Across The Bar Podcast

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 73 - Microsoft’s Buyouts, Weil’s Collapse and Marissa Mayer’s AI Issues

Microsoft offers 60,000 employees a buyout, and Weil Gotshal shuts down after more than 90 years. Peter and Laura get into what buyouts really pay, how a powerhouse law f

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 72 - Bugged Conference Rooms, AI Interviewers, Politics in the Workplace & the Pool Guy’s NDA

Peter spotted Midtown office workers waiting half an hour for frozen yogurt at 3 p.m. on a weekday, and he has thoughts. Laura thinks it might be the new dating scene. Th

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 71 - Is Your Slack Training AI? Glass Cliffs & Don't Be Like Guilfoyle!

A McKinsey partner went on LinkedIn to announce that the “glass cliff” isn’t real. He kept his job and lost his leadership role. He’ll also have that post as his top Goog

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 70 - Your AI Agent Needs Weekly Performance Reviews (Yes, Really)

Remember when AI agents were supposed to take work off your plate? Journalist Laura Brounstein admits that she gives hers a performance review at least once a week (“we’v

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 69 - Is Iced Coffee at a Job Interview a Red Flag? Serious Problems at Cornell and Gen Z Wants Feedback

Laura Brounstein is back, it's her birthday, and she brought a prop: an iced matcha, in honor of the hottest workplace debate on TikTok. Is walking into a job interview h

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 68 - The Free Speech President Strikes Again, Pritzker's GLP-1 Reveal & CEOs Who Love to Suffer

This week on Across the Bar, guest co-host Liz Baker Plosser is back from a week embedded in the international sauna scene, and she and Peter have plenty to say about the

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 67 - Adam Rapoport on Office Lunch Rules, the Hyrox Sh*tshow, Workers Demanding GLP-1 Coverage and Beware of the CFDA CEO

Liz Baker Plosser is back in the co-host seat this week and we brought in Adam Rapoport to talk about the do's and don'ts of office lunches. Bring your own bowl. Clean th

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 66 - Job Hopping Is Dead, Best Dressed Lawyers, LinkedIn's Dating Problem & the $700M Hyrox Deal

This week, Peter and guest co-host Liz Baker Plosser are back from summer and diving straight into the work issues confronting everyone as they return to the office.  Th

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 65 - Should Employers Cover Menopause Benefits, Uber Blames Its Employees and Anna Wintour Gets Overruled

Should employers be covering menopause benefits? Peter and guest co-host Liz Plosser (Best Case Scenario) take on a listener's question this week — and it opens up a bigg

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 64 - Quiet Vacationing, Slack Spying & Disney's Family "Un"-Friendly Health Insurance Change

Summer's basically over, and everyone's dealing with it differently — some people are faking Wi-Fi outages to steal one more day off, while Peter's out here treating a pl

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 63 - The Decoy Plane, GLP-1s at Work, Navigating the Office Gym, and the Death of Board Diversity

Laura is on a well-earned summer break, so Peter's joined by special guest co-host Liz Plosser, former editor-in-chief of Women's Health and the voice behind the wellness

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 62 - Snowplow Parents Go Corporate, Tenure Under Siege, AI Comes for HR, and LinkedIn's Top Colleges List

Peter's joining from Sardinia this week, which means the vibe is loose but the topics are not. First up: Gen-Z parents have entered the chat at work, showing up to job in

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 61 - Fired for a Ketamine Confession, Caught Kissing at Wachtell, and Why Gen Z Is Crying at Work

A Netflix production exec named is suing after getting fired following a corporate retreat where he disclosed medically supervised ketamine treatment for depression durin

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 60 - Insider Trading From the Teleprompter, IRS Chief's Spy Games & Planning a Retreat People Don't Dread

This week we start in the West Wing, where the man responsible for scrolling President Trump's speeches across the teleprompter turned out to have a lucrative side gig: a

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 59 - Apple Says OpenAI Stole Its Secrets, Meta's AI Fires Illegally, and a Judge Torches Trump's IRS Deal

Apple and OpenAI used to be in business together. Now Apple's accusing its former partner of coaching employees to walk out the door with company files — and Peter's got

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 58 - AI Isn't Coming for Your Job (Yet), Banks Ban Prediction Markets & Should You Date Your Co-Worker?

Remember when every AI company was telling you your job was toast? They've quietly changed their tune — Anthropic just leased a whole building in Hudson Square and is hir

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 57 - SCOTUS Handed the President A Lot More Power, Wall Street's Salami Backlash & AI Co-Worker Problems

Peter and Laura are recording on the last day of June — drinks in hand, holiday weekend approaching — and the Supreme Court just had one of its biggest weeks in years. Th

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 56 - What the World Cup Teaches Us About Work — JPMorgan Problems, Meta's Meltdown & the AI Burnout Trap

The World Cup is taking over America — and it's actually a masterclass in everything that makes a great employee. This week, Peter and Laura are joined by Ed Foster-Simeo

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 55 - Championship Energy: The Knicks, Summer Office Style & Why Remote Work Won't Die

The New York Knicks just ended a 53-year drought — and we're breaking down what their championship run means for New York. Then we shift to the workplace: summer office f

Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 54 - Kalshi Wants To Know Your Boss, H-1B Fee Too High, the Bari-Cade & Out Of The Office Philosophies

The workplace is full of surprises this week — and we've got all of it covered. Peter Rahbar and Laura Brounstein dig into six stories at the intersection of work, law,