THE SEARCH EP 1: Meet Your Hosts (and Why We're Here)

Special Launch Announcement: We're borrowing The Reality Gap's Wednesday slot this week to introduce you to our newest series, The Search by Reality Gap.

Starting next week, The Search will release every Monday, and Reality Gap returns to its regular Wednesday schedule.

Why the interruption? Because job searching can't wait—and neither could we.

About This Episode

Tom and Lorenzo are launching The Search: a series about the real strategies, emotional survival tactics, and creative approaches it takes to find a job in 2025. No toxic positivity. No "just hustle harder." Just honest conversations between two people who've been in the trenches.

In this first episode, Lorenzo and Tom introduce themselves, share their job search stories, and preview what's coming: research strategies, the power of elimination, time management, networking that actually works, and building your brand without cringing too hard.

Timestamps

00:00 – Welcome to The Search
00:42 – Why we made this series
02:22 – Lorenzo's story: Tufts, three concentrations, and a plan
03:02 – "Then it got DOGEd" – losing the FDA fellowship
05:44 – How the ORISE fellowship process actually worked
07:28 – Fellowship applications vs. job hunting: prescribed paths vs. chaos
08:07 – The post-graduation scramble
22:45 – Tom's layoff and what he learned in three months
23:13 – What to expect from this series
24:50 – When your peers are in totally different positions
26:52 – Why you're probably being too hard on yourself
27:20 – Series preview: research, networking, marketing yourself
29:55 – Outro

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