What Would Rob Do?
By Rob Sachs
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Podcast Description
What is WWRD? It's a podcast and blog and now book that explores life's most trying dilemmas, but not those life-or-death dilemmas, more the quandaries we face every day. NPR's Rob Sachs leads the way into personal territory others fear to tread.
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Surviving A Move...What Would Rob Do? | Whether your a moving cross country or down the street packing up your life, putting it into boxes, moving, and then unpacking is ALWAYS a big headache. Rob talks about how to decrease the stress and pain of moving with Rigel Celeste, she's a freelance writer who offers moving tips for the website move.com. | 3/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Having A Vegan Thanksgiving...WWRD | Thanksgiving is a time for coming together, for saying thanks, and enjoying a tremendous feast, cranberries, yams, and of course the tofurky....well that's if you're celebrating a vegan Thanksgiving. Rob talks about how to enjoy Thanksgiving sans animal products with Lindsay S. Nixon, author of the bestselling cookbook, The Happy Herbivore Cookbook and Regan Maher, she's project coordinator for Nature's Express a vegan restaurant based in Berkeley, California. | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mastering the Garage Sale...WWRD | Garage sales can be a great way to make a few bucks from the junk laying around your house. Rob speaks with Rhonda Franz from the website parenting squad.com about how to maximize profits and minimize headaches. | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Avoiding Being a Wedding Jerk....What Would Rob Do? | Attending a wedding seems like it should be easy; show up, throw rice, eat food. But being there for your friend and relative means adhering to some guidelines so you don't spoil their big day. Rob Sachs speaks with wedding expert Susan Schneider, a former editor of wedding magazines author of the book "The Wedding Writer" for insight on how to have fun without being a jerk. | 10/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rocking Out at An Outdoor Concert | Attending an outdoor concert can be tons of fun except when you get stuck behind the most annoying concert goers in the world. Rob talks to Ben Kessler of the website SeatGeek.com about how to enjoy the outdoor concert experience and shares his tips with Jessica Jordan. | 9/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Avoiding Beach Traffic...WWRD | Heading out for a weekend at the beach is always a fun roadtrip unless of course you get snarled in horrible traffic. Rob talks with Jessica Jordan about how to avoid the worst traffic coming out of DC and throws in some tips from Adam Tuss, the sprawl and crawl reporter for WTOP News Radio. | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Surviving A Doctor's Exam...What Would Rob Do? | Having your most intimate areas examined by a doctor is unpleasant at best. Rob chats with his wife Anna about how to best survive these moments weaving in advice from his friend Dr. Jeff Sirota, an internist based in Colorado. | 5/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making A Viral Video...What Would Rob Do? | Each day tens of thousands of people upload videos to YouTube, but only a tiny of fraction ever wind up going viral and gaining a large audience. In this episode Rob learns the secrets behind a viral hit with Adam Cole, the man behind "Good Radiation," a music video he made expousing his love of public radio. The video gained more than 175,000 views and landed him an internship at NPR. | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Staying Cool in a Coffee Shop...What Would Rob Do? | Coffee shops are one of the last public places in America where folks can lay back and lounge around in a family friendly environment. But that doesn't mean we should forget our manners. In this episode, Rob visits Suburban Trading Co. in Kensington, MD to speak with co-owner Andre Cavallaro about what NOT to do when hanging out at a coffee shop. | 3/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Would You Kill & Eat Your Own Chicken? What Would Rob Do to be a "Conscious Eater" | Some people consider themselves vegetarian or vegan, Rob likes to think of himself as a "conscious eater,"someone who thinks about the meaning and origin of every morsel he puts into his mouth. To further his understanding of the food chain, Rob visits Jesse Straight's pasture poultry farm in Warrenton, VA to try his hand at slaughtering, processing, and eventually eating his own chicken. It's an experience he'll never forget. | 2/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How Not To Be A Loser Beach Tourist | On a recent family vacation to the beach town of Westerly, Rhode Island Rob had the chance to ask locals Donna Celico and Sarabeth Dower how not to be a lame tourist. Their suggestions: follow traffic laws, don't litter, and try your best not to be cheesy. | 8/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why Your Kid Shouldn't Call Me Mr. Rob | While taking his 2 year old daughter to playdates Rob's noticed that it's rare for kids to address him formally as Mr. Sachs. Instead it's Rob, Mr. Rob, or Rachel's Dad. Rob talks about the breakdown of formality between parents and kids with Sarah Maizes, a mother of three and the blogger behind the parenting website Mommy Lite. | 7/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Conquering Bad Breath...What Would Rob Do? | Rob Sachs along with Dan Pashman and Mark Garrison of the podcast the Sporkful, explore the many ways of conquering bad breath from things like onions, garlic, and chewing tobacco in front of a live audience from The Strand bookstore in New York City. | 7/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 13 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
funny
i get a kick out of this. excellent tips for life navigation. or at least laughing in the car while running errands.
This stuff slays me
I don't get the negative reviews. This show, more often than not, is very funny. The recent podcast on hot peppers had me laughing out loud. Furthermore, I find Rob's quirky take on otherwise mundane events to be refreshing. It feels like the kind of riffing that takes place late at night around a good friend's kitchen table. Relaxed, irreverent, not conspiciously witty, but familiar and fun.
huh?
I don't get it. It's a dude speaking about the topic du jour in the most obvious of terms. It's like overhearing a 6 year-old describe things to his grandmother. No sir.....I don't like it.
