ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS
Worried in America
Dan served as an advisor to ABC's 20/20 in conjunction with the two-hour John Stossell special "Scared Stiff: Worried in America" that aired on February 23, 2007. In addition to providing background information and ideas for the show, Dan conducted a focus group in Richmond, VA on risk-related topics. Portions of the focus group aired during the program, and Dan was also interviewed for the show. In the program, as aired, Dan is quoted about risk:
The media has parents scared stiff... When they talk about their kids and the risk of kidnapping, the numbers become irrelevant. It doesn't matter if it's 100 kids in the United States or 10,000. They really believe it's my child and I could minimize that risk.
How Americans Are Living Dangerously
Time, Jeffrey Kluger, 11/26/06
"We put filters on faucets, install air ionizers in our homes and lather ourselves with antibacterial soap. 'We used to measure contaminants down to the parts per million,' says Dan McGinn, a former Capitol Hill staff member and now a private risk consultant. 'Now it's parts per billion.'"
DC Communicator
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Interviews
Download interviews with Dan McGinn. All interviews are in .mp3 format.
[ "We're suffering from risk exhaustion." » ]
KFTK-AM, St. Louis, MO, 2/26/07
[ "We worry about the wrong things... mosquitoes are far more dangerous than sharks." » ]
The Morning News on KGO-AM, San Francisco, 2/23/07
[ "We now worry about the remote possibility of risk rather than dealing ever day with the kind of risks we can do something about." » ]
The Paul W. Smith Show on WJR-AM, Detroit, 2/23/07
[ "Participating in NASCAR is now safer than playing professional football." » ]
WJBC-AM, McLean County, IL, 7/12/07
[ "NASCAR is a window to risk in our society... despite what most people believe we're becoming safer in every regard." » ]
WLAC-AM, Nashville, TN, 6/7/07
[ "People overwhelmingly worry about the risk of the unlikely." » ]
WDET-FM, Detroit, MI, 8/24/07
[ "The good news is that our risks are far less than they used to be." » ]
The Frank Beckman Show on WJR-AM/FM, Detroit, MI, 8/29/07
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Powershift
We are in a period of unprecedented change – a period where power is shifting hands as it never has before. Dan shows us what this shift means to all of us.
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Who Cares?
As baby boomers age and life expectancy increases, the need for caregivers will only increase. This leaves the so-called "Sandwich Generation" to face the challenge of caring for aging parents while supporting their own children - an issue that is spilling over into the workplace as the need for flexible schedules escalates.
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