Witness the triumphant return of Ohio native Kelsey Kinney with the Happily Ever Laughter tour with Chicago’s Second City on March 21 and 22. In addition to revisiting classic sketches from the 54-year history of Second City, Kelsey and the rest of the cast will engage in improvisation with the audience, during which she will guarantee that they’ll make comedy gold happen right before your eyes.“
Ever wonder about authors like CC Finlay? Listen in for the truth about him – a sneak peek for the March 22 Craft humor special.
I value and pay close attention to feedback from Craft listeners. So this week’s promo goes out to one listener who had many illuminating observations about the emphasis that I place on certain sounds in my promos. I hope this promo meets with your approval, @griffiths44…
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.
Iconic 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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
