
Work with Erika Ayers Badan
Most everybody has to work. Most everything has changed about work. Join Erika Badan -- CEO of Food52, former CEO of Barstool Sports and author of Nobody Cares About Your Career -- as she candidly navigates what’s great about work, what’s terrible at work, and what you need to know to make work, work for you.
Latest episodes

Dec 15, 2022 • 52min
How Miriam Haart Is Breaking Barriers On My Unorthodox Life
On today’s episode Erika sits down with Miriam Haart. Miriam is an engineering graduate of Stanford University and stars in Netflix's My Unorthodox Life along with her family. The two discuss how Miriam broke out of her Orthodox Jewish community, becoming your true self, entering a new life and much more. Plus we take a look at Barstool’s 2023 end of the year meeting and Erika breaks down how we run our company and things that need to be changed. As always we answer your career and job questions and Francis and Caroline sing us out with a special company meeting song. Enjoy! (00:02:54) Miriam Haart (00:23:36) Boardroom (00:30:02) Company Meeting (00:35:01) Q&A (00:44:40) Closing ThoughtsYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/tokenceoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 13, 2022 • 12min
Setting Goals For Your Future Self | Work Like A Girl
On today's calls Erika gives advice on how to work for yourself and create on your own. Plus, we help a caller market a product she made, enjoy!You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/tokenceoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 8, 2022 • 58min
How to Become a ‘Rich Bitch’ With Nicole Lapin
On today’s episode we talk to New York Times best selling author and money expert, Nicole Lapin. She has worked as a journalist at CNN and CNBC and her list of books includes Rich Bitch, Boss Bitch and Becoming Super Woman. Nicole gives all her advice on money and finances including investing, getting someone to pay you back, the stock market, getting out of debt and much more. Plus, leading up to her Rough ‘N Rowdy fight we have Grace O’Malley to talk about why she decided to fight, her training and how things have changed since she started working at Barstool. As always we answer your career and business questions and take a look at the business side of Barstool Sports. Enjoy! (00:02:39) Nicole Lapin (00:34:52) Boardroom (00:38:11) Grace O'Malley (00:50:23) Q&AYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/tokenceoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 6, 2022 • 8min
Navigating Impending Lay-Offs | Work Like A Girl
On today's call Erika gives a caller advice on how to navigate an office environment when there are impending lay-offs.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/tokenceoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 1, 2022 • 54min
How Milk Bar Founder Christina Tosi Built A Dessert Empire
On today’s episode Erika sits down with the founder and chef of Milk Bar, Christina Tosi. Christina created Milk Bar because she didn’t like the perfectionism in fine dining restaurants and wanted to build what she believed should have existed, which was dessert in a unique way. They discuss Christina’s path to Milk Bar, the lessons she teaches her staff, their dirty dessert secrets and much more. In addition, Erika gives us an inside look at Barstool’s Black Friday sale and the Cyber Monday Telethon and as always we answer your career questions in the Q&A. Enjoy! Christina’s new cookbook, All About Cookies: A Milk Bar Baking Book is out now! https://milkbarstore.com/pages/100-all-about-cookies-recipes (00:02:19) Boardroom (00:12:05) Christina Tosi (00:45:15) Q&AYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/tokenceoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 29, 2022 • 17min
Jealous Co-Workers | Work Like A Girl
On today's call Erika gives advice on dealing with jealous co-workers and calling people out when they criticize you. Plus a very special caller asks for advice on keeping his office space clean and organized.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/tokenceoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 22, 2022 • 15min
Navigating Licensing Deals | Work Like a Girl
On today's Work Like a Girl Erika gives a small business owner advice on how to navigate licensing deals and returning to work after having maternity leave.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/tokenceoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 17, 2022 • 46min
Melissa Ben-Ishay Found Her Million-Dollar Passion Post Layoff
On today’s episode Erika sits down with the founder and CEO of Baked By Melissa, Melissa Ben-Ishay. Melissa created Baked By Melissa at 24 years old after getting laid off at Deutsch Inc. The company now has 14 locations, ships nationwide and has sold more than 100 million cupcakes. Melissa talks about how getting fired helped push her to create her business, becoming a CEO, overcoming obstacles during COVID, loving work and much more. Plus Erika dives into this week's boardroom and recaps the Barstool Invitational, Stella Blue Coffee launch and gives us a look inside Barstool’s 2023 planning. And as always we answer your career questions, enjoy! (00:02:30) Melissa Ben-Ishay (00:29:17) Boardroom (00:34:14) Q&A (00:44:17) New Merch!You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/tokenceoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 15, 2022 • 10min
11,000 Job Applications? | Work Like A Girl
On today's episode Erika give her advice to a caller that has applied to 11,000 job applications via LinkedIn with no positive response.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/tokenceoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 10, 2022 • 59min
What's Going On With Twitter?
On today’s episode Erika talks with the founder of Business Class and Girlboss Media, Sophia Amoruso. Sophia is also the founder and former CEO of Nasty Gal and wrote the NYT Bestselling Book book #Girlboss that sold over 500,000 copies. The two discuss Sophia’s newest business venture, the term “Girlboss”, starting a business and much more. Erika also sits down with Barstool’s first employee and Head of Distribution, Paul Gulczynski, and they discuss the world of Twitter and Elon Musk’s takeover as the new CEO. And as always, Erika answers your career questions and gives her closing thoughts. Enjoy! (00:02:13) Sophia Amoruso (00:26:03) Gaz & Twitter (00:50:31) Q&AYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/tokenceoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.