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Need Not Apply

Need Not Apply

By: Gina and Gary Cavallo
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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 36 - The Answers May Shock You

    Episode 36 - The Answers May Shock You
    Sep 3 2025
    Your hosts Gina & Gary are back running on caffeine, pantry reorganizations, and pure chaos. We swap weekend war stories (subscribe-and-save betrayed us 😑), and then dive into a stack of AskReddit workplace gems that had us yelling “zipper merge, people!” from the car.We kick off with oddball headlines & rabbit holes:🇳🇱 Tiny homes made from old wind turbines — Dutch upcycling goes full chic. workplace gems that had us yelling “zipper merge, people!” from the car.We kick off with oddball headlines & rabbit holes:• 🇳🇱 Tiny homes made from old wind turbines — Dutch upcycling goes full chic. 🏡🔄• 🇬🇱 Airport security ditched for reindeer hunting — Nuuk flights delayed because… dinner. ✈️🦌🇮🇸 Puffling rescue season — locals gently toss baby puffins off cliffs to help them launch. ✈️🦌• 🇮🇸 Puffling rescue season — locals gently toss baby puffins off cliffs to help them launch. 🐧✨• 🕷️ Black widow “injection” experiment — spoiler: the ICU, not euphoria. 🚫💉• 🧠 Does AI make us lazy thinkers? A Swiss study says cognitive offloading is real. 🤖🧩• 🧵 Scientists flee X for Bluesky — better moderation, fewer bots, actual engagement. 🌀🔬😈 AskReddit stories we tackled:The art gallery tyrant — late pay, public screaming, and a Christmas “you’re fired.”• The art gallery tyrant — late pay, public screaming, and a Christmas “you’re fired.” 🎄💥• Meth/coke newbie — borrowing rides, “toddler” sob stories, and a very awkward payback. 🚚💸• Ed, hazard to himself — head bonks, ladder faceplants, and a cardboard baler incident. 🪜🤕• The office squatter — living at work, pizza crusts in the toilet brush holder (why). 🍕🚫• Boss throws a metal trash can — gaslighting, cameras, and an HR glow-up exit. 🗑️💀✨ Distractions of the week:Gina’s glam lab — mannequin head, $11 curling iron, and hair-styling reps. 💁‍♀️✨Gary’s 3-day-weekend mini-movie — plus zipper-merge rage and dash-cam justice. 🎬🚗Pantry Tetris, protein Cheerios on ice cream (don’t knock it), and the eternal battle with fabric Band-Aids. 🩹🥣🔥 Pull up a chair in the break room—this one’s got weird news, workplace devils, and the kind of stories that make you want to re-write your résumé… again.📲 Follow us @NeedNotApplyPod on TikTok & IG📩 Send your stories: NeedNotApplyPod@gmail.com📺 YouTube: Need Not Apply PodcastKeywords: Need Not Apply Podcast, funny work podcast, workplace comedy, reddit stories podcast, AskReddit stories, workplace drama, bad coworkers, HR nightmares, horrible bosses, toxic workplace, coworker from hell, meth at work story, office squatter, cardboard baler accident, zipper merge, dash cam, pantry organization, tiny homes wind turbine, Nuuk airport reindeer hunting, Denmark, puffin rescue, Iceland, black widow injection, AI cognitive offloading, Bluesky, rare beauty, AI, robot, bro comedy, spooky season
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Episode 35 - Not Today, Satan... I'm on Break

    Episode 35 - Not Today, Satan... I'm on Break
    Aug 27 2025
    Your hosts Gina & Gary are back with another jam-packed episode — and this week we’re asking: are these people just jerks… or full-on devils at work?We kick things off with wild headlines: radioactive Walmart shrimp 🍤☢️, zombie squirrels and rabbits 🐿️🧟, and Merriam-Webster officially adding “skibidi” to the dictionary 🤯📖. Plus Rare Beauty’s scratch-and-sniff billboards 👃✨, Marc Maron calling out the bro-pod comedy scene 🎤🔥, and why ghost culture 👻 is thriving just in time for spooky season.Then it’s time for our devilish workplace tales:😈 Stories this week include:The office jokester who just won’t quit with nicknames 🙄😂A nervous grad sneaking absinthe before a job interview 🍾😳A “helpful” coworker who fat-shames a colleague 🚫🥴A vet tech meltdown over dog poop duty 🐕💩And one employee who simply can’t handle a Transformers superfan 🤖✨ Distractions of the week: Pokémon card grading 🎴, updating résumés 💼, and family visits...🔥 Buckle up — we’ve got laughs, rants, and plenty of side-eye as we decide who’s an a-hole… and who’s truly the devil.📰 News Stories:Reuters: First screwworm case confirmed in MarylandTIME: “Zombie” squirrels & rabbitsMerriam-Webster adds “skibidi”Business Insider: Posture as the new longevity hackRare Beauty’s scratch-and-sniff ads (Selena Gomez)Marc Maron on bro-pod comedyFDA shrimp recall (radioactive fears)Sleep apnea + conch shell studyAI bots beefing on fake social networksRobot womb hoax out of ChinaThe “Great Resentment” in workplaces📲 Follow us @NeedNotApplyPod on TikTok & IG📩 Send your stories: NeedNotApplyPod@gmail.com📺 YouTube: Need Not Apply PodcastKeywords: Need Not Apply Podcast, funny work podcast, workplace comedy, reddit stories podcast, Am I the Asshole podcast, Am I the Devil stories, workplace drama, bad coworkers, HR nightmares, office nicknames, job interview gone wrong, toxic workplace, coworker from hell, fat shaming at work, Transformers obsession, radioactive shrimp, zombie squirrels, skibbity dictionary, Rare Beauty, Rare Beauty billboard, Marc Maron comedy, bro comedy, ghost culture, spooky season, AI, AI social media bots, robot, robot womb hoax, great resentment workplace
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Episode 34 - Brace for Turbulence

    Episode 34 - Brace for Turbulence
    Aug 20 2025

    🎙️ Need Not Apply Podcast : Airline Chaos Edition ✈️😳

    From meteors to zombie rabbits 🐇🍄, Selena Gomez’s scratch-n-sniff billboards 👃✨, and UnitedHealth’s mega-hack 💻🔓… we’re covering the wild headlines before diving into this week’s theme: AIRLINE STORIES 🛫.


    👩‍✈️ Drunk pilots, overheated engines, and flight attendants on the edge 😱

    🛑 Frontier kicking passengers off planes for literally paying less 💸🙄

    🥂 Private jet customers trashing planes (and drinking all the Tito’s) 😂🍹

    😤 Plus: crying babies, bad etiquette, and why pickleball is somehow the fastest-growing sport in America 🎾🥒


    We wrap it up with distractions of the week: Japanese raccoon dogs 🦝🐾, Freaky Friday nostalgia 🍿, and more questionable theater babies 👶.


    💼 So grab your boarding pass, buckle up, and keep your trays in the upright position we’re cleared for chaos.


    📰News Stories:

    • What to Know About the Horned 'Zombie' Rabbits Hopping Around Colorado | TIME
    • Fixing Your Posture: a Hot Longevity Trend That's Like a Free Facelift - Business Insider
    • Selena Gomez's Rare Beauty putsup scratch-and-sniff ads in NYC
    • Terrible luck: The only person ever killed by a meteorite—back in 1888
    • Over 190 million hit in UnitedHealth data breach — confirmed largest in history

    ✈️ Stories this week include:

    1. Story 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/pcawuf/comment/haiuv5z/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
    2. Story 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/pcawuf/comment/hahrms7/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
    3. Story 3: Here’s my Frontier horror story : r/frontierairlines
    4. Story 4: https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/yzq9ji/comment/ix2b7v1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button



    📲 Follow us @NeedNotApplyPod on TikTok & IG

    📩 Send us your stories: NeedNotApplyPod@gmail.com

    📺 YouTube: Need Not Apply Podcast
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    1 hr and 15 mins
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