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If you’ve ever had a boss who made you question your life choices, a job that felt like a slow descent into madness, or coworkers who deserved their own reality show (for all the wrong reasons)—welcome to your new favorite podcast. Bad Boss Detox is your safe space to laugh, vent, and reclaim your sanity after dealing with toxic workplaces. Hosted by Ivy Hensley and Katie Boothe, a Gen Xer and a Millennial with the workplace scars to prove it, we’re serving up hilarious stories, workplace su ...
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Send us a text This week on Bad Boss Detox, we’re digging into the legend behind the loud: Gordon Ramsay. Before he was yelling about risotto on primetime, Ramsay was a rising star in the brutal world of fine dining. So what shaped his fiery persona—and how much of it is just for the cameras? We’re serving up a profile of Ramsay’s background, his r…
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Reality Check: The Toxicity and Exploitation of Reality TV
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Send us a text Welcome aboard the most dramatic detox yet! This week, we dive overboard into the wild waters of reality TV. From Below Deck to Real Housewives, we’re spilling the unscripted tea on who’s leading, who’s losing it, and who’s lurking behind the scenes pulling the strings (cough Andy Cohen cough). We’ll break down the birth of reality t…
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Burnout & Band-Aids: Surviving a Toxic Nursing Career
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Send us a text This episode of Bad Boss Detox started as a single listener's story but became so compelling that it turned into a full feature. It explores the heartbreaking reality of career-long toxicity—what happens when the very job you loved, the one you pursued for all the right reasons, ultimately drains your passion. Raw and reflective, thi…
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Feminism: Smashing our Misconceptions, and Moving Forward
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Send us a text Remember when we thought feminism was just about hating men and not shaving our legs? (Oops.) In this episode, we look back at our awkward, confused intro to feminism, take a wild ride through its historical waves, and try to make sense of where it’s headed now. Spoiler: it’s more complex—and way cooler—than we were led to believe. T…
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Women in the Workplace: We've Come a Long Way!
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Send us a text From weaving and healing to running entire households behind the scenes, women have been working — invisibly and relentlessly — since the dawn of time. In this episode, we shine a light on the jobs history forgot, the battles fought for basic rights, and just how far we've come (spoiler: not as far as you'd think). Join us as we cele…
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Send us a text Welcome back, detoxers! In this episode, we’re picking up where we left off—unpacking the real-life challenges and plot twists that tested us before we stepped into our power as the badass women we are today. Plus, we’re sharing a thought-provoking listener story that’ll stick with you long after the episode ends. Trust us, you don’t…
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Obstacles: Our Tragic Backstories Unlocked!
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Send us a text Success stories are cute—but let’s talk about the before. In this episode, we get real about the personal obstacles, toxic workplaces, and self-doubt we had to crawl through before we could even think about thriving. From being undervalued and overworked to unlearning the lies we believed about ourselves, we’re sharing what it really…
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Send us a text This episode of Bad Boss Detox honors the legacy of the Radium Girls—young women hired in the 1910s to paint luminous watch dials with radioactive paint, told it was safe, even healthy, to ingest. What followed was a devastating trail of illness, corporate denial, and one of the most heartbreaking workplace cover-ups in history. We’l…
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From Panic to Power: Beating the Fear of Leaving Your Toxic Job
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Send us a text In this episode, we’re exposing the fear tactics bad bosses use to keep you trapped— and some of the fears you may have that are keeping you stuck. We’ll talk about how to break free without losing your sanity (or your paycheck). From financial concerns and health insurance, to the loss of your work friends and the deep loyalty you m…
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Clocking the Narcissistic Boss: Red Flags, and Your Survival Guide
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Send us a text It’s their world, and you’re just working (and suffering) in it. This week on Bad Boss Detox, we’re tackling the narcissistic boss: the self-important, credit-stealing, blame-shifting leader who makes every workday feel like a hostage situation. From the boss who demands applause after every meeting to the one who ‘forgets’ your name…
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Bad Bosses of History: Meet the Original Workplace Villains
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Send us a text Workplace horror stories are nothing new—history is filled with bosses whose greed, cruelty, and disregard for human life led to some of the darkest chapters in labor history. In this episode of Bad Boss Detox, we take a sobering look at four of the worst offenders, whose actions sparked protests, strikes, and, in some cases, tragic …
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How We Got Here: Bad Bosses, Great Stories.
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Send us a text Congratulations—you’ve just joined a podcast that understands the soul-crushing agony of bad bosses, toxic workplaces, and that one coworker who insists on replying-all every single time. In this inaugural episode of Bad Boss Detox, your hosts Ivy Hensley and Katie Boothe introduce themselves, spill some tea about their own workplace…
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