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The Social Experiment on TV

Confidence rules, meek people lose.

Divided on the Game Show Network.

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Be bold, but not arrogant. Apologize when wrong, but don’t accept blame. Stay calm in a crisis. These are some of the lessons Mike Richards has learned hosting GSN’s Divided, the social experiment masquerading as a game show.

In the Spiel, why the Dow is for fuddy-duddies.

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