# The HR Life Podcast

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Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906.md
RSS feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-hr-life-podcast
Official site: https://thehrlifepodcast.transistor.fm/
Author: Tony Benjamin
Episodes: 61

## Resource

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.

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## Episodes
- [EP 59 An HR Department of One, the Wild Wild West, and Almost Quit with Claire Lizear](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-59-an-hr-department-of-one-the-wild-wild-west-and-almost-quit-with-claire-lizear) — 2026-07-28T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 58 An "Accident" at Work and Gandalf is HR's Best Recruiter with Melissa Yergensen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-58-an-accident-at-work-and-gandalf-is-hr-s-best-recruiter-with-melissa-yergensen) — 2026-07-21T12:41:01+00:00
- [EP 57 Careless Hiring, Skinwalker Ranch, and Britt Davies' Long Awaited Debut](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-57-careless-hiring-skinwalker-ranch-and-britt-davies-long-awaited-debut) — 2026-07-14T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 56 Where's My Ashtray, Hire Right Fire Fast, and the OceanGate Culture Collapse with Bryan McCurdy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-56-where-s-my-ashtray-hire-right-fire-fast-and-the-oceangate-culture-collapse-with-bryan-mccurdy) — 2026-07-07T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 55 Disrupting Benefit Management with Rhonda Nerenberg and Jacob Davis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-55-disrupting-benefit-management-with-rhonda-nerenberg-and-jacob-davis) — 2026-06-30T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 54 HR's Opportunity to Drive the AI Bus with Ryan Kohler and Fragments of Tony's Skull](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-54-hr-s-opportunity-to-drive-the-ai-bus-with-ryan-kohler-and-fragments-of-tony-s-skull) — 2026-06-23T14:31:53+00:00
- [EP 53 Joe Tate Music, Japan, and the Power of Presentations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-53-joe-tate-music-japan-and-the-power-of-presentations) — 2026-06-16T11:49:52+00:00
- [EP 52 Turns Out Smiling Is Free: Aric Bostick on Attachment Theory and Why Your Face Is an HR Problem](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-52-turns-out-smiling-is-free-aric-bostick-on-attachment-theory-and-why-your-face-is-an-hr-problem) — 2026-06-09T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 51 Fueling HR with the NY Times at Central Utah SHRM](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-51-fueling-hr-with-the-ny-times-at-central-utah-shrm) — 2026-06-02T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 50 The Empty Bolt Seat: The CEO Who Thinks He Doesn't Need HR, Grogu, and Reddit](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-50-the-empty-bolt-seat-the-ceo-who-thinks-he-doesn-t-need-hr-grogu-and-reddit) — 2026-05-26T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 49 - HEED This: Reading Body Language, Running Investigations, and What Counterintelligence Teaches HR with Derik Clark](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-49-heed-this-reading-body-language-running-investigations-and-what-counterintelligence-teaches-hr-with-derik-clark) — 2026-05-19T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 48 May the Fourth, Socks, and Why Performance Reviews Are Stuck in 1955 with Albert Foster](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-48-may-the-fourth-socks-and-why-performance-reviews-are-stuck-in-1955-with-albert-foster) — 2026-05-12T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 47 Pure Inspiration at JAG (Jobs for America's Graduates)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-47-pure-inspiration-at-jag-jobs-for-america-s-graduates) — 2026-05-05T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 46 Retention, Troy Blanchard's Connections, and Ken Miles Got Jacked](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-46-retention-troy-blanchard-s-connections-and-ken-miles-got-jacked) — 2026-04-28T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 45 The State of the Hot Tub Workplace in the Empty Red Seat](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-45-the-state-of-the-hot-tub-workplace-in-the-empty-red-seat) — 2026-04-22T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 44 The Dichotomous State of HR, AI, and a Huge Announcement At The Very End of The Empty Red Seat](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-44-the-dichotomous-state-of-hr-ai-and-a-huge-announcement-at-the-very-end-of-the-empty-red-seat) — 2026-04-14T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 43 The Toxic Environment of the Empty Red Seat - and How to Cure It](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-43-the-toxic-environment-of-the-empty-red-seat-and-how-to-cure-it) — 2026-04-07T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 42 Why Can't I ask Follow Up Questions in Interviews on the Empty Red Seat?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-42-why-can-t-i-ask-follow-up-questions-in-interviews-on-the-empty-red-seat) — 2026-03-31T13:12:32+00:00
- [EP 41 Definning Strategic, The Four Myths of HR, and He-Man in the The Empty Red Seat](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-41-definning-strategic-the-four-myths-of-hr-and-he-man-in-the-the-empty-red-seat) — 2026-03-25T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 40 The SAFE Framework and Gamified Confetti with Andrea Hollingsworth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-40-the-safe-framework-and-gamified-confetti-with-andrea-hollingsworth) — 2026-03-17T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 39 Rachel Child and HR Education in Iambic Pentameter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-39-rachel-child-and-hr-education-in-iambic-pentameter) — 2026-03-10T12:00:00+00:00
- [EP 38 Return of Shaina Burgoyne And Yoda is Still Missing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-38-return-of-shaina-burgoyne-and-yoda-is-still-missing) — 2026-03-03T13:00:00+00:00
- [EP 37 AI, the EEOC, the Eightfold Case, and an Empty Red Dog Couch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-37-ai-the-eeoc-the-eightfold-case-and-an-empty-red-dog-couch) — 2026-02-24T13:00:00+00:00
- [EP 36 Is The ATS Out To Get You? An Empty Red Seat Conversation on a Deserted Island](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-36-is-the-ats-out-to-get-you-an-empty-red-seat-conversation-on-a-deserted-island) — 2026-02-17T13:00:00+00:00
- [EP 35 Rat Birds, PEO's, and Your Business Knowledge With Stacee Pedersen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-35-rat-birds-peo-s-and-your-business-knowledge-with-stacee-pedersen) — 2026-02-10T13:00:00+00:00
- [EP 34 Your HR Value, Pooper Scoopers, and Vinagaroons with Ben Eden](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-34-your-hr-value-pooper-scoopers-and-vinagaroons-with-ben-eden) — 2026-02-03T13:00:00+00:00
- [EP 33 Look Here Resume Writing with Amy Adler](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-33-look-here-resume-writing-with-amy-adler) — 2026-01-27T13:00:00+00:00
- [EP - 32 Dentist Elves, SHRM's Mistakes, Lawsuit Politics, and Clydesdales In the Empty Red Seat](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-32-dentist-elves-shrm-s-mistakes-lawsuit-politics-and-clydesdales-in-the-empty-red-seat) — 2026-01-20T13:00:00+00:00
- [EP 31 The Very Cool Sexy Subject of I9's with Karisa Stahle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-31-the-very-cool-sexy-subject-of-i9-s-with-karisa-stahle) — 2026-01-13T13:00:00+00:00

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