If you’re looking for some comfort amidst the chaos...you’ve come to the wrong place. We're very uncomfortable and we bet you are, too. In this episode, we go diving straight into the deep end of the giant dumpster fire that is our reality right now.

I don't know about you, but we can't seem to recover from the constant bombardment of unhinged, terrible news. Day in. Day out. And if you're feeling how we're feeling, we just wanted to say: It's okay to not be ok.

After reflecting on some historical moments that shook up our lives—from 9/11 to the reversal of Roe v. Wade—we finally settle in to talk about more current events and what we can do to avoid complacency and support our communities.

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In this episode:

• The "millennial problem" (video)
• Journalist Laura Jedeed applied for ICE (her findings, video)
• Laura Jedeed's Slate article in response to being called a liar about her story (with receipts)
• indivisible.org — find your local chapter!
• The World Right Now(tm) (meme)

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Music track: Snap Your Fingers by Aylex
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Welcome back, Burnouts!

After a much-needed break to deal with—what was that? burnout? (yeppp)—we're back for Season 2! And man is it good to be back.

What better topic for our first episode after a break? Rest. But not just any rest, y’all—we explore the seven different types of rest and how critical each is for our health.

Whether it’s lying in the dark, dissociating with games, getting a massage, or actually going outside to touch some grass, any way you rest is the right way. We also talk about setting rock-solid boundaries, and why it's ok (and sometimes necessary) to leave people on read to protect your own energy.

PSA: We're doing the podcast a little bit differently for Season 2. Instead of streaming live with video on Twitch, we're prerecording our episodes and sending them straight to your podcast apps. We're also moving from doing a show every week to every other week in an effort to give us some rest in between. Thank you so much for listening and for all of your support! We're so excited to start our chapter two with all of you. xo

In this episode:

• Seven types of rest to help restore your body’s energy
• Your brain on nature: How exposure to natural environments heals, calms and cures
• Rebecca's cheese coins recipe
• Zweckfreundschaft, "friendship of convenience"
• 13 magical nights —@thatglasgowwitch on Instagram
• Headspace app: Free premium subscription for 30 days
• Calm app: Free premium subscription for 30 days
• Creative rest is like a tree quote

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Music track: Snap Your Fingers by Aylex
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Companies using ridiculous hiring practices, AI in content creation, and the gross secrecy around salaries—we've got it all this week. We discuss pay transparency, why some hiring managers are shady af, and why everyone should just post those salaries already. Once we started brainstorming solutions to the pay transparency problem, we realized we hadn't done enough (or our own) research. So, next up? Making the job market a fairer place.

tl;dr Basically, Jamie got upset by a LinkedIn post which made her make a LinkedIn post (but don't worry she's in recovery now). And now we've decided to use our dusty journalist brains. Stay tuned.

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The Burnout Collective Podcast is hosted by Jamie Young and Rebecca McCracken.

New episodes every other Tuesday anywhere you get your podcasts!

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Music track: Snap Your Fingers by Aylex
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