The Career Advice Show: We talk to interesting people for insights about their careers, their world, and their life experience. Best Story: You can‘t possibly catch all of the good journalism being produced, so we‘re sharing the good stuff with you. We highlight a new story in each brief episode and explain why it is important.
Episodes
Friday Mar 30, 2018
The Best Story I've Heard Today with USA Today Network's Justin Thurman
Friday Mar 30, 2018
Friday Mar 30, 2018
You've probably heard about Mike Hughes, the guy who supposedly put himself in a rocket of his own creation and launched himself into the sky. But you haven't heard the whole story. You might know he believes the earth is flat. But you haven't heard what else he doesn't believe in. Our man Justin Thurman returns for another Fun Friday to share more of what "Mad" Mike Hughes doesn't believe in, and his future plans.
Also, we average a culturally, or at least topically, relevant name drop every 40 seconds in this episode.
With your feet firmly on the ground, and your necks craned to the sky, give this episode a listen, and have a great weekend.
Follow the show on Twitter, too, @BestStoryShow. And when you're done with this one, check out more episodes. You can also subscribe on Google Play or Stitcher.
Thursday Mar 29, 2018
Thursday Mar 29, 2018
We might now be very close to looking at a shift in transportation, says journalism professor and deep innovation thinker Robert Quigley. And, he says, it is coming on us fast. Some people might think about buggy whip makers, though perhaps the better analogy is one pointed out in The Atlantic's story, perhaps the coming autonomous car fleets will be more like Craigslist and classified ads.
Alphabet is about to pick up a lot of self-driving Jaguars and you might be riding in one as soon as 2020. Change might be coming upon us fast.
Quiqley returns to the program to talk about how the model might work, what that could mean for city infrastructure and we start thinking about the possibilities of unintended consequences. We could do an entire show on that. Maybe we should.
Previously on this show, Robert Quigley has shared with us an interesting Washington Post profile on HUD boss Ben Carson. Be sure to check out more of his work at UT Media Innovation.
Follow the show on Twitter, too, @BestStoryShow. And when you're done with this one, check out more episodes. You can also subscribe on Google Play or Stitcher.
Tuesday Mar 20, 2018
Tuesday Mar 20, 2018
Uber has been in the news with the unfortunate story out of Arizona about the death of the first pedestrian by an autonomous car.
You can read some of those stories here:
Self-Driving Uber Car Kills Pedestrian in Arizona, Where Robots Roam
Self-driving cars under scrutiny after pedestrian death
Arizona Governor Helped Make State 'Wild West' For Driverless Cars
But, as USA Today Network - Wisconsin reporter Jonathan Anderson tells us, that's not the only story where Uber figures in as an important player. There's a lot going on, and these are some of the stories we're talking about these stories:
India’s Uber drivers went on strike because they’re making $3 a day
Uber driver charged with raping woman in car in Boston
Uber driver attacked with hatchet in robbery during York-Lancaster ride, cops say
Anderson takes a look at all of that in the aggregate, and we try to figure out if the gig company has a PR problem, or a regulatory one.
This isn't the first time we've talked about Uber and the gig economy. You can hear that episode here. And you can hear Jonathan Anderson's previous visit to the program right here, when he talked about a Wisconsin Supreme Court open records ruling.
And check out Anderson's website, as well.
Check out more episodes. You can also subscribe on Google Play or Stitcher or TuneIn. Be sure to follow us on Twitter, as well, @BestStoryShow.
Friday Mar 16, 2018
The Best Story I've Heard Today with USA Today Network's Justin Thurman
Friday Mar 16, 2018
Friday Mar 16, 2018
It's Friday fun and this is one tasty episode. One potentially tasty, disturbing episode. One possibly disturbing, disgusting episode.
This is probably an acquired taste. Mental aversions and all of that.
And we mean that literally. The show is fine; Justin Thurman always brings us a great story to talk about. The story ... well the story you're going to have to chew on for a while.
Check out more episodes. You can also subscribe on Google Play or Stitcher or TuneIn. Be sure to follow us on Twitter, as well, @BestStoryShow.
Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
Shop local! Buy local! Eat local!
It's local enough. But local means a lot of things, and as Spencer Elliott of the USA Today Network tells us, there are no real rules about what it means. We do know one thing it means, though, and that's money.
The stories Elliott is telling us about:
What you're really getting when you 'Pick Tennessee' products
You can hear Spencer's other contributions to the programs. He's told us about how people are communicating with co-workers in the gig economy and about a column which suggests how Colorado State might solve its basketball drama.
Check out more episodes. You can also subscribe on Google Play or Stitcher or TuneIn. Be sure to follow us on Twitter, as well, @BestStoryShow.
Monday Mar 12, 2018
The Best Story I've Heard Today with journalism professor Joe Coleman
Monday Mar 12, 2018
Monday Mar 12, 2018
Professor Joe Coleman returns to the program to talk about the future of work, robots and bricks. If this topic is interesting to, you should absolutely check out his book, "Unfinished Work: The Struggle to Build an Aging American Workforce" which is a great work and touches on some of these same types of issues in impressive detail.
It is a thoughtful episode, and we only reference the John Henry story twice.
Joe has been on the podcast before, talking about an increasing trend toward indigenous food in Canada.
You can hear more episodes of the show and you can also subscribe to the syndicated versions on Google Play or Stitcher or TuneIn. And follow the show on Twitter: @BestStoryShow.
Friday Mar 09, 2018
The Best Story I've Heard Today with USA Today Network's Justin Thurman
Friday Mar 09, 2018
Friday Mar 09, 2018
We're leafing no stone unturned on this story. It's part of our annual -- or is that perennial? -- pledge to you. It's an attention to detail that we take pride in, using your thyme wisely, peering deep into a thorny theft problem in South Carolina and our enthusiam for keeping you up to speed on important stories can't be ... herbed.
USA Today Network's Justin Thurman returns to the show to give us the details, root and stem, about a cholorphylled caper in the Palmetto State.
You can read the story here - there is a happy ending.
Follow the show on Twitter, too, @BestStoryShow. And when you're done with this one, check out more episodes. You can also subscribe on Google Play or Stitcher or TuneIn.
Thursday Mar 08, 2018
The Best Story I've Heard Today with Don Crow
Thursday Mar 08, 2018
Thursday Mar 08, 2018
... The conversation here is G-rated. The photos ... mind the kids before you click on through ...
We found an online trend that is anything but shy, so to speak. Don Crow, who is the founder of the marketing agency Verge Pipe Media, shares a story about letting it all hang out.
Here are some more-or-less NSFW links to the stories we were talking about, on Buzzfeed. It's becoming a global phenomenon. The Sun has written about it, as has the Australian media and our friends in India, as well.
Follow the show on Twitter, too, @BestStoryShow. And when you're done with this one, check out more episodes. You can also subscribe on Google Play or Stitcher or TuneIn.
Wednesday Mar 07, 2018
The Best Story I've Heard Today with Dr. Lauren Smith
Wednesday Mar 07, 2018
Wednesday Mar 07, 2018
This is a story 130 years in the making. It involves Germans, Australia, science and luck. Dr. Lauren Smith returns to the program to tell us about what is now thought to be the oldest known message in a bottle.
Some of the other stories she has shared with us include Olympians donating their brains to CTE research and the Michigan State angle of the Larry Nassar scandal. You can also see some of Lauren's writing on the 110 Percent Blog.
Follow the show on Twitter, too, @BestStoryShow. And when you're done with this one, check out more episodes. You can also subscribe on Google Play or Stitcher or TuneIn or even YouTube.
Tuesday Mar 06, 2018
The Best Story I've Heard Today with industrial design professor Chris Arnold
Tuesday Mar 06, 2018
Tuesday Mar 06, 2018
What makes a bicycle move? Sure, it's my pedals that do it. And also how I move my hands and body. And that lean when you dive into a corner, feeling like a champion racer, means a lot too ... but what makes a bicycle really do what a bicycle does? It isn't a mystery or an enigma, but it is a really interesting puzzle. And Chris Arnold, an associate professor of industrial design, brings us The Bicycle Problem That Nearly Broke Mathematics, a story that details the dogged pursuit of a scientist who is trying to figure it all out.
This is about cycling, but science and philosophy and, really, all of the things that are baked into everything, according to good designers. Give it a listen and share it with friends.
Give Chris Arnold a follow, and follow the show on Twitter, too, @BestStoryShow. And when you're done with this one, check out more episodes. You can also subscribe on Google Play or Stitcher and we're on TuneIn and YouTube as well.