Does the world really need another podcast? Annabell and Bri aren’t entirely sure—but they do know that looking for work can be lonely, disorienting and occasionally absurd.
In the first episode of More Closely Aligned, they introduce themselves and explain how two former colleagues became unemployed at the same time—and then became accidental podcasters. They compare notes on applications and interviews, reflect on what happens when work has been central to your identity, and share the unexpected discovery that their job searches had crossed paths more closely than either of them realised.
This isn’t a podcast from people who already know how the story ends. It’s an honest, funny and unfinished conversation from inside the job search—for anyone navigating redundancy, rejection, uncertainty or the exhausting instruction to remain relentlessly optimistic.
In this episode:
• Why Annabell and Bri decided to start the podcast
• The strangely intimate experience of comparing job-search notes
• How unemployment affects confidence and professional identity
• The absurdities that make a difficult period slightly easier to bear
• Why honest companionship can be more useful than another list of career tips
More Closely Aligned with Annabell & Bri is made by unemployed people, for unemployed people.
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Website: https://www.morecloselyalignedpod.com/
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*For those interested in Bri's musical, "SOUNDTRACK - Finding Home", tickets are available here.