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Before Breakfast

Second Cup: Respond even if you can't answer

25 Apr 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.031 - 1.893 Laura Vanderkam

This is an iHeart Podcast.

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2.975 - 6.619 Sam Jay

Guaranteed human. On the Look Back At It podcast.

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6.84 - 9.623 Alex English

1979, that was a big moment for me. 84 was big to me.

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10.244 - 23.701 Sam Jay

I'm Sam Jay. And I'm Alex English. Each episode, we pick a year, unpack what went down, and try to make sense of how we survived it. With our friends, fellow comedians, and favorite authors. Like Mark Lamont Hill on the 80s. 84 was a wild year.

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23.721 - 34.793 Unknown

It was a wild year. I don't think there's a more important year for Black people. Listen to Look Back at It on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

38.576 - 68.902 Laura Vanderkam

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is to respond to emails, even if you can't give an answer yet. People want to know that you have received their messages and will deal with them. Letting them know that that is true can ultimately save you time.

71.165 - 94.623 Laura Vanderkam

Today's tip, like some others this week, comes from Laura Mae Martin's new book, Uptime. She works at Google as the company's productivity guru, coaching executives to be more efficient with their time. In her book, she notes that the frequent productivity advice to check email just a few times a day doesn't really work in a corporate environment.

96.104 - 118.714 Laura Vanderkam

Many people's jobs require them to see email more often than that. Plus, no one likes collaborating with a person who doesn't respond to email, Martin says. It's just frustrating. And if you are working with someone non-responsive, It feels like they are putting their desires over the need for the team to move along.

120.576 - 139.894 Laura Vanderkam

And more importantly, she writes, a lot of inefficiencies in email come from people checking back in or bumping up an email because they haven't heard back from someone. If you don't respond to an email, it usually ensures you'll get another email.

Chapter 2: What is the main tip for responding to emails?

244.786 - 276.66 Laura Vanderkam

In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening. And here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at LauraVanderkam.com. Before Breakfast is a production of iHeart Media.

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277.403 - 285.053 Laura Vanderkam

For more podcasts from iHeart Media, please visit the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.

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295.208 - 296.651 Sam Jay

On the Look Back At It podcast.

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Chapter 3: Why is it important to acknowledge received emails?

296.871 - 299.656 Alex English

1979, that was a big moment for me. 84 was big to me.

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300.277 - 300.918 Sam Jay

I'm Sam Jay.

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301.179 - 302.622 Alex English

And I'm Alex English.

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302.642 - 310.236 Sam Jay

Each episode, we pick a year, unpack what went down, and try to make sense of how we survived it. With our friends, fellow comedians, and favorite authors.

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Chapter 4: How can responding to emails save time in the workplace?

310.516 - 315.565 Sam Jay

Like Mark Lamont Hill on the 80s. 84 was a wild year. It was a wild year.

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315.605 - 324.806 Unknown

I don't think there's a more important year for black people. Listen to Look Back at It on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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325.387 - 341.348 Keir Gaines

Hey, what's good, y'all? You're listening to Learn the Hard Way with your favorite therapist and host, Keir Gaines. This space is about Black men's experiences, having honest conversations that it's really not safe to have anywhere, but you're having them with a licensed professional who knows what he's doing. How many men...

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341.328 - 360.096 Keir Gaines

carry a suit of armor it signals to the world that you not to be played with and just because you have the capability that does not mean that you need to listen to learn the hard way on the iHeartRadio app apple podcast or wherever you get your podcasts this is an iHeart podcast guaranteed human

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