Gina and Gary are back with episode 80 of Need Not Apply, and this one is packed with workplace absurdity, bad judgment, and a few surprisingly intense news stories. The episode kicks off with a nationwide parasite outbreak including Taco Bell ingredient drama, a terrifying plane window incident, and a bizarre AI job apocalypse tangent before rolling into two workplace stories that are both equal parts infuriating and unbelievable.

📚 Stories in This Episode

• A pregnant employee is forced to sit through a two-hour meeting while actively in labor, even after telling her boss she needs to go to the hospital.

• Another worker’s peanut sauce lunch keeps getting stolen, until the thief eats it, has an allergic reaction, and lands in the hospital.

📰 News Stories Discussed

• The return of Neil the Seal in Tasmania, the huge elephant seal who keeps causing chaos around roads, cones, vans, and crowds of fans.

• Catnip lotion in Uganda being tested as a mosquito repellent that may work as well as DEET, with possible implications for malaria prevention.

• FanDuel’s personalized gambling messages and the growing ethical mess around sports betting addiction, athlete endorsements, and prediction markets.

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Gina and Gary are back with another episode of Need Not Apply, the podcast about workplace chaos, awkward overshares, and weird news that somehow gets weirder by the minute. This week’s episode includes a very unfortunate phone gallery mishap at work, a CEO who definitely saw more than he bargained for, a flying steak and a round of news stories that go from giant fungal networks to dolphins with names.

📚 Stories in This Episode

• A worker tries to show their boss a dead bug in sanitizer and accidentally reveals a photo of their 🍑

• An engineer hands his CEO a phone to discuss aircraft camera placement and accidentally lands on some NSFW Snapchat photos

• Wife Invited Husband to Dinner at Her Boss's and Lives to Regret It

📰 News Stories Discussed

• Earth’s underground fungal network is so massive it could span an absurd distance and plays a major role in carbon storage and ecosystem health.

• Bottlenose dolphins use signature whistles that function a lot like personal names.

• AI Deepfake Detection

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“Don’t forget to punch out.”

Gina and Gary are back with another episode of Need Not Apply, the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, and weird news that somehow keeps getting weirder. This week’s episode features a server getting judged for sitting down to eat during an 11-hour double, a bartender story with one of the best crowd-assisted kickouts ever, and a news segment that digs into AI distrust, old-school tech panic, an ancient Roman curse tablet, and the rising problem of gambling addiction through prediction markets. It’s workplace frustration, internet absurdity, and a few surprisingly thoughtful conversations all in one episode.

📚 Stories in This Episode

• A rude customer thinks an employee should never take a break while working.

• A bartender gets the ultimate assist from the crowd when kicking out a bad guest.

📰 News Stories Discussed

• A Boy and His Chicken

• A poll shows Americans increasingly distrust AI even as daily use keeps rising.

• An ancient Roman curse tablet in the Netherlands reveals rare Egyptian magic written in Greek.

• Prediction markets are exploding in the US, raising alarms about gambling addiction.

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