When Stalin Killed the Weekend - A Happiness Lab/Cautionary Tales Crossover

当斯大林杀死周末 - 幸福实验室/警示故事交叉

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

2023-12-18

36 分钟
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Time off work is vital for your happiness. So what would you do if you couldn't take the same rest day as your family and friends? Would you quit your job? What if it was the murderous dictator Stalin giving you the order? The Soviet Union wanted its factories to run every day, so workers were stopped from taking the same day off - killing the weekend as we know it. In a crossover between The Happiness Lab and Cautionary Tales, Dr Laurie Santos and Tim Harford discuss the pros and cons of everyone downing tools together and why holidays matter so very much.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  • Pushkin.

  • Hey, it's Dr.

  • Laurie Santos here.

  • The science says that giving a dollar away can make you feel happier than spending on yourself.

  • And if you're in the mood to make every dollar you donate count this holiday season,

  • the Happiness Lab has teamed up with givedirectly.org.

  • If we all pull together, we can make a huge difference to one African village in 2024.

  • Rory Stewart from GiveDirectly.org says money from happiness lab listeners will go directly to the people of Kubobo in Rwanda who'll be left to decide on their own how to best spend it to improve their lives.

  • Getting a little bit of cash is what will allow you to fix your house,

  • buy a cow which could provide milk for your family, get a relative who's ill to the local hospital.

  • These things are genuinely life-transforming.

  • So if you can spare just a few bucks and want to join me and other fans of the show to help the folks in Kubobo,

  • then go to this website, givedirectly.org slash happiness.

  • That's givedirectly.org slash happiness.

  • Just a few dollars can make a huge difference.

  • Happy giving.

  • I'm Dr.

  • Laurie Santos.

  • And I'm Tim Harford.

  • And this is a crossover episode of my podcast, The Happiness Lab.