This week on Across the Bar, we break down the chaos behind corporate exits, AI spirals, and billionaire power moves. Laura and Peter dig into Linda Yaccarino’s departure from X, Grok’s racist outbursts, and the recruiting wars colliding with layoffs at banks and private equity firms. Plus: how interns should handle layoff news, Bezos-buying rumors, and Bill Ackman's latest ego play!

How the news and pop culture are changing the workplace every day, with top employment lawyer Peter Rahbar and top comms strategist and workplace expert Laura Brounstein.
Is “unlimited PTO” a workplace scam? And what does Caitlin Clark’s $75K salary really mean for women’s sports?

This week on Across the Bar, Laura and Peter cover:

• Condé Nast workers fighting back during NYC’s heat wave
• The truth behind unlimited vacation policies
• What every boss can learn from Zohran Mamdani’s political upset
• WNBA contracts, collective bargaining, and how power shifts fast
• Plus: Heroes & Zeros—from Brad Pitt and F1 to SCOTUS and Paramount

Perfect post–July 4th catch-up for anyone navigating work, politics, and power.

00:00 – Summer mode + rosé rules
01:40 – Unlimited PTO: benefit or scam?
02:45 – Condé Nast pushback during NYC heat wave
06:00 – What bosses can learn from NYC’s mayoral primary
08:10 – Mamdani’s win: IRL organizing + digital reach
12:20 – Caitlin Clark’s $75K WNBA contract and collective bargaining
16:13 – Heroes & Zeros

Welcome to the Across the Bar Podcast, where workplace culture expert Laura Brounstein and top employment lawyer Peter Rahbar discuss what executives should be learning from today's top news stories. In this episode, Laura and Peter talk about the Infinite Workday, AI Fright and Riches, the Bezos Wedding, Anna Wintour's succession plan and much much more! Please watch, subscribe and rate!

So, do you have to tell your boss if you're on a panel- or a reality show? In this episode of Across The Bar, top employment lawyer Peter Rahbar and workplace and comms expert Laura Brounstein cover that as well as Terry Moran, the rise of workplace activism and the NYC mayor's race.

In episode 5 of the Across the Bar Podcast, workplace culture expert and journalist Laura Brounstein and top employment lawyer Peter Rahbar discuss the most relevant issues impacting leaders and executives today, including implications of ICE raids, Alex Cooper's harassment allegations, hiring recent graduates and our Heroes & Zeroes of the week!

Top employment attorney Peter Rahbar and award-winning journalist and workplace expert Laura Brounstein talk through the ways that the week's news and moments are shaping and changing workplace culture, norms and laws.
This week they get into office etiquette, AI and layoffs, Elon Musk and Mountainhead!

Top employment attorney Peter Rahbar and workplace culture expert and journalist Laura Brounstein talk through the events, lawsuits, policies, and political chaos shaping how we work, lead, and live.
With sharp insight, real-world takeaways, and a sense of humor, it’s essential listening for founders, execs, employees and anyone trying to make sense of work right now.
This week we cover workplace romance gone wrong, safety at the office and AI at work.
Also, we introduce cocktails to the mix!

In this episode of Across the Bar, Laura and Peter unpack the ethics of high-profile gifts — including planes from foreign governments with questionable ties — and what that means for corporate policy. They break down Florida’s latest move on noncompetes, the growing use of NDAs (including which ones Laura can break), and how AI may be quietly shifting power away from employees.

They also get into what to do when your boss asks you to cross a line (No, Mr. Diddy, I will not buy three tons of baby oil), and why you should hire an intern this summer.