RAW AND UNCUT - David McRaney of You Are Not So Smart

Be sure to leave us a quick review on iTunes! Hi, this is Corey. I, along with Jessica Rhodes, created the audio series, The Podcast Producers. It is a ten-part audio program made to study what we considered to be some of the most compelling interpretations of what’s happening in the podcasting space, as told by our guests - The Podcast Producers. If this is your first listen, I recommend you start at Episode 1, entitled Is There Anybody Out There, and work your way through the series. What you are about to hear is the raw, unedited version of my interview with podcaster, blogger, and author David McRaney. Jessica and I are going to release these “behind the scenes” shows for you to get a look at the linear form conversations that took place ahead of editing and production the final program. There’s a lot of great insights and content that wound up on the cutting room floor, and it’s our hope that you can find even greater depth and value in this interviews in their pure state. These are unpolished, raw, and real.  Thanks again for the support, and you can find out more at www.thepodcastproducers.com. And now, here’s my interview David McRaney. David’s Bio: I created the blog You Are Not So Smart. I did a lot of other things before that. I even owned two pet stores for a few years. Yes, pet stores. Don't do that, by the way. My blog became an internationally bestselling book now available in 14 languages. It also became a podcast hosted at Boing Boing where I'm currently writing about psychology. My second book, You Are Now Less Dumb, was released in 2013. I'm working on a third book right now, probably while you are reading this.  I cut my teeth as a newspaper reporter covering Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast and in the Pine Belt region of the Deep South. Later, I covered things like who tests rockets for NASA, what it is like to run a halfway home for HIV-positive homeless men, and how a family sent their kids to college by making and selling knives. Since then, I have been an editor, photographer, voiceover artist, television host, public speaker, and tornado survivor. I worked for several years as the head of digital media for WDAM-TV where I also produced The Green Couch Sessions, a TV show about the music of the Deep South. I've done some commercial work too. I've written for Heineken, Duck Tape, and a few others. I recently appeared in a Reebok ad that I also helped write.  I am married to Amanda McRaney, who is my favorite person, and I live in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.   My cat's name is Simon.