Let’s be honest. No one likes to deal with medical and health insurance bills. It’s confusing, it’s complicated, and it really is a huge pain. This is where Rebecca Woodcock’s new startup, Cake Health comes in. Cake Health is a website that helps you manage and understand your health care bills. It helps break down... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“Know Thyself”. It was inscribed on the Temple of Apollo, it has been referenced by everyone from Plato, to Benjamin Franklin and Ralph Waldo Emerson. It’s an idea that is deeply ingrained in our culture…and rightfully so. Perhaps no other journey is as important as trying to figure out who you are and who you... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Happy New Year! Glad you could join us for the first episode of what we are sure is going to be the most amazing year ever. We kick 2012 off with a bang and interview business & entrepreneurial Coach, Cameron Herold. If you’ve ever thought about owning your own business OR if you are just... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Try to walk into a grocery store, an electronics store, or even a coffee shop without being faced with hundreds of options. Do you want the 50″ 3d LCD TV or the 52″ LED 1080p TV? Everyday, we are faced with hundreds of decisions. This week, we interview Barry Schwartz and talk to him about... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Remember when you would be starving, walking around a large city looking for a quick bite and the only thing you could find was hot dogs from street carts that tasted like moist paper towel rolls? Well finally, those days are gone. There has been an epidemic within the past year or two in food... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You delude yourself every day. You might not realize it, but you do. Our guest this week is David McRaney and he wrote a book called, You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself. In this book,... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
70% off! 50% off! Buy one, get one free! I’m sure you saw all of these this past weekend… it was Black Friday after all. We’ve been told that shopping this past weekend would help the economy, but many of us don’t have the funds to do the shopping….but we still do it anyway. We’re... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you were in a plane crash, got lost while hiking in the mountains, or were faced with other life or death situations, what would you do? Would you be able to survive or would you be like the 90% of people who would freeze or panic in the situation? This week, we speak... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Whether you are a democrat, republican, or independent, watching the President’s first couple of years in office is always very interesting. Will they maintain all the promises made during their campaign? What will happen if they are faced with a serious situation in office? All these things are very telling of their character. But even... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
To this day, ‘History of Rock and Roll’ was one of my favorite classes in college. The artists inspired me. The stories blew me away. The lifestyle seemed to be something only imaginable in books and movies. New York Times best selling author, Steve Almond has many books on his resume, but it was Rock... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“There was this explosion. A cloud. Red Mist. He self-detonated. A suicide vest. As sometimes happens with suicide vests, shoes and shins still stood on the roadway, disconnected for eternity from their owner.” -Thom Shanker, Author and this week’s Guest The war on terror has now been underway for 10 years and over this time... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Made in America. We all (well, maybe) remember when that used to mean one thing. Quality. As times changed and we moved towards become larger consumers, companies shifted their manufacturing to places in order to take advantage of lower wages. Usually, this meant moving the manufacturing out of the good ole’ US of A. Roger... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It’s a topic that we have brushed up against before on the podcast, but haven’t completely jumped into. How does all of today’s technology and instant gratification affect our ability to pay attention. Are computers and video games the reason for the outbreak of diagnosable attention disorders or is it something different entirely? Actually, one... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 60’s had the space race to the moon, the 70’s had peace, love and hippies and the 90’s had the internet. BUT, the 80’s had the best thing of all…..wait for it…..wait for it…..NINTENDO, and more specifically the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). We probably don’t need to explain to you how fantastic NES was,... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chris and I have a discussion about Nintendo following our interview with Jeff Ryan. As you can tell, we had a lot of fun discussing Nintendo this week. Leave your top 5 games in the comments section! Episode below: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A lot of the ways companies reach you on a daily basis can be tied back to one man. This same man was recently dubbed “America’s Greatest Marketer” by American Way Magazine. Well, it just so happens that this week we had a chance to interview this man – his name is Seth Godin. Seth... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We’ve all had the thought before. “That’s it. I’m quitting my job and I am going to culinary school. I am becoming a chef or opening my own restaurant.” Personally, I’ve had this thought many times. I’ve contemplated opening a food truck, a restaurant, or a hot dog stand. I love food. Who doesn’t love... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Take a look into the sky tonight and try to imagine how many planets are out there. As of February 2011, there are 1,235 unconfirmed planetary candidates out there. It is widely estimated that there are billions of planets in our galaxy alone. Did you know that one man is responsible for discovering 70 of... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How many times have you found yourself wondering why you are not as happy as you could be? There are plenty of times that I am sit at my desk and I start to wonder things like, “am I on the right career path?,” “what would make me truly happy?,” or “what does being happy... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week’s guest is a guy I would love to emulate. His profession goes a little something like this. Find interesting subject, research the hell out of interesting subject, write about interesting subject in a clear and interesting manor, and make bank. Not too many writers perform this process nearly as well as our guest,... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Do you ever reflect on your relationship and wonder why your partner does some of the things they do? “Honey, can you mow the lawn?” “Why don’t we ever sit down and talk?” “I feel like our physical relationship is lacking.” These are all things that most of you have heard from your husband, wife,... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week’s episode is one that we probably should be airing closer to the New Year. See, most people start off the new year with lofty goals for the future – the infamous new years resolution. However, we all know the problems with these. Come March, that beer gut is still highly visible, those cigarettes... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What does it mean to be educated? What does intelligence truly mean? These are tough questions, but luckily we get the chance to sit down with Dr. Mike Rose to discuss them Dr. Rose received a B.A. from Loyola University, an M.S. from the University of Southern California, and both an M.A. and Ph.D. from... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People enjoy doing things that they are good at – this is no secret. However, many people don’t even know how to assess themselves and find their strengths. How can you find your path, what truly makes you happy, if you don’t even have a good grasp on who you are? This is something so... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You’ve all had the feeling before. You’re laying and bed and you start to itch somewhere on your body. Then that itch spreads. After a few moments panic is running through your head. “Oh man. What if I have bed bugs?!!?” It’s an awful feeling, but what if it were true? Would you know what... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week on the podcast we have the very polarizing author and political commentator, Andrew Breitbart. Andrew got his first break in 1995 when he contacted Matt Drudge and became part of the now infamous Drudge Report. As he proclaims in our interview, he was “a slacker that just happened to be in the right... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Warning: SEX We spend the majority of this episode talking about sex and the female orgasm. Ohhhh, so NOW you’re interested?? You pervert (just kidding!). Join us this episode as we speak with author, sex coach and therapist Nicole Daedone about her brand new book “Slow Sex: The Art and Craft of the Female Orgasm“. ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jancis started her academic career at Oxford University studying mathematics and philosophy. After working for a travel company, she decided that she wanted to follow her passion and became the assistant editor for Wine & Spirit. Jancis is now an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and a Master of Wine. She writes for the... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Be honest. How often do you check social media sites throughout the day? How much do you now rely on carrying around a cell phone on a day to day basis? Do you ever stop to think about all the interaction we have with technology? Dr. Pamela Rutledge does just that. She is a media... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Almost everyone in America felt the effect of the latest financial crisis. From foreclosures to lay offs, many of us have tried to come up with a solution to our financial woes. The government tried to do it’s part with a bailout, but the majority of Americans didn’t think this was the right solution. As... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
