Chip on My Shoulder is conversation about the resentments, big and small, that populate modern life and how we live and enjoy life anyways. A cozy conversation with your friends, join us!
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11: We wanted diversity, we got milquetoast DEI
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We're back baby! Welcome to Season 2, the massive chips on my shoulder have evolved into wider malaise about the state of certain lofty goals we have for ourselves and as a nation. Let's talk about it! First up is life in the workplace and academia in pursuit of diversity, and how the path towards that worthy goal has gotten bogged down by selectiv…
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That's a Wrap on Season 1: Next Up, Super Duped?
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Thank YOU for listening. Your hosts wrap up the first season and say goodbye to these chips on their shoulders, while welcoming in the next set for Season Two. Everyone deserves peace, safety, and dignity. You can donate to World Food Program USA to help the most vulnerable in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Sudan, Haiti and many other location…
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10: Short Story Friday: Everyone Has an Accent (Including Me)
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Short Story Fridays, where I explore the depths of my insecurities, hope you guys enjoy! That short "Iranian accent" clip is from comedian Amir K, check him out, he's hilarious: Amir K - Traffic Court Amir K - Instagram Also mentioned, Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, English Have a question, like what you hear or want to send us a story…
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09: Conversation Starters and Questions We Don’t Need to Ask
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We talk about the well-meaning but awkward questions we sometimes ask each other. Here's a funny video that gets to the heart of "Where are you from?" Also mentioned, Dr. Derald Wing Sue, who has a whole interesting body of work around microaggressions. Have a question, like what you hear or want to send us a story idea? Email us! chiponmyshoulderp…
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08: Short Story Friday: Getting Real about Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
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Get the bestselling and tearjerking (for most people) children's book classic, Love You Forever by Robert Munsch Don't take my word for it, read the CDC stats on birth and fertility in the US We use Bookshop affiliate links, which support local bookstores with every purchase. Have a question, like what you hear or want to send us a story idea? Emai…
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07: Celebrity Fixation and the Ubiquity of Celebrity Content
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If you're in the US, you can donate to UNRWA You might enjoy the occasional celebrity content but you've probably had your fill of the endless celebrity gossip, Reese Witherspoon x Snoop Dogg collabs (idk if that's a thing but probably at this point), and total celebrity oversaturation in every aspect of our lives (MrBeast peanut butter wafers?!), …
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06: Short Story Friday - The Smooth Baritone of the Verbal Advantage Guy (in memory of Charles Harrington Elster)
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This week's Short Story Friday features inimitable transition music from the late 90s vocabulary building program, Verbal Advantage. The program almost veered into Stephen Covey/Dale Carnegie territory, but it was way cooler because it only cared about one thing: giving you a really kick-butt vocabulary which would, according to the author, almost …
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05: Are all CEOs Narcissists or Do They Just Present as Such?
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You've probably had at least one boss or CEO you've come across who is insufferably self-important, but is that the narcissism or is it just a requirement of the role? We consider the CEO, why they're a glass ball waiting to shatter, and why it's not so easy to replicate their success as they move to new roles. Show notes: The MBA Myth and the Cult…
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04: Short Story Friday - Ode to the Salmon-Colored Tract Home
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Another Short Story Friday: where we dive into the nostalgia of growing up in the boomtown age of mid-1990s Southern California and its sea of red-tiled, salmon-colored tract homes. Have a question, like what you hear or want to send us a story idea? Email us! chiponmyshoulderpodcast@gmail.com
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03: Hotel Side Hustles and Privilege, continued
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Chip on My Shoulder is a podcast of two people discussing ideas, the resentments they sometimes have, and how they're living and embracing life anyways. In today's episode, we continue the privilege chat and dig into private collections (what is that really?), hotels as a side hobby, attitudes around universal basic income and any type of cash tran…
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02: Short Story Friday - The Gym Bag Birkin
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We dissect ideas we've been holding on to around status in 5 minutes or less, beginning with the woman I would obsess over at the gym and her Hermès Birkin handbag. Have a question, like what you hear or want to send us a story idea? Email us! chiponmyshoulderpodcast@gmail.com
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Chip on My Shoulder is a podcast of two people discussing ideas, the resentments they sometimes have, and how they're living and embracing life anyways. Join us on our very first episode, it can only get better from here! Show Notes: Who Picks the Next Kings of Tech? Have a question, like what you hear or want to send us a story idea? Email us! chi…
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