Today's Guest: Eric Tyson, author, Personal Finance For Dummies Eric Tyson is the author of numerous best-selling For Dummies titles and is a nationally recognized personal finance counselor, writer, and lecturer. He has been featured on and quoted in hundreds of local and national publications and media outlets. He's a former management consultant in the... Continue Reading →
Robert Barclay writes If Wishes Were Horses; asks for a ride! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Robert Barclay, novelist, If Wishes Were Horses Part 1 of 2 Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of men who cried real crocodile tears after reading If Wishes Were Horses … in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Believe it or not, there is... Continue Reading →
Tanning entrepreneur Tony Hartl explains Selling Sunshine! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Tony Hartl, entrepreneur, author, Selling Sunshine Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of penny pinchers who treat every dollar like a brother… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Frankly, it would have been easy to pass on tanning entrepreneur Tony Hartl’s new book,... Continue Reading →
Ashwood novelist Cynthia Kraack is serious about our future! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Cynthia Kraack, speculative fiction author, Ashwood trilogy: Ashwood, Harvesting Ashwood and Leaving Ashwood. Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of ambitious, future agricultural estate mistresses… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Part 1 of 3 (More below) Visions of the future tend not to... Continue Reading →
Former Fat Girl Amy Parham is my favorite Biggest Loser! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of reformed chubby chasers… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Part 1 of 3 I have made it a policy to almost never comment on a woman’s shape, figure or apparent weight loss or – God forbid –... Continue Reading →
Another Fine Mess: A serious look at funny movie history! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Image via WikipediaIf it’s a choice between watching drama or comedy, I always pick comedy.Why choose to get all weepy and sad when the other option is to fall off your chair laughing? I think the die was cast for me back in 1978, when Steve Goldin and I saw Animal House the night it... Continue Reading →
Who needs a ‘real’ job? Not author Scott Gerber! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Scott Gerber puts into words what a lot of people need to hear: Not everybody is going to succeed in Corporate America – and more than a few of you are foolish to even try. He’s not calling you a loser – that would be your father’s job. He’s saying there is another way... Continue Reading →
Consultant Fox turns Mr. Media into a Fierce Competitor! PODCAST INTERVIEW
I can honestly and modestly say that I know a thing or two about fierce competitors in business. If you know anything about my background as a journalist, you probably think I'm referring to the CEOs with whom I've worked on books-"Chainsaw" Al Dunlap from Scott Paper and Sunbeam, Home Depot founders Bernie Marcus... Continue Reading →
Threadless? Jake Nickell and cast of millions will fit you! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Is this any way to run a business? Threadless.com, the little T-shirt company that could, gambles every day that good kharma will deliver brilliant designs into its hands and that consumers will buy them. Incredibly, it’s a winning bet. Threadless was launched when co-founder Jake Nickell won an online t-shirt design competition in 2000.... Continue Reading →
Attention, White Heat novelist Brenda Novak! Mr. Media hates you! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Novelist Brenda Novak, author of White Heat. Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of extremely romantic neighborhood dogs in the new new media capital of the world and home of the best team in baseball… St. Petersburg, Florida! Brenda Novak, I hate you. I’m saying this now, while you’re... Continue Reading →