How To Survive Getting Fired

How To!

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Business, Education, How To, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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If you recently lost your job—or think you might lose it soon—Laura Brown and Kristina O'Neill are here to help! On this episode of How To!, Carvell Wallace talks to the authors of All the Cool Girls Get Fired about what to do when you get the ax—and how to turn termination into a real opportunity. If you liked this conversation, check out the Slate podcast Death, Sex & Money’s recent episode on “Why Job Hunting Feels So Grim Lately, Especially for Gen Z.” Looking for a different kind of career advice? Send us a note at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001 and we might have you on the show. Subscribe for free on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen. The show is produced by Rosemary Belson and Sophie Summergrad. Our technical director is Merritt Jacob and our supervising producer is Joel Meyer. Get more of How To! with Slate Plus! Join for exclusive bonus episodes of How To! and ad-free listening on all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe from the How To! show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/howtoplus for access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In late August 1992, Randy Weaver and his family were refusing to come down from the remote Idaho mountaintop where they lived.
0:09.0	Weaver, a fugitive on a federal firearms charge, has been hold up in a cabin near Naples for more than a year.
0:15.0	The government thought Randy Weaver was a dangerous, possibly violent extremist.
0:20.0	Randy and his wife Vicky thought the government
0:23.0	was an agent of Satan on earth. When it was all over, three people were dead, and the government
0:29.2	had spent millions of dollars to catch one man. We'll find out why the siege at Ruby Ridge
0:34.7	unfolded the way it did, and think about some of the questions it raises.
0:39.4	What should we do about white supremacists? Why has the story of Ruby Ridge become an enduring
0:45.3	myth for the far right? And whose fault was it anyway?
0:51.0	Subscribe to Standoff, what happened at Ruby Ridge, in Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
1:00.0	How much do you know about the scandal that got Bill Clinton impeached?
1:03.3	Monica Lewinsky is under the microscope. Bill Clinton is under siege and the White House is trying to contain the damage.
1:10.1	Maybe you know the basics. The Clinton's presidency came to a screeching halt amid a storm
1:14.7	of accusations involving sex, power, and partisan warfare.
1:18.2	If it turns out to be true, it could be the end of Clinton's presidency.
1:21.4	Congress is rushing to overthrow the commander-in-chief.
1:25.5	What determines who we believe and whose side we take in a political fight?
1:29.3	Tripped and secret me, tape Monica Lewinsky.
1:31.6	Go down the radio shack and buy a tape recorder and plug it into your phone.
1:35.8	What does it mean to abuse one's power?
1:37.7	I did not have sexual relations with that woman.
1:41.7	It is absolutely staggering that the fate of the most powerful
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