6 Best Weird Jobs Podcasts

1. Weird Careers

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Hello! We are Eric and Jess and we on a mission to find the coolest and most bizarre jobs on the planet.
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Producer/Network Cardinal Imaging
Email ****@cardinalimages.ca
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2. The One Weird Job... A Screenwriting Podcast

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It seems like 99% (note: estimate possibly entirely made up) of working film and TV writers in the entertainment industry didn't get a screenwriting degree. In fact, many started out in entirely different careers before transitioning over to the world of screenwriting. And many more writers worked several odd jobs before they sold their first script or got staffed on their first show. Almost every writer has a weird, crazy, or just utterly insane backstory...MORE Host Alyssa Feller
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 10 Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Odd Jobs

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Ruby and Kat interview comedians, creatives, and people with objectively cool jobs, not about their big break, but about the side hustles, survival work, and odd jobs that got them there.This is a podcast about the jobs that make glamorous jobs possible.MORE Email ****@googlemail.com
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4. How to Be Anything

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How to Be Anything is a documentary-style podcast that profiles people with unusual, surprising, and wildly specific jobs. From puppeteers to tower climbers to scientists who search for dark matter underground and in space, each episode explores how people end up in jobs no one tells you about in school—and what it's like to build a life doing something most of us have never heard of.This isn't a self-help show or a career coaching podcast. How to Be Anything is for the job-curious, the creatively restless, and anyone who likes eavesdropping on someone else's weird path through life...MORE Host Emily McCrary
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 74 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

5. Wait...You Got Paid for That?!

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Ever wondered who gets paid to queue for iPhones, cuddle strangers, or bottle 'fresh mountain air'?Welcome to Wait… You Got Paid for That?! — the podcast that uncovers the world's weirdest side hustles and strangest jobs. Each episode dives into the ridiculous, hilarious, and downright ingenious ways people make money, from bizarre inventions to accidental careers that actually pay the bills.💵 Keywords: side hustles, weird jobs, make money online, passive income, unusual careers, funny true stories, entrepreneurship,MORE Email ****@getdave.co.uk
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6. What The Hell Is My Job?!

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Pull back the curtain with these short, anonymous and lighthearted insights into the lives of working people to help you understand their attitudes to careers, desires for work/life balance, where they've come from and where they are going to in their employment lives. These professionals are from all parts of the world and all walks of life, but they are not your careers advisor or employment agency and they won't help you understand everything about a job...MORE Producer/Network Mondegreen
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 7 Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact