March 1, 2018
01. Did Georgia Lawmakers Blow Amazon Deal?
02. The Answer to Gun Violence is Less Gun Control
03. Educator: We Need Common Sense School Safety
04. New Guidelines: Screen All Teens for Depression
05. On the Ballot in MA: A Millionaire’s Tax
06. After Traumatic Events: The Ones Left Standing
07. $$ Saving Tax Tips:10 Overlooked Deductions
08. The FOG: College Acceptance Season
09. What Bad Trade Numbers Mean for You
10. She Helps Catch Workplace Crooks
11. Two Sides to ‘Black Panther’
12. Before You Say ‘I Don’t’
13. Get a Mid-Day Energy Boost Naturally
14. Speech Fear Halting Your Career?
15. Tarot Expert – US is in Tower of Destruction Phase
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1. ==> Did Georgia Lawmakers Blow Amazon Deal?
Atlanta and Boston are competing for Amazon’s new HQ2,
but business strategist Peter Cohan says the
controversy over Delta’s decision to eliminate
discounts for NRA members may swing things in
Beantown’s direction. In response to Delta’s
announcement, Georgia lawmakers are threatening to
remove a $50 million tax break for the company,
something Cohan says could scare away Amazon.
“Georgia’s response to Delta’s decision to end its NRA
discounts — along with Boston’s surplus of tech talent
— could make it easier for Amazon to pick Boston —
which Oliver Wendell Holmes once described as the ‘hub
of the solar system — for its HQ2.” At stake are 50-
thousand high paying jobs and $5 billion in investment
that Amazon plans to bring to whichever city it picks.
Peter Cohan has appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America,
CNN, CNBC, PBS’s Wall $treet Week, and New England
Cable News (NECN). His latest book is “Startup Cities:
Why Only a Few Cities Dominate the Global Startup Scene
and What the Rest Should Do About It.” He also teaches
business strategy and entrepreneurship at Babson
College. Contact him at (508) 460-9348 (MA); (508)
361-3805 (cell) or peter@petercohan.com
2. ==> The Answer to Gun Violence is Less Gun Control
Former British Army Officer Chris Bird says, “At a time
when students and those on the left of the political
spectrum are crying for more gun control in the
mistaken belief that it will reduce mass shootings,
less gun control might cut down on the number of
innocents murdered.” Bird says what enables these mass
killers is the so-called gun-free zone. “The problem
with gun-free zones is that they aren’t free of guns.
They are the places of choice for killers and
terrorists to rack up their totals of killed and
wounded in places like Columbine, Virginia Tech, Fort
Hood, the Charleston AME Church, Sandy Hook and Marjory
Stoneman Douglas High School. They are killing zones.”
Bird says eliminating gun-free zones would go a long
way to reducing the times these killers have to
operate. Chris Bird is the author “Surviving a Mass
Killer Rampage: When Seconds Count, Police Are Still
Minutes Away.” Contact him at (210) 308-8191;
cjbird@satx.rr.com
3. ==> Educator: We Need Common Sense School Safety
For thirty years, Susan Colton taught in public school
classrooms and worked in school administration as a
highly respected, nationally recognized principal. Her
Coral Springs elementary school was a feeder school
into Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,
Florida and one of her former students was a victim of
the horrific Valentine’s Day massacre. Invite her on
your show to share her views on school safety and
discuss why she believes this will be the tipping point
for common sense gun legislation. “Students across the
nation are demonstrating and organizing school walkouts
to say, ‘enough is enough.’ Parents and communities are
listening and demanding their children’s schools are
made safer by requiring background checks for all gun
purchases, by making sure mental health care is taken
seriously, and yes, maybe even by putting an armed
guard at every school.” Susan Colton is a retired
principal and author of “Principal’s Passion: A Quest
for Quality Public Education.” Contact her at (954)
695-5065; scolton@bellsouth.net
4. ==> New Guidelines: Screen All Teens for Depression
The American Academy of Pediatrics issued an update to
its guidelines this week calling for universal
screening for depression in adolescents “in an era of
great clinical need and shortage of mental health
specialists.” Previous AAP research shows only about 50
percent of youth aged 10-21 are diagnosed before
adulthood – and as many as 2 in 3 with depression fail
to receive the care they need, the academy said.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, suicide is the third leading cause of death
for youth between the ages of 10 and 24, and results in
approximately 4,600 lives lost each year. Interview Dr.
John Huber, chairman for the non-profit Mainstream
Mental Health about the issue of teens and depression.
A mental health professional for over twenty years, Dr.
Huber is a clinical forensic psychologist, and he is a
practitioner with privileges at two long term acute
care hospitals. Contact Ryan McCormick at (516)
901-1103; (919) 377-1200
5. ==> On the Ballot in MA: A Millionaire’s Tax
Voters in Massachusetts will decide this November on
whether the commonwealth should levy a 4 percent tax on
incomes in excess of $1 million. The Fair Share
Amendment would raise an estimated $1.9 billion per
year in revenue to be invested in public education and
transportation. Some business groups are challenging
the measure, but Andrew Farnitano of Raise Up
Massachusetts says there are business and municipal
leaders who understand the need to invest in schools
and transportation infrastructure. “Massachusetts is
one of the richest states in the nation, but we rank
45th in state spending on higher education, 45th in the
state of our transportation system, and 33rd in the
share of our state’s economic resources dedicated to
public education. Without investment in these common
goals, working families fall behind and our communities
suffer.” Raise Up Massachusetts is a coalition of more
than 100 community organizations, religious groups,
labor unions, and volunteers. Together they collected
more than 157,000 signatures to qualify the measure for
the ballot. Contact Andrew Farnitano at (925) 917-1354,
andrew@crawfordstrategies.com
6. ==> After Traumatic Events: The Ones Left Standing
What are realistic expectations for returning to work,
school and life following a traumatic event? What
should survivors, parents, first responders, media,
business leaders and teachers know about the ‘invisible
wounds’? How long is the aftermath? When will survivors
be ‘productive’ again? Is that even fair to ask? “How
should I act now?” “What should I say?” These are the
hard questions that surface for and about ‘the ones
left standing’ following a traumatic event. Since 2015
our country is averaging 1 school shooting per week
combined with increased mass casualty events from
violence and natural disasters. Get ready for a
powerful and meaningful show with ‘Thanatologist’ and
Crisis Communication expert Lisa Dinhofer, MA, CT who
will provide realistic and insightful information to
your audience and on-the-spot answers for call-in
listeners about a topic that is quickly impacting our
entire nation. Resilience is possible. Contact Lisa at
(301) 366-7944; info@kodenllc.com
7. ==> $$ Saving Tax Tips:10 Overlooked Deductions
Did you know that false teeth and fertility enhancement
could be tax deductions? Or that there’s a deduction
for victims of Ponzi schemes? The tax code is long, and
there are lots of tax breaks that your listeners don’t
know about. Deductions that could reduce their tax
bill. That’s why you should invite Martha O’Gorman to
share her Top 10 Overlooked Tax Deductions. O’Gorman
can let your listeners in on the tips the tax pros
know. She worked for Jackson Hewitt Tax Service before
co-founding Liberty Tax, the brand with the iconic
Statue of Liberty wavers. She is the chief marketing
officer of the company, with more than 4,000 locations
in the U.S. and Canada, and she knows taxes. Contact
Martha O’Gorman at (888) 848-5344 or martha@libtax.com.
8. ==> The FOG: College Acceptance Season
If you’re a high school senior, this is the best and
the worst of times. There’s a lot of pressure and
uncertainty swirling around this season. As friends
hear about college acceptances the pressure mounts.
Students cringe at the dreaded questions on everyone’s
lips… “where have you gotten into? What’s your
leaning so far? What’s your first choice?” Pardon the
language, but it can be a “what the FOG” time. That’s
code for uncertain. How do you navigate this time of
transition FOG and the emotion that comes with it?
Brenda Reynolds has addressed this in her TEDx talk,
Navigating Transition Fog. And she can help students
and families alike with strategies to help get through
this time, so they can get on with the fun of finishing
high school. Brenda Reynolds is the author of “TBD: To
be Determined: Leading with Clarity and Confidence in
Uncertain Times.” Contact her at (610) 639-5722;
brenda@bkrconsult.com
9. ==> What Bad Trade Numbers Mean for You
The recently released trade numbers for 2017 show a bad
situation getting worse: Americans bought $810 billion
more goods from other countries than we sold to them, a
six percent increase over the previous year. Those
numbers translate into lost jobs, lower pay, family
breakup, and drug abuse, says James A. Stuber, author
of the new book, “What if Things Were Made in America
Again.” In a lively and provocative interview, Stuber
explains how consumers can solve the problem by buying
things made in American communities. James A. Stuber
is the founder of Made in America Again, a movement of
consumers dedicated to rebuilding the American middle
class by buying things made in American communities.
Stuber is an attorney and entrepreneur who formerly
served as legislative assistant to a member of the
United States House of Representatives. Contact him at
(610) 608-5074; james.stuber@themadeinamericabook.com.
10. ==> She Helps Catch Workplace Crooks
An epidemic of workplace thievery and embezzlement
harms today’s business world, our economy, and
ultimately your income and net worth — says
profitability specialist and entrepreneur Ruth King,
whose book series “The Ugly Truth about Cash” includes
the top-selling “50 Ways Employees and Vendors Steal
from You and What You Can Do About It.” Invite King to
share outrageous stories whereby companies lose
millions when employees cook the books for their own
gain or use time-cards to fake work hours. King says 95
percent of employees and even vendors admit to brazenly
stealing from the worksite. Pilfered items include:
everything from motors to nitrogen, from office
supplies and stamps to copper, and whatever’s not
bolted down (or is!). While sometimes funny and quirky,
these examples represent CRIME. King offers remedies
for discovering, preventing and recovering from
workplace theft. Live call-in shows and podcasts can
invite on-the-job thieves to “confess” and share their
most unusual sticky-hand stories. Book Ruth King for
interviews at 770-729-8000; rking@ontheribbon.com.
11. ==> Two Sides to ‘Black Panther’
‘Black Panther’ continues to dominate the box office
with audiences and critics lauding the film. Award-
winning author Tony J. Selimi loves the movie for the
powerful message that it carries but says just like in
life, there are two sides to every story. “Just looking
at the positive reviews of ‘Black Panther’ can blind us
to the negative effects this kind of movie may have
globally. Science tells us that the very same things
that give rise to peace also are the seeds that give
rise to a raging war. Similarly, the movie can have a
negative impact on someone who is already polarized,
has mental health problems, and can use it to support
racism, nationals, and the rise to more segregation and
separation between creeds and races.” Tony J. Selimi is
author of “A Path to Wisdom” and “#Loneliness – The
Virus of the Modern Age,” and co-creator of “Living My
Illusion- The Truth Hurts,” an award-winning
documentary. Tony has appeared on over 100 TV and radio
stations across the world. Contact him at +44 &8 1717
4708; tony@tonyselimi.com
12. ==> Before You Say ‘I Don’t’
You’re miserable in your marriage, your spouse cheated
on you, or you’ve simply grown apart. You may think
your only option is divorce, but attorney Neal Prevost,
says that’s not true. He’ll discuss the real cost of
divorce and explain why he thinks it’s the dumbest
thing we do in America. Prevost says after handling
more than a thousand family law cases over the past
twenty years, he’s seen patterns that lead to divorce
and will share how to stop them before it’s too late.
He’ll also tell you what the back story is in most
contested matters. Neal Prevost is a founding partner
of Prevost, Shaff, Mason & Carns, PLLC. Contact him at
(214) 629-7494; info@nealprevost.com
13. ==> Get a Mid-Day Energy Boost Naturally
The afternoon slump can hit hard but José de la Torre
says, energy drinks, coffee or candy bars aren’t the
only ways to get an energy boost when you need some pep
in your step. Jose will share three ways to boost your
energy naturally, using nothing but your own body.
He’ll share how to radically increase your energy and
rejuvenate your body using slow gentle movements
combined with breathing. A Qi Gong teacher and
practitioner, Jose teaches people how to become aware
of the energy in and around them, and how to use it. He
is the author of “Spiritual Living for Busy People”.
Contact him at (817) 304-6148; jose@peace-coach.com
14. ==> Speech Fear Halting Your Career?
A great speaking ability is one of “the” top must-have
skills, yet so many are terrified by it, and even more
just don’t do it well. Deanna Ford will share
strategies, skills and knowledge to help you not just
survive, but succeed. You’ll learn how to plan, prep
and perform when it’s your turn to be in the limelight.
Deanna is the author of the new book “Command the
Stage: A Speaker’s Guide to Using Notes Strategically
to Develop and Deliver Better Speeches.” A portion of
book proceeds will be given to New Directions Speakers
School, a not-for-profit that helps marginalized people
grow their speaking voice so they can better
participate in the community. For the last 30 years,
Deanna has earned her living on stage in front of
audiences as a musician, and then speaker. Contact her
at (807) 475-3631; deanna@deannaford.ca
15. ==> Tarot Expert – US is in Tower of Destruction
Phase
Julia Gordon-Bramer, a creative writing professor who
is one of St. Louis’ Top Ten Psychics and St. Louis’
Number One Fortune-Teller (according to CBS), has been
reading tarot cards professionally for 40 years. So
when she says current events point to the U.S. being in
a Tower of Destruction cycle that’s huge. (The Tower
card features lightning striking a gray stone tower,
bodies falling, and the whole building collapsing.)
Bring Julia on your program to learn what accounts for
the instability and where it is likely to lead us. Ask
her: What does the Tower card portend? In what way is
this phase similar to one experienced in the 1950s? How
does Donald Trump personify the Tower card? What
prompted your interest in tarot and all things
mystical? How does that go over in the academic world?
Julia teaches at Lindenwood University and is a Sylvia
Plath scholar. Reach her at (314) 517-0158;
wordgirl@nighttimes.com