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Target SnarketThis Boss-Babe Pyramid Wasn’t Built In A DayWe thought we’d close out our season with a light and breezy topic, but that didn’t feel authentic at all so instead we’re discussing the dark and stormy dynamics of multilevel marketing (MLM).Adding to our personal MLM experiences, we were honored to be joined by former Boss Babe Royal Topaz Queen herself, Emily Lynn Paulson, who is the author of “Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing". Together, we’ll examine the origins of the MLM business model, their shady recruitment tactics, and the promises of financi...2023-11-071h 15Target SnarketYou Expect Me To RTO Under These Conditions?! Haunted Office Buildings Of the USBeyond the familiar horrors of the workplace - bad bosses, annoying co-workers and demanding deadlines with no end in sight - some people have unsettling experiences in the office that cannot be explained by Earthly logic. Years later, even after they’ve left their jobs, they still remember the offices that haunted them during long, lonely shifts.This week, Kaleigh and Abhainn regale the spooky tales of haunted office buildings in the US as well as discuss their own disconcerting stories and hot takes on ghouls, goblins, witchcraft, and wizardry. Tune in just in ti...2023-10-2438 minTarget SnarketGoFundMe for Jobs: Navigating the Employer’s MarketYou can’t open up LinkedIn without seeing a half dozen posts from folks who are truly down on their luck - they lost their job a few months back, unemployment insurance is about to run out, they don’t have healthcare, they may get removed from their homes. It’s enough to recall the gutting feelings surrounding the 2008 crash and the years of unemployment struggle that followed. But what have we learned since 2008? In a slump that isn’t quite a crash but isn’t just a bump in the road, what can candidates seeking employment take away from previ...2023-09-121h 24Target SnarketThe Cost of Hustle CultureThe last 10 years have been marked by the “hustle” of all flavors: rise and grind, girlbossbabe, build an empire…but we’d like to be done with it now. This week, Michelle Awuku-Tatum, the founder of and Executive Coach at myFactor Coaching + Consulting, joins us to talk about the allure of hustle culture, the impacts it has on our physical and mental health, and how we can stop ourselves from both being victims of the hustle, as well as an inadvertent perpetrators at the same time. Additionally, Kaleigh exposes the difference between the hustle and gener...2023-08-011h 26Target SnarketGood In a CrisisWhen Roe v. Wade was overturned last year, this week’s interviewee, Leah Scott, had to grieve while simultaneously preparing communications for the non-profit and reproductive rights organizations around her. Leah has worked in nonprofit communications for much of her career and her current work in reproductive health, rights, and justice makes her all-the-more qualified to talk to the BROADs about how organizations can best respond when a new crisis seems to pop up everyday. Should your social media go dark with every headline? How do you know when saying nothing is harmful, or the...2023-07-251h 15Target SnarketThe Cost of Allyship: Why This Pride Feels DifferentWe’re officially in the middle of Pride Month 2023, and things have been feeling different. This week, our hosts take a moment to discuss how even our biggest corporate allies have kept their logos rainbow-free this June. Have corporations decided the cost of allyship is too much when employees are being threatened just for existing in a store with Pride collections? We end the episode with a call to action - be more mindful to not give straight businesses your gay dollars for Pride merchandise (or ideally, year-round). We highlight exactly how to be more intentional with your purchases th...2023-06-131h 23Target SnarketShe Who Can Not Be Named: A Discussion on Eponymous BrandingCalvin Klein, Kate Spade, Vera Wang - it seems to be best practice within the fashion industry to use eponymous labels, or branding using the name of the designer, owner, or a specific famous person. But eponymous branding creates gray area around how influencers, creators, designers, musicians, and artists can keep legal rights to their *actual identity* when that is what they are selling - their name. They *are* the brand. This week we welcome Cheval, the Chief Inspiration Officer at She is Cheval and Founder of the A Girl You Might Know Foundation, a...2023-05-2330 minTarget SnarketEqual Pay Brought to You by Bagel BitesAs an Associate Director of Marketing Intelligence at Mintel, you can bet Kaitlin Ceckowski knows a thing or two about marketing and intelligence. This week, we pick her brain on brand activism - do any of us really like it that much when brands take a stand for a better world? If so, when is it appropriate and when is it, well, squicky? Kaitlin drops the cold, hard facts for us on consumer behavior as we discuss why the champagne of beer is now a girl’s best friend, how brands created the very pro...2023-05-0957 minTarget SnarketKeeping Kids Safe Online, Part 1: The Youths on The InterwebsThe BROAD squad is joined by Prairie Public Radio journalist extraordinaire Danielle Webster in a panel discussion on the pitfalls and perils that face our kids when navigating the digital world. As a member of the mythical species called “parents,” Danielle chats with us about her observations on the effects of an always-on digital news cycle, the challenges of raising a child who is a digital native, and the generational differences we see in the use of social media and search engines. If you’re not a kid or don’t have any, you can still...2023-04-111h 04Target SnarketLet’s Get Banned! A Review of the TikTok DramaBROAD Mommy has left the kiddos to play - on this week’s episode, Kaleigh and Abhainn have taken the reins! In their first solo mission, Kaleigh walks through details on how TikTok became the target of the US Government.Our gruesome twosome dives into the history of the clock app, discusses what other countries have jumped on the BAN-wagon, and what data is the business ACTUALLY collecting. In addition, Abhainn shares their *strong* opinions on Daddy Pedro Pascal and Kaleigh puts on her tin foil hat to talk about the conspiracy theories surrounding th...2023-04-041h 03