Media

I talk regularly about rest and the 4-day week. Here are a selection of podcast conversations, talks, and the occasional TV appearance:

March 2026: 1000 Hours Outside podcast, “Episode 726: Deliberate Rest

December 2025: Life’s Dirty Little Secrets Podcast, “Secrets of Rest with Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

September 2025: SNAFU with Robin Zander, “Why You Should Work Less with Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

December 2024, More Business More Life with Steve Napolitan, “Take Rest As Serious As Your Work

September 2024: Maker’s Wave, “Cultivating Creativity Through Rest: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang on the Hidden Benefits of Downtime

July 2024: The Being Human Podcast with Richard Atherton, “Thriving With a Four Day Week

June 2024: Boardroom In The Bush with Alexandra Joy, “The Four Day Work Week

May 2024: Entrepreneur, Among Other Things, “Work Better, Smarter, and Less: The Four Day Work Week

February 2024: Emotional Longevity Podcast with Elisha Goldstein, “Unlock the Power of Rest: Transform Stress into Productivity

January 2024: Squiggly Careers, “The Power of Rest

October 2023: TED The Way We Work, “How Rest Can Make You Better at Your Job

May 2023: HanaHaus Palo Alto, “The 4-Day Work Week | Fireside Chat with Alex Soojung-Kim Pang & Chris Yeh

April 2023: Live+Work More Human, “Work Less, Do More: Demystifying The Four Day Work Week

January 2023, Not Another Afternoon with Abtion, “Øg din produktivitet med pauser

May 2022: The PhD Life Raft with Dr Emma Brodzinski, “Work Smarter as a PhD Researcher

April 2022: CGTN America, “Alex Soojung-Kim Pang on 4 Day Work Week

February 2022: Screen Life with Catherine Price, “Funtervention Live Call With Alex Soojung-Kim Pang and Catherine Price

January 2022: unSILOed Podcast with Greg LaBlanc, “How Working Less Could Improve Your Productivity

August 2021: Curious Worldview Podcast, “Rest, Shorter & The Case For Better Productivity At Half The Price

May 2021: Not Almost There Podcast with Joe Chura, “Maximize Rest

May 2021: The Braincare Podcast, “More Rest Equals More Work

September 2020: Magers & Quinn Booksellers, “Alex Soojung-Kim Pang presents Shorter

August 2020: Ajay Mathur, “Work LESS and BOOST PRODUCTIVITY by 4 days work week

June 2020: Adam Olsen and Sonia Furstenau, “In conversation with Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

August 2019: Talks @ Google, “Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less

February 2018: Happiness Magazine, “Words of Wisdom: Alex Pang on the importance of rest

June 2017: Brainwash, “Why busy people are not productive

January 2017, Al Jazeera The Stream, “Is work-life balance a myth?”

January 2017: DLD Conference with Arianna Huffington, “Rest!!!

September 2011: liftconference 11 Marseilles, “Contemplative Computing

Discover the hidden role of rest in the lives of history’s most creative and prolific figures– and how you can bring more rest into your busy life.