Side Work Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Add-Ons: Maraschino Cherries Mar 21, 2022

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Can we start you off with a new show on Mondays? Add-Ons is our new appetizer size episode dropping each week where we nerd out on a super specific aspect of the service industry. Today we finally answer the question: "WTF is a maraschino cherry?"

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"1,500 Pounds of Corned Beef" Mar 18, 2022

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It was the first St. Patrick's Day back in over two years so we look into all the ways this green monster of a drinking holiday effects the service industry. May the luck o' the Irish be with you during your shift.

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"March Madness & Cheese Mongers with Seth Sam" Mar 11, 2022

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Today we have an in-depth conversation with seasoned server and veteran cheese monger, Seth Sam! Listen through to the end as we have him build a dream board of cheese so we can all sound like experts and try something new.

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"Serving Is Bananas with Scotty Landes" Mar 04, 2022

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Today's guest arrives just in time to discuss Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, and a little beignet making sugar snowman. Scotty Landes, co-host of the Bananas Podcast, gave eight years of his life to the service industry and remembers every last detail despite working at Cajun bars and getting shit-hammered on hurricanes.

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"Two Drink Minimum Culture & Niketta Scott" Feb 25, 2022

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Some service jobs hire you to showcase your additional talents while slinging drinks. Niketta Scott joins us today to discuss her time singing and bartending at Don't Tell Mama, and being in on the punchline at The Comedy Cellar.

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"Serving On Screen" Feb 18, 2022

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We discuss the deeply inaccurate portrayal of the service industry in tv and film and are surprised by the shows that actually really get it right. Joining us once again is fan favorite, James Dunn!

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"Fusion Restaurants & Other Unholy Unions" Feb 11, 2022

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In honor of the upcoming Super Bowl Sunday / Valentine's Day weekend we thought it proper to discuss fusion restaurants, mash-ups, and other ungodly combos the service industry has to deal with.

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"Weather Or Not" Feb 04, 2022

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In this episode we discuss the impact Mother Nature has on the service industry and marvel over Tilamook's cheddar party pants.

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"The Weed Service Industry with Mary Jane Gibson" Jan 28, 2022

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Continuing on our exploration of the growing service industry in the cannabis world, we talk with Rolling Stone writer and host of Weed + Grub podcast, Mary Jane Gibson!

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"To Delivery and Die in LA with James Fritz" Jan 21, 2022

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Today we discuss the nuances and annoyances of the delivery economy. Food and weed delivery alum James Fritz joins us to dish on the most egregious of non-tippers and nug-tippers.

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