Pick topics about which you really care Open show strong, or with a monologue Never be boring Only take calls if they make the show better, and don’t let calls go longer than they should. If a topic goes wrong, reframe it. You can change …
Talent isn’t absolute, but is contextual. Some on-air talent will be good for one timeslot, or one genre. If you have confidence in the talent, give ’em time and try different situations. Motivating talent seems to be a combination of corporate supervision, with some appeals …
Prerecorded media—interviews, podcasts, fill-in news breaks—are becoming increasingly popular. Presumably, this is negatively impacting personality-driven radio shows. I’m surprised. I appreciate a well-executed radio show. Most great radio shows have immediacy and audience interactivity, I feel like I listen to a podcast; I attend a …
Copying this post from a post I made on Facebook: A few litmus tests for memes, before you post: If it says a law was made because someone or some people were “offended”, it’s nearly always, reliably wrong. “Offended” is what bigots use to defend …
In 2013, NYMag published this excellent extract from 31 self-improvement books. I’m curious about the veracity of some, such as: “After greeting someone, immediately clap your hands, then raise your handshake hand toward their heart.” What’s the second part of this about? “When your creativity …
Dale Carnegie’s legendary book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, describes how to accomplish just what it says. It’s remarkable to realize how, in the last few years, people seem uninterested in doing either of these, if they can just defeat people and make …
While this protocol is specific to training a single canine behavior, the explanation is much more. Read this, and you’ll understand dog psychology well enough to condition any behavior…
Donald Trump frequently describes things as “like never seen before” and “the best” and “the worst”. He pairs it with fabrications—that he’s responsible for the best something in our nation’s history (when he’s neither responsible, nor is it the best). Recently, Senator Ron Johnson, who …
