The Z Pod

We Don't Play Small Here.

The Z Pod is a general podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 0 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #4

  You are Capable of More with Chris Sund

  Aug 19, 202625 minS1

  <p>On this episode of The Z Pod, Host Z sits down with Chris Sund, president of UnitMed and GQR Health Care and COO of Nebula, for a conversation that starts with a stolen shopping cart and ends with a challenge to stop selling yourself short.</p><p>Chris doesn't open with the resume. He opens with the college prank that turned into a theft charge, and the years of self-doubt that followed him into every job interview after. Then he takes it further back, to dropping out of college to support his young son, landing in a restaurant job...

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  Episode #3

  Owning Your Own Un-Edited Story with Kendra Cato

  Aug 12, 202628 minS1

  <p>On this episode of The Z Pod, Ziba Alizadeh sits down with longtime friend Kendra Cato, director of strategic partnerships at Advance Partners, founding member of Women of Color in Staffing, and active with the American Staffing Association, for a conversation that gets uncomfortable in the best way.Kendra opens up about an exercise that cracked her open while writing her first book, Together We Rise, a journey-mapping workshop that forced her to stop editing her story and start owning it. The "messy middle" isn't something to hide, it's the part that actually connects. Ziba matches her honesty, admitting...

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  Episode #2

  Leadership Starts Identity with Rodrigo Alcaine

  Aug 5, 202629 minS1

  <p>On this episode of The Z Pod, Ziba Alizadeh sits down with Rodrigo, CEO of East Ridge Workforce Solutions, to talk about a truth most leaders avoid: you have to step into the identity of who you need to be before the results ever show up.Rodrigo walks through his fast climb, joining East Ridge as Chief Growth Officer, becoming president of staffing and recruiting, then accelerating into the CEO role after a February 2025 divestiture that refocused the company and left the remaining entity operating at a loss. With no runway to ease in, he expanded into finance, legal...

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  The Shark on Leaving to Grow: Reinvention, Kindness, and Embracing AI in Staffing

  Aug 4, 202620 minS1

  <p>He was told to leave staffing. Instead, he took his billing from $4,000 a week to $40,000, and he did it without ever losing his humanity.Meet The Shark. On this episode of The Z Pod, we go deep on what it really takes to bet on yourself, the moment he stopped holding back his ideas and decided to go out on his own, and the mentor who taught him that kindness and humility aren't weaknesses, they're the whole game. The Shark opens up about knowing when a culture isn't a fit, why he refuses to let AI scare him out...

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