The UnPodcast

In this episode: Coffee chains face a class action over allegedly inflated charges for nondairy milk. Scott reveals that his coffee standards are both extremely specific and deeply Canadian. The crew discovers it may need an oat milk diversity hire. Hotels crack down on guests reserving sunbeds with towels before sunrise. A vacationer wins compensation after spending his holiday fighting the “sunbed wars.” Why outsourced service problems still become your reputation problem. A hotel allegedly cancels a longtime conference to chase higher NBA Finals rates. Why abandoning loyal customers for a sudden payday can cost more than the extra revenue. Listen if you care about customer loyalty, ridiculous fees, vacation etiquette, reputation management, and businesses lighting long-term relationships on fire for a quick buck. Articles: Overpriced Oat milk  Sunbed Wars  NBA Hotel Betrayal  00:00 The Fourth Episode Goes Off the Rails 01:44 The Oat Milk Markup Lawsuit 07:09 The Sunbed Wars 14:38 The NBA Hotel Betrayal 20:38 Knicks in Five  

In this episode: A software developer successfully uses a religious exemption to avoid mandatory AI at work. A bank CEO calls employees “lower-value human capital,” then makes the apology worse. High ticket prices leave concerts full of blue dots and touring artists buried in costs. Dave Ramsey blames remote work problems on employees making burritos for their dogs. Why return-to-office mandates often reveal bad management, not bad workers. Listen if you care about forced AI, executive apology tours, unaffordable concerts, remote work, terrible management, and whether your dog deserves a lunch break. Articles: Religious AI exemption A Bank CEO's "Apology" Dave Ramsey + Remote work   00:00 Disgruntled Sound Guys 03:27 The Pope Loophole 06:00 “Lower-Value” Employees 10:17 Concerts Catch Blue Fever 13:12 Music’s Missing Middle Class 18:41 Burritos for the Dog 21:01 Remote Work Isn’t the Problem

In this Episode: A $6,642 Super Bowl food bill somehow turns into a $4 million workplace revenge story. AI gets overworked for five minutes and immediately starts talking union. Zuckerberg lays people off, then tries to fix morale with mandatory fun. Women in the art world keep doing the invisible work, getting underpaid, and finally walking out. Lawyers on both sides use bad AI, so the judge cancels the whole mess. Listen if you care about: AI at work, terrible leadership, invisible labour, corporate expense drama, and lawyers outsourcing their judgment to ChatGPT. Articles: Super Bowl Food Bill AI Agents union rights Zuckerberg Lawyers using AI 00:00 Paper Management and Seven Loyal Listeners 01:35 The UnPodcast Is Hitting the Trail 05:16 The $6,642 Super Bowl Platter 12:10 AI Workers Start Unionizing 15:21 Zuckerberg Orders Employees to Have Fun 19:41 Why Women Are Leaving the Art World 25:20 ChatGPT Argues Against Itself in Court 28:04 Welcome to the AI-Generated UnPodcast

In this episode: Anthropic asks job applicants not to use AI, which is rich coming from an AI company. Scott and Alison unpack why scaling interviews strips the human part out of hiring. A study finds students using AI chatbots more often may be learning less, not more. AI layoffs are not delivering the financial magic CEOs keep pretending they will. Kevin O’Leary takes aim at work-life balance, and the episode politely suggests he may need a hug. The old “work harder and you’ll be rewarded” deal gets roasted for quietly removing the reward part. Listen if you care about AI hypocrisy, broken hiring, work-life balance, fake productivity gains, and billionaires confusing burnout with ambition Articles: AI Hiring AI Students AI Layoffs Work Life Balance with Kevin O'Leary   00:00 - Intro 03:00 - AI Hiring 09:04 - AI Students 13:22 - AI Layoffs 15:54 - Work-Life Balance 24:01 - Closing 

In this episode: The Pope gets hung up on by customer service. Ask Jeeves officially exits the internet. Google turns search into a zero-click AI answer machine. Iceland proves the four-day workweek is not a fantasy. Chipotle says the fix for smaller portions is “just ask for more.” Scott somehow makes this about Subway, lettuce, and sliced ketchup. Listen if you care about customer service rage, the death of old-school internet curiosity, Google eating the web, four-day workweeks, corporate nonsense, burrito bowl economics, and whether the Pope also hates his phone company. 00:00 - Intro: AI Wayne in the Cloud 01:37 - The Pope Gets Hung Up On by Customer Service 06:48 - Farewell Ask Jeeves and the Internet We Lost 09:42 - Google’s AI Search and the Zero-Click Era 15:38 - Iceland’s Four-Day Workweek Is Actually Working 20:00 - Chipotle Says “Just Ask for More” 22:53 - Free Toppings, Subway, and Shrinkflation Logic 24:36 - Closing: Four Episodes Deep and No Filter Left Pope Leo Farwell Jeeves Google Killed Search Iceland - 4 day work week Chipotle CEO - Ask for more food