The Blue Plate Special is served every Tuesday and Thursday at 12:15 p.m.—a quick, lively show where Andy Andrews dishes out stories, laughs, and perspective on all kinds of topics. Sometimes he’s flying solo, sometimes a guest pulls up a chair, but every episode is a fresh helping of fun you’ll want to come back for again and again.
Unintended consequences can be grouped into three types: a positive unexpected benefit, a negative unexpected drawback, a perverse result: when an intended solution makes a problem worse. Here’s a few dealing with the latter…
Home Remedies–Fact or Fiction?
The U.S. national debt is past $30 trillion dollars…are you curious where some of that money goes?
On March 23, 1989, a mountain-sized asteroid came within 500,000 miles of colliding with the earth. “On the cosmic scale of things, that was a close call.” Today, March 23 is recognized as “Near Miss Day.” What are some near misses you’ve had of your own?
In this Blue Plate, Andy reads from four authors with a distinct writing voice. Can you guess who’s who? You’ll also hear from Monica Earley as we record next month’s Protocol Conversation on name tag etiquette.
Today in history…featuring King Henry VII, Alexander Graham Bell, Dolly Parton, Peyton Manning, and more!
Do you ever think of a question and think…is there even an answer to that? Andy has, and he’s sharing some of his favorite unanswerable questions.
Admit it: you don’t pay that much attention to the labels on the food you’re buying. If the package says “natural” and it’s mostly brown, that probably means it’s healthier than the colorful item next to it, right?
Monica Earley pops by Wisdom Harbour Studios, and this episode is all about the do’s and don’ts of handshaking around the world.