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PurpleCar

Christine Cavalierwww.purplecar.net
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PurpleCar Park: Interview with Oliver Burkeman, Author, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking

Do you find yourself clenching in anger when someone tells you to “think positive?” Do you bite your tongue when your too-perky boss gives you a motivational book for the holidays? If you find yourself balancing on the edge of punching the next person who tells you to “Smile!”, you need The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking a negative path to happiness? Today on PurpleCar Park, you can hear how author Oliver Burkeman found a very unlikely but very sane and realisti...

Dec 21, 201230 min

PurpleCar Park: Richard Settersten and David Spinks

Not Quite Adults. Author Interview on PurpleCar Park Dr. Richard Settersten pulls in to PurpleCar Park to discuss his new book (along with writer Barbara Ray): Not Quite Adults: Why 20-Somethings Are Choosing A Slower Path to Adulthood, and Why It’s Good for Everyone. Dr. Settersten holds a Ph.D. in Human Development and Social Policy from Northwestern University. He is currently on the Faculty of Oregon State University, where he holds the chair of the Hallie Ford Center for Healthy Children an...

Mar 24, 201140 min

PurpleCar Park: Interview with Steve Garfield, Author of Get Seen

Pull into PurpleCar Park, a podcast by Christine Cavalier Mr. Steve Garfield stops in to PurpleCar Park to discuss his book, Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business. Steve is an “internet old-timer” who started doing video in way back in 2004, when there wasn’t user-generated video content on the web. We talk about how Steve got started with online video, some video projects he’s done for businesses, “citizen reporting”, what’s happening with Qik and Skype, and what he sees comi...

Jan 19, 201137 min

PurpleCar Park: Interview with Dr. Dan Ariely, Author of The Upside of Irrationality

Pull into PurpleCar Park! Dr. Dan Ariely pulls in to PurpleCar Park to discuss his new book, The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home. Stop what you’re doing, pull the car over and listen in to Dr. Ariely talk about his fun and interesting research and the key things he’s found out about motivating (or de-motivating!) people, decision-making and even online dating. Full transcript available, in pdf form below. Dan Ariely PurpleCar Transcript...

Jul 20, 201043 min

PurpleCar Park: Interview with Author Daniel H. Pink

NYT best-selling author Daniel H. Pink stops in to talk about his new book, DRiVE. We talk about why companies are stuck in the 1950s when it comes to reward and motivation theories. Find out what a “For Benefit” company is, why Wikipedia and open source are so huge, and what you can do to motivate yourself and your employees in the best way possible. Interview: Author of DRiVE: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel H. Pink You can find out more about this book and others by Danie...

Apr 14, 201022 min

INTERVIEW: Dalton Conley, Ph.D., author of Elsewhere, U.S.A.

Today I interviewed Dr. Dalton Conley , Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Sociology Department at NYU. Dr. Conley is author of several books, most notably his memoir and social commentary, Honky . Dr. Conley and I sit down to talk about his new book, Elsewhere, U.S.A.: How We Got from the Company Man, Family Dinners, and the Affluent Society to the Home Office, BlackBerry Moms, and Economic Anxiety [Pantheon Books, New York 2008]. Please see my review of the book here. PurpleCar Park: Inte...

Jul 20, 2009
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