Larry Olson’s Working Radio

Paul Teutul Senior is the “Big Kahuna” at Orange County Choppers (the motorcycle shop made famous by the show American Choppers on TLC). Teutul is known for his ridiculous mustache, strong temper and yes, his creative motorcycles. What he is not known for is his conversation. Listen as I pepper him with questions and get zero response.

Who in their right mind prepares to lose their job? The correct answer is people in their right mind. Lets get prepped just in case we get whacked at work - 7 tips to get a good severance package. Don’t be surprised - be package prepared.

Women are taking over the working world. Time Magazine recently took a look into the future of work and we’ll share a little of that with you - including how your boss in 20 years most likely will be a woman and how your benefits will suck!

All that and a fascinating study of wage theft from our employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo. Yes, there are people out there that sink low enough to steel from others lively-hoods. These people, it turns out, are the same people that let their dogs poop on the sidewalk and do not pick it up.

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Chris Gardner’s life is so amazing they made a movie about it Pursuit of Happyness (Siskel and Ebert gave it 4 stars). We’ll ask Chris if he has Will Smith’s cell phone number and all about his new book Start Where You Are.

Every once and a while it’s good to get inspired by a real life success story. Someone who followed their career dreams. Joelle Kurrus left her life in Connecticut to follow her passion of wine in Napa. Listen to Joelle as she gives us a lesson in taking chances.

Bonus coverage this week - top 25 unknown things you might be doing to sabotage your career.

How about some CEO’s that never went to college and employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo takes the employment pop quiz.

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The great Billy Mays has pitched all sorts of products at all sorts of venues from county fairs to infomercials, and now on the Discovery Channel. Currently the co-host of the show Pitchmen on Discovery Channel, Billy chats about The Clapper, Sham Wow and Urine Gone (any body out there need a new set of steak knives?).

All right everyone - we’re going to have to put on our thinking caps. Smart guy Mathew Crawford chats about his new book Shop Class As Soul Craft: An Inquiry Into The Value Of Work. Crawford with intellectual theories as to why a dirty job in the “trades” can be life fulfilling.

Our employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo passing out tips on tips. What every bartender/waitress/caddy needs to know about the law and their tips (Starbucks provides our case study).

All that plus New York Times Columnist David Brooks breaks down why the touchy-feely CEO’s fail and the undimentional/relentless CEO’s succeed.

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It’s kinda like Arun Chaudhary gets paid to make home videos for a living - except that as the official White House Videographer everything he shoots goes into the Presidential Records Act. We’ll make sure to ask Arun what it’s like to spend the day video taping every move of arguably the most powerful man in the world.

What do P-Diddy, Willy Mays and Jerry Seinfeld have in common. They were all paperboys and credited there success in part to their work as a paperboy. Author Jeffrey Fox talks about his latest offering Rain: What A PaperBoy Learned About Business.

What are some of the questions you should ask yourself before leaving one job for another. Legal recruiter Stacy Miller providing the direction for what can be a difficult decision.

Employment Lawyer Dennis Strazulo chats reverse discrimination and we’ll break down the details of the new resume craze - The Sarah Palin Format.

1-thousandth listener this week gets a cookie!

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Poker Brat, Phil Hellmuth, is known equally for his card playing ability as he is his attitude. In 1989 he beat Johnny Chan to become the youngest winner ever at the Main Event at the World Series Of Poker. He has 11 World Series Of Poker Bracelets - 10 million dollars in winnings and is a member of the Poker Hall of Fame. Sure…. he’s got all of that, but can he bluff a Car Salesman?

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Author/Entrepreneur/VC Guy Kawasaki turned down an opportunity to be Yahoo’s CEO in the early 90’s - lets call that a billion dollar mistake. He also worked for Steve Jobs at Apple creating the Mac brand. We’ll ride the career roller coaster with Guy and his no “Shitake” approach to business.

I bet you didn’t know the worst job in America is Lumberjack (don’t tell Paul Bunyan). The Best job - Mathematician. Careercast breaks it all down.

Employment Lawyer Dennis Strazulo says you typically can not sue your employer after they fire you even though they: completely stressed you out, cussed you out, and threw you out. Although, you might have a case if you documented it all.

Imagine a job where you are paid to snorkel reefs, walk beaches and hike mountains on a private island off the coast of Australia. They are billing it as the “best job in the world” and you get paid six figures by the government of Australia to do it. Details on how to apply with in.

All that, plus a call to a clown school to see how clowns are made.

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For crying out loud… Automotive Entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin introduced us all to the Yugo, not to mention Subaru and Fiat. We’ll chat with Mr. Bricklin about the state of the auto industry and his new documentary The Entrepreneur.  We’ll ask Mr Bricklin about the part in the movie in which he takes off his shirt during a meeting with a Chinese car company trying to convince them of a partnership (should a 70+ man ever take off his shirt on camera - you make the call).

Paul Facella spent his entire career working at McDonald’s. Starting behind the counter at 18, he worked his way up to Regional VP. Hence, he wrote a book called Everything I know About Business I Learned At McDonald’s. So of course we’ll ask him, Mcribb Sandwich - why?

Employment Lawyer Dennis Strazulo takes his midterm exam with questions like: Is it age discrimination if you get fired 7 days before you are about to take early retirement.

Legal recruiter Stacy Miller pops by to chat about your on-line profile…..and it turns out those pictures on Facebook of you beer bonging in Cabo - do in fact mater.

All that plus the top 10 Twitterers when it comes to finding a job. Don’t miss this weeks show or your might just come down with Scarlet Fever!

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He is Oakland’s version of the Dog Whisperer. Tim Racer is one of the founders of Bad Rap (Bay Area Dog Lovers, Responsible About Pitbulls). He saved the Michael Vick dogs, rescued some canines from the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe and to boot he makes wood sculptures of dogs. We will,   “let the dawgs”  all out on in this interview.

The world lost a great Pitchmen when Billy Mays passed away. The least we can do is pay tribute by replaying a portion of the interview we had with the infomercial guru last month.

Legal recruiter Stacy Miller is back to play “fair or not”. Stacy breaks down questions that are fair to ask your recruiter.

All that, and employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo lets us know how the Supreme Court’s ruling on reverse discrimination will affect business.

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Drummer Josh Freese has played with bands such as: Devo; Sting; Nine Inch Nails; The Vandals; Daughtry. Known throughout the business as one of the best drummers around - just not known to the mainstream. So he masterminded a way to promote his brand new solo CD “Summer of 1974″. Buying it on a sliding scale. The premium package costs 75-thousand dollars. The basic version will run you 7 bucks - Josh tells us the difference and regails us with stories of drumming with Sting.

Here’s the scenario: You are a manager and your feedback isn’t working! Sounds like you need a little Management Rewired. Author Charles Jacobs fills us in on what the latest brain science tells us about becoming effective managers.

Legal Recruiter Stacy Miller into the mix this week answering the question amongst others: what do you ask a recruiter who just called and wants to place you?

All that and our employment lawyer Dennis Strazulo protects old people (yes, you blue hairs). What you should know if you’re over 50 and think you’ve been unjustly fired (darn those kids)!

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