Podcast

The HR Life Podcast

Author: Tony Benjamin
Feed episode count: 61
Official site: https://thehrlifepodcast.transistor.fm/
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Summary

The HR Life Podcast is a show about the work-life experience of those of us in Human Resources and business leadership. This long-form podcast is a conversation, casual, and not always the corporate line. Hosts and guests touch on everything from serious or even controversial topics to the absurdity of modern American business practices. Your hosts are Tony Benjamin, owner and founder of The Grange Strategic HR Consulting, and Steven J. Smith, Author of The Hiring Tree: Laws of Applicant Attraction and all-around important guy. Guests include the best minds in the HR world. Join the show weekly.

Episodes

Jul 28, 2026 · not_requested

EP 59 An HR Department of One, the Wild Wild West, and Almost Quit with Claire Lizear

Duration seconds: 5529
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Jul 21, 2026 · not_requested

EP 58 An "Accident" at Work and Gandalf is HR's Best Recruiter with Melissa Yergensen

Duration seconds: 4723
Source: https://share.transistor.fm/s/95588b25

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Jul 14, 2026 · not_requested

EP 57 Careless Hiring, Skinwalker Ranch, and Britt Davies' Long Awaited Debut

Duration seconds: 5055
Source: https://share.transistor.fm/s/5e4a9233

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Jul 7, 2026 · not_requested

EP 56 Where's My Ashtray, Hire Right Fire Fast, and the OceanGate Culture Collapse with Bryan McCurdy

Duration seconds: 5331
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Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested

EP 55 Disrupting Benefit Management with Rhonda Nerenberg and Jacob Davis

Duration seconds: 4939
Source: https://share.transistor.fm/s/428babc5

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Jun 23, 2026 · not_requested

EP 54 HR's Opportunity to Drive the AI Bus with Ryan Kohler and Fragments of Tony's Skull

Duration seconds: 4452
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Jun 16, 2026 · not_requested

EP 53 Joe Tate Music, Japan, and the Power of Presentations

Duration seconds: 4596
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Jun 9, 2026 · not_requested

EP 52 Turns Out Smiling Is Free: Aric Bostick on Attachment Theory and Why Your Face Is an HR Problem

Duration seconds: 4902
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Jun 2, 2026 · not_requested

EP 51 Fueling HR with the NY Times at Central Utah SHRM

Duration seconds: 4273
Source: https://share.transistor.fm/s/ae3de568

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May 26, 2026 · not_requested

EP 50 The Empty Bolt Seat: The CEO Who Thinks He Doesn't Need HR, Grogu, and Reddit

Duration seconds: 5065
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May 19, 2026 · not_requested

EP 49 - HEED This: Reading Body Language, Running Investigations, and What Counterintelligence Teaches HR with Derik Clark

Duration seconds: 4728
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May 12, 2026 · not_requested

EP 48 May the Fourth, Socks, and Why Performance Reviews Are Stuck in 1955 with Albert Foster

Duration seconds: 4635
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May 5, 2026 · not_requested

EP 47 Pure Inspiration at JAG (Jobs for America's Graduates)

Duration seconds: 4483
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Apr 28, 2026 · not_requested

EP 46 Retention, Troy Blanchard's Connections, and Ken Miles Got Jacked

Duration seconds: 5160
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Apr 22, 2026 · not_requested

EP 45 The State of the Hot Tub Workplace in the Empty Red Seat

Duration seconds: 4068
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Apr 14, 2026 · not_requested

EP 44 The Dichotomous State of HR, AI, and a Huge Announcement At The Very End of The Empty Red Seat

Duration seconds: 5625
Source: https://share.transistor.fm/s/5feef219

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Apr 7, 2026 · not_requested

EP 43 The Toxic Environment of the Empty Red Seat - and How to Cure It

Duration seconds: 5243
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Mar 31, 2026 · not_requested

EP 42 Why Can't I ask Follow Up Questions in Interviews on the Empty Red Seat?

Duration seconds: 5428
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Mar 25, 2026 · not_requested

EP 41 Definning Strategic, The Four Myths of HR, and He-Man in the The Empty Red Seat

Duration seconds: 4494
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Mar 17, 2026 · not_requested

EP 40 The SAFE Framework and Gamified Confetti with Andrea Hollingsworth

Duration seconds: 5290
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Mar 10, 2026 · not_requested

EP 39 Rachel Child and HR Education in Iambic Pentameter

Duration seconds: 5720
Source: https://share.transistor.fm/s/d62809e1

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Mar 3, 2026 · not_requested

EP 38 Return of Shaina Burgoyne And Yoda is Still Missing

Duration seconds: 4430
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Feb 24, 2026 · not_requested

EP 37 AI, the EEOC, the Eightfold Case, and an Empty Red Dog Couch

Duration seconds: 3970
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Feb 17, 2026 · not_requested

EP 36 Is The ATS Out To Get You? An Empty Red Seat Conversation on a Deserted Island

Duration seconds: 5651
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Feb 10, 2026 · not_requested

EP 35 Rat Birds, PEO's, and Your Business Knowledge With Stacee Pedersen

Duration seconds: 5199
Source: https://share.transistor.fm/s/c91a5145

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Feb 3, 2026 · not_requested

EP 34 Your HR Value, Pooper Scoopers, and Vinagaroons with Ben Eden

Duration seconds: 4274
Source: https://share.transistor.fm/s/534b415b

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Jan 27, 2026 · not_requested

EP 33 Look Here Resume Writing with Amy Adler

Duration seconds: 5378
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Jan 20, 2026 · not_requested

EP - 32 Dentist Elves, SHRM's Mistakes, Lawsuit Politics, and Clydesdales In the Empty Red Seat

Duration seconds: 4909
Source: https://share.transistor.fm/s/7f387653

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Jan 13, 2026 · not_requested

EP 31 The Very Cool Sexy Subject of I9's with Karisa Stahle

Duration seconds: 3921
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