Across The Bar Podcast

Welcome to the Across the Bar Podcast, where workplace culture expert Laura Brounstein and top employment lawyer Peter Rahbar discuss what executives should be learning from today's top news stories. In this episode, Laura and Peter talk about the Infinite Workday, AI Fright and Riches, the Bezos Wedding, Anna Wintour's succession plan and much much more! Please watch, subscribe and rate!

So, do you have to tell your boss if you're on a panel- or a reality show? In this episode of Across The Bar, top employment lawyer Peter Rahbar and workplace and comms expert Laura Brounstein cover that as well as Terry Moran, the rise of workplace activism and the NYC mayor's race.

In episode 5 of the Across the Bar Podcast, workplace culture expert and journalist Laura Brounstein and top employment lawyer Peter Rahbar discuss the most relevant issues impacting leaders and executives today, including implications of ICE raids, Alex Cooper's harassment allegations, hiring recent graduates and our Heroes & Zeroes of the week! 

Top employment attorney Peter Rahbar and award-winning journalist and workplace expert Laura Brounstein talk through the ways that the week's news and moments are shaping and changing workplace culture, norms and laws.  This week they get into office etiquette, AI and layoffs, Elon Musk and Mountainhead!

Top employment attorney Peter Rahbar and workplace culture expert and journalist Laura Brounstein talk through the events, lawsuits, policies, and political chaos shaping how we work, lead, and live. With sharp insight, real-world takeaways, and a sense of humor, it’s essential listening for founders, execs, employees and anyone trying to make sense of work right now. This week we cover workplace...

In this episode of Across the Bar, Laura and Peter unpack the ethics of high-profile gifts — including planes from foreign governments with questionable ties — and what that means for corporate policy. They break down Florida’s latest move on noncompetes, the growing use of NDAs (including which ones Laura can break), and how AI may be quietly shifting power away from employees. They also get into...

Across The Bar is where real life headlines meet the world of work. Each week, award-winning journalist Laura Brounstein and top employment lawyer Peter Rahbar break down how headlines, lawsuits, and political chaos are reshaping your rights at work—and what to do about it.