Sometimes, Traffic Is A Good Thing
Cognitive psychologist and evolutionary psychologist Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman wrote a wonderful book, Ungifted, and has an inspiring story of how he overcame obstacles at every turn to go from a kid who tested as learning disabled to end up getting a Ph.D. at Yale and becoming a really young prof at NYU.

I was thrilled to have him on my radio show, and I feel it's a particularly inspiring and interesting show -- one that helps parents understand that they shouldn't buy into the labels that get stuck on kids via intelligence tests and other ways schools and others assess kids' potential.

And for the exciting news, with no prompting from me, BlogTalkRadio featured the show, and we got some very nice traffic:

Yeah, that's right -- 47,000-plus people have listened to the show so far, and it hasn't even been posted on all the online sites of the papers that run me.

That show is here:

Advice Goddess Radio: Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman on how your child can be more than his test scores.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2013/06/10/dr-sb-kaufman-your-child-can-be-more-than-his-test-scores-1

BlogTalkRadio has done this before -- featured my shows -- and my show tends to be the top in its category (psychology/science) every week. It's cool to just up and start something out of nowhere, to work hard to get better at it, and have it start to pay off.

Thanks, especially, to Jim P. and to Adam Bein who have been there with encouragement from the start, and to TV and radio pro Michael Linder, who was kind enough to take me out for a drink and tell me all the things I needed to do to be better. (It takes a good friend and a person with guts to give you constructive criticism.)

And finally, thanks to all of you who listen to these shows. I love putting out solid science so it's practical and interesting, and I hope the shows are compelling and helpful.

Amy,

Congratulations!!

And many thanks for the compliment. If I can be of any more assistance, don't hesitate to ask.

Jim P. at June 21, 2013 12:12 PM

I came originally for the solid science. I stayed for the lively political roundtables, here on the blog.
Interesting range of persons gather here, too, from enlightening to annoying (and sometimes both in one.) What befell Crid?

Personally, I drive to work in a Cutlass...

bmused at June 21, 2013 12:28 PM

Congratulations! That's incredible. I did listen to that podcast and it was fascinating.

Suzanne Lucas at June 21, 2013 12:31 PM

I haven't gotten this show yet but I download all of your shows through to my iPod.

And the shows are very good. When I get stressed I plug the iPod into the car stereo and take a drive through the forest. It's like and your guests are right there in the car with me, whispering "Don't be a shmuck".

Very helpful.

Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at June 21, 2013 3:38 PM

Amy Alkon

http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/06/21/sometimes_traff.html#comment-3761586">comment from Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers

Thank you so, so much Gog. That is just great to hear. I put so much into them.

In fact, I'm only running some reruns now because I don't have the prep time right now, for the next few weeks. My book is due at the publisher on July 7, and I am working just crazy, crazy hours to put every bit of time into it I can before I have to turn it in.

My editor is behind me and then some, and really excited about this book, and I love him to death and find him very wise, so this should be a very good publishing experience! I can't wait till it's out.

And now, back to the last chapter!

Amy Alkon at June 21, 2013 6:07 PM

When you first started doing them, I used to pick and choose based on what I thought would be interesting to be. Now I listen to them all because I realized that they are all interesting to me!

Dwatney at June 22, 2013 10:55 AM

Amy Alkon

http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/06/21/sometimes_traff.html#comment-3762705">comment from Dwatney

Thank you so much, Dwatney. That really, really means a lot.

I'm going to have on Dr. Elizabeth Dunn, talking about "Happy Money," as my next new guest (as soon as I turn in my book). Meanwhile, we're trying to pick really good shows to rerun -- stuff that I think, I would love to hear that person's thinking/research again.

Amy Alkon at June 22, 2013 12:38 PM

Glad to hear the show's getting more exposure.

Lobster at June 23, 2013 2:22 PM

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