February 1, 2012

Interview with Pamela Oakes, author of the book Car Care for the Clueless: (...or How To "Make Money" While Maintaining Your Vehicle) (Volume 2)

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Mike Carruthers:
Does it really matter what brand of gasoline you put in your car? Apparently it does.

Pamela Oakes:
A group of automotive manufacturers got together with petroleum companies and said you know for our vehicles to have the best miles per gallon and the least emissions we need the specific formula in our fuel. 
 

January 30, 2012

Interview with Winifred Gallagher, author of the book New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change

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Mike Carruthers:
Unlike any other species on the planet human beings crave novelty and change.

Winifred Gallagher:
We are natures novelty specialists who are primed both biologically and psychologically to engage with the new and different and to adjust to change.
 

January 26, 2012

Interview with Sarah Welch, author of the book Pretty Neat: The Buttoned-Up Way to Get Organized and Let Go of Perfection

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Mike Carruthers:
Keeping your life organized all of the time can be a challenge.

Sarah Welch:
The average American wastes about an hour a day because they’re disorganized. They have something but they can’t put their finger on it.
 

January 24, 2012

Interview with Dr. David Agus, author of the book The End of Illness

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Mike Carruthers:
Millions of people take vitamins every day to protect their health – but maybe they shouldn’t.

Dr. David Agus:
If you look at the studies of vitamins they cause problems. If a man takes a vitamin E a day for 3 years his rate of prostate cancer is 17% elevated and it lasts for years after stopping the vitamin E.