Laura Brounstein is back, it’s her birthday, and she brought a prop: an iced matcha, in honor of the hottest workplace debate on TikTok. Is walking into a job interview holding an iced coffee a harmless habit or a dealbreaker? Co-Host Peter Rahbar has an opinion, even if it might be an “old guy take.” Laura brings receipts from her Anna Wintour interview.

Peter and Laura also discuss how tech bros are hiding where they work to get a date. The Wall Street Journal says Gen Z wants its feedback sugar-coated, but Peter argues what they actually want is just more of it, more often. Laura explains why companies can’t demand personalized management without actually training their managers. Hedge fund giant Millennium is giving 7,000 employees AI “digital twins” that learn how they work, which Laura compares to chickens teaching people how to fry. And the Protect College Sports Act has Peter, a self-described sports obsessive, genuinely torn.

Finally, a serious conversation about Cornell University: the alleged sexual assault at a fraternity, the DA who declined to prosecute, the student journalists at the Cornell Daily Sun who broke the story, and what universities owe their students. Peter (a former fraternity president) and Laura debate whether abolishing Greek life is the answer.

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