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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Mindfulness in Business

    Mindfulness mania is sweeping the business world, with hedge fund managers extolling its benefits, and companies from General Motors to Goldman Sachs offering meditation packages for their employees. But some people are offended by this “McMindfulness,” calling it a capitalist perversion of what should be a spiritual practice.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 15, 2015 • 1 min read

    Mindfulness mania is sweeping the business world, with hedge fund managers extolling its benefits, and companies from General Motors to Goldman Sachs offering meditation packages for their employees. But some people are offended by this “McMindfulness,” calling it a capitalist perversion of what should be a spiritual practice.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Franklin and Marshall College

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    Making L.A.: Policing, UCSD Sexual Assault Ruling, and 'Do I Sound Gay?'
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    2. 18:01UC San Diego Sexual Assault Ruling
    3. 26:59'Do I Sound Gay?'
    4. 42:37Mindfulness in BusinessYou’re reading this
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