In Episode #13 of the Middle Chamber Books podcast, we present a conversation with syndicated newspaper columnist Lucy Adams, author of If Mama Don’t Laugh, It Ain’t Funny.

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In Episode #12 of the Middle Chamber Books podcast, we present a conversation with Ed Sherman, author of Make Any Divorce Easier!

Sherman, an attorney, started the self-help law movement in 1971 with the establishment of Nolo Press.

Make Any Divorce Better!: Specific Steps to Make Things Smoother, Faster, Less Painful, and Save You a Lot of Money (Make Any Divorce Better!)

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In Episode #11 of the Middle Chamber Books podcast, we present a conversation with Regina Leeds, author of One Year to An Organized Life. Regina is a frequent radio and TV talk show guest, and produces a series of one minute tips about organizing on Sirius Satellite Radio. When she’s not writing and speaking about organizing, she helps private clients get organized in their personal and professional lives.

New York City native Regina Leeds has brought order to home and work environments across the United States since January, 1988 when she started her company, Get Organized! by REGINA. Currently based in Los Angeles, her clientele runs the gamut from movie stars to business people and housewives.

Regina is the author of five books: “The Zen of Organizing; Creating Order and Peace in Your Home, Career and Life” and “Creating a Place Without Losing Your Space: a Couples Guide to Blending Homes, Lives and Clutter” (Alpha Books). In 2002 she ghost wrote a book for a shelf help guru on an aspect of getting organized. “The Idiot’s Guide to Decluttering” (Alpha Books) was published in May, 2007. “One Year to an Organized Life” (Avalon) hits bookstores in January, 2008.

Regina was a regular contributor to Lime.com, the media branch of AOL co-founder Steve Case’s company, Revolution. You can hear her one minute tips on Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 114. A one-hour TV special called ‘The Zen of Organizing’ was created for the Fine Living Cable Network in the spring of 2003 and continues to air.

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In epsiode #10 of the Middle Chamber Books podcast, we present a conversation with Native American jazz-fusion musicians Ghosthorse, which has released Ksa (pronounced k’sah), a CD of music combining Lakota cedar flutes with jazz and other world music influences.

Ghosthorse is composed of

Steve and Dan Grigsby both got their earliest radio broadcast experience at WMCX radio at Monmouth College in the 1970s. Steve has gone on to form Professional Podcasts LLC, and Dan has gone on to become a Grammy Award-winning recording engineer and independent music producer.

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In epsiode #9 of the Middle Chamber Books podcast, we present a conversation with Indian journalist and technology author Ajay Jain, who has just published his first book, Let’s Connect: Using LinkedIn to get ahead at work.

About this program

Ajay Jain is a freelance journalist working globally from his home base in New Delhi, India. He blogs at ajayjain.com and writes for print and online media. He trained in journalism at Cardiff University in the UK, and has written for the Financial Express newspaper, among others. Let’s Connect is Ajay’s first book, and this is his first podcast interview about the book — it’s actually his first interview of ANY kind about the book.

In epsiode #8 of the Middle Chamber Books podcast, we present a conversation with Katie Delahaye Paine, the dean of public relations measurement and evaluation. Katie’s newest book is Measuring Public Relationships: The Data-Driven Communicator’s Guide to Success.

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Katie Delahaye Paine has just written her latest book on the measurement of public relations results. It’s called Measuring Pubnlic relationships, the data-driven commujnicators guide to success. The book focuses on giving public relations practitioners practical step-by-step advice for measuring their programs and managing their relationships.

Paine is a founding member of the IPR’s Commission on Research and Evaluation, the PR industry’s standard-setting body for measurement. Paine co-chaired the US Public Relations Task Force-developed to establish standards for PR evaluation-and she served as the US liaison to the European Standards Task Force to set internationals standards for media evaluation.

Paine frequently lectures to conferences and universities including The Conference Board, Public Relations Society of America, International Association of Business Communications, The San Francisco Academy, IPRA, the University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire College, and San Jose State University. A Cum Laude graduate of Connecticut College’s class of 1974, Paine majored in history and Asian studies. She received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from New Hampshire College in May 1996.

Paine is a board member of New Hampshire Public Radio and The New Hampshire Political Library.

You can purchase Katie’s book through Amazon.com by clicking on the link below.

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In this edition of the podcast, we chat with Peter Shankman, CEO of The Geek Factory Inc., a New York based PR agency. Peter is the author of Can We Do That? Outrageous PR Stunts That Work — and Why Your Company Needs Them.

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In this edition of the podcast, we chat with Dr. Robert Schram, the Executive Director of BARC in Bucks County Pennsylvania. BARC is a nonprofit agency serving people with developmental disabilities.

Rob is the author of Maximize Life by Living for Peace, Harmony, and Joy, the story of his own personal struggles with clinical depression, and how he cured himself through a combination of traditional therapy, yoga, and a return to the traditions of his Jewish background.

Rob is also my cousin on my mother’s side.

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In Middle Chamber Books Podcast #5 , we interview Rush Loving Jr., a former associate editor of Fortune magazine, and author of The Men Who Loved Trains: The Story of Men Who Battled Greed to Save an Ailing Industry, about the recent history of U.S. railroads, particularly the Penn Central, its bankruptcy and consolidation into Conrail, and then Conrail’s privatization and sale.

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Middle Chamber Books Podcast #4, May 22, 2006: Susan Werner, a singer-songwriter based in Chicago, has been getting a lot of buzz in the blogosphere for her free MP3 download, “My Strange Nation,” a love song to America as a dysfunctional family. We speak with Susan, play “My Strange Nation,” and a couple of other tracks from her recent CD, “I Can’t Be New,” which is available for sale below.

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