April 24, 2018
01. George and Charlotte’s New Brother
02. Envisioning Madam President
03. Trump, North Korea & Iran Deal
04. Bill Cosby Trial Heads to Jury
05. How to Make a Great Big Decision
06. What is Racial Bias Training?
07. Mom’s Day When Mom is Mommie Dearest
08. Parents Living in Kids’ Basements?
09. The Secret to Making a Profit
10. Cure for NFL Concussion Crisis
11. Kids’ Sports Season Survival Tips
12. Community College & Single Parents
13. Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Skyrockets
14. Autism – Could this Be a Cure?
15. 95 Secrets to Live Well into Your 90s
16. The Poet for People Who Hate Poetry
17. So You Want to Write a Kid’s Book?
18. Why We Can’t Stay Happy
19. Eric Stogner Wants to Talk Death
20. After Earth Day
=======================================
1. ==> Naming the Newest Royal
William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor,
welcomed a baby boy on Monday, but what will his name
be? Arthur, Albert and Philip are among the current
bookies’ favorites for the youngest prince but experts
say there’s a chance the ultimate name choice might
also reflect Kate’s side of the family. Invite Pam
Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz to talk about naming
Prince George and Princess Charlotte’s new brother, and
how parents today choose names for their kids. Pam and
Linda are experts on name style, image and trends.
Together they have written ten books on names including
“Beyond Jennifer & Jason,” “Cool Names for Babies,” and
“The Baby Name Bible.” They contribute baby name
articles regularly to such publications as Parents, The
Daily Beast, Huffington Post, and TODAYMoms, and have
been interviewed extensively on names by everyone from
The New York Times to The Wall Street Journal to The
Today Show, the BBC, and Oprah. Contact them at
pam@nameberry.com or linda@nameberry.com.
2. ==> After Clinton: Envisioning Madam President
As a country, we haven’t wrapped our heads around what
it should look like for a woman to be in the job of
President. Our only models are men. This, of course,
was seen during Hillary Clinton’s campaign, and no one
knows this better than Jennifer Palmieri, who served as
head of communications for Clinton’s 2016 presidential
campaign. Palmieri believes Clinton’s candidacy
revealed how, despite all the gains women have made, we
still struggle to envision a woman as president.
Jennifer Palmieri is the author of “Dear Madam
President,” an empowering letter to the first woman
president. She served as White House communications
director under President Barack Obama and was White
House deputy press secretary for President Bill
Clinton. Palmieri is currently president of the Center
for American Progress Action Fund and has been a
frequent contributor to the Washington Post. Contact
Johanna Ramos-Boyer at (703) 646-5137 or Erin Bolden at
(703) 646-5188.
3. ==> Trump, North Korea & Iran Deal
A U.S. push to change the Iran nuclear deal is sending
a “very dangerous message” that countries should never
negotiate with Washington, Iran’s foreign minister
warned as U.S. and North Korean leaders prepare to meet
for denuclearization talks. Foreign relations expert
Dr. Harlan Ullman says, “The US needs a broader
strategy and breaking the Iran nuclear deal will be a
disaster as the U.S. will be isolated. As far as the
North Korea meeting goes, we need more preparation and
clear-cut objectives.” Harlan Ullman has served on the
Senior Advisory Group for Supreme Allied Commander
Europe (2004-16) and is senior adviser at Washington
D.C.’s Atlantic Council, chairman of two private
companies and principal author of the doctrine of shock
and awe. His latest book is “Anatomy of Failure: Why
America Has Lost Every War It Starts.” Contact Ryan
McCormick at (516) 901-1103 or
Ryan@GoldmanMcCormick.com
4. ==> Bill Cosby Trial Heads to Jury
After two weeks of testimony, Bill Cosby’s fate will
soon be in the hands of jurors – again. His first
sexual assault trial ended in a mistrial last year and
while Cosby has maintained his innocence throughout,
Joyce Short says it is the real meaning of consent that
could get him locked up. “His prior trial failed to
drive home Cosby’s admission. Simply put, when you
don’t know if you have consent, you don’t. Cosby
admitted under oath that he didn’t know.” Joyce Short
is the author of “Carnal Abuse by Deceit” and
“Combating Romance Scams, Why Lying to Get Laid Is a
Crime.” A sexual assault survivor, she advocates for
sexual assault victims around the world. She’s been
awarded a “Woman of Distinction” honor by the NY State
Assembly and is fighting for new laws on consent across
the US. Contact her at (917) 517-8572; short.jm@aol.com
5. ==> How to Make a Great Big Decision
Whether it’s what college to choose, whether to start a
new business or move across the country, we all face
big decisions in our lives. It’s common to put off
making tough choices because you don’t want to be wrong
or cause yourself or others unnecessary pain and
expense–financial, emotional, or any other kind of
toll. Invite Michael Angelo Costa to explain the secret
to mastering big decisions and making the right choice.
You’ll learn the four key factors to consider before
making any important decision and become less-stressed
and more confident in your decision-making ability! A
lawyer, investment banker, and advisor, Michael Angelo
Costa has more than 33 years of international business
experience. The author of “Never Be Wrong Again – Four
Steps to Making Better Decisions in Work and in Life”
frequently appears on radio and TV as an expert in
decision-making. Contact him at (760) 238-5087;
Info@michaelangelocosta.com
6. ==> Do We All Need Racial Bias Training?
The Internet went wild when a video was posted of two
black men being escorted out of a Starbucks by police
in Philadelphia after the men asked to use the restroom
and refused to leave. Nita Wiggins, author of “Civil
Rights Baby,” says discrimination based on skin color
happens daily, but this time it was caught on video.
Wiggins applauds Starbucks’ decision to close its
corporate stores for racial bias training and says most
of us could use a course on racial and cultural
sensitivity. She’ll discuss the need for racial
relations reconstruction, the importance of listening,
and how to speak to people of all colors. She says, “We
need to teach and train people on how to avoid
situations like the Starbucks incident. Once people
learn to understand one another, listen, and accept
cultural differences, we can start to make the world a
better place.” Nita Wiggins is a former sports
broadcaster who fought for her dream job as an African
American woman. Contact her at Nitadallas@yahoo.com
7. ==> Mother’s Day When Mom is Mommie Dearest
Mother’s Day is coming and for some people,
particularly women, the holiday is fraught with
landmines. How do you even pick out a card let alone a
gift for a mother who has been hard to please,
belittles you or makes you feel bad about yourself? For
many women (and men) Mother’s Day is something to
ignore or get over with as quickly as possible. Carol-
Ann Hamilton can relate because she grew up with a
mother who was paranoid and schizophrenic. Bring Carol-
Ann on your show to hear how Mother’s Day can be a time
to heal yourself from the aftereffects of less-than-
perfect parenting. She’ll share tips for putting the
past behind you including how she was able to give her
mother’s eulogy truthfully without sugarcoating her
problem behaviors. Carol-Ann is a delightful media
guest whose new radio program, The Conscious Caregiver,
debuts April 24. She is the author of “Coping with Un-
cope-able Parents.” Contact her at (905) 822-2503;
carolann@carolannhamilton.com
8. ==> Parents in Kids’ Basements? The Reverse
Boomerang Effect
We’re accustomed to millennials living in their
parents’ basements as they struggle to save enough
money to have a place of their own. But according to
Rodger Friedman, it won’t be long until baby boomers
begin living in their children’s basements because they
failed to save enough money to fund their retirement
years. Friedman calls this trend The Reverse Boomerang
Effect and says baby boomers’ out-of-control spending
habits will come back to bite their children. A
chartered retirement planning counselor and former
senior vice president of Morgan Stanley, Friedman will
reveal the questions millennials should be asking their
parents today to make sure that they don’t have to
share their homes with them after they run of money
tomorrow. He’ll also discuss the worst reasons people
give for not saving for retirement, and what people can
do who are late to the game and provide listeners with
access to a free list of 21 Mistakes That Can
Annihilate Your Retirement. The author of “The Mindset
of Retirement Success” and two other books on the
topic, this experienced talk-show guest who has been
featured in Time, U.S. News and numerous radio programs
will definitely not be living his children’s basement.
Contact him at (844) 3MY-PLAN (NY);
Rodger@RodgeronRetirement.com
9. ==> The Secret to Building a Profitable Business
The #1 reason to go into business is to make money.
Yet, many small businesses aren’t very profitable. In
fact, many business owners work harder and earn less
than their counterparts in the workforce. But it
doesn’t have to be that way. Patricia Stallworth, a
business and money coach, takes clients through the
process of building a profitable business and a secure
financial future at the same time. She blends the
skills she learned in working with Fortune 100
companies and small businesses with money strategies to
create custom solutions for her clients. Invite her to
share some of the basic strategies she uses in areas
like planning and cash flow to help the entrepreneurs
in your audience build better businesses and lives. Her
upcoming book,” BAM!: A Simple Business and Money
System for Entrepreneurs to Build Profits and
Prosperity,” is an essential tool for anyone in
business or who is thinking about starting one.
Stallworth has been featured by NPR and magazines and
radio stations nationwide. Contact her at (404)
454-9106 (GA); ps@psworth.com
10. ==> Cure for NFL Concussion Crisis
Former QB Brett Favre is finally opening up about the
“thousands” of concussions he’s likely had and is
advocating that kids shouldn’t play tackle football.
Meantime, the league’s new helmet-to-helmet rule
designed to make the game safer (by taking head-first
collisions out of the game) has many players and fans
worried that calls on the field will be inconsistent
and costly. But what if there was a way to make
concussions a thing of the past? A helmet that could be
designed to PREVENT traumatic brain injury? A protocol
for earlier diagnosis and immediate treatment?
Interview Dr. Paul Wand to hear about all this and
more. He, along with other private practitioners, have
created ways to diagnose, treat, and REVERSE the
symptoms of concussions. This, in effect, could save
the NFL, as well as other sports where concussions
happen on a regular basis. Paul H. Wand, MD has been a
medical doctor for 35 years specializing in the field
of Neurology. Contact him at (954) 344-9772;
paulwandmd@gmail.com
11. ==> Kids’ Sports Season Survival Tips
With nice weather popping up, kids’ sports are in high
gear as little league, soccer, softball and lacrosse
fields fill with young players and their parents. Of
course, that also means that tempers will flare, adults
will behave badly, kids will get less field time than
they would like and there will be injuries to egos and
bodies. It’s perfect timing for professional athlete
and coach Sharkie Zartman and sports doctor Robert A.
Weil to share ways to ensure kids get the most from
sports with fewer injuries and the right support from
Mom and Dad. Sharkie Zartman, B.S., M.S, is a
professor, certified holistic health coach, radio host
and author. She was a member of the USA national
volleyball team and a champion competitor at UCLA. Dr.
Robert A. Weil is a sports podiatrist who has treated
many of the world’s premier athletes in a variety of
sports. He hosts The Sports Doctor™ Radio Show and
writes on sports parenting. The pair are the authors of
“#Hey Sports Parents!” Contact Sharkie Zartman, (310)
379-1869 or (310) 415-0190;
Sharkiezartman@yahoo.com
12. ==> It’s Community College Awareness Month
Community colleges are gaining popularity nationwide.
But did you know that more and more college students
are single moms? And that the school of choice for
those single moms is community college? In fact, almost
2.1 million students are single parenting and going
back to school! While this trend seems to be a happy
one, many challenges still exist for single moms and
dads who decide to head back to school – including a
four-out-of-ten drop-out rate. Sara Sherman, BA, MS,
author of “The Single Mom’s Guide to Getting a Degree”
will explain how single parents can head back to school
with confidence. Sara can discuss everything from
choosing the right school and selecting a major to
maximizing study time while managing kids and
household. As a speaker, blogger, coach and creator of
the Kick Ass Single Mom Life movement, Sara can speak
to almost any topic relating to single parenting. As a
single parent for most of her adult life, Sara has
successfully raised her children AND earned two degrees
all while working full-time! Contact her at (614)
432-2717; sara@singlemomsasksara.com
13. ==> Early-Onset Alzheimer’s is Skyrocketing
As a medical diagnosis, Alzheimer’s Disease is one of
the most frightening. Families fear the years ahead,
considering the worrisome health intervention, physical
and mental decline expected for the afflicted, and the
myriad issues related to caregiving. Learn from Carlen
Maddux his advice for navigating the journey of early-
onset Alzheimer’s (a noted epidemic nationwide), as his
wife Martha was diagnosed at only age 50. Their odyssey
lasted 17 years. Carlen will discuss on-air: altering
one’s home life for the caregiving effort,
telling/involving the kids, and whether movies like
“Still Alice” get it right. Plus, hear Carlen’s 12 tips
on family-wide care, keeping marriages strong,
navigating holidays, maintaining memory and safety,
avoiding caregiver fatigue, balancing personal and
professional life, myths and truths about late stage
Alzheimer’s care … and much more. Carlen is a speaker
and the author of “A Path Revealed: How Hope, Love, and
Joy Found Us Deep in a Maze Called Alzheimer’s.”
Contact him at (727) 504-8201; cmaddux@maddux.com
14. ==> World Autism Awareness Month: Is there a Cure?
According to alarming MIT research, one in two children
in the U.S. will be diagnosed with autism by the year
2025. Physician and author Dr. Rajalakshmi Kandaswamy
attributes this to increased environmental energy
disturbances. “This not only includes environmental
stress from increased noise pollution, chemicals in
food and so on, this also includes stress from parent’s
and caregivers’ energy,” she says. “Energy disturbances
have sky-rocketed throughout the world as a result of
people defining and accepting stress and pollution to
be a normal part of daily living.” After exploring the
power of holistic energy healing in her own medical
practice and life, Dr. Raja spent more than 25 years
developing the Autism Cure, which shows results from
day one! She recently was recognized by Buzzfeed as one
of five professionals in the world to watch out for in
the autism arena. She is the author of the book “How to
Heal Autism and ADHD in 30 Days: The Phenomenally
Powerful Breakthrough of Intent Healing,” and a
graduate of India’s premier medical college C.M.C
Vellore. Contact her at
healautismnowfoundation@gmail.com.
15. ==> 95 Secrets to Live Well into Your 90s
Victoria Schmidt sounds like she’s 40 or 50. She looks
like she’s 60 or 70. She has the wisdom of a 96-year
old because she has the experience and knowledge of a
96-year young woman! Most longevity experts are in
their 40’s and 50’s and maybe a little older. She says,
“You have far more control on the length of your life
than the stereotypical perception and the negative
misconceptions of aging.” Victoria’s mantra: You must
want to live a long life and view living with grace and
acceptance. Invite this vibrant nonagenarian and author
of “Victoria’s 95 Secrets on Living a Happy, Healthy,
Sexy Long Life” to share what’s kept her young and how
anyone can age well, even into their 90s. “Genetics
have far less influence on life expectancy than you
would expect. How long you live is determined by your
health and how you live your life.” Contact Victoria
Schmidt at (908) 840-4084; ottomisti@aol.com
16. ==> The Poet You Ought to Know… If You Hate
Poetry
Many of us snoozed our way through high school English
class—especially when it was time to read and respond
to poetry. So maybe you’re thinking that the last thing
you’d want to do is a show for National Poetry Month in
April. But not so fast. Consider Sylvia Plath. She
wasn’t some rhyme-y poet putting down pretty words.
According to Plath expert Julia Gordon-Bramer, she was
never sentimental, always smart and sometimes even
aggressive. In addition, an exploration of Plath
touches on surprising mysticism while her poems are
like puzzles waiting to be unlocked. Do your audience
and yourself a favor by exposing them to this thought-
provoking poet who was the subject of the movie
“Sylvia,” starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel Craig.
Gordon-Bramer teaches at Lindenwood University where
she is a Sylvia Plath scholar. She is the author of the
“Decoding Sylvia Plath” series. Reach her at (314)
517-0158;
17. ==> Discover 5 Steps to Becoming a Children’s
Author
So many people dream of writing children’s books but
don’t know how to get started. Invite children’s author
and mother of three Rosie J. Pova to reveal what it
takes to stay motivated, complete your book, and
finally get a publishing deal. She can explain whether
you should submit your manuscript to agents or directly
to publishers, how to deal with rejection, and why
today’s kids don’t want to read their parents’
childhood books. She can also share insider industry
information such as why publishers don’t want rhyming
text, what kind of agent you need, whether you should
find your own illustrator, and what to realistically
expect from a publisher when it comes to book
promotion. Pova has been featured on radio and in
print and is the author of several children’s books
including “Sarah’s Song.” Contact her at (214) 563-1633
(TX); rosie.pova@yahoo.com
18. ==> Why We Can’t Stay Happy (and What to Do about
It)
Did you know that more people than ever are chronically
unhappy? Maybe you’re one of them! Study after study
proves that unhappiness reigns supreme in America and
the world. But did you know that you can control how
happy you feel? Ed Kuiper, author of “Ride the
Happiness Wave,” can show your audience how to simply
and easily activate your own happiness and relieve the
heaviness and fatigue that have become a standard
default. Ed will share specific actions you can do
every day to quickly create a happy spirit within while
also giving fun, short, supportive suggestions to
trigger a “happy” feeling that lasts! Ed Kuiper is an
author, speaker and seminar leader on cultivating
happiness and healing – both physical and emotional. As
an officer of two major life insurance companies and
founder and CEO of several national companies, Ed spent
over 40 years in the business world before becoming the
“Master of Happiness.” Contact Ed at (207) 592-2032;
edkuiperreports@gmail.com?
19. ==> Eric Stogner Would Rather Talk about Death than
Taxes
While his wife Katie was dying from cancer, Eric
Stogner had a vivid dream where an angel showed him the
preparations being made for her in Heaven – God’s
Country. Then five people told him of THEIR visions
involving his wife. Immediately, any dread Eric
previously had about death vanished and his concept of
God did an about-face. “I’d thought of God as a genius
clockmaker who’d set the world in place then put it on
the shelf to wind down by itself, but I suddenly saw
how God is active in the details of life.” Hear about
Eric’s surreal dream as well as those of a friend who
had a vision of Katie dancing with Jesus, and a 10-
year-old girl who saw her the night of her death and
received a surprise, unexplainable gift the next
morning. Eric Stogner’s now on a mission to tell people
they don’t have to fear death. His book is “Into God’s
Country.” Contact Jim Dobkins at (928) 277-1268;
ucspress@aol.com.?
20. ==> Earth Day is Over but Planet Still Needs Saving
Earth Day may be over, but the need to save the planet
remains.
The general focus each Earth Day is on saving the
planet on a broad, global level. However, the small
things we all do daily have the greatest impact. “We
all tend to waste food and other resources,” says
author and environmental engineer Yasmin Davar. “For
example, we throw out one third of the food we buy. We
buy hardwood furniture that has been illegally logged
from Cambodian national parks. We need to really
examine our consumerism.” Yasmin can discuss small but
powerful ways we can change our daily habits that can
have a dramatically positive impact on the world as a
whole. In addition to being an environmental engineer,
Yasmin holds a Master of International Studies degree
in Peace and Conflict Resolution and is the author of
the book “Our Peaceful Planet: Healing Ourselves and
the World for a Sustainable Future.” Contact her at
yasmin@yasmindavar.com.