Here's a scenario: we drop something off at an establishment (say, a dry cleaner) and are asked when we would like to pick up our linen shirt. We say a date. The dry cleaner, without acknowledging what we've said, announces it will be ready...

Some people (say, Dr. Josh Lichtman) have tens of thousands of red notifications on their phones. Others (say, host Anna David) can't have one without needing to immediately eliminate it. What does it mean for Anna (and the listener who wrote in with...

It's one thing to run chronically late. It's quite another when someone runs late and then seems to relish in that fact. Some of us might choose to not hang out with that person and others may find this a unique quirk. Then there's a subset of folks...

When you do something in a creative field, you encounter a great number of people who believe they, too, should be working in that field. Sometimes these people assume that you have perhaps been waiting for a great idea to come along—something they...

We all know the person—either our mother or best friend or boyfriend or stranger at the gym who just takes up a conversation with us despite the fact that we've got something strapped to our ears which guarantees we won't hear them. So why would...

Actor, writer and comedian Claire Titelman is an Andy Kaufman Award-nominated comedian based in L.A., recently named one of LA Weekly's "Eight L.A. Artists and Art-World Figures to Watch in 2016." She was a roundtable regular on Chelsea Lately and has...

When we're in a crowded spot and someone needs to move past us, they could either barrel on through or find another path. Or they could instead ask kindly if they could "squeeze" by. Why would someone doing something so polite irk a person?...

Writer Kristen McGuiness is the author of the LA Times bestselling book 5150: The Magical Adventures of a Single Life (which was optioned by CBS Cable with Alison Brie attached to star and Original Films attached to produce and which covered a year of...

You know it when you see it: that pack of gal pals chatting away as they take up the whole sidewalk, oblivious to the inconvenience they may be causing anyone else trying to walk in the same space. (Obviously, men can do this too but in this case, we...

Psychiatrist Dr. Josh Lichtman is a familiar voice to regular listeners, as he consistently lends his expertise to the Friday "5 Minutes on Your Issues" episodes. In case he's new to you, know this: Dr. Lichtman is a Clinical Instructor at the UCLA...