Nobody Told Me!

It’s hard to know where to start with the introduction for Adam Leipzig, our guest on this episode. He has produced more than 30 films that have generated over $2 billion in revenue. Among his credits, “Dead Poets Society”, “March of the Penguins”, “A Plastic Ocean” and “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.” Adam is on faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, where he teaches in the MBA and Executive Education programs, specializing in leadership skills. He also delivered one of the most popular TedX talks of all time, called “How to Know Your Life Purpose in 5 Minutes” which has received close to eleven and a half million views.

Tanya Menon is an organizational researcher specializing in decision making, influence, culture, team, and networks. She is an associate professor at the Ohio State University's Fisher School of Business. Her research on decision making, influence, culture, teams, and networks has been cited in various media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and the Financial Times. https://www.ted.com/talks/tanya_menon_the_secret_to_great_opportunities_the_person_you_haven_t_met_yet

New York magazine’s “Science of Us” editor, Melissa Dahl, explains the compelling psychology of awkwardness in her first book, "Cringeworthy", and asks: what if the moments that make us feel most awkward are actually valuable? In 2014, she co-founded NYMag.com’s popular social science site Science of Us. Her work has also appeared in Elle, Parents and TODAY.com.

Female writers, producers, and directors have shaken up the world of television in recent years, but this revolution in television didn’t happen overnight. It occurred over decades because of women who worked hard to change preconceived ideas and outright exclusion in the television industry. Joining us to talk about that is Joy Press, author of the new book, "Stealing the Show: How Women Are Revolutionizing Television".

Our guest is Jan's husband and Laura's father, Ronn Owens, who’s a legendary radio broadcaster with more than 42 years as a talk show host at KGO Radio in San Francisco. He also hosted shows in Philadelphia, Cleveland, Miami and Atlanta before coming to San Francisco. In November 2015, he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago which the Atlanta Constitution newspaper called the greatest honor a radio professional can achieve. He received two Marconi Awards for being named Large Market Personality of the Year in 2003 and 2010. He is also a member of the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame.

Let's face it..there are few things in life that hurt more than a broken heart. Dr. Guy Winch is the author of the new brook, 'How to Fix a Broken Heart', which aims to help people heal after a breakup or death of someone they love. He is licensed psychologist, author, and in-demand keynote speaker who is a leading advocate for integrating the science of emotional health into every aspect of our daily lives. His viral TED Talk, Why We All Need to Practice Emotional First Aid, has been viewed over 5 million times and is rated among the top 5 most inspiring talks of all time on TED.com.

Today, we’re looking at the relationship between parents and their adult children, which may be difficult at times. For some insight into that, we turn to an expert on the subject, social psychologist and author Jane Adams. Jane’s books include, When Our Grown Kids Disappoint Us and I’m Still Your Mother—how to get along with your grown-up children for the rest of your life. Jane also writes the “Between the Lines” blog on the PsychologyToday.com website.

What’s it like to be a bartender? How do you handle people who’ve had too much to drink? Do people really tell their troubles to bartenders and what do bartenders say in response? Our guest, Jeff Burkhart, joins us to shed light on that question. Jeff is a longtime bartender and newspaper columnist, in addition to being the author of the book "Twenty Years Behind Bars: The spirited adventures of a real bartender".

You probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about your credit score until you need to apply for a loan or open up a line of credit. And then, you may be surprised! Perhaps your credit score is great…or perhaps it’s lower…maybe even a lot lower…than you thought it would be! And you may find yourself thinking, Nobody Told Me! about credit…ever! Our guest is here to change that. He’s Anthony Davenport and he has a wealth of knowledge about credit scores and how you can fix yours. Anthony is the CEO of Regal Credit Management and the author of the book, “Your Score: An Insider’s Secrets to Understanding, Controlling and Protecting Your Credit Score”. You can buy his book at: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Score-Understanding-Controlling-Protecting/dp/1328695271 Read his articles at: http://observer.com/author/anthony-davenport/

Every day, more than 115 Americans die everyday after overdosing on opiods -- an addiction that has become a national crisis. Our guest, Dr. Faye Jamali, knows firsthand about that crisis. She was working as a respected anesthesiologist in San Francisco when she found herself battling an addiction to opiod painkillers. She's been drug free for nine years and is now sharing her story in the hope of helping others.

Over 18 million Americans are shopaholics. They suffer from a disorder that makes them buy things compulsively. This can cause all kinds of problems in their lives, but there is help for shopaholics and joining us on the line right now is someone who knows all about that. She is Dr. April Lane Benson, a nationally known psychologist who specializes in the treatment of compulsive buying disorder. Dr. Benson is the author of “To Buy or Not to Buy: Why We Overshop and How to Stop” along with “I Shop Therefore I Am: Compulsive Buying and the Search for Self”.

Not too many of us hold jobs that line up directly with our past experiences or what we studied in college. Jason Shen, co-founder of Headlight, is at the forefront of new thinking on why employers should look for ability over credentials and how job seekers can make themselves more attractive to potential bosses. He also writes the popular blog, 'The Art of Asskicking: Developing the Competitive Advantage'.

Tracy Packiam Alloway is an award-winning psychologist, author, TEDx speaker, and TV contributer who has spent her career studying working memory. Her research on the topic has been featured on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Forbes and Newsweek, as well as in countless journal articles. She's a blogger for Psychology Today and the Huffington Post and is currently an associate professor at the University of North Florida.

Diane Barth is a psychotherapist and the author of 'I Know How You Feel: The Joy and Heartbreak of Friendship in Women's Lives'. She writes the blog, 'Off the Couch' for Psychology Today. In addition, her articles have been published in the Clinical Social Work Journal, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Psychoanalytic Psychology, and other professional journals

Mark Henick is a mental health advocate and speaker whose TED talk, 'Why we choose suicide' has had more than 4.6 million views. He has direct experience with the mental health field, having been a 'frequent flyer' in psychiatric hospitals after multiple suicide attempts.