The Working Experience

Technology may be making our lives easier but a robot might take your job.  But maybe you hate your job and don't care.

John and I discuss his son winning a national equestrian tournament and then some work stuff.

Daniel is a journalist in the UK. He and I discuss how his job has changed over the last twenty odd years. We talked about films and music too because why not?

John and start off taking about summer jobs and then get sidetracked.  We will definitely discuss summer jobs in the next podcast but this one is pretty good.

Jason Sarrey and I discuss moving forward in the film industry and new frontiers in gaining an audience for your project.  Just get out there and shoot!

John and I discuss the Top Ten Complaints made to Human Resources.  Some people must spend a good chunk of their day thinking up things to complain about.  How about: THIS JOB SUCKS!

Who doesn't love a good list? John and I discuss lists that will save and wreck your career almost simultaneously.  If Top Ten lists worked, there would be one.

Matt and Drew of the Sleep With Me Podcast discuss creativity, the nature of success and working hard.

John and I delve again into the issue of sexual harassment in the work place.  #MeToo is not a passing phase.

John and Matty K delve deep into the world of high finance and come out bruised and battered.  John shares some good stories from his former life on Wall Street in Trading and Investment Banking.

Recently, a plane had to make an emergency landing in Alaska because a passenger smeared feces all over two bathrooms.  A woman responded on Facebook with a story about a female coworker who regularly did the same thing in the office bathroom. Jesus Christ!

John and I talk commuting. Hours of your life, down the drain. It can be fun though. I guess.

John and I discuss job fulfillment versus having to money. Not everyone has the luxury of liking their job.

For a time, my brother Paul lived in “company housing” in Breckenridge, CO with Kevin and Mike, two guys who seem to represent a class of people who drift from one low income job to another. Funny and sad.

I chatted with Pat Quinn again about “Influencers” and how marketing works in this day and age.

Everyone talks about how busy they are, like it’s a talent.  John and I discuss the idea that people are not busy; they just want to seem like they are.

I talked with Mike A, his wife Chantal and Eddie C, all veterans of the film industry.  Mike tells me about his bipolar coworker and Chantal had a boss who used to steal bread from Panera.  Bobby Brown told Eddie to stop hitting on his girlfriend, Whitney Houston.

Talked again with my friend Chris in Montreal. He found a used condom in the service elevator at work and a guy who pooped his pants went right on working, until HR called an ambulance. That is the guy you want in your foxhole.

I spoke with Pat Quinn, one of the creators of the awesome website, Life of Dad. If you want the dope on being creative, listen to Pat!

I talk with my friend, Jay Sarrey, writer and director of the feature film Sunset Park.  Jay talks about the joys and hardships of making an independent film.  Best piece of advice: Work!

I told John about this taxi driver I had on the way into Boston. He told me about how he had lost his mother and his best friend to cancer.  Lots of emotion in a short ride.

Talking with my friend Chris from Montreal. The ins and outs of HR and the credit card business. He’s British, what are you gonna do?

Mike deals with a big time director who is big time lunatic.  Chantal’s wealthy boss steals bread from Panera every day and Eddie managed to piss off Bobby Brown.

Jesus! Do people really not know how to use a friggin’ public bathroom?  Keep your mouth shut, your head down and aim for the toilet.  Don’t forget to flush!

Call it the Domino Effect with Harvey toppling first.  Matty K and John discuss harassment in the work place.