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Dying To Ask
by dyingtoask
Join KCRA TV morning news anchor Deirdre Fitzpatrick for a podcast that asks her favorite question: how did you do that? Her guests wrote the book, launched the product, won the race, influenced social media or figured out a must-try life hack. Master your mindset while learning how to live bigger and better.
Episodes
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How Dying to Ask Ended Up On A List With Oprah Winfrey
I thought there had to be a mistake. Oprah and I are finalists for a major podcast award. The Signal Awards named Dying to Ask a finalist for Best Video Podcast Host. I reread the list and then asked my longtime KCRA co-anchor Teo Torres to read it, too. There, alongside names like Oprah, Monica...
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Networking Without The Ick Factor With Dr. Ivan Misner
Want to expand your social network? Lace up your conversational running shoes. Dr Ivan Misner is back with his latest book, "Networking is a Marathon, Not a Sprint." Ivan is known as the "Father of modern networking," and he's sharing techniques to help you connect with people in meaningful ways...
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Laura Vanderkam Says You Have More Time Than You Think
Think you have no time? Laura Vanderkam says you're fooling yourself. Laura is one of the world's top experts on time and productivity. She's a New York Times best-selling author of eight books on time management and host of the daily productivity podcast Before Breakfast. Oh, and she has five…
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Walk in Winning With Traci Mitchell: How To Negotiate With Yourself
What would change if you walked into every room believing you belonged there? Traci Mitchell spent years as a television journalist covering Washington for Hearst Television stations across the country. In fact, she did live shots with me during our morning news 20 years ago. She once did 68 live...
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The Right-Sized Life: Finding Contentment At Any Age With Amy Schmidt
Does how you're living fit you right now? It might be time to "right size" your life. Amy Schmidt went through a series of moves after her kids went to college. Amy says, "We had three storage units across the country at one point. Three storage units full of things." Those things were weighing…
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Make Space For What Matters With Tidy Dad
From tidying up his apartment to cleaning up on social media. Tidy Dad is everywhere. Tyler Moore aka Tidy Dad is a New York City school teacher, husband and father of three. The "dadfluencer" started sharing his hacks for keeping his family's 750 square foot apartment tidy on his Instagram page...
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Visualize Your Life Like An Olympian With Chris Lillis
Saying Chris Lillis is a details guy is like saying he kind of wants to win another Olympic gold medal. Lillis won gold in mixed team aerials at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. Making a second Olympic team in his discipline of freestyle skiing is arguably more mental than physical. Tracking the...
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Redefining Longevity With The Women Of Team USA And Women's Health
From grit to glam. The women of Team USA are flipping the script on what longevity looks like the winter edition of Women's Health. Amanda Lucci is the director of special projects for Women's Health. Editors created a mirrored set to evoke icy, wintry vibes and Amanda says the athletes turned...
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Growing Up In The Shadow Of The Olympics With Casey Dawson
It's one thing to grow up with Olympic spirit. It's another to grew up in it like long track speedskater Casey Dawson did. Casey grew up in Salt Lake City. His hometown hosted its first Winter Games in 2002 and in some ways, the Olympics never left. "I grew up here, so I was surrounded by it. So...
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Fear, Flips, and Full-Full-Fulls with Kaila Kuhn
Living life in threes is paying off for freestyle skier Kaila Kuhn. "All of the men in the world are competing triples. Whereas a maximum [of] eight to 10 women on the Olympic year are actually competing [in] triples," Kuhn said. "Triples" refers to the complexity of an aerial skier's jump. It's…
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Fear, Flight & Fast-Tracking the Olympics With Quinn Dehlinger
Time is currency. And freestyle Olympic skier Quinn Dehlinger cashed in on an opportunity he earned last June. That's when Quinn got a call from his coach that he'd made the 2026 U.S. Winter Olympic Team. Quinn narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2022 Olympics. Qualifying eight months…
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Fast And Fancy Mia Manganello Enjoys Last Olympic Ride
How do you know when it's time to walk away from an Olympic career? Mia Manganello says it's a feeling. But that's where is gets tricky. Most of the time, those feelings are because an athlete's results aren't what they used to be. Mia is still very much on top in the world of long track...
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Hypnotherapy, Gratitude And Going For Gold With Brittany Bowe
The U.S. Olympic Long Track speedskating roster is set and it's a mixture of up and comers and veterans like Brittany Bowe. Bowe has won two Olympic bronze medals and she have very clear goals for the 2026 games in Milan-Cortina. "I'm still chasing that ultimate dream of becoming Olympic…
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Finding Grit And Doing The Macarena With Hanna Percy
Imagine all your dreams coming true at the age of 18. It's a real possibility for snowboarder Hanna Percy. The athlete from Truckee, California, is the youngest member of the U.S. female snowboard cross team. Typically, elite snowboarders earn a place on the U.S. Development Team before moving to...
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Jamie Anderson Chasing Gold While Chasing Kids
Jamie Anderson defies gravity and stereotypes in her latest push to make an Olympic team. Jamie is a 3-time Olympic snowboarder and 3-time Olympic medalist. She has two golds and a silver. She grew up in South Lake Tahoe and is one of eight children. She started snowboarding at the age of nine...
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Snowboarding, Sacramento and Chasing Cortina with Brooklyn DePriest
It takes a village to raise an Olympic hopeful. And sometimes, that village has to change ZIP codes. Brooklyn DePriest is a snowboarder for Team USA, hoping to make his Olympic debut at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games. He competes in slopestyle. Brooklyn grew up in Northern California in a...
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AJ Hurt on Pressure, Perspective, and the Power of a Good Piano Jam
Olympic skier AJ Hurt is the ultimate "bring your kid to work" success story. Her dad is on the ski patrol at Palisades Tahoe resort and AJ grew up hanging out with her dad on the mountain. AJ competed for Palisades Tahoe before making it onto the U.S. Ski Team as a teenager. "I was 16 when I…
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Sliding Back: Kendall Wesenberg’s 600-Day Comeback
"Head first" isn't a choice for Kendall Wesenberg. It's a job requirement. The skeleton slider has also turned it into her life mantra. And her grit to push through life and it's challenges is becoming legendary. The 2018 Olympian is working toward qualifying for her second Olympic Team. But…
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From Burnout to World Champion: Alysa Liu’s Unlikely Comeback
Whoever said quitters never win never met Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu. Liu quit figure skating after the 2022 Winter Olympics. At age 16, she was burned out and wanted to be a normal teenager. "I was done a year before I quit. I knew I wanted to be done way before I actually announced my...
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Bryce Bennett Finds Olympic Edge In Parenthood
Bryce Bennett has a new title, and it's his favorite one yet: dad. The two-time Olympic skier is going for his third Olympic Team. Bryce is 33 and has spent nearly half his life on the U.S. Ski Team. Bryce and his wife, Kelley, welcomed their first child, a daughter, this spring. "You have this...
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Stressed Or Thirsty? Fight Anxiety With Your Water Bottle
Stressed out? Try drinking a glass of water. Dehydration can mimic the symptoms of anxiety. Being properly hydrated is good for your energy, fitness and skin. It's just as important for your stress levels. A recent article in Women's Health broke down a study on the effects of being…
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Why Audiobooks Are Awesome For Your Mental Health
Audiobooks are booming in popularity and they are a fun way to boost mental health. A calm voice can actually lower your stress hormones just like meditation does. Publishers Weekly reports the audiobook industry grew 13% in revenue last year, marking more than a decade of double-digit growth....
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3 Stress Resets That Work Almost Instantly
Stressed out? A recent Gallup poll shows one in two Americans is stressed out every day. The poll found it's affecting how much and how well we sleep. And women are slightly more stressed than men. Dealing with that level of negative emotion is exhausting. But it doesn't have to be. You can…
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From 'Paralyzed To Powerful' With Robert Paylor
What would you do if your whole life changed in one moment? Robert Paylor can actually answer that question because it happened to him. He's defying odds and inspiring people across the country. His new book is called Paralyzed to Powerful. It's equal parts memoir and motivation and tells the…
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Change Your Day By Saying 'Tell Me Something Good'
Want an instant pick me up? The simple phrase "tell me something good" can dramatically change your day. What happens when someone tells you something great doing on in their life? Unless you're the jealous type, it probably makes you feel good too. You get a little hit of dopamine just by…
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Avoid the September Scaries with Teo and Fitz
If you’ve ever felt a little anxious as summer winds down and routines ramp up, you’re not alone. You might have a case of the September Scaries. My morning show partner, Teo Torres, is my co-host on this episode, where we talk about this end-of-summer phenomenon. Think of it as the seasonal…
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5 Steps To Trying The Japanese Walking Trend
Have you been walking wrong all your life? According to TikTok, the answer is probably. If you’ve scrolled through TikTok or Instagram lately, chances are you’ve seen videos about the Japanese walking trend. Some posts call it a weight-loss miracle. Others say it’s the secret to why people in…
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Living Your Best (And Fittest) Life With Denise Austin
Denise Austin is one of the original fitness influencers. And she's as passionate about getting America moving as she was in the early 1980s. Denise got her TV start as the first fitness correspondent on the Today Show. She was a natural and quickly became a household name. That led to a daily 30...
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Eat This, Not That to improve your mood with Dr Candice Seti
You are what you eat. And if you're stressed or depressed, you might be able to blame your lunch. Dr. Candice Seti is the author of Shatter the Yoyo. She's a food psychologist. She studies the brain-body food link. "It's the idea of nutritional psychiatry and the idea of connecting how food makes...
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Mastering Movement Bites With Jessica Schatz
Need a pick-me-up? Skip the coffee and try a movement bite. Jessica Schatz is a celebrity trainer and biomechanics and ProACTIVE Aging expert. She's trained professional athletes, Broadway stars and Hollywood actors for decades. Those athletes and performers need to maintain energy to perform....
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Why You Need A Summer Bucket List
A summer bucket list is like a personal manifesto of fun in the sun. It's a list of ideas, big and small, of things you'd like to do or accomplish over the summer. The goal is to collect your thoughts in one place so you can seize the day when you find free time. Writing down your list improves…
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2025 Best New Kids Books for Summer
Stop the summer brain drain by getting your kids hooked on reading this summer. This is part two of the 10th annual KCRA summer beach reads series. Last week, we took a look at the best summer beach reads for adults with Tina Ferguson, owner of "Face in a Book" bookstore. This week, we're…
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Our 2025 Summer Beach Reads Episode
It's time for our annual "Summer Beach Reads" episode on Dying to Ask. The 2025 summer titles will not disappoint. Tina Ferguson, owner of Face in a Book bookstore, is back as our guide to all things literary. Tina and I have been doing a beach reads segment or podcast episode for 10 years now.…
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Boost Your Mood By Going Outside
Feeling blah? Head outside. Mother Nature may be the ultimate mood booster. Science has long backed the health benefits of the great outdoors. In this re-release, we're looking at how spending time outdoors impacts your physical and emotional health. Going outside can fight depression and lower...
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Fidgeting To Fitness With The NEAT Method
Can you fidget your way to fitness? You can if you're a NEAT person. We're not talking about the organized type of neat. NEAT stands for non-exercise activity thermogenesis. It's the energy you burn when you're moving about the day and *not when you're in a purposeful workout at the gym. It's...
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Why Being Lazy Is A Good Thing
Move over, hustle culture. An Ivy League school says we're not lazy enough. Yale University researchers studied stressed-out students. They discovered that a scheduled day of doing nothing had powerful health benefits. Read more about the study here. Students reported improvements in mood, sleep,...
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Stop Workplace Drama With These Powerful Phrases
Say this, not that. Knowing what to say in the heat of the moment is key to defusing workplace drama. Karin Hurt and David Dye should know. They wrote the book on it. Karin and David are leadership experts and the founders of Let's Grow Leaders. They surveyed 5,000 people in 45 countries to gauge...
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3 Ways To Make A Habit Stick
Have you ever kept up a streak? A mini streak is a great way to start a new habit. A mini streak is a short period of time of intense focus on a behavior you hope to make a long-term habit. It's a bite sized commitment that can be easily attainable and perhaps inspire bigger, more meaningful…
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Stop Procrastination With The Pomodoro Technique
Grab a timer and get ready to say goodbye to procrastination. The Pomodoro Method is a data-backed way of getting stuff done. The time management technique is named after Francesco Cirillo. He was an Italian student in the 1980s who struggled with procrastination. Francisco had a tomato-shaped...
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Tracking Time With Laura Vanderkam
All I need is three more hours in the day and life would be great. I've told myself that a million times. But Laura Vanderkam says it's not the number of hours in a day that's the problem. It's how you use them. This episode is a re-release of one of my favorite author experts to follow on social...
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Working Out With Jonny Moseley And ChatGPT
Olympic gold medalist Jonny Moseley's workout secret? ChatGPT. "You can be like hey, give me a give me a six week routine for getting ready for skiing that Olympic champion Hannah Kearney would do. And it just like spits out stuff that they used to have whole departments for at the U.S. Ski…
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Taking The Woo Out Of Wellness With Maryam Sharifzadeh
From burned out to fired up. Maryam Sharifzadeh takes the woo out of corporate wellness. Maryam is a corporate wellness consultant. Companies hire her to create and implement wellness strategies to improve employee mental and physical health. Healthy employees tend to be happier employees.…
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Why you can't sleep
Springing forward got you down, or up? Check out this re-release of our episode with U.S. News & World Report sleep expert Julia Forbes. Can't sleep? You're not alone but getting some good ZZZ's could be one hack away. The U.S. News & World Report annual survey on sleep is out. Survey says: 75%…
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5 Reasons Why You Need A Digital Sunset
Go to bed. Saying night-night to your devices at the same time every night could do wonders for your sleep and overall happiness. It's called a digital sunset and the new trend is easy to try. Start by setting an alert on your phone or iPad to remind you to wind down. That's your cue to put the...
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How to achieve financial wellness with Jean Chatzky
How much attention do you give to your financial wellness. The answer is likely "not enough." Jean Chatzky wants to change that. Jean is the CEO and creator of Her Money, a personal finance brand that teaches money through media. It's a website, newsletter, podcast and more designed primarily for...
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How To Make New Friends When You're An Adult
Is it just me or is making new friends as an adult harder than when you were a kid? There are entire Reddit boards dedicated to helping people in their 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond make new friendships. The reality is we form new connections differently as we age. Some of it is location based.…
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Loving Your Day Job With Olympic Gold Medalist David Wise
It's easy to leave a job when you're miserable. It's way harder when you're happy. And David Wise loves his day job. And that's why the 34-year-old freeskier has decided to push to make his fourth Olympic Team despite being one of the older competitors in freeskiing. "I still love going out there...
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Boost Your Mental Battery With Calm CEO David Ko
Where's your battery level? It might be the best question you can ask to gauge your mental health. That's the advice from David Ko. His new book, Recharge, challenges readers to give their mental health the same attention they give their cellphone battery. "Everyone looks at their phone battery....
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Go Farther, Faster With Change Expert Michael Lopez
Willpower is great until it isn't. You need to plan to make habit changes and goals stick. And Michael J. Lopez is the man with the plan. He's a transformational expert who helps companies and individuals develop strategies to follow through on goals. Lopez has worked with everyone from DoorDash…
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Drive In Silence To Improve Your Mental Health
Do you hear that? If your answer is "no, I hear nothing," your mental health may be better than most. There are a lot of brain benefits to the sound of silence. Science backs improvements to health and creativity. The easiest way to find some peace and quiet? Drive in silence. That's just one of...
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Join KCRA TV morning news anchor Deirdre Fitzpatrick for a podcast that asks her favorite question: how did you do that? Her guests wrote the book, launched the product, won the race, influenced social media or figured out a must-try life hack. Master your mindset while learning how to live bigger and better.
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