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The hottest podcast in Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, and Talent Management.



It’s All In Your Head w/ Barry Wolfe
Barry Wolfe torching HR pseudoscience, killing Myers-Briggs, and demanding real results. Anti-bullshit leadership. Press play.
Chad Sowash
Oct 21, 2025


Welcome to SkyNet w/ Malcolm Frank
AI isn’t killing work — it’s mutating it. Malcolm Frank joins Chad & Cheese to talk “agent-powered humans” and HR’s future.
Chad Sowash
Oct 14, 2025


AI Hype Machine w/ Rand Fishkin
Rand Fishkin drops truth bombs on AI hype, media clickbait & marketing BS — snark, substance & spaghetti carbonara!
Chad Sowash
Oct 7, 2025


Sex Therapist Explains Coldplay-Gate
Coldplay caught the affair, Tiffany Anton unpacks the fallout. Affairs, HR hookups & VR porn—HR just got spicier.
Chad Sowash
Sep 30, 2025


Work-Life Balance is Stressful w/ Elizabeth Saunders
Flexible schedules frying your brain? Elizabeth Grace Saunders tells Chad & Cheese how not to burn out like cheap coffee.
Chad Sowash
Sep 23, 2025


AI Won’t Save Recruiting with Matt Charney
AI isn’t magic, it’s duct tape in a hoodie. Matt Charney joins Chad & Cheese to roast HR’s AI hype.
Chad Sowash
Sep 16, 2025


Scale Your Suck: Sackett on AI and Talent
Tim Sackett says recruiters have 18 months before AI eats their lunch. Scale your suck or get scaled out.
Chad Sowash
Sep 8, 2025


AI in Hiring: Trust, Safety, and Why Compliance Freaks Out
AI Sessions S3 is here: SmartRecruiters, AI pivots, Kraken jokes, and why scheduling still sucks.
Chad Sowash
Sep 1, 2025


How Marriott Tackles AI, Complexity, and Fake Candidates
AI, fake résumés & 1M Marriott workers—Tyler Weeks joins Chad & Cheese for HR chaos, ROI BS & Roombas in bellhop hats.
Chad Sowash
Aug 27, 2025


Domino’s HR Tech Transformation
Domino’s wants to deliver candidates as fast as pizza. AI, ATS drama & the Noid—this episode’s got it all.
Chad Sowash
Aug 19, 2025


Why Working in HR Sucks Right Now
Here’s the 125-character version:
HR in 2025: Layoffs, AI takeover, RTO mutiny & ICE raids—Sarah Needleman explains why Coldplay tickets won’t fix it.
Chad Sowash
Aug 12, 2025


Bias: AI vs Human - Mobley v. Workday
AI is less biased than humans?! Workday's in hot water, vendors are sweating—grab a dram, this one's gonna sting.
Chad Sowash
Aug 5, 2025


Knocking Off Indeed
Marriott’s Meghan Rhatigan drops truth bombs on job boards, Indeed, chatbots, DEI, and the future of hiring. Live from UNLEASH 2025!
Chad Sowash
Jul 30, 2025


Fixing the Candidate Pipeline
AI chaos, resume spam, busted tech stacks—Gem’s CEO and Glean’s VP bring the real talk from UNLEASH. Buckle up.
Chad Sowash
Jul 22, 2025


Goin' Gig with Prof. Ankit Kalda
Is the gig economy saving us—or screwing us? Chad & Cheese grill Prof. Ankit Kalda on jobs, UI, and Uber dreams gone wrong.
Chad Sowash
Jul 15, 2025


One Page Talent Management
HR loves complexity. Marc Effron says keep it simple, stupid. One page, no BS. Your binder just got roasted.
Chad Sowash
Jul 8, 2025


Indeed Feed Frenzy
Indeed kills XML feeds, agencies panic, chaos reigns. Is this control or collapse? The Whisperer breaks it all down.
Chad Sowash
Jul 1, 2025


Inside Apple’s China: Secrets, Supply Chains, and Geopolitics
Apple trained 28M workers, built China’s factory machine, and called it innovation. Oops. We dig in with Patrick McGee.
Chad Sowash
Jun 17, 2025


Why HR Doesn't—Can't—Work
HR is broken. Jordan Birnbaum joins Chad & Cheese to blow it up, praise Prince, and sip vodka tonics. Yeah, it gets weird.
Chad Sowash
Jun 9, 2025


Compliance Chaos in 2025
HR compliance gets wild with OutSolve’s Jeremy Mancheski—posters, I-9s, DEI, AI chaos & more. Buckle up, Buttercup.
Chad Sowash
Jun 3, 2025


Inside DEI Backlash
Boomers, backlash & the fear of DEI—Dr. Poornima joins Chad & Cheese to talk clowns, Costco & corporate cowardice.
Chad Sowash
May 27, 2025


Where Did Equity Go?
DEI isn’t dead—it’s just rebranding to survive the backlash. Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown joins to unpack the drama and drop truth bombs.
Chad Sowash
May 20, 2025


Money Can’t Buy Me Love
Your CEO thinks they’re loved. They're not. Dr. Beth Linderbaum talks engagement, leadership, and reality checks
Chad Sowash
May 13, 2025


The Human Hiring Touch
Fake resumes, sketchy data & AI that might roast you—Terry Baker says hiring still needs a human. Kinda. Sometimes. Probably.
Chad Sowash
May 6, 2025
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