Emily Kwong

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4,795 appearances 100 recordings 11 series first heard Jul 2025 last heard 16 Sep

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Short Wave · Is working from home actually good for you? · 29 Jun 2026 podcast

How do we know that the rise in mental health care visits and prescriptions isn't just because of that?

That is fascinating.

How do we know these things are causally linked, that one leads to another?

Call your grandma, everybody.

I mean, it makes sense.

We are such a social species.

We've evolved to connect with each other.

So if social connections are this central to our well-being, why do people, if given the choice, I don't want to speak for all people, but it does seem like there's such an appetite to work from home.

Yeah, there is.

So what's that about?

If it's also kind of hurting people?

This sounds exactly like how people talk about exercise.

They don't have time, the equipment, it's hot, I'm out of shape.

But over time, long-term impacts shows muscle loss, bone density is being impacted.

I mean, the longer-term calculation can be hard to prioritize in the moment.

When you're just tired and you don't feel like calling up somebody.

Ritu, for people who don't have offices to visit and don't have a co-working space, what can they do to combat these negative side effects of the social isolation that comes with working from home?

Yeah.

So it's about like planning for social connection.

What do you think all this means for return to office mandates?

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