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This week I speek with Dr. William "Bart" Collins, director of the Online Masters Program at Purdue University. It is a masters program of science and strategic communications, of which I teach some courses in. We talk about online learning in general and what this means for the future of education, the advantages and disadvantages of learning online. http://www.krannert.purdue.edu/faculty/bchupp/courses/school-of-com.php

I have a conversation with Glenn Sparks about advice to parents on frightening media and paranormal media as well as a general discussion on it's effect on us today.

This week Dr Will speaks with Alan Karpick, of Gold & Black Illustrated, about the part athletics play in influencing character building and connections for students who come to play sports at Universities.

This week we again talk with Mike Pinto, a leader in public education and the well-being of kids. We have a great conversation about family life and the life of the kids in the school and how the two fare against each other.

Dr. Will sits down with Jason Dombkowski Chief of Police for West Lafayette talking about social isolation and the drug epidemic hitting America.

Dr Will and Glenn Sparks begin a series of conversations on Social media, refridgerator friends and more.

Today we talk about living abroad, being work or study, and we talk about the commonality of travel today. We specifically cover the idea of Ex-Pats. David lives outside of Mongolia. We talk what it's like living away from home, and more.

Dr. Will Miller and Rick Mummy discuss working artists and the pains they have gone through to do what they do. As Dr Will continues his breakdown of why people are Miserable @ Work.

We are all familiar with the term dysfunctional family - sadly describing millions of families. But are some of those same characteristics applicable to your place of work? Is there instability, inconsistency, lack of care for the workers? In this conversation Will & Tom talk about the similarities as seen from the view of practicing psychotherapists.

What happens when you love what you do but the other stuff gets in the way? We talk with Mike Pinto about being miserable at work when you get burned out. Mike is an elementary school Principal where he works through this with teachers on a regular basis.

This is a shift in the podcast for the next few weeks, we will be talking with people in the care business. This week we talk about quality of life this week with Allison Bickel O'Shea, from Durham, North Carolina, who works in the senior care business.

Dr Will welcomes back Glenn Sparks, Professor in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University, to discuss the growing trend of board game cafés and bars and the return of hanging out in person.  The two shift focus back to social media to finish out the show.

Are you miserable at work and think it is the job. Think again! Kristi Lee and I talk about Dr Will's new book "Miserable @ Work" in this joint podcast. Ok, maybe you are not miserable. In fact you may enjoy WHAT you are doing but are still depressed and dissatisfied when on the job. Dr. Will Miller has some interesting and surprising reasons why. He also offers way to improve your work experience. As with all conversations with Dr. Will we also veer off into a wide range of other topics like: addiction to social media, stress, spirituality and even near death experiences. And find out the results of an extensive 75 year study on happiness conducted by Harvard University. You might be surprised at what makes most people happy long term. I think listening to Dr. Will Miller is a great start! To find out more about Dr. Will Miller please go to DrWill.com. You can order book “Miserable @ Work” at amazon.com

The notion of persons "Central Life Interest" has been studied for many years. Essentially it suggests that we reflect on where our primary passion lies between our work and our life outside of work. Dr. Tom Dukes and I discussed this important life topic that identifies the locus of our stress and anxiety. It's a rich intellectual topic that can you clarify the part of your life that needs to be fixed.

Chat with Emily Carter on the development and success of the Matchbox Studio, a co-working site for entrepreneurs and independent contractors. It enables remote workers to exchange presence and ideas with other creative individuals.  Matchbox Studio Lafayette 

Studies repeatedly conform that social isolation is not just an emotional problem, it is a full blown health crisis. It has devastating effects on our psychological and physical health. The Harvard Long Term Happiness Study did not mince words when asserting that "Loneliness Kills!"

Attorney Stephen Miller is a Judge in Rhode Island who became involved in the state's struggle with homelessness. He is now a leader in the effort to solve the problem and he shares the state of our knowledge about strategies that work. Informed conversation with a Judge who is an activist for those fallen through the cracks.

A conversation with Dr. Glenn Sparks, researcher on media effects about the impact of media - especially social media - on shaping attitudes and critical thinking.

Glenn Sparks of Purdue University has been studying the effects of exposure to frightening movies and television for years. We discuss advice for parents & children. Happy Halloween!

Before the economic recession my speaking focus was on life balance. This emerged, of course, from the book Refrigerator Rights which documented the shocking drift toward social isolation that is having a ruinous effect on us personally and collectively. With the onset of the recession demand shifted toward stress and coping. But with so many people unhappy with parts of their life – either their jobs or their life outside their jobs – it's time to raise the issue of life balance again. Dr. Sally & I discuss the issue and the urgency connections