News
Facebook

I’m keeping my personal Facebook private, but you can find You Are Not So Smart’s Facebook page at this link.

Google+

You can find me on Google+ one the other side of this link.

Twitter

I am on Twitter at @davidmcraney, and you can get You Are Not So Smart updates at @notsmartblog.

Books
You Are Not So Smart – Audiobook

You Are Not So Smart is available as an audiobook narrated by Don Hagen. Check out a sample here at Audible.com.

You Are Not So Smart

You Are Not So Smart is a book about all the wonderful ways you delude yourself everyday. Learn more here.

Articles
The Benjamin Franklin Effect

Benjamin Franklin knew how to deal with haters.

Pumping Gas After Katrina

Without electricity, one man was determined to provide gas to his community.

Ivory Towers

Someone has to mop the halls of academia.

57 Bags of Tomatoes

Some people don’t fear losing everything, just their tomatoes.

Stumbling for a Metaphor

A free flying lesson gives me mojo

Spinners of Web

AIDS crusaders in the Deep South

The Advantages of Chewing Slowly

After Hurricane Katrina evaporated, after the sun disappeared behind the hills, we ventured out.

Projects
My Mom’s Cooking

My mom grew up in the Deep South and still cooks those old recipes every day. I grew up eating this stuff, and when I got older I wanted to learn how to make these dishes. Link.

The Green Couch Sessions

I produced a music program in 2010-2011 showcasing performances by artists in the Pine Belt region, an area in the Deep South between New Orleans and Birmingham.

You Are Not So Smart

You Are Not So Smart is a blog about self-delusion and all the wonderful ways we all succumb to it every day. Link.

Press
Nerd Mentality

Nerd Mentality interviewed me on their podcast on November 2. Link.

Coast to Coast AM

I appeared on Coast to Coast AM on November 5, 2011. This is a link to the official page. This is a link to a recording of the show.

Smart People Podcast

I was interviewed by the Smart People Podcast on December 3, 2011. Link.

CBC Q

I was interviewed by CBC Q on January 3, 2o12. Link.

Brain Pickings

Brain Pickings reviewed You Are Not So Smart on November 1, 2o11. Link.

The Onion A.V. Club

The Onion A.V. Club reviewed You Are Not So Smart on November 2, 2o11. Link.

The Globe and Mail

I was interviewed by The Globe and Mail on October 27, 2011. Link.

KERA’s Think Podcast

I was interviewed on January 12, 2012, by KERA’s Think Podcast. Link.

Gawker

Gawker excerpted a portion of the book on November 2, 2011. Link.

Boing Boing

Boing Boing excerpted a portion of You Are Not So Smart on October 32, 2o11. Link.

David McRaney
Biography | Contact

David McRaney is a journalist who loves psychology, technology and the Internet.

Before going to college, he tried waiting tables, working construction, selling leather coats, building and installing electrical control panels, and owning pet stores.

As a journalist, McRaney cut his teeth covering Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast and in the Pine Belt for several newspapers. Since then he has been a beat reporter, an editor, a photographer and everything in between.

He is now employed as director of new media for a broadcast television company where he also produced a television show focusing on the music of the Deep South.

He is married to Amanda McRaney, and they live in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Coast to Coast AM

I appeared on Coast to Coast AM on November 5, 2011. This is a link to the official page. This is a link to a recording of the show.