Larry Olson’s Working Radio

Oh Pig Parts, how I love you! Let me count your ways: Bacon; Pancetta; Prosciutto; Salami; Chicharrones? Where does you goodness come from? Why - your tasty, salted pig parts in Oakland come from Boccalone cured meats. Mark Pastore owner and creator of Boccalone into the mix this week to talk about the fine art of making Salami! He also chats about opening his restaurant  in San Francisco Incanto (p.s. he opened it, having no restaurant  experience - p.p.s Anthony Bourdain visited last month).

How do you look 10 pounds lighter without dieting? Should you go through the buffet line twice at a business lunch? Forgot a clients name - what should you do? Coworkers despise you? Image consultant Anna Wildermuth with answers to all of these magical questions…and yes, much more!

Employment Lawyer Dennis Strazulo entertains us with talk of mediation this week. Legal Recuiter Stacy Miller lets us behind the curtain of running a small business.

All that plus, things your mamma never told you about the job search. Take that “shark boy”!

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You can either take the red pill and go right to sleep or swallow the blue bill and know all of the secrets of the US food industry. Filmmaker Robert Kenner in his new movie Food Inc. gets down and dirty to track where our food comes from - featuring interviews with authors Michael Pollan (Omnivore’s Dilemma) and Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation). If you listen to the interview..you might have to give up eating bacon.

Aren’t we all taught to think big? Turns out success comes when we think small. Author of the book, The Power Of Small, Linda Thaler Kaplan with insight that small talk with a stranger might lead to a life saving kidney transplant. Or that looking into a clients pupils can tell you if they are interested or not. Listen inside and get more “nuggets of small”.

A job loss can be a monumental blow to a man’s ego, but not such a big deal for a woman. We will provide the psychological proof and how we can learn something from the opposite sexes.

Top 5 paying jobs in America - Bottom 5 paying jobs in America. It pays to be a Maxillofacial surgeon and not a cafeteria worker.

It’s about time to send our young whipper snappers off to their summer jobs. Employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo gives us the low down on what all parents should know about their kids summer gig.

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World famous chocolate maker Michael Recchiuti regals us with his story of how he went from selling his confections at farmers markets to hitting it big in the Williams-Sonoma catalog (looking to get your product in the Williams-Sonoma catalog - just go to one of founder Chuck Williams’ birthday parties).

UC Berkeley is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Their Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is unparalleled in its quest to equip their students to make a difference in the business community. With all of that…their most famous alumnus - James Hong, founder of Hotornot.com….The honorable Jerry Engel Executive Director at the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation chats about his prized pupil and other secrets of making it big.

If you have two candidates for a job - do you have to chose the one that has a disability? Our loveable Employment Lawyer Dennis Strazulo lets us know how we can be in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Some call pawn shops the bank of last resort. So just who goes to pawn shops? How do the transactions go down? You’ll be surprised to know someone once put up their prosthetic leg to make some quick money. We’ll call a random pawn shop and demand answers.

All that…… plus our Executive Producer (THE BIG BOSS) Pat Meety with an essay on why we should all QUIT our jobs right now!

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