Craft has Cracked!

This week’s show features guest host Mitra Johari talking to Jack O’Brien, the Cracked.com’s editor  in chief on their new book, Cracked: The Detextbook.

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First person to comment below wins two books: one novel of your choice and The Ballad of Barnabas Pierkel.

Cover of Cracked: The De-Textbook

Cover of Cracked: The De-Textbook

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Jackie Bristow on Craft

Be one of the first two people to comment below and get a CD of tonight’s guest Jackie Bristow. CD must be picked up at WCBE, 540 Jack Gibbs Boulevard, Columbus, Ohio.

And check out Jackie Bristow’s performance at Hoover House Concert a few weeks ago.

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Book Giveaway!

Be the first person to comment below and get a free copy of tonight’s guest Maureen Metcalf’s book The Innovative Leaders Field Book. Book must be picked up at WCBE, 540 Jack Gibbs Boulevard, Columbus, Ohio.

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Broadcaster Jane Pauley terms me “adorable”

Your Life Calling CoverIconic broadcaster Jane Pauley will be in Columbus on January 9 with the Thurber House, and we talked about her career, her latest book, Your Life Calling, and how I’m “adorable.”

This may be the high point of my career.

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Picking Up | Full Grown People

Here’s a great essay from a very cool writer I interviewed a few years back, Sonya Huber.

Picking Up | Full Grown People.

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Decreasing your risk of breast cancer: A talk with surgeon and author Dr. Christine Horner

Dr. Christine Horner helped lead the fight to make insurance companies pay for breast reconstruction after mastectomies. The third edition of her book Waking the Warrior Goddess has just come out and she joins me to discuss steps that women can take to decrease the risk of breast cancer.

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The very funny Erin Foley stops by to talk sports and laugh at my pain

Stand up comic, actor, and podcaster Erin Foley will be in Columbus on February 8 at the Woodlands Tavern. I talked to her about comedy, her Sports without Balls podcast, and my inability to understand sports or do stand-up.

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Best selling memoirist Mitch Albom discusses Phone Calls from Heaven

Tuesdays with Morrie is the best selling memoir of all time but author Mitch Albom spans genres with sports writing, fiction, and nonfiction. His latest, The First Phone Call from Heaven, is a novel exploring themes of loss and religion, and Mitch tells me about the book and the people he most likes to mentor.

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Daniel H. Pink: We’re all selling something and how to get kids to clean their rooms

Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of Drive and a great TED talk, returns with his latest, To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. In this interview, he talks about his thesis that almost everybody is trying to sell themselves at work. And then I take him off topic to talk about how these techniques can be used to get kids to clean their rooms.

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Definition of a Data Scientist: Someone Who Likes to be Wrong

Ohio State University’s Chief Data Officer James Brenza and Metcalf and Associate’s CEO Maureen Metcalf have a common interest: how does Big Data illustrate leadership choices? Brenza and Metcalf recently published an article looking at the role of Big Data in integral leadership and they tell me about the intersection of these two fields. Listen in to hear how Brenza defines data scientist and why they are ok with being wrong.

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