You Got Jobbed
Comedy
Unforgettable stories about people and jobs. Based on interesting or unusual job interviews from the McSweeney's website.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Comedy
Description:
Unforgettable stories about people and jobs. Based on interesting or unusual job interviews from the McSweeney's website.
Twitter:
@yougotjobbed
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.yougotjobbed.com/
Email:
yougotjobbed@gmail.com
Episodes
48 – DMV & Obituary Clerk
1/9/2019
An employee from the department of motor vehicles has to clean up poop someone smeared on the walls after they took his license away. An obituary clerk has a co-worker who says, "people are dying to get into the paper."
Duration:00:31:43
47 – Weddings & Death
1/1/2019
A wedding dress salesperson and a pathologist's assistant. Also an 80s countdown and the new Jordan Peele movie trailer.
Duration:00:34:02
46 – Haunted house, haunted donuts
12/25/2018
This week I talk about the nightmare that was Brigantine Castle, NJ. Also, a woman makes Christmas wreaths and another woman makes donuts in a building with stairs that lead nowhere.
Duration:00:49:48
45 – Cheese & Crackers
12/18/2018
Cheese sculptor and Casino surveillance employee! Also decapitated mouse ornament and banana-peel-style fall!
Duration:02:32:20
44 – Holiday Special
12/11/2018
Tom worked on a Christmas tree lot. It was not fun. Also I worked on a construction site installing door stops. Also I'm on twitter, can't you like my #birbigsunderstudy thing so I don't feel like such a loser? @iloveusue
Duration:02:12:18
43 – Tuna, etc.
12/4/2018
This week: Jen Belt at a law office babysitting a pig, Elizabeth Griffin taught (and learned) how to log roll, another woman shipped tuna, and then a guy worked at a strip club called Tuna's. It all comes back around.
Duration:02:22:46
42 – Meteorology & Inflatables
11/27/2018
Geoff Fox is a meteorologist with a long career in Connecticut. Jake Vick makes inflatable things, like the boob bounce-house from the Museum of Sex in NY.
Duration:02:26:03
41 – Cockroaches & Prairie Dogs
11/20/2018
Pest control salesman and prairie dog relocator. No one wants animals around. One day THEY WILL DESTROY US! Or not. This podcast does not have the answers.
Duration:02:03:27
40 – Bees & Rats
11/14/2018
Wearing a bee beard at a bee farm; Shooting rats at an animal rehab center
Duration:02:14:45
39 – Ostriches
11/10/2018
Nick Jurkowski ate ostriches
Duration:00:44:39
38 – Pizza
2/16/2018
I worked at a pizza place, and Gloria Steinem wants me to keep podcasting...
Duration:00:32:02
37 – Dippin Dots in My Shoes
2/5/2018
Abby Markson (from episode 11) is back to talk about a variety of crappy jobs and one bad car accident. Also covered: Jon Hamm on the dating game, Cheba Hut, and the elusive Loverboy album cover.
Duration:00:57:11
36 – The Titanium Plant
1/30/2018
I’m interviewing myself this week. Come listen to what it was like to work at a titanium plant. I charm some men from the French Navy and hilarity (and diarrhea) ensues.
Duration:00:45:53
35 – Ms. Cricket, First Grade Teacher
1/24/2018
This episode is just, well, I don't know. Listen at your own risk. You may never get this time back…
Duration:00:17:10
34 – From Hair Growing to Paint Drying
1/19/2018
Gil Prowler is a cameraman who’s seen it all. Stunts, alligators, Van Halen, Mohammed Ali, Manny Pacquiao, gophers, Santana, hot bods, hair growing, and paint drying. Original interview here: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gil-prowler-has-not-yet-been-eaten-by-a-bear
Duration:01:01:49
33 – Baby Put Mouse in Mouth
1/12/2018
Ken Doyle, safecracker extraordinaire, talks about his time as a paramedic, responding to a variety of horrific calls. If you have a weak stomach, this may not be the episode for you. And just another note! Guess how many people have jumped off of the Golden Gate Bridge and lived? 26! Is that more or less than you thought?
Duration:01:23:23
32 – The Fruit of your Labors
1/5/2018
Sorry for the pun. Samuel Thornhill, owner of MasAppetit.com, talks about his crazy path from the music to the insurance industry, onto personal chef and wine stomper.
Duration:01:25:43
31 – Happy Holidays
12/24/2017
Happy Holidays to Taylor Swift fans everywhere! Hope to do more episodes in the new year.
Duration:00:08:57
30 – The Family Band
7/4/2017
Haley DeLeon plays in a wedding band with her family. She played her first weddings at age 12! She plays accordion and violin, but can play drums if the drummer needs to use the bathroom. Original interview with her twin sister here: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/zoe-deleon-and-the-family-band
Duration:01:09:39
29 – The Bookmobile
6/27/2017
Justine Coldwater drives the bookmobile! She talks about her sweet new ride (it replaced a sad old school bus), about her patrons, and the history of bookmobiles. Original interview here: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/justine-coldwater-no-keys-in-the-ignition
Duration:00:55:01