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Episodes

Total: 42

A Daycare Owner

6d ago

Singing cleanup songs, tiring out kids before naptime, and battling the "babysitter" stere

An Audiobook Narrator

2025/1/28

Fine-tuning the perfect accent for a character, recording for hours in a sound-insulated booth, and

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We've got something a little different and special for you this week! The day this is dropping,

A Homicide Detective

2025/1/14

Cracking decades-old murder cases, delivering unthinkable news to victims' families, and tracki

A Toy Distributor

2024/12/31

Forecasting demand for 40,000 different products, arranging for model kits to traverse the globe fro

An Olympic Bobsledder

2024/12/17

Hurtling down an ice track at 100mph, perfecting the practice of visualization, and shaving off hund

Shearing Christmas trees into their classic shape, fighting back weeds and blackbirds, and planting

Swimming with 20-foot manta rays, suffering through grant applications, and rushing to the whale fre

Perfecting the soft finishes, dealing with divorcing couples, and cultivating the perfect network of

An NBA Referee

2024/10/22

Ignoring 10,000 booing fans, collaborating with the replay center, and striving for perfection with

A London Cabbie

2024/10/8

Outsmarting drunks, competing with ride-share apps, and discovering that some of your passengers wer

A Life Insurance Salesman

2024/9/24

Overcoming "soft objections," hustling to line up meetings, and navigating the line betwee

A Camera Operator

2024/9/10

Framing a scene to draw in the audience, dealing with screaming directors, and getting lost in an ac

A Long-Haul Truck Driver

2024/8/27

Hauling 32,000 lbs of dead rats, strategically planning every turn and pit stop, and soaking up the

A Summer Camp Director

2024/8/13

Conjuring a world where kids can reinvent themselves, running a small town in the woods, and witness

An Ice Cream Truck Driver

2024/7/30

Transforming school buses into ice cream trucks, watching kids grow up (one popsicle at a time), and

An Ocean Lifeguard

2024/7/16

Learning to read the ocean, performing CPR on a dolphin, and leading daring (and sometimes foolish)

A Secret Service Agent

2024/7/2

Scanning crowds for suspicious behavior, learning how to leap from moving vehicles, and investigatin

A Tennis Coach

2024/6/18

Scouting for signs of greatness, bolstering players after heartbreaking losses, and fighting the &qu