74: Traveling Again

Covid’s effect on the workplace, traveling again and our recent trips, our personal decisions to have kids or not have kids, and products we’re loving for summer. Adam Grant Zoom fatigue article Lele Sadoughi masks www.joyandclaire.com email: [email protected] instagram: joyandclaire_ This is Joy & Claire Episode 74: Traveling Again Episode Date: May 13, 2021 Transcription Completed: May 21, 2021 Audio Length: 61:00 minutes  Joy: Hey guys, this is Joy. Claire: And this is Claire. Joy: And this is Joy and Claire. Happy Thursday. Always on a Thursday. Claire: Always. Joy: I don’t know why we picked Thursday. Claire: It was just the day that our episodes were ready the first time, I think. Joy: We’re like, “It’s done.” Claire: We’re like, “It’s done. Should we just release it? Yeah, sure.” Joy: This is how is works in this podcast world? I don’t know. Claire: I’m sure at some point somebody has made strategic decisions about this type of thing. And sometimes I feel like there’s this whole science around when to release content. A lot of you guys know, my day job, I pretty much professionally send emails to tens of thousands of people at a time. It’s just my whole life. And a huge part of that is trying to decide, when’s the best time to send an email. There’s unbelievable amounts of research behind this concept, including what’s the best day. And it’s like, well, don’t send on a Friday because nobody’s going to do anything on a Friday. Don’t send on a Monday. People are out of the office. Don’t send too early on Wednesdays because Wednesdays are really big days for meetings for a lot of people. There’s all this stuff behind it. So it’s just funny to me to think that one day we were like, “We’re going to release our podcast today.” Joy: But is there research in the podcast world? And I’m sure it’s out there. I have not taken the time to look. Claire: I’m sure it’s out there. It has to be out there. If it’s not out there, then we should do it. Joy: Because I think about the podcasts I listen to. I think about the days when all my really good ones come out that I really like. And it’s like every day except for Friday. Friday’s a pretty slow podcast day because everyone’s getting ready for the weekend. Not a lot of people are listening to podcasts over the weekend. But it’s interesting because I’m like – a lot of the news podcasts release heavily on Mondays that I listen to. I don’t know. As long as my podcasts come out. Because people can save them. I know some listeners out there save them for a Saturday. Claire: Totally. But then there are other people out there who are listening to this right now, and it’s 4 o’clock on Thursday morning, and I salute you people who, first of all wake up at 4 o’clock in the morning for any reason ever. Any reason other than to fly to a beach. I can’t imagine a good enough reason. Joy: Some people work overnight shifts, and I applaud you times a thousand for that.