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nolabear

(41,963 posts) Sat May 12, 2012, 02:50 PM May 2012

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This American Life on Psychopaths. Must listen!

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Particularly the second one about the successful business-buster. He loved firing people.

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This American Life on Psychopaths. Must listen! (Original Post) nolabear May 2012 OP

Okay I'm going to leave this but: nolabear May 2012 #1

have you tried Voice for Peace May 2012 #3

AND...I'll admit I'm conflicted about all this but it is really interesting. nolabear May 2012 #2

Yes, that was terrific. I couldn't believe they were interviewing "Chainsaw Al", SharonAnn May 2012 #4

nolabear

(41,963 posts)

1. Okay I'm going to leave this but:

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Sat May 12, 2012, 02:51 PM

May 2012

I don't get why I can't embed the link. You'll find it on the front page of This American Life's web site and I apologize for the trouble of clicking a few times to get to it, but it is very, very telling.

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)

3. have you tried

Reply to nolabear (Reply #1)

Sat May 12, 2012, 03:00 PM

May 2012

just copying and pasting the URL ?
like this: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

(DU automatically turns it into a live link for people to click.)

nolabear

(41,963 posts)

2. AND...I'll admit I'm conflicted about all this but it is really interesting.

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Sat May 12, 2012, 02:52 PM

May 2012

SharonAnn

(13,772 posts)

4. Yes, that was terrific. I couldn't believe they were interviewing "Chainsaw Al",

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Sat May 12, 2012, 03:20 PM

May 2012

but he is the first psychopath I was ever aware of in the business world. What an awful, awful man.

He drove Sunbeam into the ground and was fired! This article is a good one about his departure.
http://www.businessweek.com/1999/99_42/b3651099.htm

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