Office Talks After Hours

Jacob is joined by Ashley, a coworker with whom he shares a history that goes back to their high school and church days. Now working at the same company, the two sit down for their first Office Talks After Hours conversation together.

From nostalgic TV shows and horror movies to workplace stories, customer service, career changes, homebuilding, and upcoming travel plans, the conversation covers a little bit of everything. Along the way, they get into salad thieves, Olive Garden breadsticks, and the kind of random tangents that make you wonder how one topic led to another.

It's an unscripted and unrehearsed conversation about work, life, and everything in between — just like the conversations you have with coworkers while at work… just after hours.

In Episode 28, Jacob sits down with his good friend and co-host, Sandor, for another completely unscripted conversation. They start with music and childhood memories, talking about Green Day, old CDs, hidden tracks, '90s and 2000s music, and a cappella. 

From there, the conversation turns toward work, including unexpected departures, managing employees, workplace friendships, and what happens when people suddenly leave. 

Jacob and Sandor also talk about being introverts, making friends online, generational differences,  and the true translation of Sandor’s name. As always, the conversation eventually takes a few unexpected turns along the way.

In this episode of Office Talks After Hours, Jacob sits down again with his longtime friend Jesse for a conversation that starts with parenting, kids, and the unexpected ways children end up sleeping in their parents’ beds. From there, the conversation takes a more serious turn as they talk about grandparents, losing loved ones, grief, funerals, and the different ways people process death.

They also share stories about family, sports brackets, and the challenges of keeping up with everyday life as parents. And eventually, things take a much lighter turn with a deep dive into pizza, Chef Boyardee, hot dogs, Spam, steak, and the age-old question: is a hot dog a sandwich?

It’s a conversation that covers family, funerals, food, and plenty of unexpected stops in between.

In this episode of Office Talks After Hours, Jacob and his cohost start with a conversation about COVID, facial hair, and the ever-important question of where exactly does the phrase “the fuzz.” come from?

From there, the conversation takes a more personal turn as they talk about blended families, parenting, and the people who have shaped their lives—including the role Jacob’s parents have played in his own life.

And, naturally, the conversation eventually takes a hard left into football, comedy, and a surprisingly detailed discussion involving fecal matter. It’s another completely unscripted conversation that manages to go from meaningful to ridiculous in typical OTAH fashion.

In this episode of Office Talks After Hours, Jacob sits down with his good friend Megan for a conversation that covers a little bit of everything. They talk about getting older, Jacob’s health issues, Megan’s marathon running, his kids and a very last-minute birthday party, growing up and their school days, weddings, movies and TV, and even the possibility of time travel.

Things get increasingly ridiculous toward the end when they discuss what happens when you’re home alone, leading to an unexpected encounter with a lizard and the creation of what is now officially known as “the lizard room.” Somehow, that becomes part of the conversation—and neither of them seems quite sure how they got there.

In Episode 24 of Office Talks After Hours, Jacob is joined by Sandor for another completely unscripted conversation that jumps between sports, childhood memories, parenting, and the changing world of college athletics.

The conversation starts with high school football, including Sandor’s son’s recent experience on the field and one of Jacob’s own memorable—and not particularly successful—football stories.

From there, the two revisit some childhood experiences, including Sandor’s competitive history as a soccer goalkeeper and a church-camp dodgeball story that proves he may have taken the game a little too seriously. That leads into Jacob sharing stories about his son’s experiences in PE and the challenges and victories that can come with getting involved in school activities.

The conversation eventually turns toward the current state of college sports, with Jacob and Sandor discussing NIL, the transfer portal, player loyalty, coaching, and how dramatically college athletics has changed.

As always, the conversation is unrehearsed, the topics are unpredictable, and there’s plenty of room for opinions, stories, and a few laughs along the way.

This week on Office Talks After Hours, Jacob takes a slightly different approach. With a new recording sidelined by illness, he goes back through a previous conversation with Zade and pulls out several clips that didn’t make the original episode cuts.

The conversations cover everything from getting older and realizing the music and celebrities they grew up with have changed, to social media, karaoke, and some of the ridiculous stories that come with growing up together.

Jacob and Zade also revisit how they first met, talk about helping strangers who ask for money, and dive into their relationships, dating experiences, and what ultimately made their marriages work. One conversation gets particularly personal as Zade shares the story of reconnecting with Alex, nearly backing out of their first date, and realizing she was the person he was meant to marry. Jacob also shares his own experience of finding his wife through a dating app.

And, of course, there’s the story of Zade asking Alex’s father for permission to marry her while the two of them were literally out shooting guns.

These are extended conversations that were originally left on the cutting-room floor, so this episode may sound a little different from the usual format. There may even be a familiar story or two that slipped through, but these are conversations Jacob believes haven’t been featured in previous episodes. There’s a slight chance one or two are repeats, but hey, what can you do?

Sometimes the stuff that gets cut is worth hearing after all.

In Episode 22 of Office Talks After Hours, Jacob sits down with his longtime friend Megan, someone he met while working at the same retail store during college. What started as a friendship built through long nights at work eventually became one of Jacob's closest friendships — and even though life has taken them in different directions, they've managed to stay connected over the years.

The two reminisce about their time working together and revisit some of the ridiculous memories and people that made those college years memorable. They also catch up on where life has taken them since then, including Megan's new house, how she met her husband, and what it's like for the two of them to work together.

Megan has also heard Jacob and Zade's infamous Would You Rather segments and decided it's finally her turn to join in on the fun. The conversation eventually winds down with a round of jokes that proves some things haven't changed — even if the jokes probably aren't any more mature than they were back in college.

After all these years, does the old friendship chemistry still work? You'll have to decide for yourself.

Jacob and Sandor cover a little bit of everything in this episode, starting with Marvel and the evolution of characters like Daredevil, Wolverine, The Thing, and Sue Storm before naturally wandering into the realities of raising kids and starting another school year.

The conversation turns to school shopping, growing kids, changing fashion trends, childhood clothes, starter jackets, tearaway pants, and the strange things people remember from their younger years. Along the way, they share plenty of nostalgia before eventually landing on college football and the controversy surrounding Jaden Daniels, LSU's No. 5 jersey, NIL, and the changing traditions of college sports.

It's another wide-ranging conversation that proves Jacob and Sandor don't necessarily need a plan—they just need a topic and an after hours conversation to get started.

What begins with a discussion about football booster clubs and fundraising quickly takes the familiar Office Talks After Hours detour into stories only close friends could stumble across. Jacob and Sandor swap tales about hat collections, childhood keepsakes, quirky stuffed animals, nostalgic toys, youth football, parenting, and the unforgettable moments that come with raising kids. 

Along the way, they revisit old school memories, laugh about changing music through the generations, and share one story involving a stuffed giraffe that somehow becomes the most memorable moment of the episode. It's another unscripted conversation full of laughs, nostalgia, and the unexpected turns that have become the hallmark of Office Talks After Hours.