How can you give good advice like Amy Dickinson?

Episode 63: A recent change means that Amy Dickinson’s advice column is appearing each day in all Lee Newspapers. Hosts Rick Kyte and Scott Rada discuss the history of advice columnists in newspapers, talk about how best to give advice when asked, and later they review some of Amy's columns and whether she gave the best possible answer.

Links to columns by Amy Dickinson discussed during the show:

• New nitpicking boss brings on new problems
• Science guy horrified when friends use found mushrooms in evening meal; later Amy wrote that she has second thoughts about that advice.
• Alcoholic nanny drinking on the job poses risks
• Parent pressures gay son to change

Richard Kyte: Good advice requires listening first

About the hosts: Scott Rada is social media manager with Lee Enterprises, and Richard Kyte is the director of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis.

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Scott Rada is a digital strategist with Lee Enterprises, and Richard Kyte is the director of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Kyte is also the author of "Finding Your Third Place: Building Happier Communities (and Making Great Friends Along the Way)."

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