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 Need Not Apply is a podcast where we read your real life work stories and react with levity and advice from our personal experience in the work world. Submit your stories to Neednotapplypod@gmail.comGina and Gary Cavallo
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    • 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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      1 h
    • 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 h et 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 h et 16 min
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