Do you find yourself clenching in anger when someone tells you to “think positive?” Do you bite your tongue when your too-perky boss gives you a motivational book for the holidays? If you find yourself balancing on the edge of punching the next person who tells you to “Smile!”, you need The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Th…

Not Quite Adults. Author Interview on PurpleCar Park Dr. Richard Settersten pulls in to PurpleCar Park to discuss his new book (along with writer Barbara Ray): Not Quite Adults: Why 20-Somethings Are Choosing A Slower Path to Adulthood, and Why It’s Good for Everyone. Dr. Settersten holds a Ph.D. in Human Development and Social Policy from Northwes…

Pull into PurpleCar Park, a podcast by Christine Cavalier Mr. Steve Garfield stops in to PurpleCar Park to discuss his book, Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business. Steve is an “internet old-timer” who started doing video in way back in 2004, when there wasn’t user-generated video content on the web. We talk about how Steve got st…

Pull into PurpleCar Park! Dr. Dan Ariely pulls in to PurpleCar Park to discuss his new book, The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home. Stop what you’re doing, pull the car over and listen in to Dr. Ariely talk about his fun and interesting research and the key things he’s found out about motivating (…

NYT best-selling author Daniel H. Pink stops in to talk about his new book, DRiVE. We talk about why companies are stuck in the 1950s when it comes to reward and motivation theories. Find out what a “For Benefit” company is, why Wikipedia and open source are so huge, and what you can do to motivate yourself and your employees in the best way possib…

Today I interviewed Dr. Dalton Conley, Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Sociology Department at NYU. Dr. Conley is author of several books, most notably his memoir and social commentary, Honky. Dr. Conley and I sit down to talk about his new book, Elsewhere, U.S.A.: How We Got from the Company Man, Family Dinners, and the Affluent Society to…