Books You Read | 7 Reading Techniques from Daniel Pink

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Episode 46 - Why Bad Emails Are Killing Your Productivity (And What To Do About It), with Kim Arnold

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Episode 45.5 - Inbox Zero Explained: Why 2,000 Unread Emails Are the Real Problem

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Episode 45 - Working With Your Cycle: Productivity Tips for Hormone-Heavy Days, with Liz Sherlock

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Episode 44.5 - Toxic Productivity and the Hungry Ghost Problem

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Episode 44 - Living Forward by Michael Hyatt, with Claire Ennion

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Episode 43.5 - The cosy January Episode

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Episode 43 - How to Break Up with Your Phone by Catherine Price, with Helen Taylor

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Episode 42.5 - Welcome to 2026: Are You Fast-Forwarding Through Life?

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Episode 42 - Filing Your Tax Return Without Crying: A Festive Chat with Laura Green

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Episode 41.5 - The Productivity Nerd’s Holiday Reading List

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Episode 41 - Virtual Assistants & Productivity: What Every Business Owner Should Know, with Amanda Johnson and Gwen Backhouse

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Episode 40.5 - Minipod on The Zeigarnik Effect; Why Your Brain Clings to Unfinished Tasks

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Episode 40 - Getting Sh*t Done by Roo Day, with Claire Ennion

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Episode 39.5 - How to Stay Productive When Life Gets in the Way

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Episode 39 - How to Have a Good Day at Work (Even When It’s Chaos)

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Episode 38.6 - From UK Office to French Countryside, with Vicki Doudelle

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Episode 38.5 - Minipod on Music for Productivity: What Actually Works?

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Episode 38 - SUMO: Shut Up, Move On, with Paul McGee

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37.5 - minipod Clock Change Autumn

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Episode 37 - Mind Management, Not Time Management, with Claire Ennion

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Episode 36.5 - Minipod on Baby Pandas & Other Bonkers Productivity Hacks

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Episode 36 - Meeting Prep: Because Winging It Isn’t a Strategy, with Claire Stibbon

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Episode 35.5 - Minipod on The power of "closing loops" why unfinished tasks drain mental energy

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Episode 35 - KPIs with Angela Peden of HJP Chartered Accountants

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Episode 34.5 - Minipod: What Is a Sprint? Agile, Design Sprints & Getting Stuff Done FAST

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Episode 34 - Atomic Habits by James Clear, with Helen Taylor

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Episode 33.5 - One decision less...

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Episode 33 - How to Develop your own work style, with Lizzie Penny and Alex Hirst

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Episode 32.5 - minipod on the post holiday inbox

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Episode 32 - The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg, with Helen Taylor

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Episode 31.5 - Mini pod on inbox management - getting someone else to do it

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Episode 31 - Getting through the summer holidays

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30.5 - Minipod on prepping for your holiday

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Episode 30 - Feel Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal with Helen Taylor

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Episode 29.5 - Minipod on Glimmers

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Episode 29 - Why we sleep by Matthew Walker, with Helen Taylor

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Episode 28.5 - Minipod on the Miracle Morning

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Episode 28 - Half Arse Human by Leena Norms, with Claire Ennion

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Episode 27.5 - Minipod on Morning Rituals

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Episode 27 - The Crazy Busy Cure, with Zena Everett

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Episode 26.6 - Minipod on Productivity Rituals

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Episode 26 - Mindfulness and Productivity, with Jana Nightingale

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Episode 25.5 - Minipod on Co Working

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Episode 25 - The 7 habits of effective people by Steven Covey, with Claire Ennion

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Episode 24.5 - Minipod on the ‘Don’t Break the Chain’ Method

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Episode 24 - The Power of Planning, with Holly Copsey

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Episode 23.5 - Minipod on Body Doubling

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Episode 23 - KIND: The quiet power of kindness at work, with Graham Alcott

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Episode 22.5 - Minipod on the Spring Clock Change

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Episode 22 - When by Daniel Pink, with Helen Taylor

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Episode 21.5 - Minipod on mindmaps

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Episode 21 - Shelley Fishel on Microsoft

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Episode 20.5 - Minipod on appointment booking apps

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Episode 20 - The Stack Method with Prasanth Nair

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Episode 19.5 - Minipod on the Rise of the Robots

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Episode 19 - Using AI to get more productive, with Fiona Young

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Episode 18.5 - Minipod on getting past a set back

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Episode 18 - Setting boundaries, with Kate Kurdziej

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Episode 17.5 - Minipod on setting up your diary for a new year

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Episode 17 - Goal Setting, with Dee Fagg

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Episode 16.5 - Minipod on diaries, data and percentages

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Episode 16 - Solo: How to Work Alone (and not lose your mind) by Rebecca Seal, with Helen Taylor

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Episode 15.5 - Minipod on how to choose your planner

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Episode 15 - Slow Productivity by Cal Newport, with Claire Ennion

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Episode 14.5 - Mini Pod on planners - Digital or Analogue?

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Episode 14 - Productivity and ADHD, with Rafa Perez Paton

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Episode 13.5 - Minipod on Managing Receipts

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Episode 13 - Eating well and staying productive, with John Dickinson-Lilley

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Episode 12.5 - Mini Pod - Meeting or email?

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Episode 12 - Faff Slaying with Asmara Kazmi

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Episode 11 - 1, 2, Free, with the author, Tracy Irwin

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Episode 10.5 - Minipod on audiopens

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Episode 10 - Productivity during burnout or an illness, with Helen Taylor

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Episode 9.5 - Minipod on password managers

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Episode 9 - 4000 weeks by Oliver Burkeman, with Claire Ennion

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Episode 8.5 - Text Expander

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Episode 8 - with Caroline Marshall

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Episode 7.5 - Minipod on Outlook Hacks

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Episode 7 - Getting things done by David Allen, with Claire Ennion

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Episode 6.5 - Minipod on Steven Covey's Quadrants

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Episode 6 - Travel planning with Jules Taylor

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Episode 5.5 - Minipod on The Stack Method

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Episode 5 - Productivity Ninja with Claire Ennion

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Episode 4.5 - Minipod on the pomodoro technique

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Episode 4 - Getting your life in order, with Gilly Mulford

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Episode 3.5 - Minipod on Temptation Bundling

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Episode 3 - Winning the Week, with Claire Ennion

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Episode 2.5 - Minipod on Boomerangs

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Episode 2 - The fine art of working while you travel with Sarah Banks 

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Episode 1.5 - Minipod on Time Blocking

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Episode 1 - Working Hard, hardly working – Grace Beverley. With Claire Ennion.