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Send us Fan Mail Your job is political. Even if you don't want it to be. And the people telling you to “keep politics out of the workplace” are often the same people benefiting from you not paying attention. This week on Crash Out With Me, I'm joined by multi-time startup founder, workplace culture researcher, and professional dot-connector Aparna Rae to talk about something that should make a whole lot more people uncomfortable: the relationship between corporate America, political power, an...

Send us Fan Mail The internet can make you feel famous, furious, and insecure before you’ve even finished your coffee. We sit down with Sabrina Ramos, founder and creative director of Pop Spark Agency in New York City, to name what so many of us feel but rarely say out loud: the internet doesn’t love you back, and neither does a system built to monetize your attention. We get into the dopamine loop behind likes and engagement, why “educating” trolls often turns into unpaid emotional labor, a...

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Send us Fan Mail The hiring process is not just “broken” right now, it’s starting to feel openly hostile, and that’s the part we can’t ignore. I’m joined by Keirsten Greggs, better known as the Trap Recruiter, to talk about what’s happening inside talent acquisition and recruiting as the job market tilts toward employers. We get into why empathy disappears, why candidates get treated like placeholders, and why TA teams often end up fighting everyone at once: hiring managers, HR, compensation,...

Send us Fan Mail Belonging sounds simple until you try to live it. If you’ve ever walked into a room, a workplace, or even your own body and thought, “I don’t think I belong here,” this conversation puts language to that feeling without sugarcoating it. John joins me to unpack why so many of us treat acceptance like something we have to earn through achievement, polish, and overperformance, and what it costs when one small mistake can feel like a permanent label. We draw a hard line be...