John Donvan

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2,077 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 18 Sep

John Donvan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 13 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 6.

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Open to Debate · Is America Ready for a Four-Day Work Week? · 4 Sep 2026 podcast

And Joanne, I think the question is a bit of a curveball for you because you're arguing that fewer days does not necessarily result in less work, but I'll put it to you anyway. voice-verified

If workers can really accomplish five days of work in four, were they wasting one day a week before? voice-verified

Oh, how interesting. voice-verified

All right, we're going to take a break. voice-verified

And when we come back, we're going to continue the conversation around our question, is America ready for the four-day workweek? voice-verified

And when we come back, we're also going to be inviting some other voices to help go even further into that question. voice-verified

I'm John Donvan. voice-verified

This is Open to Debate. voice-verified

Welcome back to Open to Debate. voice-verified

We're taking on the question, is America ready for the four-day workweek? voice-verified

I'm John Donvan. voice-verified

Our debaters are Juliette Shore, who is arguing yes. voice-verified

Joanne Lipman is arguing no. voice-verified

And now we're going to bring in some other voices to the conversation to ask some questions of our debaters. voice-verified

They are subject matter experts who have been voice-verified

following along with the conversation and are ready with questions. voice-verified

And first up, I'd like to welcome Bob Posen. voice-verified

Bob is a senior lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, a non-resident senior fellow at Brookings, and author of six books, including Extreme Productivity. voice-verified

Also, Bob, you're a former debater on our show, so I want to say welcome back to you. voice-verified

Thanks for joining us again. voice-verified

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