Working Smarter
Episodes
Why don’t more AI tools understand what matters to you?
16 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How do you build AI that actually understands you and the work you do? It all starts with having the right context. We talk with Dropbox staff produ...
Coming soon: Working Smarter season three
02 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Modern work can be frustrating and chaotic—if you don’t have the right tools. From context engineering to multimodal search, go behind the scenes ...
How AI helps the McLaren F1 Team make every second count
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The world record for fastest pit stop—a mere 1.8 seconds—was set by the McLaren F1 Team at the Qatar Grand Prix in 2023. It’s an incredible feat...
This poet discovered AI and fell back in love with his creative career
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Iain Thomas is a poet, author, and the Chief Innovation Officer at Sounds Fun—an advertising and creative agency that he co-founded with the belief ...
The distillery with an AI-backed plan to lift their spirits
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bespoken Spirits isn’t your typical whiskey distillery. Yes, they’re based in the American bourbon heartland of Lexington, Kentucky, and yes, they...
These people made an internal podcast. AI helped them reach the whole team
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Cupido doesn’t speak Spanish or French. But using AI, she and her team helped a global nonprofit make their internal podcast more accessible ...
For these shipwreck-hunting humans, AI is part of the crew
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Very few people get paid to visit shipwrecks—but for Stephanie Gandulla, it’s all part of the job. Stephanie is a scuba diver, maritime archeologi...
Why the hot new ingredient in this chef’s pantry is AI
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Ramirez has spent his career finding innovative ways to make mouth-watering meals for clients—and one of his latest ingredients is artificial in...
Coming soon: Season two
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Working Smarter is back for season two! Starting September 3, we’re going beyond the hype and headlines to bring you stories about real people using...
Sophia Wang on the new tools helping her find answers in old data
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On our final episode this season of Working Smarter we talk to Sophia Wang, an assistant professor of ophthalmology at Stanford University. Wang lead...
CEO Drew Houston on solving the biggest problem with modern work
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For our seventh episode of Working Smarter we’re talking to Drew Houston, the co-founder and CEO of Dropbox. If you’ve been online long enough, i...
Pascal Weinberger on bringing the "superpower" of automation to everyone
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For our sixth episode of Working Smarter we’re talking to Pascal Weinberger, the co-founder and CEO of Bardeen, an AI-powered automation platform. ...
Natalie Kupperman on why we still need humans in the loop
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For our fifth episode of Working Smarter we’re talking to sports scientist Natalie Kupperman. She’s an assistant professor of data science at the ...
Babak Hodjat on building smarter, more helpful AI
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For our fourth episode of Working Smarter we’re talking to Babak Hodjat, the chief technology officer for AI research at Cognizant. If you’ve ever...
May Habib on spending more time in flow
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For our third episode of Working Smarter we’re talking to May Habib, the co-founder and CEO of Writer, a generative AI platform for businesses. Writ...
Abdi Aidid on being your most creative, dynamic self
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For our second episode of Working Smarter, we’re talking to University of Toronto law professor Abdi Aidid about AI, the law, and the “possibility...
Kate Darling on human-machine partnerships
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For our first episode of Working Smarter we’re talking to Kate Darling, a research scientist at MIT’s Media Lab and author of The New Breed: What ...
Trailer | Working Smarter
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Working Smarter! In this new podcast from Dropbox, learn how people are already using AI at work to collaborate, find focus, and get stuff ...
Etiquette 2 with Travis and Teresa McElroy | Remotely Curious
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On our final episode of Remotely Curious, we’ll have a fun conversation with Teresa and Travis McElroy, humorists and hosts of the podcast Shmanners...
Focus with Gloria Mark | Remotely Curious
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can we stay focused in a world full of distractions? In this episode of Remotely Curious, we talk to professor and author Dr. Gloria Mark about th...
Not Okay with Essi Viding | Remotely Curious
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Remotely Curious, we talk to psychology professor and researcher Essi Viding about how to support well-being in a remote work envir...
New Kid with Katy Milkman | Remotely Curious
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of Remotely Curious, we talk to professor and behavioral scientist Katy Milkman about why fresh starts are so exciting, ways to u...
Creativity with Hrishikesh Hirway | Remotely Curious
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to musician, composer, podcaster, and creative powerhouse Hrishikesh Hirway on how to trust our instincts, the fine line between garbage and g...
Dress with Deirdre Clemente | Remotely Curious
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of Remotely Curious, we’ll have some fun talking with fashion historian and professor Deirdre Clemente about how big cultural m...
Time Management with Oliver Burkeman | Remotely Curious
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Remotely Curious, we talk to best-selling author Oliver Burkeman about how to reset our relationship to time, how to meet demands w...
Season 2 Trailer | Remotely Curious
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re excited to announce an all new season of Remotely Curious. The podcast that asks all the questions about remote, hybrid, or “Virtual First”...
Boundaries with Andrea Bonior | Remotely Curious
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’ll talk to psychologist, professor, and best-selling author Andrea Bonior, Ph.D., about the importance of values-based boundarie...
Organization with Kathleen Vohs | Remotely Curious
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, we talk to psychologist, professor, and behavioral economist Kathleen Vohs about the link between messiness and creativity, how ...
Faces with Dr. Jeremy Bailenson | Remotely Curious
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, we talk with Dr. Jeremy Bailenson, professor and founding director of the Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford University, ...
Etiquette with Teresa and Travis McElroy | Remotely Curious
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How have the rules of office etiquette changed in remote work? We’ll have a fun conversation with Teresa and Travis McElroy, humorists and hosts of ...
Friendship with Dr. Marissa Franco | Remotely Curious
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it so dang hard to make friends as a grownup? We’ll talk to psychologist, friendship expert, and author Dr. Marissa Franco about how to culti...
Motivation | Elizabeth Uviebinené
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Where does motivation come from, and how can we sustain it in remote work? Award-winning author and Financial Times columnist Elizabeth Uviebinené jo...
Rituals with Casper Ter Kuile and Kursat Ozenc | Remotely Curious
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What happens to work rituals when we no longer go into work? We’ll talk to rituals scholar Casper Ter Kuile and design leader Kursat Ozenc about why...
Trailer | Remotely Curious
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Tiffani Jones Brown, Remotely Curious from Dropbox asks all the questions about remote, hybrid, and as we call it, “virtual first” work....