01. Post-Election: Let’s Take Another Look at the Polls
02. Great Veterans Day Show: Ret. Brig. Gen. Peter Zwack
03. ‘Captain Mama’ – Latina Air Force Veteran
04. Actor Michael Learned on the 50th Anniversary of ‘The Waltons’
05. Daylight Savings Time Is Over: How Your Pet Can Help You Adjust
06. How to Cultivate Gratitude That Lasts Beyond Thanksgiving
07. OB Explores Roe v. Wade and Women’s Health
08. Whatever Happened to ‘the Public Good’?
09. How to Have Unbreakable Resilience
10. This Former Shoemaker to the Stars Gets Tongues Wagging
11. What Would You Be Willing to Do to Afford to Travel?
12. Planning a Winter Cruise? Talk to This Travel Expert First
13. 10 Simple Ways to Prioritize Yourself
14. She’s the World’s Leading Phobia Buster
15. Where Did a Billion Alaskan Snow Crabs Go?
1. ==> Post-Election: Let’s Take Another Look at the Polls
It happens every election cycle; all eyes are on the polls as races tighten. But these prognosticators aren’t very reliable, so what value do they add? W. Joseph Campbell says polls have been wrong often enough over the years that they deserve to be treated warily and with skepticism. “Polling is neither easy nor cheap if done well, and the field’s persistent troubles have even prompted the question of whether election surveys are worth the bother.” He’ll discuss the polls in this year’s prominent races that misfired and why the news media continue to report on polls even with their issues. He’ll explain how polling has changed over the years and how contemporary pollsters are experimenting as they seek new ways to reach participants and gather data. W. Joseph Campbell is a professor at American University and the author of seven books including “Lost In a Gallup: Polling Failure in U.S. Presidential Elections,” which addresses prominent cases in which opinion polls misfired from 1936 to 2016. Contact him at (202) 885-2071; wjc@american.edu
2. ==> Great Veterans Day Show: Ret. Brig. Gen. Peter Zwack
This Friday we’ll celebrate Veterans Day, honoring those who have served in the U.S. military. For a fascinating discussion about the military and insight into today’s hot spots including the Russia/Ukraine war, invite retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Peter Zwack on your show. He spent more than 34 years of U.S. military service in senior command and staff positions in Afghanistan, Germany, Kosovo, South Korea, and Moscow. Zwack served as a senior defense official and attaché to the Russian Federation from 2012-2014 and can share insights from his time in the region. He is a global fellow at The Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and has recently appeared on CNN, NPR’s “All Things Considered,” The BBC, MSNBC, and in “The Washington Post” and “The Economist.” Contact Terri Beavers at (434) 409-5687; bg.pbz.r@gmail.com
3. ==> ‘Captain Mama’ – Latina Air Force Veteran
Ahead of Veterans Day, chat with Latina military veteran Graciela Tiscareño-Sato about her award-winning career as an aviator and how she is now inspiring families with her bilingual “Captain Mama” series of children’s books. Graciela can discuss what it was like to be a navigator on the KC-135 flying gas station, how she became the first female Hispanic Air Force aviator to be awarded an Air Medal for combat air operations, and what she hopes to accomplish with her children’s books. Bilingual in Spanish and English, Graciela has appeared in USA Today and on NPR, ABC, NBC, CNN en Español, Al Jazeera, Fox News, Telemundo, Univision, and many regional TV networks. She can share her daughter-of-immigrants-turned-military-aviator journey for long-form interviews. Contact Graciela Tiscareño-Sato at (510) 542-9449; grace@CaptainMama.com
4.==> Actor Michael Learned on the 50th Anniversary of ‘The Waltons’
Four-time Emmy-winner Michael Learned currently stars in Netflix’s limited series, “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” but millions of fans came to love her as Olivia, the iconic mother on the long-running CBS drama “The Waltons.” As the show celebrates its 50th anniversary, invite Learned to discuss why she thinks the show about the life of a Depression-era family in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains became so popular. Hear her favorite memories, behind-the-scenes stories from the series, and the biggest myths about the show and cast. Ask her about the upcoming cast reunion with seven of the original Waltons family cast coming together at the Hollywood Museum to celebrate the show and answer questions from fans. Contact Harlan Boll at harlan@bhbpr.com
5. ==> Daylight Savings Time Is Over: How Your Pet Can Help You Adjust
Now that Daylight Savings Time is over many in your audience may be struggling with its absence. They could use some help and Hester Ladewig is here to provide it. For example, did you know that your dog or cat might play a role in your adjustment to the time change? Hester, who has devoted more than 20 years to working internationally as a naturopathic health practitioner, can also talk about ways to boost sleep through food, light exposure, caffeine intake and more. She is the author of “Strengthen Your Immune System and Boost Your Resistance to Disease” and the upcoming “12 Steps to Walk Away from Chronic Pain and Take Back Your Life.” Hester Ladewig has studied and practiced in South Africa, Germany, and Switzerland, where she was part of a team of physicians at the Paracelsus Klinik Lustmühle. Contact her at hester@embracelifewithhester.com or through Whatsapp at +27716438191.
6. ==> How to Cultivate Gratitude That Lasts Beyond Thanksgiving
Many people celebrate Thanksgiving by thinking about all the things for which they are grateful. Family, careers, a home to call their own, close relationships with family and friends and a full belly may occupy their thoughts. But, as Sharon Rose Wallen will tell you, the ability to feel grateful is too important to limit to just one day and she suggests listeners celebrate National Gratitude Month each day of November to cultivate the many benefits of feeling thankful. By doing so, people can reap some pretty substantial rewards: greater happiness, lessened anxiety, better health and stronger connections to others among them. Wallen can discuss several studies that back up her contention that gratitude and well-being are connected and explain simple ways to incorporate gratitude into your daily life. Sharon Rose Wallen is a retired elementary school teacher and the author of “Grateful Reflections Journal.” Contact her at (786) 473-4026; solaceplace07@aol.com
7. ==> OB Explores Roe v. Wade and Women’s Health
It’s been several months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, opening the door for states to begin restricting access to abortion. Dr. Alan Lindemann practiced obstetrics in North Dakota, one of the states that immediately moved to ban abortions. Invite him on your show to discuss how this landmark decision is already affecting women’s health and health care. From new safety challenges facing pregnant women to ways IVF, surrogacy, multiple births and adoptions may change, Lindemann can share stories about the ways women’s health care has already been affected. Alan Lindemann, M.D. has delivered more than 6,000 babies without a single maternal death in his 40-year career He is the creator of the PregnancyYourWay.com support site. Contact him at (701) 399-9556; ALindemann@Rtirguests.com
8. ==> Whatever Happened to ‘the Public Good’?
Today’s highly polarized society makes it hard for people from opposing sides to agree on anything, let alone work together, even if the goal is for the common good. It’s possible, though not easy, as Bee Bloeser personally witnessed in the middle of the Cold War when despite their vast differences, leaders across the globe joined forces to rid the world of smallpox. Bee and her family became involved in the global campaign when the CDC dispatched her husband to West Africa in 1969. Invite her to share what it was like to be an American woman in Africa at that time and the unexpected challenges she and her family faced, including brushes with a brutal dictator’s regime and living in an isolated region suffering a humanitarian crisis the rest of the world knew nothing about. An award-winning author and engaging public speaker, Bee Bloeser has been featured on NPR’s “Journeys of Discovery” and NPR KCBX Radio’s show, “Issues and Ideas.” Her book is, “Vaccines and Bayonets: Fighting Smallpox in Africa amid Tribalism, Terror and the Cold War.” Contact her at (520) 214-5971; bbloeser@rtirguests.com
9. ==> How to Have Unbreakable Resilience
It’s easy to appear resilient when life is going great. But the true test of one’s flexibility comes when life is difficult and unpredictable as it had been for Kiden Jonathan. Invite Kiden on your show to learn how anyone can develop unbreakable resilience by listening to her as she passes along what she learned after she fled worn-torn Sudan at age 20 with her two-month-old baby, lived with an abusive man and spent time in a women’s shelter and the world’s largest refugee camp in Kenya. Now she lives in Canada where she is a full-time college student, speaker, and the author of “Resilience: The Journey of Self-Discovery.” She has been quoted in CBC News and the “Toronto Star.” Contact Kiden at (647) 503-5092; kjonathan@rtirguests.com
10. ==> This Former Shoemaker to the Stars Gets Tongues Wagging
Elizabeth Power has been described as “sharper than a number two pencil, and funnier than a six-pack of funny bones on go-juice.” Known as the Voice of Lived Experience, she has had many interesting life experiences that make her an excellent talk-show guest. Among them was fixing the shoes (and other stuff) for stars she met while working as a cobbler in Nashville. Invite Elizabeth to entertain your audience with stories about how she turned Tammy Wynette’s pastel rainbow pumps into slingbacks, fixed Minnie Pearl’s makeup case and fixed the shoes of other celebrities including Oprah and Al Gore. Ask her: What was it like to be a cobbler to the stars? What do our shoes say about us? How did she earn the appellation Voice of Lived Experience? Elizabeth Power grew up far from glitzy Nashville, in Appalachia, and spent many years “failing therapy.” Now a highly influential adult educator, she is an adjunct instructor in psychiatry at Georgetown Medical Center and has been on NBC News, NPR, and in the “Wall Street Journal.” Contact her at (615) 903-0906; epower@rtirguests.com
11. ==> What Would You Be Willing to Do to Afford to Travel?
Despite delays and personnel shortages in the airline industry, more people are traveling or dreaming about it. Let Dror Kfir inspire your audience to do whatever it takes to get on the road again just as he did beginning as a teenager when he made jewelry, picked oranges, fished for tuna and found other unique ways to make a buck so he could travel the world. Born on a kibbutz in Israel, Dror (which means “freedom” in Hebrew) can talk about the adventures he had in Greece, Switzerland, Ecuador, Columbia, and Bolivia. He can also talk about how and where he ended up in prison where he learned the true meaning of freedom. Dror Kfir’s new memoir is “Freedom.” Contact him at drorkfir60@yahoo.com
12. ==> Planning a Winter Cruise? Talk to This Travel Expert First
If you’re planning a cruise, you’ll be sure to enjoy smooth sailing with little-known insider tips from travel expert Cindy Bertram. “Having cruised many times myself, the actual process involved has become much more efficient due to COVID protocols,” she says. “And there are new apps that you can download for everything from checking in for your cruise, making advance dining reservations and booking shore excursions, along with ensuring hassle-free disembarking.” She is a communications, media and branding specialist who has spent many years in the travel and cruise industry and is the author of “How Six Women Executives Steer the Cruise Industry Today” and “Message from the Dog…Learning from Great Humans.” Contact Cindy at (219) 775-6488; cbertram@rtirguests.com
13. ==> 10 Simple Ways to Prioritize Yourself
When was the last time you did something for yourself? Our lives are busier than ever before. Between work, families, and social obligations, it can often feel like every day is precisely scheduled from the minute your alarm goes off until the time you go to bed and set it for the next day. Not only is there zero time for yourself, but you feel guilty when you do take time out — because there’s always something you could be getting done. If this sounds familiar, it’s time to talk to Valerie Whetstone. She’ll show your audience ten simple ways to carve out me-time every day so you can rest and recharge, no matter how busy your life has become. This best-selling author and coach who’s trained with Jack Canfield and Oprah Winfrey reveals not only how to put yourself first, but why you must do so today! Ask her: How can you instantly stop feeling guilty about putting yourself first? Why does slowing down make you more productive than ever? How did she nearly die by not taking time for herself? Contact Valerie at (408) 752-5943; vwhetstone@rtirguests.com
14. ==> She’s the World’s Leading Phobia Buster
Like many people, Kalliope Barlis suffered from debilitating phobias for years. As a former professional golfer, her fear of public speaking and crowds nearly sunk her career. But then a colleague introduced her to a technique that can dramatically change negative thoughts and behavior patterns, and Kalliope became an expert in it. She then began devoting her life to helping other people rid themselves of their phobias, everything from the fear of flying to being in tight spaces and freaking out over spiders and mice. Kalliope is a leading neurolinguistic programming (NLP) expert with a private practice in New York, author of the critically acclaimed book “Phobia Relief: From Fear to Freedom and creator of the upcoming docuseries “Kalliope’s From Fear to Freedom.” Contact her at (516) 703-4546; kbarlis@rtirguests.com
15. ==> Where Did a Billion Alaskan Snow Crabs Go?
For the first time in history, Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game has canceled the state’s winter snow crab season because 90% of the crustacean population has disappeared! According to department biologist Miranda Westphal, between 2019 and 2021, researchers “saw the largest decline we’ve ever seen in the snow crab population, which was very startling.” In just two years, the animals’ numbers in the area dropped by about 90% or an estimated one billion crabs. Scientists are investigating what caused the crabs to vanish but climate change is a likely culprit. Alaska has also canceled its king crab fishing season for the second consecutive year due to low population numbers. Contact Miranda Westphal at (907) 581-1239; miranda.westphal@alaska.gov