Coldplay and Workplace Drama
Older & Wilder
GGW Media
4.8 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
HR Horror Stories, Aging with Confidence, and the Coldplay Concert Affair
In this episode of 'Older, Wilder,' hosts Joy and Claire discuss the intricacies of aging and feeling comfortable in one's skin. Claire shares her thoughts on evolving feelings of guilt and confidence in the workplace, while Joy recounts a recent awkward visit to a kidney specialist that reignites body image insecurities. They explore the societal obsession with physical appearance, especially with the advent of GLP-1 drugs. The duo also shares fascinating listener anecdotes about bizarre and shocking HR stories, stemming from a viral Coldplay concert affair that sparked widespread discussion. Listeners are encouraged to reflect on their own embarrassing work stories and share their experiences. Concluding on a lighter note, they discuss their evolving sense of style and finding joy in dressing authentically.
00:24 Karate Progress Check and Scheduling
02:07 Podcasting Tips and Equipment
04:25 Joining the Live Chat
05:37 Hot Gossip: Coldplay Concert Drama
15:38 HR Horror Stories
27:59 Funny Meme and Social Media Moments
30:15 Understanding Guilt and Shame
35:19 Navigating Workplace Dynamics
43:33 Body Image and Insecurities
51:20 Reflections on Aging and Society's Standards
01:00:15 Concluding Thoughts and Listener Engagement
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, it said every time Benson Boon does a backflip, a Laboo gets its wings. |
| 0:05.2 | And I was like, I understand this sentence against my will. |
| 0:12.1 | Welcome back, everybody, to Alder and Wilder. |
| 0:15.8 | This is Joy and Claire. |
| 0:17.2 | Hey, Claire. |
| 0:18.1 | You're home now. |
| 0:19.6 | I'm in Longmont for one weekend only. |
| 0:23.7 | We had to come back a couple of things. |
| 0:25.6 | Like the way that this is all working out with Brandon's schedule is that he's doing like |
| 0:29.9 | the nurse thing where you stack a bunch of shifts. |
| 0:32.5 | And so before we left, he like stacked some shifts. |
| 0:35.8 | And then he's coming back. |
| 0:37.1 | He had to come back and he's working Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday shifts and then he's coming back. He had to come back |
| 0:37.7 | and he's working Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday. And then he's taking like two and a half |
| 0:42.9 | weeks of PTO basically after that. So that is how this has all worked with his schedule. And then |
| 0:48.8 | we also had a karate like progress check. And if we are going to continue a second degree, we've talked about that. I'm not going to kind of go into it. Right. and if we are going to continue a second degree, |
| 0:53.4 | we've talked about that. I'm not going to kind of go into it. Right. But if we're going to miss it. So you're like we're going to do this. It's like it's not. And if you're out of town like there's six, six, 12 checks. Yeah, 12 checks between now and our if we were to test for our second degree. and you can only miss one and still stay on track. |
| 1:10.9 | And so I was like, well, I don't want to, the one that we miss to be our first one. Right. Exactly. You're like, I really wanted it to be like an emergency situation. Yeah. I want to like have the flexibility. Yeah. Like it made me not even an emergency, but like a time we're out of town and like don't have the ability to just like zip back over on I-70 and do this thing. So yeah, that test last night. It was like pretty anticlimactic. It was, you know, two hours of karate. So yeah, so here we are. I'm back on my good mic. I know, back on the good mic. It's so funny, though, you, even with the technology so great these days fun fact if you ever want to start |
| 1:46.9 | a podcast you can literally use the little plugged white earbuds that came free in the in the iPhone |
| 1:54.2 | I really wish they would still do this because these really are it's a great mic situation if you |
| 1:58.9 | coffee delivery thank you, coffee delivery. |
| 2:01.5 | If you ever want like a, um, just a trial of figuring out a podcast, if you want a podcast, |
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