Michael Cruz, Partner at Summer Friday and Creative Head,  joins the podcast to discuss why he credits his agency’s unprecedented success as a startup during COVID to its innovative employee culture. His previous agency, DRUM, closed suddenly in April of 2020, leaving nearly 80 people without jobs and many clients with lost retainers. Summer Friday was born out of the ashes of DRUM and, in just one month, saved ex-employees from financial devastation while ensuring DRUM's clients got what...

In this episode, Briana connects with fellow Fremont native, Amy Marie, who is launching her seventh book, Fremonsters. Available on Amazon, it is a middle-grade fantasy horror novel set in the small Ohio town. While they are from different decades, Amy and Briana talk about their similar experiences and agree that being a Fremonster is a very real thing. When not working on her eighth book, Amy is an air traffic controller... who hates to fly. 

Andrea Kayne has taught women — from police officers in Chicago to educators in Beijing — how to thrive in any workplace environment. In her new book, KICKING ASS IN A CORSET, the leadership expert identifies the six core virtues of novelist Jane Austen’s heroines — confidence, pragmatism, diligence, integrity, playfulness, and humility — and shows how they form the basis of internally referenced leadership. That is: cultivating the ability to direct one’s focus internally, rather than on...

Dr. Rebekah Louisa Smith joins the podcast to talk about how the Quantum Colors technique can be a powerful tool to help lift and balance your energy - and change your career. According to Rebekah, since making the shift from dark colors to bright pastels, her mental health and award-winning festival strategy business have changed drastically.  She also shares how her interest in the film industry inspired her to start a niche business helping filmmakers enter their films into festivals. If...

Ginni Saraswati’s roots are in radio, having co-hosted primetime programs including Australia’s first and only LGBTQ station, JOY 94.9.  But after visiting New York for work, something shifted in her. She knew her passion was in podcasting, so she sought to rebuild herself by producing the multi-award-winningThe Ginni Show, a heart-warming series that's part-interview and part-memoir. The show was a finalist at the Australian Podcast Awards in the Comedy category, and Ginni has also been...

Over 70% of musicians, like Brett Newski, struggle with anxiety, depression or other mental health issues.  Brett (who has played alongside the Pixies, Violent Femmes, Better Than Ezra and more) recently released his first illustrated book around breaking the stigma of mental illness - It’s Hard to be a Person: Defeating Anxiety, Surviving the World, and Having More Fun - accompanied by a soundtrack to the book featuring 8 original songs. After his doodles making light of his struggle with...

Professional marketer, comedian, and author John LaLoggia stops by to discuss his new book, "Sh*tty Jobs: The Guide to Surviving a Recession." He says he wrote the book after being laid off in the middle of the 2020 Pandemic and describes the book as an unfiltered account of living in Chicago while trying to find a job during a terrible economy in 2009 -  following the “once in a generation recession" - and then again during the “second recession” – the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic. According to...

Amanda Augustine, TopResume's career expert, as well as a certified professional career coach (CPCC) and certified professional resume writer, joins the podcast to share recent survey results, discuss changes in the workplace coming out of Covid, and even offers Josh tips on updating his resume.   

With the recent launch of Netflix's Masters of the Universe Revelation, Susan Eisenberg is a shoo-in for the Super Badass Animated Heroine Hall of Fame. Her breakout role was that of Wonder Woman in the acclaimed Justice League and Justice League Unlimited television series and now she is playing Sorceress in the Kevin Smith series. In addition, she has voiced Wonder Woman in numerous animated films and video game properties, including the popular Injustice: Gods Among Us series. When she's...

Julianna Carella and her daughter Dominique stopped by the podcast to give Briana and Josh a lesson in THC vs. CBD while also sharing an incredible journey that started with a garbage bag filled with weed. The mother-daughter duo are the driving forces behind two highly successful therapeutic hemp companies, Auntie Dolores for humans and Treatibles for pets.  With no formal business education and a profile best described as devoted single mom, professionally trained dancer employed as a...

In 1994, two students from Ohio University arrived separately in New York City to pursue careers in journalism. Unfortunately, they both failed typing tests and their paths went in very different directions. Turney Duff lived a hard and fast life on Wall Street with million dollar bonuses and a nightlife that stopped party girl Tara Reid in her tracks, followed by a not surprising stint (or two) in rehab and a New York Times Best Selling tell-all book. The other is Briana and, well, we all...

Jen Birn is tenacious. From Arizona to NY to LA and now, in Austin, as the Editor in Chief of Austin Life Magazine, Jen always goes after what she wants, while seizing other opportunities where most people  wouldn't find them. It's what got her a job reporting on the red carpet, led to her own magazine column, and how she secured a client to help launch her business. That client? Just Sir Richard Branson of a little company called Virgin. Find out more about Jen's incredible journey and how...

When the hilariously risque TruTV sitcom, "I'm Sorry" was cancelled recently, child actor Olive Petrucci (Amelia) and her mom had to decide whether she was going to start auditioning again or take a break and return to a normal life for awhile. They stopped by the podcast to discuss their decision and to share their amazing experience working on a show that - while dealing with adult subject matter - always made sure their youngest cast member was always protected and comfortable. Find out...

Kaplan Coaching isn't usually the place you go for sharpening your curve ball, hitting opposite-field home runs or covering second on a double play. But when it comes to Head Baseball Coach at Lesley University Seth Kaplan , that's exactly what you get. An elementary school friend of Josh's, Coach Kaplan has been the consummate field general. Not only was he showing 5'3 Josh how to play defense in childhood pickup basketball games, he also played Varsity Short Stop and Catcher in High School....

A self-proclaimed Political Satirist, Jeremy Newberger has more than earned that title with a dedicated Twitter following of nearly 95K and with coverage of his funny and insightful tweets in outlets like Forbes, UPROXX, Washington Post, as well as many others. The Emmy-Nominated Director and CEO of Ironbound Films tells Briana and Josh that having this social media voice helps to compensate for not being the successful "Saturday Night Live writer” he had once dreamed he would be. Jeremy also...

'I'm Sorry' to have to tell you this, but the hilarious comedy-writing duo of potty-mouth Bostonian mom's, Kerri Tabasky and Deb DeFrancesco, from the "I'm Not Sorry" Podcast have hit our airwaves and they're outrageous!  Currently they are working on various projects, reminiscing about their chance meeting at Panera Bread, and burning up the mics as podcast partners - like us! - with a message for all the women of the world: STOP APOLOGIZING!  Don't be sorry; just be yourself, tell it like...

Tom Kelly, comedian, host - and so much more - stops by the Jobs Blow Podcast to discuss what it's like to be counted among an exclusive group of comedians who get to "warm up" NYC TV studio audiences.  Working the audience at GMA prior to the pandemic, Tom talks Covid job loss while also detailing his career journey from Rosie O'Donnell to some weird Mer-man show, The View and now Tamron Hall. He and Josh swap stories from the stand up circuit, including their days "barking" to get stage...

Allan Locher of The Locher Room on Youtube, was laid off at the beginning of the pandemic and decided to use his PR experience in the world of Soap Operas to launch The Locher Room on Youtube.

Follow Danny Boy O'Connor's incredible journey from his success in "House of Pain" to following his passion and making the "Outsiders" home a museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

After Covid ended his restaurant venture, Brian Goldberg, CEO of Mr. Bing, pushed through some very dark times and is now bringing Mr. Bing into homes across the country.

Eyal Azrad joins the show to talk about his burgeoning, eco-friendly deodorant company Up In Arms.

Shark Tank Winner and CEO of Tower (where Mark Cuban is an investor), Stephan Aarstol joins Briana and Josh to discuss his career journey and share why his innovative 5-hour workday... failed.

Holly Epstein Ojalvo joins Jobs Blow Podcast for a discussion on why "having a nonlinear career path" resonates with so many people.

Tracy Deleu of Indigo Loves Violet returns to Jobs Blow to discuss life in lockdown and to share yet another dream her family has turned into a reality - a life on the road with no strings attached.

Briana and her former boss, Evan Holod, talk lay offs and looking for new opportunities during a pandemic.