radio show prep: conquering your fear of spiders, what would really happen if you gave up email, and fun phoners to get your show started!

ShowStarters for Tuesday 09.11.12

• Tommy SHaw from Styx is 59
• Virginia Madsen is 51
• Harry Connick Jr turns 45
• Rapper Ludacris is 35

Today is the 11th anniversary of a day no American will ever forget.  A coordinated jet airline attack by terrorists brought down the Twin Towers in NYC and destroyed the western side of the Pentagon.  The remaining airliner heading for another Washington, DC, target was forced out of the sky and into the ground in Shanksville, PA, by passengers that stormed the cabin.   They are heroes.  In all, 2,974 people were killed.

primetime tuesday

abc: all reruns
cbs: reruns
nbc: all new episodes tonight starting with The Voice, then the premiere of Go On, followed by the premiere of The New Normal, and finally, the premiere of Parenthood
fox: So You Think you Can Dance is new
cw: reruns

pop quiz

A new determined that employees doing (this) costs employers $6.5 billion in lost productivity...

Answer:  Workers managing their fantasy football team while on the clock!
Source

pop quiz: tv theme tuesday

Name the show...big hint in the opening theme!

(play)

Answer:  Beverly Hills Nannies

Phoner:  

See the video of a guy getting chased by the bison?

 Typical tourist getting a little too close... when is the last time you were chased by a wild animal?  Here are 2 calls to get you started!

joke of the day

A truck driver is driving along on the freeway. A sign comes up that reads “Low Bridge Ahead.” Before he knows it, the bridge is right ahead of him and he gets stuck under it. Cars are backed up for miles. Finally, a police car comes up. The cop gets out of his car and walks around to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips and says, “Got stuck, huh?” The truck driver says, “No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of gas.”

iPhone 5

Tomorrow is the big day for Apple fan boys...if you  believe the hype, the new iPhone 5 will be released, and here are the latest rumors:

• You'll be able to buy it Sept. 21st
• It'll have a smaller dock connector
• It'll have a bigger screen
• It will be thinner
• It will support 4G LTE
• It'll cost $800, but you'll probably pay $200, as usual, through your carrier.

Is this the new iPhone 5?  Check it out!

What would happen if...

What would happen if you gave up email?  Would your world implode?  Would you lose all your friends and get fired?

Nobody knows.  But what we do know is this -- you'll probably live longer.

Researchers out of the University of California asked 13 people to give up email for five days.  They were men and women ranging from chemical engineers to psychologists.  No composing, reading, or answering email.  They went cold turkey.  The result:  Nothing after day one and two.  But by day five, there were noticeable differences:

• The test subjects were less stressed
• Their productivity soared
• They got up and walked around the office more often
• They spoke face-to-face with co-workers more
• They were able to focus on tasks a lot longer
• The people involved reported feeling liberated, and the feeling lasted for a few days.

The biggest problem when you work is that it's impossible to get away from email, which is why every one of the test subjects were back to their old ways within days.

Facebook/Phones:  Finish this sentence:  "Life was sure a lot easier before ______ came along"

Don't talk yourself out of your fear

What freaks you out?  Snakes?  Clowns? Spiders?  Whatever it is, just admit it it freaks you out.  New research discovered that trying to talk yourself out of the fear doesn't help you get over the fear.

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, asked 88 people that feared spiders to sit and stare at a caged tarantula.   Some of the folks were asked to just be open about their fears as they watched the spider, and some of the group were asked to say things like "That little spider can't hurt me."

A week later, they brought them all back in front of the same spider -- and it turns out the group of people that were honest and open about their fears in front of the spider did much better with their emotions the second time around.

"In fact, the more negative words the subjects used to describe their feelings about the spider, the closer they were willing to get to it and the less their hands sweated."

Conclusion -- screaming "I'm scared of you, clown!" will allow you to enjoy the circus more than usual!  Of course, you'll hurt the clowns feelings...but who cares...he'll just get in his tiny care and go home.