The J.O.B.
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Todd Hoffman - Gold Rush
The all NUGGET version of The J.O.B. First, actual Golden Nuggets from one of the stars of the TV show Gold Rush on Discovery Channel. Todd Hoffman on the guts to leave your normal job to go and search for gold in Alaska. Then it’s NUGGETS of wisdom from Hall Of Famer Guy Kawasaki. The Apple [...]
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Trent Jackson - Hillbilly Handfishin’
Yeaaaaaah Hawwwww sticking your hand in the mouth of a catfish for fun - that’s called Hillbilly Handfishin’! The host of the wildly popular TV show on Discovery Trent Jackson talking the fine art of noodling! The world’s biggest sporting event is underway. We place a phone call across the pond to London to [...]
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James Fox - UFOlogist National Geographic Channel
When most “normal non-schizophrenic every-day-walking-around people” finally meet an alien from another world, will it look like Steven Spielberg’s E.T. or Ridley Scott’s Alien? We will ask UFOlogist James Fox of Chasing UFO’s on Nat Geo TV. Did you know you are the boss of you? Author Susan Butler makes you your own CEO! Hand modelng isnot [...]
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Judy Smith - Crisis Manager
Who do celebrities call when they: get a DUI? Cheat on their wives (President Clinton)? Lie to their country (Iran Contra Investigation)?Get caught ona late night rendezvous with a transvestite? They callJudy Smith Crisis Manager! How she keeps the calm in a sea of drama! Author Peter Cappelli on Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs: The [...]
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Kevin Bleyer - Author/Daily Show Writer
Kevin Bleyeris a writer for John Stewart on the Daily Show. We’ll ask him how the sausage gets madefor the BEST show on TV. He also writes jokes for POTUS (the President) so we’ll investigate how high his security clearance goes. You’d rather be a bird (alive)than a dinosaur (dead) at work.Author Nacie Carson brings us [...]
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Joseph Tucker - Founder Ratebeer.com
There’s no Robert Parker (leading critic of the wine world) for beer. However, there is a leading aggregator: Ratebeer.com. The awesome story of how Joseph Tucker was given the website and how he makes or breaks beers of the world! Dave Flemming is part of the San Francisco Giants broadcast team. What does he eat for [...]
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David Gebler - Fish Tank Kings
Matt Roy builds impressive aquariums for a living. Have you seen the new Miami Marlins baseball stadium? It’s got a Roy fish tank behind home plate! The star of Nat Geo’s Fish Tank Kings talks about strange places to build aquariums. Stealing a pen from your work is a small bad idea. Author David Gebler shares [...]
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Dan Rather
Dan Rather brought us the news for 23 years asthe network anchor at CBS. How hardwas it toreport the truth? Did he ever want to be friends with a President? How do youkill time in a hurricane? How close did he get to Kim Jong il. His kids favorite Ratherism?The one and only Dan Rather [...]
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Ted Allen - Chopped
Best known as the wine expert on Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, Ted Allen is contributing editor for Esquire Magazine and also host of the Food Network Show Chopped. In and amongst all that, he writes cook books.Ted gives up hisground breaking recipe for avocado-mousse and the secret to choosing wine at a restaurant. Turns [...]
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Author Robert Draper on Congress
What in the world do we pay our Congressman to do? To me, all its seems as though they do is fight with each other, give long rambling speeches and text pictures of their genitals. Author Robert Draper will explain all in his book Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House [...]
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Duck Dynasty
The Robertson family has taken hand madeDuck Callers (for you city folk, it’s a noisemaker you use to attract ducks SO YOU CAN SHOOT THEM) and turned them into a multi-million dollar business and a reality TV show. The presidentand son of Duck Dynasty on bossing around your family and how he outsmarts the business [...]
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Darrell Waltrip - Race Car Driver
Darrell Waltrip is a Hall Of Famerace car driver, a 3-time NASCAR champ, anda commentator for FOX. So it makes sense we ask him what you do if you have to sneeze and you’re moving at 200-plus miles and hour. Want to know why Pixar has one bathroom for the entire movie studio? Author Jonah Lehrer [...]
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Charlotte Beers - Executive/Diplomat
It’s a meeting of the girlfriends this week with two power packed hard hitting interviews. Charlottee Beers lived the TV show Madman rising through the ranks of the advertising world to become one of the first female executives in a time when men dominated. If that wasn’t enough, she then served asundersecretary of state under [...]
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Michael Rejebian - Opposition Researcher
Who discovered president Andrew Jackson was an adulterer? That presidential candidate John Edwards paid $400 to get his hair cut? That while governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis released convicted murderers? Opposition researchers that’s who. Michael Rejebian spills the beans in his new book We’re with Nobody: Two Insiders Reveal the Dark Side of American Politics. Karin [...]
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Lori Zaslow - Love Broker
Lori Zaslow has serious matchmaking skills! As the founder of Project Soul-mate and the star of Bravo TV’s latest docu-series, Love Broker, she has the right to tell us why you don’t eat chili on a first date and other “soul-connecting” secrets. My man Darryl Rosen is going to break us off the 50 dumb things [...]
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Adam Carolla
For Adam Carolla Dancing With The Stars, his pod-cast, his book, his movie, his production company and his TV shows are not enough. To be fulfilled, he had to go and get abused by Donald Trump on Celebrity Apprentice. The Trump debrief and why he’s good at being a “Smart Ass”! Author Rob Basso chats about [...]
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Astrophysicist - Neil deGrasse Tyson
Gonna have to put our thinking caps on this week! Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on why we can thank space travel for inventing Lasik eye surgery. Why sending a person to Mars is just as important as building new bridges. Plusthe definitive answer on why Star Trek is better than Star Wars. Even if you’re justa”cog” [...]
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Marsha Bemko - Executive Producer Antiques Road Show
All sorts of moving parts on PBS’s very popular Antiques Road Show. First it literally moves - from city to city. Second, anyone can go on it…as long as you have an oldsword or lamp or tribal art. Lastly, the appraisers - they’re wise sages. Executive Producer Marsha Bemkotells us how it gets put together [...]
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Doug Clark Flip Men Spike TV
Don’t worry this week’s guest Doug Clark of the TV Show Flipmen on Spike TV has only barfed 4 TIMES while walking into a house he has bought sight unseen at a courthouse. Author Bob Frisch tells us: Who’s in the Room? How Great Leaders Structure and Manage the Teams Around Them. “Coffee is for closers”! At [...]
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David Chang - Momofuku Restaurateur
Celebrated restaurateur David Chang is the man behind the Momofuku empire. From noodles to Top Chef to drinking with Anthony Bourdain….. and if your luck Mr. Chang will give us a stern lecture on why not to overcook your quail eggs! The man with his pulse on the Bay Area job scene Andrew Gardiner from BAjobs.com [...]
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Lori Greiner - Queen of QVC
With 108 U.S and International Patents andover 350 products flooding the marketplace, Lori Greiner is the “Queen of QVC”! We’ll chat about hawkingno mess cooking utensilson QVC, what she tells people who pitch her business ideas in parking lots and how many “billions” of earring organizers she’s sold. Author John Byrne has hob-nobbed with some big-wigs [...]
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Actor George Takei - Sulu from Star Trek
We are going where no man has gone before this week. Actor George Takei, Sulu from Star Trek, takes us back stage on The Enterprise. Talks about his new gig on Celebrity Apprentice (Donald Trump ismore Spock then Captain Kirk). And being raised in a WWII Japanese Internment Camp. BREAKING NEWS: Successful businessmenare capable of having [...]
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The Bachelor - Ben Flajnik
Ben Flajnik is currently dating 25 women at the same time - on TV! Theoretically he is going to fall in love with one of them, then propose. YES! YES we are sellouts for having ABC’s The Bachelor on this week. But The Bachelor = ratings ( and we could use some)! What is it like [...]
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Brit Morin - Creative Living (Martha Stewart 2.0)
Brit Morin went from working at Google and Apple to transforming herself into Martha Stewart 2.0. We’ll ask Brit all about “hacking” your home with Creative Living: How do you use a laser cutter around the house and what is the updated version of “Pigs In A Blanket”. We talk so much that we don’t think [...]
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Jeff Land Company Manager Cirque du Soleil
15 million people will see a Cirque du Soleil show this year! The entire operation has 5,000 employees worldwide, including more than 1,300 artists. So how do they get just one show up and running? We’ll ask theJeff Lund the Company Manager of Totem. It’s a pillow - it’s a pet! The person who combined the [...]
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Make The Bread, Buy The Butter - Author Jennifer Reese
Should you buy peanut butter or make it? What about Vermouth? Pickles? Honey? Local author Jennifer Reese has all the answers. Can we trust Canadians? What about fans of the Dallas Cowboys? Robert Hurley helps us figure that out with help from his book The Decision To Trust. Our sales expert Chip Doyle on how to know [...]
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NBC News Chief Foreign correspondent - Richard Engel
Richard Engel is NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent. For a good time he sneaks into Syria (if he gets caught - he gets killed). We’ll ask him: how he works when people are shooting at him; why he works were people are shooting at him; what he eats when people are shooting at him? Jory John [...]
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Bruce Jenner - Olympian/Kardashian
An American hero to some: Olympic Gold Medalist - Wheaties Coverman - Steve McLeish of the TV Show Chips. To others he’s just lost in the Kardashian vortex. Bruce Jennerdiscusses his dueling personas. There is a real reason you should whistle while you work. Happiness will make you more: productive; healthy; valuable. Tips on how to [...]
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Lester Holt - NBC News
As a “big time” reporter for NBC, Lester Holt, has been to war zones, interviewed presidents and covered major stories like Hurricane Katrina. So of course we’ll ask him about his hair and how many times he’s watched themovie Anchor Man. Roger Dawson is a negotiating expert. Does he ever get taken at swap meet? Tips [...]
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Tech Evangelist Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki was the original Evangelist for Apple. That means he worked for Steve Jobs. Which also means he knows how business works. So how did his nine-year-old daughter run up a two-thousand dollar bill on his Itunes account? Ace Ventura was a fictional pet detective. Teresa Bressoud is a real life pet detective for HillBilly [...]
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Penn Jillette - 1/2 of Penn and Teller Magical Duo
It’s pretty simple Penn Jillette is the guy that talks from the Penn and Teller magical duo. He’s quite a contradiction: a flaming Libertarian who doesn’t do drugs; lives in Vegas but does not gamble; is a magician and in his act…gives away secrets. We’ll ask him why? To be the ringleader these [...]
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Circus Ringmaster - Brian Crawford Scott
The Ringmaster of a circus is no longer just a “pretty boy” who announces acts in a top-hat. These days they can sing and dance while looking pretty.San Jose nativeBrian Crawford Scott won a national audition to become the 36th Ringmaster in the history of the Barnum and Bailey Circus. We’ll ask him if he [...]
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Jeremy Marshall Head Brewer - Lagunitas Brewing Company
Unbeknownst to most folks - Northern California is the “promise land” for brewing beer! The personal favorite of the crew here on The J.O.B. is Petaluma’s own Lagunitas and we just so happen to have on the head brewer, Jeremy Marshall. He’ll talk Beer College (it’s real and does not involve keg stands), the explosion [...]
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Seth Gold - Hardcore Pawn
On his television show Hardcore Pawn, Seth Gold takes your saxophones, jewelery and guns and gives you cash in return. Seth takes us into the pawn world and tellsuswhy it gets a bad rap - how it works and why he likes the business. The epic return of our long lost employment lawyer this week Dennis [...]
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San Francisco Giants Stories
They won the World Series for crying out loud so we thought we’d honor the SF Giants with three great stories: the boss (Larry Baer)- the journeyman (All-Star Ryan Vogelsong) - the rookie (Brandon Crawford). Find out what its like to run the team,make the team and survive the team. Is your brain about to crack [...]
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Author Jessica Goodell - Marines Mortuary Affairs Unit
Do you want a peek into the human side of the Iraq war? Don’t worry - most people don’t! But you can be better than everyone else. Jessica Goodell shares stories this week about her time in the Marines Mortuary Affairs Unit. Herdifficult job wasrecovering and processing the remains of fallen soldiers. Career Artist Susanne Goldstein [...]
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Kate Gosselin - Kate Plus 8
This week’s lead interview comes straight from our corporate office at Wrench World Wide Productions who in a memo said quote” You will interview Kate Gosselin. Does not matter that you think she is an egomaniac, liposuction-ed, limelight hogging, mother who pimps out her kids. YOU WILL INTERVIEWKate Plus Eight!” Hence an engaging chat with [...]
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Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman makes his inaugural appearance on the show this week. NO, not a Gene Hackman impersonator or Gene Hackman’s third cousin, but Lex Luthor himself taking our questions. For instance, as CoachNorman Dale inthe movie Hoosiers why would you even think about usingJimmy Chitwood as a decoy on the last shot. Entrepreneur Jeremie Kubicek explains [...]
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Robert Ulrich - Casting Director Glee
Imagine the TV Show Glee without Jane Lynch. CSI sans Laurence Fishburne. Magnum PIminus Tom Selleck? Robert Ulrich’s job as casting director is to pick the rightpeople to playthe right part. He’ll pitch us on his new show The GleeProject. One way to move up the food chain is to “snake charm” an important person. Dirk [...]
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Seal Team Six - Howard Wasdin
If you are looking for some tastefully taken photos of a certain “beefcakey” New York congressman - you will not find them onThe J.O.B! But we do have a former member of Seal Team Six. If you recall, this is the super secret commando unit that killed Osama Bin Laden. Howard Wasdin chats training, death [...]
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Kevin Etten - Executive Producer Workaholics
We are going to explore Kevin Etten’s wild ride though Hollywood. From writer on the TV Show Ed to working for David Letterman to a producer on Desperate Housewives to now executive producer on the new show on Comedy Central Workaholics. Who doesn’t love the USA? Turns out you might not like usas much if you [...]
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Adam Richman - Host Man Versus Food
Adam Richman is the star of Travel Channel’s Man Versus Food. We’ll ask about eating a 5-pound grouper fish sandwich, a 20-pound burrito and bowls full of hot peppers. More importantly, we’ll ask him how it all “comes out”! Fresh out of college, and frustrated with his own generation’s political apathy, Brian Till set out to [...]
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Chris Fischer Shark Men
Your job is to steer a Great White shark on to your boat. Put it to sleep. Take a blood sample. Tag it. Then release the big fish back into the ocean - all in 15 minutes! We’ll ask Chris Fischer how he does it as expedition leader on National Geographic Channel’s show Shark Men. For [...]
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Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristi Yamaguchi gained considerable fame beyond the skating world when she was clubbed in the knee with a collapsible police baton at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, an assault planned by rival Tonya Harding’s ex….oh wait, that was Nancy Kerrigan! Yamaguchi not Kerriganis on the show talking about her new book Dream Big Little Pig. Our [...]
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Hal Needham - Hollywood Stuntman
Hal Needham pretty much invented the Hollywood stuntman business. We’ll chat about car crashes,plane jumps, horse wrangling and everything in between. Oh yeah, he also directedtheCannon Ball Runand the SmokeyAnd The Bandit movies. Jamawn Woods of Sould Daddy, the winner of NBC’s Next Great Restaraunt stops by. What an inspiring story. The lowdownabout getting fired from [...]
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Sheria Salata - President Harpo Studios (Oprah Winfrey’s...
Sheri Salata is the president of Harpo Studios. Know who owns Harpo Studios? Spell Harpo backwords,O-P-R-A-H.Ms. Salata is Oprah’s right hand woman who oversees the Winfrey empire from TV shows to magazines to toiletries (kidding)! What’s it like to work with the most famous woman in the world? How is Chris Rock funny? How did Steve [...]
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Hoda Kotb - NBC Today Show
Hoda Kotb spends a lot of time with Kathie Lee Gifford as the 4th hour host on NBC’s Today Show. How does she not: strangle her; shiv her; light her on fire? The answer found only onThe J.O.B. The show becomes a huge pimp for NBC TV as we also chat with Biggest Loser Trainer Cara [...]
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Howie Mandel
From perm to bald head! Shaking hands to mysophobia (fear of germs). St Elsewhere to Deal Or No Deal. The one and only Howie Mandel reveals all. Josey Baker is my new best friend not just because he likesto drop F Bombs on the radio, but because he turned his passion for bread into a baking [...]
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Journalist Lisa Ling
Lisa Ling is a LEGIT journalist covering stories on the National Geographic channel to now working for Oprah Winfrey. Our America with Lisa Lingcan be seen weekly on theOWN Network. Forget all that, we want to know how she survived working with the bimbos on The View (just kidding they’re not bimbos,o.k. maybe Joy is)! What [...]
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Jack Daniels Master Distiller - Jeff Arnett
We are gonna get our drink on this week!! Jack Daniels master distiller Jeff Arnett breaks down what it takes to make thegalaxy’snumber one selling whiskey. Ann Rhoades was the formerVice President at both Southwest and Jetblue airlines. She knows how to hire and fire people. Plus she’ll tell us the real reason Southwest does not [...]
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Cheryle Burke - Dancing With The Stars
I’m a man,therefore I have never watched the TV show Dancing With The Stars, but people tell me it’s a big hit! Although…..this week’s guest diddance with Emmitt Smith, Chad Ochocinco, Tom DeLay and Wayne Newton. We’ll ask dancer Cheryl Burke who washer favorite and how many guys stepped on her toes! Lots of folks have [...]
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Gunmaker - Will Hayden
Will Hayden star of Discovery Channel’s Sons Of Guns stops by to chat about the fine art of Bazooka making. Sure, he’s not making the world a better place by assembling a Flamethrower, but someones gotta make the weapons! Boilermaker in Indiana. Coal miner in West Virginia. Dietitian in Mississippi? Daniel Seddiqui details all in his [...]
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Jerry Springer
” It’s just a show. It’s not the end of Western Civilization. It’s chewing gum.” That little gem from this week’s guest, non-other than Jerry Springer. Did you know he’s been hosting that show for 20-years! Along with hosting trash TV he’s been the mayor of Cincinnati, a news anchor, recorded two country music albums and [...]
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Wendy Walker - Larry King Producer
Wendy Walker has been in the TV news business for over 30-years. We will chronicle herjourney from secretary at ABC, to starting CNN(yes buying office furniture starting), to 16-years as the executive producer on the Larry King Live show. One of the perks of her job, hanging out in the Green Roomwith Mick Jagger. How many [...]
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Actor Kevin McKidd - Grey’s Anatomy’s Dr. Owen Hunt
I feel like an absolute “sellout” having actor Kevin McKidd on the show this week. That’s because he plays the role of Dr. Owen Hunt on Grey’s Anatomy - and if you knew how much I ridicule my wife for watching that show…you’d call me shameless! Having said that, he’s got an awesome story of [...]
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Dan Charnas - Rap Journalist
If you love stories about struggling entrepreneurs making it big - than you’ll love The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop. How this consummate American art form went from the streets of Brooklyn to a billion dollar business. Journalist Dan Charnas tells all including how he’s responsible for the song Baby Got [...]
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Jason Wilson - Washington Post Spirits Writer
I HATE Jason Wilson ’cause he drinks and writes about it for a living as thespirits writer for the Washington Post. We’ll get “Sir Drinks A Lot” to share about why Vodka sucks, if he ever would drink a Pabst Blue Ribbon and what’s in the Molly Ringwald. Did you know Arby’s (yes the roast beef [...]
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Peter Weir - Film Director
Peter Weir has directed some of the greatest films I’ve ever seen: Dead Poets Society, Witness, The Truman Show and Master and Commander.His latesteffort called The Way Backstarring Ed Harris and Colin Farrellis abouta Siberian gulag and subsequent 4000-mile walk to freedom in India. Weir talks Hollywood and gulags (they’re the same thing it turns [...]
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Judge Alex
Who didn’t grow up watching The People’s Court (people who were watching M*A*S*H* is the answer)? Today’s version, minus Doug Llewelyn and Judge Wapner,is calledJudge Alex. Find out how a policeman from Miami becomes people magazines sexiest judge.Judge Alex also helps us determinewhy its fun to sue your cousin because he sold you a chocolate [...]
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Baba Booey - Howard Stern’s Producer
Gary Dell’Abateis known as Baba Booey to the millions of Howard Stern fans. He is the radio producer to the King of All Media. Mr. Booey takes us on a behind the scenes tour of the show. Also lets us know how his mentally unstable mother helped prepare him for the gig. What is it like [...]
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Al Roker
He can predict the weather…I MEAN he describes the weather. On second thought, allAl Roker does is laugh at Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira’s jokes. The Today Showweatherman dispels the myth that he is a Master Jam Maker, but confesses to a budding writing career. For 30 plus yearsJoel Selvin was the music critic for the [...]
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UFO Hunter - Bill Birnes
Allconspiracy radio all the time! Next year we’ll take up the JFK assignation and the fake moon landing. This week it’s UFO’s. Bill Birnes is theeditor of UFO Magazine and the hostof UFOHunters on the History Channel.Don’t hate onBill because he believes in military cloaking devices, thatthe earth is anintergalactic trucking stop or that Arnold [...]
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Gary Noesner - FBI Hostage Negotiator
You think your job is stressful - like, “close that deal or you’re fired” kinda stress? What if your job was toconvince David Koresh of the Branch Dividians he wasn’t God and that he should give himself up and NOT kill a bunch of people. Gary Noesner author of Stalling for Time: My Life as [...]
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Author Erich Origen
The economy is sooooo bad and unemployment is soooo high… the obvious idea would be tomake a comic book about our economic doldrums. Theauthors of the wildy successful book Goodnight Bush present us with:The Adventures Of Unemployed Man. Erich Origen takes us to the “Hall of Just-Us” to explore the sinister plot of THE OUTSOURCERER, [...]
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Chris Chittick - Discovery Channel Storm Chaser
Chris Chittick’s job is to keep a camera steady while a 150 mile-an-hour ball of wind cruises over his car. We’ll ask one of the stars of Discovery Channel’s Storm Chasers what happens when a tornadogets close and you forget to shut the bullet proof windows on your car (hint, hint your ear gets sliced [...]
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Rob Garza - Thievery Corporation
Props to my brother-in-law Grizzle for bringing Thievery Corporation back into my life. Mastering the art of “Outernational”music, this Washington DC spawned DJ duo combines the bossa novawith a flavor of politics to produce smooth grooves. Rob Garza talking about life on the road, why the IRS audited him and how he will avoid me [...]
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ESPN Sports Scientist - John Brenkus
A sports scientist? A nerd who enjoys athletics? Such is the case for this weeks guest John Brenkus host of the show of the same name on ESPN and author of a new book The Perfection Point: Sport Science Predicts the Fastest Man, the Highest Jump, and the Limits of Athletic Performance. We’ll ask him [...]
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The Vidocq Society
Over the last 30-years 100-thousand murderers have gotten away with their crimes. The VidocqSociety of Philadelphia gatherstogether the smartest minds in forensic science toresolve some of the countries mostbrutalatrocities. Author Michael Capuzzo follows these modern day Sherlock Holmes in his new book The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World’s [...]
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FBI Art Recovery Expert - Robert Wittman
Former FBI art recovery expert Robert Wittman hastraveled the world tracking down stolen antiques and collectibles. He’s recovered one of the original copies of the Bill of Rights. For crying out loud, hebroke open acrimering on PBS’ Antiques Road Show.Robert revealsdetails in an interview about his new book Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue [...]
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Nuts & Bolts of Hiring Foreign National Employees
Laura J. Mazel has more than 18 years’ experience leading corporate and research institution clients through the immigration process. While she has represented a range of companies from start-ups to Fortune 500s, she works most often with high-tech, biotech, nonprofit, and academic and medical research institutions. Some employers are intimidated at the idea of hiring a [...]
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Working in the U.S. on a Visa
The last few years have been turbulent for the US workforce: mergers, downsizing, relocations, and hiring. Each of these changes has an impact on visa holders. Laura will discuss the ramifications and requirements for different types of visa holders, both from the employer’s prospective and the employee’s point of view. Download Standard Podcasts
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The Genius of Creativity
Humans create. It’s part of our makeup. It’s what we do. This weeks show explores our inner genius. First Course: Someone with a creative job. Line Giasson is the Director of Casting for Cirque Du Soleil. Imagine traveling to the jungles of Africa to find a 10 foot giant who sings opera or searching the streets [...]
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The Winnebago Man - Film-maker Ben Steinbauer
Are you like me, do you love those “where are they now shows”? Itruly enjoywhen VH1 tracks down the lead singer of A Flock Of Seagulls andfinds out he’snow a cashier at Cheese On A Stick at a mall in Tallahassee. This week we are going to chat with director Ben Steinbauer who made a [...]
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Entrepreneurs, Researchers and the Reverse Brain Drain
About 50% of the graduates from U.S. engineering master’s degree and PhD programs are foreign students. They represent some of the world’s best and brightest. Often, the reason for these highly educated individuals to leave the US is due to visa backlogs and difficulties. Laura will discuss what employers can do and the options these [...]
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The White House Doctor - Connie Mariano
She checked out Bill Clinton’s moles? Inspected George H. Bush’s oculars? Connie Mariano reveals all in her new book The White House Doctor: My Patients Were Presidents.In hernine years at the White House she gave the Heimlich Maneuver at a Christmas party and sawThe PresidentNUDE! Would you get a nose job if it meant you’d get [...]
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Swordfish Boat Captain - Linda Greenlaw
Linda Greenlaw was and is the only female swordfish boat captain. She was featured in the book then movie The Perfect Storm. She currently stars in Discovery Channel’s series Swords: Life on the Line. In her new book Seaworthy she chronicles her journey back to sea after a 10-year hiatus in which she gets arrested [...]
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Cupcake Mogul - Candace Nelson
Candace Nelson is the Crown Princess of Cupcakes. She owns Sprinkles Cupcakes and is also a judge on the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars. We’ll chronicle her rise from culinary school in San Francisco to “Cupcake Mogul”. Author Paula Caligiuri is going to help us lay-off proof our job, gives us some tips on balance and shoot [...]
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Peter Buffett - Musician, Philanthropist, son of Warren...
What would it be like to grow up with a billionaire dad? Big Mansions - Nannies/Butlers - Private Jets - Caviar breakfasts….. not if your Warren Buffett’s son! Peter Buffett describes his dad’s love in terms of paying his own mortgage,writing commercial jingles to pay the bills and growing up in Nebraskain his new book [...]
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Author Gary Rivlin - Broke, USA
What a better way to celebrate the founding of our country than to take a look at some of the folks trying to ruin it. If you’re like me you’ve probably never heard of pay day lenders. Gary Rivlin tells us all about themulti-billion dollar industryin his new book Broke USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, [...]
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Voice of Rumpelstiltskin - Animator Walt Dohrn
Walt Dohrn is the voice of Rumpelstiltskin in the latest saga of the Shrek movies Shrek Forever After. He is also the head of story for the movie. We’ll ask him why he calls head of DreamWorks Animation, Jeffrey Katzenberg, daddy and if there is a connection between his read hair and Rumple’s Fire Top. People [...]
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Sports Writer Rick Reilly
Rick Reilly is one ofthe foremostsports writers in America. Longtime the”backpage” columnist for Sports Illustrated, he is aseven time sports writer of the year. He’ll chat about Tiger Woods, Brett Favre and his new book Sports From Hell:My Search For The World’s Dumbest Competition. Want to know how Paul Mitchell hair products got started? How did [...]
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Auhtor Michael Schaffer
Oh we love our dawgs! Six of 10 U.S. households own pets. Spending by Americans on their pets more than doubled from $17 billion in 1994 to $41 billion in 2007 and is expected to rise at an 11 percent clip over the next two years. In his new books, One Nation Under Dog Author [...]
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Craig Robinson - First Brother-in-law
Craig Robinson is theheadbasketball coach atOregon State and theFirst Brother-In-Law to PresidentBarack Obama (to make it less confusing he’s Michelle Obama’s brother). In his new book A Game Of Character we’ll hear about his journey growing up in inner city Chicago out to Princeton and from a career in finance to coaching (plus what its [...]
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