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  • Episode 61 - Conditions Have Deteriorated

    Episode 61 - Conditions Have Deteriorated
    Feb 25 2026

    This week on Need Not Apply, a massive New Jersey blizzard tries to ruin everyone’s plans, Gary throws out his back shoveling snow, and somehow we end up discussing Pentagon pizza tracking before diving into some absolutely legendary workplace revenge stories.

    Because sometimes karma doesn’t knock politely. It kicks the door in.

    From the Pro Revenge subreddit, we’re reading stories where patience runs out, receipts get collected, and the wrong people finally learn that actions have consequences.

    • The coworker who played the long game and exposed an office creep

    • A nightmare client who forgot recordings exist

    • Corporate egos vs very organized employees

    • Revenge that’s equal parts petty, professional, and deeply satisfying

    Because the internet never rests:

    • 🐒 The viral baby monkey clutching a stuffed animal and why the story isn’t what people think

    • 🧊 NASA discovers a Cold War nuclear base buried under Greenland ice

    • 📺 Why everyone suddenly watches TV with subtitles on

    • 🤖 New research says fear of AI replacing jobs might actually be affecting mental health

    • 🦷 Ancient beauty trends that permanently dyed teeth black thousands of years ago

    ❄️ Blizzard survival commentary
    🎙️ Mild existential spirals
    😂 Marriage banter
    and at least one moment where we completely derail ourselves.

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    Got a work story, revenge tale, or absolute workplace chaos we need to read on the show?
    Send it our way: 📧 neednotapplypodcast@gmail.com

    Because if revenge is a dish best served cold, this episode showed up during a snowstorm.
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    1 ora e 16 min
  • Episode 60 - No Scrubs, Just Managers

    Episode 60 - No Scrubs, Just Managers
    Feb 18 2026

    This week on Need Not Apply, Gina and Gary peel back the curtain on terrible supervisors, ridiculous rules, and workplace egos that make everyone want to quit. From absurd late policy ultimatums to caffeine junkies running wild, we are diving into four cringe worthy boss moments that will make you glad you do not work there.

    We kick things off with a manager who threatened to fire someone for being one minute late, and the Reddit community absolutely roasted that logic. Next, hold onto your Monster Energy because we read the saga of the Energy Drink Pusher Boss, someone taking snack area control to a whole new level. Then we judge a manager who banned jeans on casual Friday, yes that actually happened, and finally get into the jaw dropping tale of the boss who declared, “You better not say anything bad about me in there.” These stories are equal parts hilarious and horrifying and perfect for anyone who has survived work drama.

    🔗 Reddit Stories This Week (add your links here):

    1. If you are one minute late, you are fired

    2. The Monster Energy drink pusher boss

    3. Manager bans jeans on casual day

    4. You better not say anything bad about me in there

    📰 This Week in the News, Weird, Wild & Worth Talking About

    Your hosts also chew through this week’s wildest headlines, including:

    • Why GLP-1 medications could be an environmental catastrophe and what that means long term
    • An update on Australia’s social media ban for kids and why it is sparking global debate
    • The sudden shutdown of pet microchip company Save This Life and what it means for pet owners who relied on them
    • The Are You Dead app and why it is raising eyebrows
    • TikTok tracking users even if you do not have the app
    • The Pentagon reviewing its use of Claude AI during the Maduro raid
    • An AI bot publicly shaming a developer and the internet reacting accordingly


    If you have ever had a micromanaging monster, a boss who made casual Friday complicated, or a manager who absolutely should not be in charge of other humans, this episode is for you.

    🎧 New episodes drop every Wednesday at 5am on Spotify, Amazon Music & iHeartRadio
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    1 ora e 15 min
  • Episode 59 - Ego Is Expensive

    Episode 59 - Ego Is Expensive
    Feb 11 2026
    It’s Super Bowl Sunday… and you’d never know it in this house. 😅This week, Gina and Gary are back with a juicy Malicious Compliance episode full of ego trips, workplace power plays, and the kind of consequences that hit like a perfectly timed mic drop. Plus, we take a quick detour into the modern betting rabbit hole, and Gina shares a truly annoying “why did I even come here” police station moment.🎧 This week’s stories (Malicious Compliance)“You want to talk to my manager?” An IT field service engineer replaces a store server… and a manager decides her lunch break is more important than the entire POS system being down. (Spoiler: it costs her more than her appetite.)“Worked Christmas or I’m fired.” A drilling rig supervisor cancels everyone’s approved time off because he can’t get coverage… so OP works the day, then quits with zero hesitation. Enjoy your short-staffed holiday season. 🎄“Cut my salary in half, kiss your business goodbye.” A startup CTO with big ego energy tries to slash pay while the team is already working brutal hours… and everything spirals into a spectacular slow-motion collapse.🗞️ N-N-N-N-NEWS break!Bonobos can pretend play 🫖🍇A bonobo named Kanzi stages an imaginary tea party with invisible juice and grapes, showing apes can juggle real and pretend scenarios without confusion.A “lost” egg-laying mammal reappears after 62 years 🥚🌿Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna is rediscovered in Indonesia via camera traps, proving some species aren’t extinct… they’re just incredibly good at hiding.Sony patents AI “podcasts” hosted by video game characters 🎮🤖Imagine a character from a game you’ve played narrating personalized updates using your player data. Cool? Creepy? Both?Possible illegal bio lab found in a Las Vegas home 🧪😳A code violation call escalates fast when authorities find lab equipment and over 1,000 samples. The FBI steps in, and everyone collectively says “WHAT.”A site that lets AI “rent humans” for tasks 🧍‍♀️🤖💸Reportedly, AI agents can assign real people jobs (even weird ones) using crypto payouts. It’s gig work… turned inside out.Anthropic insiders worry they’ve crossed a line 📉🧠As AI tools move into legal, marketing, finance, and customer service, even the people building them are feeling the “uh oh” moment about job displacement.Sleep deprivation triggers a strange brain cleanup 💤🧼New research suggests your brain may start its “cleaning cycle” while you’re awake if you’re sleep-deprived… right when you need to focus the most. (Borrow sleep now, pay interest later.)😈 Also in this episodeGina and Gary talk viral clip traction and the chaos of trying to grow content while working full-timeA quick rant on how betting has gotten absurdly specific (yes, even “what will someone say this week?”)Gary’s streaming updates 🎥 and Gina’s “I cannot believe I waited for this” police station storyA little life update, a little retail trauma, and yes… Gina has to pee by the end 🚽✨ Follow us for clips + updates:📸 Instagram & TikTok: @NeedNotApplyPod📺 YouTube: Need Not Apply Podcast📩 Submit your stories: neednotapplypod@gmail.com (DMs welcome too!)New episodes every Wednesday 🗓️☕See you at the water cooler. 😉
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    1 ora e 11 min
  • Episode 58 - The Other Side of the Register

    Episode 58 - The Other Side of the Register
    Feb 4 2026

    This week on Need Not Apply, we flip the script.
    We’re usually telling these stories from behind the counter... but this time, we’re stepping into our other role: the customers. Same chaos, same entitlement… just viewed from the opposite side of the register.

    We kick things off with Groundhog Day logic, global listeners (shoutout Japan 🇯🇵), dash cam supremacy after Gina’s car takes a direct hit from flying ice, and a brief campaign to abolish Mondays entirely. From there, we wade straight into customer-land where logic goes to die.


    🧾 This Week’s Stories (Linked Below)

    🍧 A man confidently declares that “vegan means artificial” while interrogating a gelato employee who deserves a raise and a medal
    🍽️ A full-grown man throws a holiday tantrum after being asked to move tables — and somehow decides it’s discrimination
    🥪 A Walmart sandwich maker completely loses it, hands out BOGO subs like a man possessed, then corners Gina for her number while her boyfriend hides several aisles away
    🥐 A hotel clerk attempts to gaslight a couple out of a paid breakfast, turning $10 into a full-blown customer service endurance test


    And because that wasn’t enough, we break things up with some truly unhinged news:


    This week’s news & distractions include:

    🌍 The Wallace Line — the invisible boundary that keeps Asian and Australian wildlife mysteriously separated
    🧪 Romans using human feces as medicine (yes, really — and they added herbs to help with the smell)

    🎵 Neil Young pulling his music from Amazon and giving his entire catalog to Greenland for free☕ Vietnamese police seizing tons of fake coffee made from soybeans instead of actual coffee
    🕷️ Pelican spiders — ancient assassin spiders that hunt other spiders with horrifying patience | IG Reel
    🎮 Google’s new AI world generator that has game developers and investors quietly panicking

    As always, we spiral, we laugh, we question humanity, and we try to make sense of why being a customer somehow turns people feral.

    📩 Have a work story, customer horror, or public meltdown we need to hear?
    Send it to neednotapplypod@gmail.com

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    ▶️ YouTube: Need Not Apply Podcast


    Don’t forget to punch out — we’ll see you at the water cooler. 💧
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    1 ora e 15 min
  • Episode 57 - That's Not My Name

    Episode 57 - That's Not My Name
    Jan 28 2026
    Clock in, grab your badge, and prepare to quietly judge strangers on the internet — because this week, we’re knee-deep in Am I the A$$hole workplace chaos. From petty boundary-setting that somehow turns into a full-blown reputation shift, to coworkers who simply refuse to learn someone’s name, to the moment you realize the person undermining your professional credibility isn’t even from your job — this episode is all about respect, power, and what happens when people keep testing limits. Gina and Gary unpack a lineup of stories where the phrase “I tried being polite” shows up right before things get extremely awkward, extremely petty, or extremely overdue.🧾 This Week’s Stories (Linked Below)AITA for ignoring a coworker who refused to use my actual name?Eight years at a company vs. one new hire who decides names are optional. OP sets a boundary, sticks to it, and discovers that consequences have a way of arriving… on a rainy night. 🏷️🌧️🔗 Link: [Story 1 – Ignoring coworker who won’t use my name]AITA for calling my hot-tempered coworker “emotional”?When HR won’t intervene and “that’s just how he is” becomes the default excuse, OP flips the script — and suddenly the office vocabulary shifts in a very specific direction. 🔥🧠🔗 Link: [Story 2 – Calling an angry coworker emotional]WIBTA if I started calling my white coworkers by random “white” names?One employee, one very easy name, and a year of “close enough.” OP considers matching energy to make a point — and sparks a conversation about microaggressions, memory, and who’s expected to be patient at work. 🪪📛🔗 Link: [Story 3 – Wrong names at work]AITA for walking out when my fiancé introduced me as a bookkeeper?This one isn’t about a coworker — it’s about someone who should’ve been in OP’s corner. Professional titles, public disrespect, and a moment that turns an engagement into a reality check. 🥂📊🔗 Link: [Story 4 – The bookkeeper fiancé]Halfway through, we clock out of Reddit and into the news — because the real world is also… kind of the a-hole sometimes.The Guardian: “High on … mustard? Cannabis industry teams up with chefs in push to stand out” 🔗 Link: [Article 1 – Cannabis culinary collaborations]SciTechDaily: “Goodbye, Cavities? This Natural Amino Acid Helps Teeth Fight Sugar” 🔗 Link: [Article 2 – Arginine & cavities]ScienceDaily: “Scientists sent viruses to space and they evolved in surprising ways” 🔗 Link: [Article 3 – Viruses evolved in space]AP News: “New homes needed for more than 450 pet rats found in NYC suburbs” 🔗 Link: [Article 4 – Pet rats rescue]Harvard Business Review: “When AI Amplifies the Biases of Its Users” 🔗 Link: [Article 5 – AI & user bias]AP News: “AI use at work has increased, Gallup poll finds” 🔗 Link: [Article 6 – AI use at work / Gallup]📩 Send us your work chaos (even a tiny one): NeedNotApplyPod@gmail.com📲 Follow: @neednotapplypod (IG + TikTok) | Need Not Apply Podcast (YouTube)🕔 New episodes every Wednesday at 5 AMSee you at the water cooler… and please, for the love of HR, use people’s actual names. 🧊👀
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    1 ora e 13 min
  • Episode 56 - 1 Year and No Accrued PTO

    Episode 56 - 1 Year and No Accrued PTO
    Jan 21 2026
    Ring-a-ding-a-ding — it’s our pod-iversary. One full year of Need Not Apply, and we’re celebrating the only way we know how: absolute workplace chaos, a little “why are you like this?” retail reality, and a news segment that somehow turns into buttons vs. touchscreens and please don’t frack my attention. Gina’s operating on approximately one functioning vertebra, Gary has 150 alarms and zero intention of clearing his notifications, and yet… we still clock in.Then we get into a lineup of stories that hits every flavor of quitting/firing energy: getting fired from a job you never had, an April Fools “joke” that backfires into raises and karma, a teen realizing their first job is basically dishwashing bootcamp, and a five-year employee rage-quitting straight into a fully remote glow-up.🧾 This Week’s Stories (Linked Below)BORU: “I got fired from Walmart and never worked there” 🔗 Link: [Story 1 – Fired from Walmart you never worked at]BORU: “My boss told me I was fired… April Fools!” 🔗 Link: [Story 2 – April Fools firing prank]r/jobs: 17-year-old dishwasher asks if they can quit after ONE day 🔗 Link: [Story 3 – Should I quit after one day?]r/antiwork: “I just rage quit my job of five years” 🔗 Link: [Story 4 – Rage quit into remote upgrade]📰 Articles & Discussion (Also Linked Below)Kākāpō breeding season returns — a rare conservation win, and why “less intervention” might be the long-term goal 🦜🔗 Link: [Article – Kākāpō breeding]Bring back buttons — Australia/New Zealand safety groups push for physical controls in cars, and why touchscreens = distraction overload 🚗🔘🔗 Link: [Article – Bring back physical controls]“Human fracking” — a piece arguing Big Tech is drilling into our attention like it’s a natural resource (and why that metaphor… unfortunately hits) 📱⛏️🔗 Link: [Article – Human fracking / attention economy]Redheads & orange pigment benefits — pheomelanin may help reduce cellular stress (yes, your hair color might be doing a job) 🧬🧡🔗 Link: [Article – Orange pigment & cellular protection]Implanted vagus nerve stimulation for severe depression — big results for treatment-resistant cases, why it may be slow-acting, and the “at-home stim device” rabbit hole 💛🧠🔗 Link: [Article – VNS depression]Vision recovery may be “rewiring,” not regrowth — the brain rerouting around damage like it’s GPS with attitude 👁️🧠🔗 Link: [Article – Vision recovery / sprouting]Elon says retirement won’t matter in 20 years — sure, buddy. We unpack the AI-utopia claims, the inequality angle, and why “bronze tier AI” feels… too real 🤖💸🔗 Link: [Article – AI makes retirement irrelevant]📩 Send us your work chaos (even a tiny one): NeedNotApplyPod@gmail.com📲 Follow: @neednotapplypod (IG + TikTok) | Need Not Apply Podcast (YouTube)🕔 New episodes every Wednesday at 5 AMSee you at the water cooler… and don’t forget to punch out. 🧊🕺
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  • Episode 55 - NOW That's What I Call Reddit

    Episode 55 - NOW That's What I Call Reddit
    Jan 14 2026

    Some weeks call for a theme. Others call for survival. This week is both.
    Gina’s dealing with a brutal lower-back/nerve flare-up (so if you hear the pain-politeness fighting for dominance… that’s why), Gary’s running on late-Sunday-night fumes, and Juniper is living her best life in the background like nothing is wrong.

    So instead of forcing one neat topic, we went full “Reddit’s Greatest Hits”: a little workplace chaos, a little office entitlement, a little hospitality horror, and one job interview moment so aggressively unhinged it feels like a deleted scene from a comedy movie. Basically: the perfect episode to keep you company while you’re doom-scrolling, meal-prepping, or trying not to spiral over the week ahead.


    🧠 This Week’s Stories (Reddit’s Greatest Hits)

    • A coworker who can’t stop commenting on someone’s outfits — so OP starts replying to every “compliment” with a sad, traumatic story until the comments mysteriously stop 👗😬

    • A post-holiday lunch where OP forgets a dentist appointment… and a coworker decides that taking an Uber by choice means OP should reimburse him (and then starts a petty campaign at work) 🚗💸

    • A hotel guest who insists he has a “right to be naked,” stalks housekeeping in the hallway, threatens staff, and somehow turns a routine shift into a full-on “call the cops” saga 🏨🚨

    • A job candidate who tries to stand out in an interview by chugging an entire bottle of hot sauce… and promptly discovers that “handling the heat” is not a marketable skill 🌶️🤢

    📰 News & Pop Culture Break

    Why people blink less when they’re actually listening 👀
    Do redheads feel pain differently? (Science says: maybe, kind of, it’s complicated) 🧬
    England moves to ban boiling lobsters alive 🦞
    A potential nasal-drop treatment for aggressive brain cancer 🧠
    Pistachio’s quiet takeover of desserts, coffee, and culture (Big Pistachio strikes again) 🌰
    Google’s Gemini AI enters the shopping chat — and why that makes us uneasy 🤖🛒

    If you like your workplace stories messy, your management decisions questionable, and your interviews unforgettable for all the wrong reasons — this episode is for you.

    🧾 New episodes every Wednesday at 5 AM
    📩 Send us your stories: NeedNotApplyPod@gmail.com
    📲 Follow us on Instagram and TikTok: @neednotapplypod

    ✅Follow us on YouTube: @NeedNotApplyPodcast

    See you at the water cooler… and please, for the love of God, keep your clothes on in public spaces. 🧊👔🏃‍➡️
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    1 ora e 4 min
  • Episode 54 - Upon Further Review

    Episode 54 - Upon Further Review
    Jan 7 2026
    New year, new you… and unfortunately, new coworkers too. 🫠Gina & Gary kick off 2026 with a slightly upgraded setup, suspiciously high optimism, and the familiar false hope that this year will be different... at least professionally. With resolution season in full swing, they ask the only question that really matters: what fresh corporate chaos is waiting for us on day one?From first-day nerves and “new beginnings” energy to the immediate realization that something is off, this episode dives into the uniquely cursed experience of starting a new job. Because nothing says “fresh start” like discovering the role you just accepted is actually a scam, a glorified apprenticeship, or a slow-motion HR violation — and you haven’t even learned where the bathroom is yet.🧑‍💼 First Day From Hell (A Collection)A job offer that starts at a funeral and somehow only gets worse — surprise apprenticeship, insultingly low pay, and a workplace so toxic the kids deserve hazard pay 🚩⚰️Holiday retail onboarding at its finest: no training, no guidance, and management suggesting you memorize the store layout on your own time because “initiative” 🛍️🧠A first solo delivery route featuring locked keys, soaked clothes, an angry stranger, and the kind of day that makes you quietly drop the truck off and never return 🚚💦A too-good-to-be-true “sales job” that turns into a strip-mall death march — complete with Axe body spray, frosted tips, and a trunk full of items that absolutely should not be sold together 🎒🧴🧊 Break Room Check-InCat TV diplomacy, Juniper’s medicine schedule, and Samson trying to fight the birds through the screen 🐦📺Ethernet cords: convenient, lethal, and apparently placed by tiny kitchen gremlins (sorry, Gina) 🖥️🩹Plus: Fallout love, Stranger Things disappointment discourse, and Gary hitting Twitch affiliate like it’s his new full-time job 🎮✨📰 News Break: Because Reality Is Still WeirdTattoos and your immune system (commitment issues, but make it scientific) 🖋️🧬Medieval Wales: a women-only cemetery mystery with chapel vibes and bone pins 👀🏰Tooth gems: cute when done right, cursed when done in someone’s kitchen 💎🦷Gaming on resumes = hiring managers judging you for having joy 🕹️📄AI interviewing college applicants (because anxiety wasn’t already a full-time major) 🤖🎓And of course: 2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse — aka “act boldly, quit dramatically, and stop letting snake-year energy waste your time” 🐎🔥If your New Year’s resolution includes a fresh start, a new job, or simply surviving your first day without rage-blackout… this one’s for you.🧾 New episodes every Wednesday at 5 AM📩 Send your stories: NeedNotApplyPod@gmail.com📲 Follow us: @neednotapplypodSee you at the water cooler… and don’t forget to punch out. 🧊💪
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    1 ora e 16 min