The Chad & Cheese Podcast
By Evergreen Podcasts
Categories: Business, Careers, Technology
Everything people and workforce—recruiting, marketing, technology, talent management, and workforce economics—delivered with biting sarcasm and unapologetic snark. Industry misfits Chad Sowash and Joel Cheesman bring their no-holds-barred opinions to dissect news, trends, and the occasional dumpster fire. If you’re a hiring company, staffing firm, or vendor looking for insights (and a thick skin), these two won’t just tell you what’s happening—they’ll tell you why you’re probably doing it wrong. Buckle up, buttercup.
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Recent episodes
- Stop Rejecting Talent with Ritu Mohanka
Grab your stroopwafels and lock the doors, kids: Chad Sowash is loose in Amsterdam, posting up at the House of HR with Ritu Mohanka, CEO of VONQ.In an era where job seekers are arming AI agents to mass-apply to 10,000 roles before breakfast, recruiters are drowning in oceans of perfectly polished…
- Blue Waves, a $6.3B Binance Hack, & Fake Job Numbers?
America just handed out a reality check at the ballot box, but is the pain finally easing or just changing form? On this week’s Chad & Cheese Podcast, we break down the midterm results and what the Democratic gains actually mean for businesses, workers, and the chaos of the last few years. We dig…
- Shredded: Plato, Rocker, SeekOut, Bites, Roleo, Talroo, Upwork, & More
The Shred is a weekly roundup of what’s making headlines in the world of employment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- Gen Z Got Job Problems: AI Didn’t Kill the Resume. It Exposed It
Joel and Chad sit down with Holly Hobbs—Gen Z founder, first-job TikToker, and co-founder of uruture—to talk about how young people actually get work now. She built an audience by posting her own rejection-to-apprenticeship story, then turned that into a business that helps employers reach school…
- Anthropic IPO or BUST!
Golden Handshakes, Digital Paperclips, and a Very Expensive Extinction Chad Sowash, a rain-soaked Stephen McGrath, and Lieven Van Nieuwenhuizen log on for a dose of HR tech absurdity, corporate passive-aggression, and high-stakes market delusion. The HR Stack Trap: Stephen takes pity on the…
- Shredded: Paylocity, Dayforce, Ribbon AI, Colare, Microsoft, Skydance, eTeam, & More
The Shred is a weekly roundup of what’s making headlines in the world of employment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- How Heineken's Turned Recruiting Data Into Business Results with Kobi Ampoma
How do you tell 21,000 candidates a year "thanks, but no thanks" without accidentally convincing them to stop drinking your beer? From Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw, Chad Sowash catches up with Heineken’s Head of Talent, Kobi Ampoma, to peel back the curtain on enterprise hiring reality. They break…
- Out-LinkedIn, LinkedIn?
Paris is Burning, Autonomous Fridges are Hacking Back, and the "Hiring Reject Machine" is Eating Candidates Alive Ever wonder what happens when nearly $400 million in VC cash collides with pure, unadulterated recruiting chaos? Strap in, because Chad and Cheese are back to expose the absolute…
- Shredded: Zenzap, Workday, Amazon, ADP, LinkedIn, Deel, HR Path, & More
The Shred is a weekly roundup of what’s making headlines in the world of employment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- The Future of Work and Staffing in an AI Era
If the idea of an AI-powered robot wielding a razor near your vital organs gives you cold sweats, you’re not alone—and according to global workforce statistics, job seekers are feeling that exact same terror about their careers. In this chaotic, live episode from Amsterdam, co-hosts Joel Cheesman…
- Hungry Like The TechWolf : Juicebox is Thirsty : LinkedIn's 'Entrepreneurs R Us'
On the latest episode of The Chad & Cheese Podcast, Joel Cheesman and Emi Beredugo dig into a busy week of talent-tech deals and LinkedIn news. Acquisitions, resignations and bad decisions are back, baby! SAP has acquired skills-intelligence company TechWolf, which will integrate with…
- Shredded: Juicebox, Fetcher, McKinsey, Rippling, Humanly, CareerArc, & More
The Shred is a weekly roundup of what’s making headlines in the world of employment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- Agentic Transformation with Kayleen Weaver & Patrick Kelly
Talent acquisition teams are currently being expected to pull off the ultimate corporate hat trick: hire at breakneck speed, manifest unicorn candidates out of thin air, slash budgets down to pennies, and somehow prove it with shiny metrics. In this session, ringmasters Chad Sowash and Joel…
- Metaview Raises, LinkedIn Hunts, & HCA Gambles on Palantir
Live from Amsterdam where redheads combust in the sun and nobody uses e-scooters—the Chad and Cheese crew are back with guest star Stephen McGrath to tackle HR’s messiest sagas: Metaview’s $60M Pivot: How a basic, commoditized note-taking app rebranded as an "agentic AI" messiah. LinkedIn's…
- Shredded: LinkUp, Robert Half, Lyft, Ahron, Personio, TechWolf, LinkedIn, & More
The Shred is a weekly roundup of what’s making headlines in the world of employment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- Zero Friction, Infinite Resumes, No Hope with Nathan Labenz
Joel and Chad welcome Nathan Labenz, host of The Cognitive Revolution and a self-described full-time student of AI. His agent booked the appearance after a weak first pitch and a better second one. They start with how he actually works: a separate Mac Mini for agents, a wiki about his life, no…
- LinkedIn Goes Full TikTok : Job Seeker Confidence Collapses
Joel and Maureen are back, slightly singed from RecFest, to argue about whether the industry is a warm community or a room full of under-resourced people begging an AI agent to reinvent the email alert. Also on the menu: LinkedIn cosplaying as TikTok, Meta finally peeling the cameras off the…
- Shredded: Ando, Indeed, Septeni, Media House Holdings, Gallup, HiringCafe, Spott, & More
The Shred is a weekly roundup of what’s making headlines in the world of employment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- 20 Recruiters Making 150,000 Hires with Shay Johnson
How do just 20 recruiters handle over 150,000 hires and 7 million annual applications? On this episode of The Chad & Cheese Podcast, Chad Sowash and Joel Cheesman chat with Shay Johnson, VP of Strategic HR Partnerships at Compass Group, to explore the future of high-volume hiring. Shay breaks down…
- Guilty Pleas, Autopilots and Iced Lattes: RecFest USA Live
What do a big couch, a can of Stella, and four of the biggest personalities in recruitment have in common? They’re all live from RecFest this week, covering the hottest topics in the world of hiring. Chad, Joel, Mo’, and J.T. are on hand to talk about everything from an HR tech founder facing up…
- Shredded: DailyPay, Workday, Meta, Recruitics, ZoomInfo, Fuel50, Linkedin, & More
The Shred is a weekly roundup of what’s making headlines in the world of employment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- Candidate Fraud Stops Here with Etan Bernstein
Is the resume dying — or is it just lying and on life support while AI agents pump out 11,000 fake-looking apps a minute. On this episode of The Chad & Cheese Podcast, Joel and Chad sit down with Etan Bernstein of the Velocity Network Foundation, an HR lifer who wants to stop the whack-a-mole and…
- Meta Employee Meltdown : LinkedIn Goes Loco : 32-Hour Work Week Law?
This week on Chad and Cheese, Joel and JT unpack four stories that actually matter if you hire, manage, or look for work. Buckle-up buttercup! Meta just reversed two of its most controversial internal bets: pushing individual contributors back into middle-management seats after the layoffs, and…
- Shredded: Intermezzo, Meta, Oracle, LinkedIn, BoomerangHR, Glassdoor, Workday, & More
The Shred is a weekly roundup of what’s making headlines in the world of employment. The Shred is brought to you today by Jobcase.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- How AI is Reshaping the Workplace with Paul Roetzer
SmarterX founder and CEO Paul Roetzer joins the boys for a chat about how AI is reshaping the workforce in ways most don't suspect. Paul sold his marketing agency in 2021 as AI was already writing at near-human level—then ChatGPT showed up and things went into hyperdrive. Bentley and Gallup’s 2026…
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