My Media Appearances in

Video Stories on Tipping

"Tipping," Last Week Tonight w/ John Oliver, March 2025

"Is tipping out of control?" Yahoo Finance, May 2024

"Americans experiencing tipping fatigue", CBS News, Sept. 2024

"Global Business: Tipflation beginning to impact economy," China Global Television Network, Dec. 2023

"How Tipping Culture Took Over the US,"   Wall Street Journal, Oct. 2023

"Tipping: How Much and What is the Guilt Tip?," Really? no, Really?, June 2023.

"When and how are you supposed to tip?", PBS NewsHour, June 2023

"Customers are fed up with tipflation.", CBS Mornings, June 2023

"What should consumers do about tipping?", CBS News, Jan. 2023

Audio (Podcasts/Radio) Stories on Tipping

"Why does tipping still exist?", Freakonomics Radio, August 2025

"Tipping Culture is Changing..." Top of Mind with Julie Rose, March 4, 2024

"A Tipping Point for Tipping," Epsiode 178, Biz Talks Podcast, Dec. 12, 2023

"Beyond the bill: Tipping trends and research revelations," The Busyness Paradox, Nov. 15, 2023

"Adjust the Tip,"   Today Explained, Vox, Nov. 9, 2023

"Tipping with Dr. Michael Lynn," Check Your Balances, June 21, 2023, episode 125

"Gratuitous gratuity? The truth about tipping,"  The Assignment with Audie Cornish, June 15, 2023

"Tipping," Armchair Expert/Flightless Bird, Aug. 30, 2022

"Tipping Etiquette," The Smerconish Podcast, Dec. 26, 2022

"Tipping," Preconceived (w/ Zale Mednik) (around 2021), episode 84

"Hot Tips,"   Gastropod,  Feb. 16, 2021 

"Why does tipping still exist?," Freakonomics Radio, Nov 6, 2019

"Is Tipping Going Out of Fashion?," Goldstein on Gelt, Sept. 2013 

"Should tipping be banned?," Freakonomics Radio, June 3, 2013

"Why We Tip," Planet Money, NPR, June 22, 2011

"The Tipping Divide," Morning Edition, NPR (with Juan Williams), July 11, 2003