Alice Bradley
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I’m Sirita Wright, Cannabis Media Entrepreneur, And This Is How I Work
Sirita Wright is on a mission. Cannabis laws are changing rapidly all over the world, which means that entrepreneurs are turning their attention toward the booming industry. Currently, however, the majority of cannabis business owners are white — a fact that Sirita wants to help change. With her media company EstroHaze, Sirita and her co-founders…
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How To Not Give A Damn, With Samantha Irby
This week we chatted with Samantha Irby, comedian, writer, mastermind behind the blog Bitches Gotta Eat, and author of the collection of essays We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, as well as the collection Meaty. We crowned her as the voice of her generation, talked marriage and The Bachelorette, and found out why she…
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How To Be An Adult, With Author Andy Boyle
This week on The Upgrade we spoke with Andy Boyle, author of Adulthood for Beginners: All the Life Secrets Nobody Bothered to Tell You. Adulthood for Beginners is a funny book filled with life advice on everything from dating to job seeking to “generally not looking like a dumbarse”.
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How To Be A Good Boss, With Basecamp’s David Heinemeier Hansson And Columnist Rob Walker
All too frequently, people who are good at making a thing get promoted to be the supervisors of the people making the thing — without any training as to how to lead. So how do you become a good boss? Do you pick up leadership skills on the job, or is special coaching required? We…