All Episodes

EP 47 Pure Inspiration at JAG (Jobs for America's Graduates)

EP 46 Retention, Troy Blanchard's Connections, and Ken Miles Got Jacked

EP 45 The State of the Hot Tub Workplace in the Empty Red Seat

EP 44 The Dichotomous State of HR, AI, and a Huge Announcement At The Very End of The Empty Red Seat

EP 43 The Toxic Environment of the Empty Red Seat - and How to Cure It

EP 42 Why Can't I ask Follow Up Questions in Interviews on the Empty Red Seat?

EP 41 Definning Strategic, The Four Myths of HR, and He-Man in the The Empty Red Seat

EP 40 The SAFE Framework and Gamified Confetti with Andrea Hollingsworth

EP 39 Rachel Child and HR Education in Iambic Pentameter

EP 38 Return of Shaina Burgoyne And Yoda is Still Missing

EP 37 AI, the EEOC, the Eightfold Case, and an Empty Red Dog Couch

EP 36 Is The ATS Out To Get You? An Empty Red Seat Conversation on a Deserted Island

EP 35 Rat Birds, PEO's, and Your Business Knowledge With Stacee Pedersen

EP 34 Your HR Value, Pooper Scoopers, and Vinagaroons with Ben Eden

EP 33 Look Here Resume Writing with Amy Adler

EP - 32 Dentist Elves, SHRM's Mistakes, Lawsuit Politics, and Clydesdales In the Empty Red Seat

EP 31 The Very Cool Sexy Subject of I9's with Karisa Stahle

EP 30 Fantastic Stickers With Tracie Kalmar

EP 29 The Lawyer is in With Mark Tolman

EP 28 Merry Christmas! At Twice the Speed While Watching Predator!

EP 27 Compassion and Exciting, Fancy Psychobabble With Andrea Hollingsworth

EP 26 $600k Worth of Stats, Confused Culture, and Dissent with Weslie Porter

EP 25 Yea... International HR with Desma and Elrona D'Souza

EP 24 Breaking News! 2026 Work Elevated Theme... Again, with JoyLynn Jeppson

EP 23 Superpowers for Grown-ups With Tami Bajema

EP 22 Eating the Otter Pops, Setting Up The New HR Department, Big Deal Recruiting, and Why People Leave

EP 21 Who Defends HR on 6 Mile with Claire Lizear?

EP 20 Perfectionist Rock Stars a Plenty with Alison Avila

EP 19 Vision, Mission, and Shoulder Grogu

EP 18 The Layoff Stayed in Vegas, From the Couch to the Superbowl with Steve Jaffe

EP 17 Free Bird, The Work Elevated Conference, and Mullets

EP 16 Illegal Lizards, Divine Recruiting and Melissa Musgrave

EP 15 Insurance Fun with Diane Fullerton

EP 14 JD Robinson, The New Guy in Steve's Database

EP 13 It Takes an Olympic Village To Raise a Culture with Dan Merkley

EP 12 The Undeniable Halo of Matt Hilbig

EP 11 Your Religious Uncle Robot and Josh Brecheisen

EP 10 - Swipe Right if You Think I'm Cute and The Empty Red Seat (w/Rizzo)

EP 9 Xavier Cugnon Isn't Jaded, But Tony Is... and A Giant Cat

EP 8 Of Course Steve Knows Kate Thompson's Boss

EP 7 - Delivery on Duty With Rachel Child

Bonus Ep Viva La Kiss Cam (With Bonus Track)

EP 6 - Handbooks, Cops, and Taking Minutes With Priscilla Wadman

EP 5 - The Empty Red Seat and Origin Stories

EP 4 From Dolphins and Dogs to DEI With Katey Connell - The HR Life Podcast

EP 3 - None of These Guys are Playing in the NBA Finals with Jeremie Brecheisen - The HR Life Podcast

EP 2 - The Mega Big Deal Star Wars People and Tony With Beca Mark - The HR Life Podcast

Ep 1 - Strategic is a Dirty Word? - With Karisa Stahle - The HR Life Podcast

Ep 0.5 An Introduction - Are we recording?