Burnout with Connor Franta
Episodes
When It Clicked: A Better Way to Treat Kids Who Make Mistakes
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're introducing you to When It Clicked, whose newest season focuses on what a better justice system can look and feel like. How can we thi...
Featuring: Julia Gets Wise with Ruth Reichl
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Because Thanksgiving is basically Ruth Reichl season (the holy trinity of food, family, and feelings) we’re serving you a special episode of Jul...
Listen Now: Keeping Families Together in Oklahoma
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Bright Spots - a new series from Lemonada that offers bite-sized stories of community impact that will leave you feeling inspired and hopef...
Listen Now: Julia Gets Wise with Jane Curtin
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the premiere episode of Wiser Than Me’s new season, Julia Louis-Dreyfus sits down with 78-year-old comedy icon and Saturday Night Live ...
Listen to This: Making of an Activist (Part 3 of 3)
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In episode three of Making of an Activist we discover that after stints in Baltimore and Harlem Children’s Zone, DeRay Mckesson heads to Minneapolis...
Listen to This: Making of an Activist (Part 2 of 3)
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In episode two of Making of an Activist we dive into DeRay Mckesson’s college years where he was the first and only class and student body president...
Listen to This: Making of an Activist (Part 1 of 3)
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In episode one of Making of an Activist we explore DeRay Mckesson’s early years in Baltimore, growing up with two parents struggling with addiction....
Burnout: Voices from the Frontlines
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded and produced by StoryCorps Studios, Voices From the Frontlines is a project created by #FirstRespondersFirst, an initiative of Harvard T.H. C...
The System Was Built This Way, But We Can Rebuild It
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we look at how burnout is inevitable in a system set up to squeeze all the juice out of its workforce. Everyone’s suffering. Does it ...
Breaking Free from Hustle Culture
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Before Shannon quit her job in talent management, work was so taxing that she would dream of being admitted to the hospital, just so she’d have ...
When We All Show Up Burned Out At Work
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In March 2020, when the pandemic hit, Chris Smalls was an hourly worker at a warehouse in Staten Island. Today, he is the president of the Amazon Labo...
We Can’t Live Like This Anymore
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Burnout. It’s all over the news, it’s all over your social feeds. You’re probably living some version of it, but aren’t sure w...
Introducing: Burnout
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s hard to find someone who hasn’t experienced burnout. Bringing wit, humor and doable solutions, host Connor Franta talks to people in ...