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VONQ drops a Hollywood-style launch, Indeed builds even higher walls, Instagram forces RTO, and Australia boots kids off social media. Plus unions and staffing unite against AI, Home Depot protest caroling, and peak holiday chaos. Buckle up — Chad, JT, and Lieven are on fire this week.

The Chad & Cheese dive into the rising storm of I-9 compliance with OutSolve’s Desiree Throckmorton. With ICE’s $170B budget surge and 15,000 inspections coming in 2026, sloppy I-9s can mean fines up to $27K per violation. Remote checks, wrong docs, missing fields—everything’s fair game. Add skyrocketing H-1B fees and recent raids, and Desiree warns: audit now, centralize records, and get ICE-ready or get burned.

Chad & Cheese return with the annual Jive Turkey extravaganza—roasting industry clowns, SHRM’s ivory tower, ZipRecruiter’s ghost podcast, dystopian AI layoffs, PE vultures, Messi mayhem, Google’s Gemini flex, and the €6K Dublin spy who nuked his career. Plus guest turkeys from JT, Mo, Julie, Allyn, and Michelle. Grab a drink and gobble up the chaos.

Julia Levy joins Chad & Cheese to unpack TA chaos, vendor BS, and why today’s tech feels like 2015 with a chatbot glued on. She breaks down how students can actually land internships, why AI is now talking to AI, and what inspired her new book “From Hi to Hired.” Plus: Euro-Chad, Super Bock, shrinkage jokes, and plenty of hard-won TA wisdom.

Robots doing kung-fu, Russia’s robot doing… whatever that was, a three-legged Rottweiler incident, and Dallas feeling like pre-apocalypse Road Warrior. Chad & Cheese break down Zoom buying BrightHire, Meta grading employees on AI, Verizon cutting 15k jobs, Scotland’s big win, and job seekers using Tinder to land interviews. Chaos? Always.

Jon Levy joins The Chad & Cheese to demolish leadership myths and reveal why “A-players” alone tank teams. From super-chickens to Shane Battier, he shows how emotional intelligence, passing the ball, and real team diversity drive performance. His book Team Intelligence is a must-read for leaders who want smarter, stronger teams.

Indeed tightens its grip with Connect—velvet handcuffs disguised as “innovation.” Paywalls for basic tools, data grabs, shakedown-style marketplace tactics, and a new BS metric (ARPJ) built to impress Wall Street, not employers. Chad & Cheese break down how Indeed’s stranglehold is getting tighter—and why the future looks more like a jail cell than a product upgrade.

Recorded LIVE onstage at Recfest US in Nashville! David Weinstock is a Talent Acquisition leader who isn’t just talking about the “future of work” — he’s actually building it. Think less “post another LinkedIn thinkpiece about AI” and more “deploy AI agents that actually eliminate half the nonsense recruiters deal with daily.” As VP of Talent Acquisition at New Story, David runs talent across 16 wildly different companies — which basically means he lives in 16 different reali

AI isn’t hype anymore. Should platforms race toward Amazon-style, automated hiring, conversion, and candidate engagement at scale.

High-volume hiring is a knife fight. Fraud is up, screening is crushing teams, and Covey + operators show how AI actually fixes it.

Halloween chaos on The Chad & Cheese Podcast: layoffs, AI audits, Monster’s zombie comeback & Canada poaching U.S. nurses.

Compass Group cut $1.5M in Indeed waste, boosted applies 2%→12% & built a hiring machine. Shay Johnson drops the playbook.

Facebook resurrects its zombie job board while OpenAI launches a browser and dives into AI-powered smut. Tech has lost its mind.

Barry Wolfe torching HR pseudoscience, killing Myers-Briggs, and demanding real results. Anti-bullshit leadership. Press play.

A Scotsman, two clowns & bourbon-fueled TA pros talk tech, branding & the future of recruiting—live from Louisville!

AI isn’t killing work — it’s mutating it. Malcolm Frank joins Chad & Cheese to talk “agent-powered humans” and HR’s future.

AI clones, LinkedIn lawsuits, and Gen X meltdowns — bourbon-fueled chaos on HR’s Most Dangerous Podcast.

Rand Fishkin drops truth bombs on AI hype, media clickbait & marketing BS — snark, substance & spaghetti carbonara!

Juicebox squirts $36M, Google gushes AI into Chrome, and Chad’s back salty as ever. Buckle up—it’s HR chaos time! 🎙️

Coldplay caught the affair, Tiffany Anton unpacks the fallout. Affairs, HR hookups & VR porn—HR just got spicier.

Indeed slashes commissions, agencies bleed out, Randstad wins awards, Trump taxes visas & IBM does the boomerang.

Flexible schedules frying your brain? Elizabeth Grace Saunders tells Chad & Cheese how not to burn out like cheap coffee.

AI shopping sprees, layoffs, Meta glasses, and revenge quitting—HR’s most dangerous podcast is back.

AI isn’t magic, it’s duct tape in a hoodie. Matt Charney joins Chad & Cheese to roast HR’s AI hype.