Across The Bar Podcast
Employment attorney Peter Rahbar and veteran journalist Laura Brounstein's weekly conversation about how the news is affecting the laws that govern our daily work and personal life. We cover negotiation, workplace privacy, pop culture and more!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 16
- Years Active
- 2025
Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 16 - New Vogue Editor Chloe Malle, Bring Your Burner Phones and the Latest CEO Affair Scandal!
In this week's episode of the Across the Bar Podcast, hosts Laura Brounstein and Peter Rahbar break down four major workplace stories shaking up the professional world, including:
👑 New Vogue Editor …
Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 15 - Win Your First Day at Work, JPMorgan Union Drama and the Intel-US Deal!
In this episode of the Across the Bar Podcast, workplace experts Laura Brounstein and Peter Rahbar break down the hottest workplace trends and career tips! 🎯
What We Cover:
🌟 New Job Success - Proven s…
Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 14 - How AI Can Get You Fired, Quiet Cracking and CEOs Gone Wild!
In this week's episode of the Across the Bar Podcast, Peter and Laura discuss the latest issues in the workplace, including how AI can get you fired, whether Quiet Cracking is actually a trend worth …
Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 13 - In-Person Interviews, Moms Exit the Workforce Again!, Sydney Sweeney & Food52
What was old is new again. In this episode of the Across the Bar Podcast, Laura Brounstein and Peter Rahbar discuss why in-person interviews are back, why working mothers are being pushed out of the …
Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 12 - Summer of Chaos: Workplace Violence, CEO Comms Fails & Negotiating Severance
In this week's episode of the Across the Bar Podcast, Peter and Laura discuss a summer filled with chaos in the workplace, including how executives should respond to NYC office shooting, CEOs failing…
Across the Bar, Episode 11 - Workplace Chaos: When Colleagues Bite, Bosses Ask You to Lie & AI Gets Woke!
In this week's episode of the Across the Bar Podcast, Peter and Laura discuss the hot workplace issues of the summer, including how to leave a good impression at the end of your summer internship (hi…
Across the Bar, Episode 10 - Scandal, Sabbaticals & AI Resumes: Inside the Coldplay CEO Mess & Work Today.
Should CEOs (or Human Resources) have romantic relationships with anyone in their company? Of course not! In this week’s episode of the Across the Bar Podcast, Laura Brounstein and Peter Rahbar "embr…
Across The Bar, Episode 9 - Linda Yaccarino, Grok AI, Layoffs & the Epstein List We Don’t Have!
This week on Across the Bar, we break down the chaos behind corporate exits, AI spirals, and billionaire power moves. Laura and Peter dig into Linda Yaccarino’s departure from X, Grok’s racist outbur…
Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 8 - Will Caitlin Clark Get Paid, Mamdani Lessons & a PTO Scam!
How the news and pop culture are changing the workplace every day, with top employment lawyer Peter Rahbar and top comms strategist and workplace expert Laura Brounstein.
Is “unlimited PTO” a workplac…
Across The Bar Podcast, Episode 7 - Dating Burnout, the Bezos Wedding & Wintour's Succession Plan?
Welcome to the Across the Bar Podcast, where workplace culture expert Laura Brounstein and top employment lawyer Peter Rahbar discuss what executives should be learning from today's top news stories.…
Across The Bar Podcast, Episode 6 - Do I Have To Tell My Boss I'm On Love Island? Or Doing A Panel?
So, do you have to tell your boss if you're on a panel- or a reality show? In this episode of Across The Bar, top employment lawyer Peter Rahbar and workplace and comms expert Laura Brounstein cover …
Across The Bar Podcast, Episode 5 - Hire a Grad! Use an Em Dash!
In episode 5 of the Across the Bar Podcast, workplace culture expert and journalist Laura Brounstein and top employment lawyer Peter Rahbar discuss the most relevant issues impacting leaders and exec…
Across The Bar Podcast, Episode 4 - No Bare Feet At The Office!
Top employment attorney Peter Rahbar and award-winning journalist and workplace expert Laura Brounstein talk through the ways that the week's news and moments are shaping and changing workplace cultu…
Across the Bar Podcast, Episode 3 - Don't Date Your Coworkers!
Top employment attorney Peter Rahbar and workplace culture expert and journalist Laura Brounstein talk through the events, lawsuits, policies, and political chaos shaping how we work, lead, and live.
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Across The Bar Podcast, Episode 2 - Is AI Taking Over Your Job?
In this episode of Across the Bar, Laura and Peter unpack the ethics of high-profile gifts — including planes from foreign governments with questionable ties — and what that means for corporate polic…
Across The Bar Podcast, Episode 1 - Don’t Be Like The Blue Origin Astronauts
Across The Bar is where real life headlines meet the world of work. Each week, award-winning journalist Laura Brounstein and top employment lawyer Peter Rahbar break down how headlines, lawsuits, and…