Meet Me by the Dumpster

Meet Me by the Dumpster

Tune into Meet Me by the Dumpster where Mary and Astrid, two colleagues turned confidantes discuss the messy middle of all things work. At the dumpster, we dissect the thrill of finding a work friend, eye roll inducing jargon, professional façades, work nemeses, and more.

Episodes

S2 Ep7: In Which We Get Laid Off

December 31, 2024 • 57 mins
Astrid and Mary recount their layoff experiences, sharing what they learned, advice for anyone going through a layoff, and the one thing we should all agree to never post on LinkedIn.
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S2 Ep6: Knowing When to Quit with Courtney

December 23, 2024 • 45 mins
We all know the oft-cited adages about the importance of grit, sticking it out, and NEVER giving up. But what if quitting is the best course of action? Courtney joins us at the dumpster to share the difficult decision she made to wind down her company, offering a rarely heard perspective on the glamorized startup journey. She also reflects on her experiences working in China in her early twenties, and we debate the age-old gam...
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S2 Ep5: Breakups, Therapy, and Other Friendship Tales

February 22, 2024 • 55 mins
Mary and Astrid discuss navigating friendships as people move through different life stages, friendship breakups, and ponder whether or not they could benefit from friend therapy. 
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S2 Ep4: A Little Delulu is the Sololu

January 31, 2024 • 48 mins
Our former colleague Susannah joins the pod to share her approach to keeping work at a healthy distance (aka caring less). And does she have thoughts! Susannah shares how her self imposed label as an “underachiever” has influenced her approach to work, signs she looks for during the interview process to determine if a company is a good fit, and her hot take on sending thank you notes after the interview. Plus, stick around til...
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S2 Ep3: Should We Get a Drink?

December 7, 2023 • 41 mins
Mary and Astrid delve into their relationship with alcohol. In this episode, we share our first experiences with drinking (Mike's Hard & sneaking handles into basements), discuss how our drinking habits have changed, when we think alcohol adds versus subtracts from a situation, and chat through how our drinking patterns have been influenced by the people we surround ourselves with. 
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S2 Ep2: Justice for Older Sisters

November 21, 2023 • 39 mins
Astrid's younger brother John joins for a discussion on the evolution of sibling relationships. We discuss how their relationship has shifted at different points of their lives, how birth order has influenced choices they've made, as well as the importance of establishing a sibling relationship outside of the immediate family unit.
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S2 Ep1: Birthday Trauma

November 2, 2023 • 45 mins
Welcome to Season 2 of Meet Me by the Dumpster! For our first episode of the season, we unpack why it's so difficult to celebrate birthdays as an adult. We cover birthday celebrations growing up, how we feel about our birthdays now, and aspirations for how we approach future birthdays. Plus, an interesting goal we've set for season 2... 
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S1 Ep8: Dumpster Dive

October 6, 2023 • 38 mins
Come inside the dumpster for the last episode of season 1 where we share a behind the scenes look at the process of creating this podcast. We dive into the good, the bad, and the messy middle as well as how the pod has impacted our relationship to not only work, but to each other. Stick around till the end to learn about our plans for season 2! 
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S1 Ep7: Career Seasons & Parallel Parking

September 21, 2023 • 41 mins
Mary and Astrid are back at the dumpster to discuss career seasons, whether they try to blend in or stand out at work, and how getting better at parallel parking can be a powerful reminder of our ability to grow. 
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S1 Ep6: Career Experiments with Johnny 

July 27, 2023 • 36 mins
Our former colleague Johnny joins us to talk about his recent transition out of tech and into the mental health field. In this episode, Johnny shares the power in reframing career transitions as experiments, the value of ignoring the "discourse", and how he put the pieces together to move from distress to a place of knowing.
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S1 Ep5: Retreating from the Work Retreat

July 12, 2023 • 37 mins
Come for the discussion about what it means to bring your whole self to work and stay for hot takes on what's in and out in summer 2023. 

In this episode, Mary and Astrid chat through whether or not they really want to bring their whole selves to work and the pros and cons of having a manager your age or younger. 





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S1 Ep4: ~Petty Work Drama~ with Bethany

June 21, 2023 • 45 mins
Our first ever guest!! Our former colleague Bethany joins us to chat all things petty work drama - why we love it, the purpose it serves, and our own petty work dramas. 
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S1 Ep3: Coveting Thy Neighbor's Job

May 31, 2023 • 35 mins
The episode that required a few pep talks - work envy. Mary and Astrid discuss when they've felt it, why, and even manage to slip in a Sylvia Plath reference.

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S1 Ep2: The Defining Decade?

May 3, 2023 • 39 mins
Mary and Astrid discuss the careers they envisioned for themselves when growing up, their first jobs, how work was discussed in their families, and their thoughts on the controversial ~defining decade~



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S1 Ep1: Salad Mondays & Work Besties

April 16, 2023 • 26 mins
Mary and Astrid share their thoughts on the term ~work bestie~, how to move out of the colleague zone and into the friend zone, and how the dumpster became an important pillar in their work relationship.
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