Alan Roger Currie
- What I don't understand is how can the page for Alan Roger Currie exist with NO PROBLEM for over five years (February 2015 - June 2020) ... and then "all of the sudden," Currie is categorized as "not notable." I need someone to explain that to me in a more lengthy and thorough manner Chicago Smooth (talk) 15:01, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
| Alan Roger Currie | |
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 Book Author Alan Roger Currie.jpg Currie being interviewed by Katie Koestner about date-rape prevention (December 16, 2020) | |
| Born | March 3, 1963 Gary, Indiana, U.S. |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Indiana University Bloomington |
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| 📆 Years active | 1999–present |
| Notable work | Mode One (1999, 2006, 2014, 2017) |
Alan Roger Currie (born March 3, 1963) is an American dating coach, self-help author, and YouTube personality.[1][2][3] He has written advice books on dating and interpersonal relationships, verbal communication skills, identifying various manipulative "mind games" employed between the genders, seduction, erotic dominance & submission (BDSM), and engaging in erotically explicit "dirty talk" with women.
Early life[edit]
Currie was born on March 3, 1963, in Gary, Indiana,[1][2] the son of Dr. Clarence R. Currie, one of the first two African-American graduates of the Indiana University School of Optometry, and Mildred R. Currie, an art teacher in the Gary Community School Corporation.[4] He attended and graduated from William A. Wirt High School where he served as president of the student body during his senior year, and was also elected president of the entire high school population of Gary, Indiana.[4] Currie attended Indiana University Bloomington where he earned Dean's List Scholar honors and a B.A. in Economics.[1][2][5] He was a member of the predominantly African-American fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi.[6]
Career[edit]
Entertainment industry[edit]
In the mid-1980s, Currie began to land roles in local, regional, and national television commercials.[2][5] In 1989, he won the Miller Lite Comedy Search contest for up-and-coming comedians held in Chicago.[2] He started his brief career as a comedian as the opening act for Robin Harris during the 1989 Circle City Classic in Indianapolis, Indiana. He made brief appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show,[7] The Phil Donahue Show,[8] and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno[9]
Dating and relationships author[edit]
Currie developed his concept of "The Four Modes of Verbal Communication" in October 1990 and published his first pamphlet in 1998, entitled Mode One: Let Them Know What You're Really Thinking.[10] The 26-page pamphlet outlined general characteristics of each of his "Four Modes" of interpersonal communication styles with women.
Currie converted his initial pamphlet into an eBook in 1999[11] and began selling it via the Internet. He advocates for "being honest" and has argued that "cutting to the chase is best as it doesn't waste anyone's time."[12]
Currie's first on-camera interview about his Mode One paperback was conducted by Chicago-area journalist Garrard McClendon.[13] Currie was then interviewed as a book author and professional dating coach on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet,[14] and he also made a brief appearance as himself on a segment of The Steve Harvey Television Talk Show.[15]Currie appeared in the July 2008 edition of Essence magazine.[16] He was hired to teach an adult education course, "Dating for 21st Century Singles", through Indiana University Northwest in Gary, Indiana.[17] Currie has been interviewed by a number of nationally syndicated broadcast radio hosts, including The Countdown with Walt "Baby" Love,[18] The Tom Joyner Morning Show,[19] The Cyber-Dating Expert Julie Spira[20] and Café Mocha Radio with Host MC Lyte.[21]
Currie has also collaborated with Katie Koestner and her Campus Outreach Program which produces and provides videos to high school and college students that center on sexual assault prevention and date-rape prevention.[22]
Internet-radio personality[edit]
From June 2007 to June 2016, Currie hosted an Internet radio show on the BlogTalkRadio Internet Radio Network titled Upfront & Straightforward with Alan Roger Currie. The show primarily centered on interviews and discussions with dating and life coaches, relationship experts, sexologists, seduction gurus, and marriage counselors.[23] Currie's Internet radio show was mentioned in the October 2009 edition of Black Enterprise magazine.[24]
YouTube personality[edit]
Currie was named "2017 Dating Coach of the Year on YouTube" and "2017 Black Male YouTube Personality of the Year" by a website titled The NegroManosphere.com.[3]
Personal life[edit]
On July 17, 2020, Currie married Jameelah Zakkiya Walker and the two have one son, Cayden Walker Currie[25][26]
Bibliography[edit]
Currie has released several self-published books, mostly centered on dating and interpersonal communication between men and women.
- Currie, Alan Roger (1999). Mode One: Let the Women Know What You're REALLY Thinking. ISBN 1-59113-897-3 Search this book on
. - Intended to provide self-help and dating advice for heterosexual men. - Currie, Alan Roger (2007). Mode One – HARDCORE: The Definitive Guide To Having Casual Sex With Women Who Don't Normally Have Casual Sex. (ebook)
- Currie, Alan Roger (2009). Upfront and Straightforward: Let the Manipulative Game Players Know What You're REALLY Thinking. ISBN 978-1601457950 Search this book on . - Written to help single men and women identify "manipulative head games" that members of the opposite sex might employ in dating.
- Currie, Alan Roger (2010). Mode One – Semantics & Scenarios: Inside the Mind of the Manipulative Game Player. (ebook)
- Currie, Alan Roger (2011). Oooooh . . . Say It Again: Mastering the Fine Art of Verbal Seduction and Aural Sex. ISBN 978-1614348856 Search this book on . - About Freud's Madonna-whore complex theory on men's behavior toward women, and men's pursuit of short-term, non-monogamous sexual companionship versus more romantic, long-term, monogamous sexual relationships. The book also provides Currie's advice on "verbal seduction" and men becoming more erotically dominant.
- Currie, Alan Roger (2012). The Possibility of Sex: How Naive and Lustful Men are Manipulated by Women Regularly. ISBN 978-0985031435 Search this book on . - About the behavior of women whom Currie refers to as "Manipulative Timewasters", or women who, according to Currie, use the possibility of sex to gain favors from men.
- Currie, Alan Roger (2016). The Beta Male Revolution: Why Many Men Have Totally Lost Interest in Marriage in Today's Society. ISBN 978-0985031497 Search this book on . - A prequel to Mode One and The Possibility of Sex which claims there is a diminishing appeal for strictly monogamous marriages for men and women in the 21st century and examines how dating rituals have significantly changed in society since 1960.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Biography for Alan Roger Currie". BlackSpeakers.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-25. Retrieved 2009-08-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Alan Roger Currie. "Biography for Alan Roger Currie". The Mode One Approach website. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yates, Adrienne (23 April 2018). "Alan Roger Currie Named Best Dating Coach for Men on YouTube" (Press release). Hollywood, CA: PR.com. Yates Public Relations. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chuck Deggans (1993-06-05). "Chuck Deggan's Den – S-C-O-P-I-N-G: Alan Roger Currie (archived)". Gary Crusader.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Moore, Janis (2006-09-06). "Honesty Policy: Gary native publishes book on his dating philosophy". Post-Tribune.
- ↑ "SoundBits: Alan Roger Currie Does His Thing for the Singles Scene". Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ↑ Winfrey, Oprah (host) (2 February 1987). "What do you 'like' or 'dislike' about Today's Dating Scene?". The Oprah Winfrey Show. Season 1. Episode 290. Harpo Productions.
- ↑ Donahue, Phil (host) (24 September 1990). "Married Women Who Cheat". Donahue. Season 21. Episode 15. WGN-TV and Multimedia, Inc.
- ↑ Leno, Jay (host) (11 July 1995). "Iron Jay Skit". The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Season 3. Episode 350. NBC Universal.
- ↑ "Copyright Catalog TXu000847895 – Currie, Alan Roger". US Copyright Office – Library of Congress. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ↑ "Copyright Catalog TXu000905742 – Currie, Alan Roger". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ↑ Andersen, Charlotte Hilton (2016). "37 Conversation Starters That Make You Instantly Interesting". Reader's Digest. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
- ↑ "Book Author & Dating Coach Alan Roger Currie explains his Four Modes of Verbal Communication" (Interview). Interviewed by Garrard McClendon. Merrillville, Indiana: Garrard McClendon LIVE. September 25, 2006.
- ↑ Jerrick, Mike (host); Huddy, Juliet (host) (22 August 2008). "Relationship 101 segment: What is 'normal?'". The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet. Season 2. Episode 255. FOX and MyNetworkTV.
- ↑ Harvey, Steve (host) (9 October 2012). "Ask Steve Segment: I Love Butter Pecan!". The Steve Harvey TV Talk Show. Season 1. Episode 26. NBC.
- ↑ Bridgette Bartlett and Demetria L. Lucas (July 2008). "They Thought I'd Never Get Married". Essence magazine. p. 117.CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
- ↑ Earnshaw, Rob (May 9, 2009). "Times Correspondent puts himself on the line for IU class". The Times of Northwest Indiana.
- ↑ "Interview with Mode One Book Author Alan Roger Currie". The Countdown with Walt "Baby" Love. December 9, 2006.
- ↑ "Dating & Relationships Tips segment". The Tom Joyner Show. May 5, 2009.
- ↑ "Can You Be 'Too Honest' in Your Online Dating Profile?". Julie Spira, The Cyber-Dating Expert. December 10, 2009.
- ↑ "How Soon is 'Too Soon' for a Couple to Have Sex?". Café Mocha Radio with MC Lyte, Loni Love, and Angelique Perrin. December 7, 2013.
- ↑ "Alan Roger Currie, C.O.S. Featured Presenter". Campus Outreach Services (C.O.S.). December 16, 2020.
- ↑ Parvin, Shahina (June 17, 2021). "Alan Roger Currie Has Mastered the Art of Dating Coaching". The Good Men Project. The Good Men Foundation. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ↑ Coachman, Dale R. (October 2009). "How to Get an Online Radio Show!". Black Enterprise. Page 43.
- ↑ Currie, Alan Roger (January 1, 2021). No Free Attention: How Women use The Possibility of Sex to Manipulate Naïve and Lustful Men. Mode One Multimedia, Inc. p. 217. ISBN 978-1736195123. Search this book on
- ↑ Parvin, Shahina (June 17, 2021). "Alan Roger Currie Has Mastered the Art of Dating Coaching". The Good Men Project. The Good Men Foundation. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
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