Weird Work
Sam Balter & Matthew Brown
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S3E7 "I'm a restaurant menu engineer."
Who’s the psychological mastermind behind the restaurant menu boxes and columns? The one who’s taken the glory of Gutenburg and turned the typeface menu into a madcap marketing tool?Today's guest…
S3E6 "I'm a monster truck driver."
Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY! Time to fuel those carbureted dreams of crushing cars and breaking hearts because today we have Monster Jam's Entertainer of the Year, the driver for team Megalodon, Bernard…
S3E5 "I'm the trivia master for Learned League."
You may know him as Thorsten A. Integrity. Around here, we know his true identity, Shayne Bushfield. And after leaving behind his secure life at Microsoft, Shayne pursued his passion to create one of…
S3E4 "I'm a professional butler."
If you own a castle on a secluded island, can you really expect to dress yourself? When you're cruising the Mediterranean on a super yacht, can you really be expected to make your own shrimp…
S3E3 "I'm a pet psychic."
Martha talks to animals. Martha Malone – pet psychic, pet communicator - surfs the astral plane to telepathically connect with animals living or deceased. She communicates between animal and human to…
S3E2 "I'm a financial dominatrix."
Whether your kink is karma or carnage, there’s always something out there for you. And our guest sure found her sweet spot - financial domination.We're talking with the manipulatrix, the vocal…
S3E1 "I'm a location scout."
Lori Balton has been a location scout with over IMDB credits to her name. She’s scouted locations for every type of film. From big budget action movies like Heat, Armageddon, The Dark Rises, and…
S2E10 “I’m The Points Guy.”
Brian Kelly has been known to the world as The Points Guy since launching his blog in 2011, but he started slinging credit card reward points long before then. And today, the man with 25 credit cards…
S2E9 “I preserve vintage TV art.”
Chi-Tien Lui is known the world over as one of the last people who can repair and preserve TV art. Because the video art by the likes of Andy Warhol and Nam June Paik were made with now antiquated…
S2E8 “I teach kids to be YouTube stars.”
Summer camp usually brings to mind outdoor sports and campfire songs. But the idea of camp that so many people have come to know has evolved into something they might never have imagined. Alexander…
S2E7 “I’m a pet influencer agent.”
Colleen Wilson was a top private mortgage banker in New York City. She was also the youngest. No small feat. But after rescuing a deaf pooch named Charlie, it completely changed the way she saw the…
S2E6 "I'm a dream analyst."
Jane Teresa Anderson knows how to get inside someone’s head. And her work as a dream analyst has helped countless people better understand their waking lives. That way, the subconscious becomes…
S2E5 “I’m a conlanger.”
David J. Peterson is a creator of languages -- otherwise known as a conlanger. And he’s behind some of the most iconic languages ever heard on television and films. Maybe his most well-known conlang…
S2E4 “I’m a podcast librarian.”
Ma'ayan Plaut is the podcast librarian at RadioPublic. But she’s not like the typical master of the Dewey Decimal System you know from your local public library. And she just so happens to be the…
S2E3 “I’m a surf therapy dog.”
Ricochet is a champion surf dog, who’s ridden giants with the likes of Rob Machado, and starred in films like Superpower Dogs. But it’s her surf and therapy work that makes this pooch a real surf…
S2E2 “I’m an Elvis impersonator and wedding official.”
Brendan Paul grew up as a young punk living in LA. But after one fateful haircut and a handful of paying impersonation gigs around town, he found himself ditching the Sunset Strip for the Vegas…
S2E1 “I’m an international pizza consultant.”
Anthony Falco is the reigning pizza czar of New York. And he’s taken his expertise around the world to help others realize their own dreams of opening up a pizza shop. We crawl the streets of New…
“I’m bringing Weird Work back for Season Two.”
Weird Work returns on July 31 with all new episodes every Wednesday. See you soon, you beautiful unicorn star children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1E37 “I make ramen that helps people find their dreams.”
You’ve been listening all season long to how people turned their passions into professions. And want to make the jump, too. But what if you don’t know what your passion is? How do you pursue your…
S1E36 “I’m a comic book inker.”
Mark Morales has probably worked on all of your favorite comic book characters. But the job of comic book inker is not only one of the most ambiguous in the industry, it’s an increasingly rare…
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Weird Work has published 56 episodes since September 2017, covering topics in Documentary, Personal Journals.
Weird Work is currently dormant with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 28m.
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