March 24, 2020
01. Will this Pandemic Derail Democracy?
02. Congress, Covid and the Cards on the Table
03. Should You Put Your Taxes on Hold? Ask this Pro
04. The Surprisingly Effective Way to Treat COVID-19 Anxiety
05. Consumers Can Prevent a Coronavirus-induced Recession
06. Social Distancing is Perfect Time to Declutter
07. Home Alone? You Wish! 3 Coping Tips for Too Much Family Time
08. Keeping Coronavirus from Flattening Your Bank Account
09. The Ultimate Social Distance Lifestyle: Living in a 39-Foot RV
10. Colorado Takes Healthcare from Washington: Good Idea?
11. Should You Fire Doctor Google?
12. Surviving Childbirth — Don’t Be a Maternal Mortality Statistic
13. Iraq Vet: From Faith to Darkness and Back Again
14. Who is to Blame for Honesty’s Decline?
15. Book This Guest If You’ve Ever Crammed for a Test!
16. It’s Time to Spring-Clean Your Life and Make Room for Your Dreams
17. Women’s History Month: Mountain Climber Helps Women Reach Their Peak 18. The Best Treatments for Younger-Looking Skin
19. Get off Social Media and Get Outside!
20. Fun Show: How Coffee Preferences Predict the Wines You’ll Like
1.==> Will this Pandemic Derail Democracy?
The coronavirus pandemic is causing significant
disruptions to American elections. The need for social
distancing to prevent the rapid spread of the virus
requires people to stay away from crowds. That includes
polling locations. But it’s vital to ensure people can
still exercise their right to vote. Advocacy groups
like the American Civil Liberties Union and the Brennan
Center for Justice, as well as politicians from both
political parties, are calling on states to take quick
action to ensure that voters will be able to cast
ballots this year. “If that’s going to happen, it’s
going to have to be planned now,” says Rick Hasen, an
election law professor at the University of California-
Irvine and author of the book “Election Meltdown.”
Invite him to discuss how to increase options for
voting from home, including allowing no-excuse mail-in
absentee voting and mailing ballots to every voter, and
why states must maintain safe in-person polling
locations for communities, like Native Americans and
the non-English proficient, who need them. Rick Hasen
is a nationally recognized expert in election law and
campaign finance regulation, co-author of a leading
casebook on election law and co-editor of the quarterly
peer-reviewed publication, Election Law Journal.
Contact him at rhasen@law.uci.edu; (949) 824-3072 or
Mojgan Sherkat at (949) 824-7937; msherkat@law.uci.edu
2. ==> Congress, COVID and the Cards on the Table
The battle over emergency legislation to address the
coronavirus pandemic is playing out in Congress while
employers and their employees wonder how they’re going
to get through the crisis. Rebecca Bernhard is a
partner at the international law firm Dorsey & Whitney
in both its labor and employment practice. She says she
has been fielding calls from employers across every
industry. “Many employers are now grappling with the
economic effects of shelter-in-home orders, social
distancing mandates and actual illness. The vast
majority of my client calls have centered around
implementation of furloughs, layoffs, reduced hours,
and work-from-home policies. Employers want to know
whether their employees will receive some benefits if
the company implements a furlough,” Bernhard says. She
can discuss what’s needed and what’s currently on the
table in terms of emergency benefits, and how companies
across the country are dealing with the situation.
Contact Laura Kelley at (303) 704-5222;
laura@thesolutionpr.com
3. ==> Should You Put Your Taxes on Hold? Ask this Pro
The Internal Revenue Service tax deadline for people
and businesses is being extended three months, from
April 15 to July 15. Tax attorney Bruce Givner will
share advice for your listeners who may be confused
about what to do next. He says, “Contact your tax
consultant and ask what this new extension means to you
personally. It seems as though it will be helpful to
every taxpayer, but ultimately, there may be
downsides.” Ask him: Will there be any other U.S.
government relief and what might that be? Should you
file early if you have a refund coming? What are the
pros and cons? Could there be other helpful forms of
relief in the works by local and state governments?
Should you keep track of your losses both small and
large, for write-offs this year? Bruce Givner is a
partner at KFB Law Group in Los Angeles. A specialist
in income tax planning, estate tax planning and asset
protection, he is a frequent media guest and is
regularly quoted in print publications and online.
Contact Cherie Kerr at Cherie@KerrPR-ExecuProv.com;
(714) 550-9900 or (714) 271-2140 (cell) or Shannon
Dugger at Shannon@kerrpr-execuprov.com; (303) 619-3949
4.==> The Surprisingly Effective Way to Treat COVID-19
Anxiety
You’ve heard that you need to stop touching your face
and start washing your hands much more carefully. But
there’s another new habit that you might want to take
up if you are worried about catching or spreading the
novel coronavirus. David Hanscom, M.D., can share what
it is (don’t worry you already have everything you
would need in your house) and why doing this new
practice for as little as five minutes a day could have
a big impact on your health. A retired surgeon, Dr.
Hanscom can also talk about anxiety in general and why
he says it isn’t psychological but physiological.
Because we misunderstand that, we usually treat it
poorly, often performing needless surgeries on patients
who are suffering from anxiety instead of teaching them
how to lower their stress hormones. Dr. Hanscom is an
orthopedic spine surgeon who quit his surgical practice
to teach patients and medical practitioners how to
solve chronic pain. His most recent book is “Do You
Really Need Spine Surgery?” Contact him at (206)
890-1892; david@backincontrol.com
5. ==> Consumers Can Prevent a Coronavirus-induced
Recession
As the transportation, hospitality, and entertainment
industries are hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, we
are left wondering, what’s next? The markets are
reflecting fears that we could be in for another Great
Recession, or worse. But American consumers hold the
key to preventing that, says attorney James Stuber.
Author of the recent book, “What if Things Were Made in
America Again,” Stuber explains that consumers are the
driver of the American economy, and those of us who are
relatively unaffected can save the day simply by buying
things made in American communities instead of
overseas. 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 a legislative
assistant to a member of the United States House of
Representatives. Contact him at (610) 608-5074;
james.stuber@themadeinamericabook.com.
6. ==> Social Distancing is Perfect Time to Declutter
Now that you are stuck at home it is pretty hard to
ignore the clutter that most likely surrounds you.
Especially if you are now working from home. As
decluttering and downsizing expert Marlena Uhrik,
Ed.D., will tell you, while we are strongly attached to
them, a surplus of possessions can lead to chaos and
wasted time trying to find them. But before you decide
to hit the decluttering trail, take a moment to listen
to Marlena as she shares the five biggest mistakes
people make that lead to unnecessary frustration and
abandonment of good intentions. She’ll help you come up
with a plan, avoid doing too much at once, get over the
idea of perfection and make smart decisions. A 50-year
educator, Realtor and Certified Home Stager, she’s one
of six authors of the No. 1 Amazon bestseller “Secret
Sauce of Downsizing: The Complete Guide for Living with
Less and Loving It More!” Ask her about free giveaways.
Contact her at (916) 269-0528; MUhrik@rtirguests.com
7. ==> Home Alone? You Wish! 3 Coping Tips for Too Much
Family Time
What happens when family members are forced to
congregate together for long periods in small spaces?
Arguments, bickering, door slamming. As communication
expert Raj Girn will point out, nuclear families
weren’t created to handle unlimited close contact with
multiple personality types. With few alternatives for
the moment, what can we do? Raj, who has been working
lately with clients who have been grappling with the
suffocation of being stuck at home with spouses, kids,
grandparents, and even pets, can offer three tips for
boosting your emotional intelligence around effective
communication while being stuck in isolation. Raj is a
well-known media personality in Canada and a serial
media entrepreneur who has worked in many
communication-intensive industries with thought
leaders, celebrities, and multinational corporations.
Contact her at (647) 490-3158; Rgirn@rtirguests.com
8. ==> Keeping Coronavirus from Flattening Your Bank
Account
The coronavirus has instantly made millions of people’s
financial lives worse. Maybe they’ve been laid off or
are working reduced hours or had to shut down their
businesses. And as we try to “flatten the curve,” bank
accounts are also being flattened. Until life returns
to normal, what can they do to stem the bleeding?
Interview Lorri Craig, a Certified Financial Planner
with a master’s degree in finance, to find out. She can
talk about ways to save money on everything from cell
phone plans to TV subscriptions, how to negotiate with
credit card companies and landlords and talk about why
the last place you want to cut back is at your kitchen
table. She’ll also share little-known legitimate ways
you can make money from home. Contact Lorri Craig at
(484) 453-1742; LCraig@rtirguests.com
9. ==> The Ultimate Social Distance Lifestyle: Living
in a 39-Foot RV
By now, some of your listeners are starting to feel a
bit stir-crazy as they stay home and wait out the
pandemic. So, imagine what it would be like if home was
a 39-foot RV you shared with your spouse. Tim Winders
will tell your audience why he believes it’s a great
way to social distance as they ride out the storm in
the RV they call Theo. For anyone who has wondered what
it would be like to travel full time while making money
as you go Tim has the answers. He is so persuasive that
his adult son also works and lives in his own RV. Tim
can also talk about his inspiring life journey: he went
from owning seven-figure businesses and over 100
properties to bankruptcy, homelessness and having $100
in his bank account before rebounding to his current,
more intentional lifestyle. Contact Tim Winders at
(404) 846-4639; twinders@rtirguests.com
10. ==> Colorado Takes Healthcare from Washington: Good
Idea?
Colorado is moving to increase state control of
healthcare by replacing federal control with state
mandates. Deane Waldman, M.D., MBA., says, “We need to
remove the federal government from healthcare. Colorado
appears to have taken a first step. But appearances can
be deceiving.” Colorado’s taking healthcare from
Washington is a good move, Waldman says. But, not the
way they did it. He’ll explain how Colorado’s plan
takes away a patient’s right to choose the same way
Congress does in their Medicare-for-All bill, and what
we can learn from the former USSR’s implementation of
price controls. Listeners will learn how to get the
care they need, when they need it, without going broke.
Deane Waldman, M.D., MBA, is professor emeritus of
pediatrics, pathology, and decision science and former
director of the Center for Healthcare Policy at Texas
Public Policy Foundation. A sought-after media guest,
he has also written six books including “Curing the
Cancer in U.S. Healthcare: StatesCare and Market-Based
Medicine.” Contact him at (505) 255-2999;
dw@deanewaldman.com
11. ==> Should You Fire Doctor Google?
Every minute 70,000 health-related questions are asked
on Google, according to the search engine itself.
That’s one billion questions a day! But is this a good
thing? Not so much, says Trevor Campbell, M.D., who
points out that the worst scenarios of any condition
tend to draw the most interest. “It makes people
depressed, ruminative and can destroy hope,” he says,
adding that the resulting hypervigilance actually
worsens the lot of people who suffer from chronic pain,
his area of expertise. Dr. Campbell can also talk about
the ways technology brings its own stressors and what
the antidotes are for avoiding drama in cyberspace. Ask
him: How is technology robbing us of our leisure time?
How can we limit its reach this spring? Dr. Campbell is
a family physician who studied medicine at the
University of Cape Town, South Africa, before
immigrating to Canada. His new book is “The Language of
Pain: Fast Forward Your Recovery to Stop Hurting.”
Contact Trevor Campbell at (250) 217-7832;
tcampbell@rtirguests.com
12. ==> Surviving Childbirth — Don’t Be a Maternal
Mortality Statistic
It’s the 21st century. That means women can breeze
through childbirth and be healthy to raise their
children, right? Sadly, maternal deaths have been
increasing, despite advanced obstetrical care. Find out
why and what expectant parents and medical personnel
should know, when you interview Alan Lindemann, M.D. He
has delivered more than 6,000 babies (including many
multiple births, even quads) during his decades-long
career without losing a mom. This fascinating
professional will discuss the trouble with “maternity
deserts” where women are hours away from where they’ll
deliver … illnesses affecting healthy birthing …
the impact of too many c-sections … who needs more OB
nurses … plus additional issues that put mothers (and
babies) at risk. Dr. Lindemann’s advice can save
countless lives, families and careers. Contact Dr.
Lindemann at (701) 543-6182; dhaugen@rtirguests.com
13. ==> Iraq Vet: From Faith to Darkness and Back Again
If you’d pulled shards of a friend’s skull out of your
own face or seen a man killed by an IED as he raced to
meet his wife and newborn child, how would you respond?
How would you be changed? Decorated combat veteran
Capt. Jeff Morris will share his traumatic experience
as a battalion leader in Iraq, what it did to his faith
and how he came to survive not only firefights in
Baghdad’s most dangerous war zone but the deaths of
eight of his men and a subsequent decade-long battle
with PTSD. The author of “Legion Rising: Surviving
Combat and the Scars It Left Behind” is now a senior
executive who travels the country on behalf of his
nonprofit Legion 8 Foundation, formed to honor the men
lost under his leadership in Baghdad. Contact Jason
Jones at jason@jonesliterary.com
14. ==> Who is to Blame for Honesty’s Decline?
In a recent Gallup Poll on honesty, respondents said
that just 13% of senators were honest and ranked
governors’ and business executives’ honesty at 20%.
With the press (28% honest) routinely fact-checking
everything the president says it makes you wonder
whether honesty has become a relic of the past. And if
it is, author and leadership expert Steven Mays says,
“Why are we surprised when we get terrible results from
our leaders? It’s our own damned fault.” He’ll reveal
why talent is important in people who serve as leaders,
but developing it at the expense of character and
honesty is an all too common mistake. Mays is the
author of “The Power of 3: Lessons in Leadership.” A
graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis who
served on nuclear submarines, he was a mathematician,
electrical engineer and nuclear engineer who worked in
private industry and at the Nuclear Regulation
Commission. Contact him at (703) 552-5672;
smays@rtirguests.com
15. ==> Book This Guest If You’ve Ever Crammed for a
Test!
Have you ever crammed for a test? How about your kids?
Chances are the answer is yes. But did you know that
cramming almost never leads to learning? It’s true!
Most students cram to get that “A” on Friday … but they
have forgotten vital information by Monday. The “Cram
Plan” just doesn’t work long-term. Interview Lee
Jenkins, educator, administrator and author of “How to
Create a Perfect School,” so he can explain how a
“perfect school” is possible when we take away the
cramming game that teachers and students play.
According to Lee, it’s easier than you think to solve
the educational dilemma in this country by getting rid
of cramming, once and for all. Lee Jenkins has been an
educator and administrator both in public schools and
universities. Contact him at (484) 306-8784;
LJenkins@rtirguests.com
16. ==> It’s Time to Spring-Clean Your Life and Make
Room for Your Dreams
Springtime brings thoughts of spring-cleaning to many
parents, but how about some mental spring-cleaning to
make room for your dreams? Instead of being overwhelmed
with to-do lists and constantly feeling burned out, why
not recharge your batteries by reigniting your dreams?
Children’s author and mom of three Rosie J. Pova tells
parents, “We put our kids first and often ignore our
dreams and passions in life in order to take care of
everyone else in the family. With the right strategy,
we can make the time to pursue our goals.” Invite Pova
to share 10 tips on following your passions without
neglecting your family. She can tell your audience how
to get started, how to stay motivated even after
multiple setbacks, and how to overcome failure. Pova
is the author of several children’s books including her
latest picture book, Sunday Rain. She has been featured
by KCHF 730-AM, DEAR Texas Radio, Web Talk Radio, and
many other shows nationwide. Contact her at (214)
225-0856?; RPova@rtirguests.com
17. ==> Women’s History Month: Climber Helps Women
Reach Their Peak
During Women’s History Month, female leaders want to
help transform our world. International retreat leader,
author, attorney, and mountain climber Mozella Perry
Ademiluyi has helped thousands of women globally to
achieve their biggest goals. Invite her to reveal why
times of turmoil are the best times for female leaders
to make positive change. She can also share why
barriers and boundaries make good targets for reaching
success and how to establish the attitudes that help
women reach their peak potential. Ademiluyi is a
successful international speaker and author who reached
Mount Kilimanjaro’s 19,341-foot peak at the age of 60.
She now teaches professional women how to boldly
embrace the steps that help them reach their summit.
Her book “Rise!” reveals how each person can
successfully climb her own mountains. Contact her at
(301) 437-7607; mozella@mountainpeakstrategies.com
18. ==> The Best Treatments for Younger-Looking Skin
According to business research data organization
Satistica, the global market for skin-care products is
currently $148.3 billion. As that huge number
illustrates, the number of skin-care products available
to consumers today is staggering, making it difficult
to know how to spend those dollars wisely. Christy Hall
says the best way to reduce beauty industry overwhelm
is through consumer education. Invite Hall on your show
for straight talk on everything from how skin works to
nutrition, what to expect with topical procedures and
how to look your best while aging. From injectable
fillers to Botox and lasers, learn what works, what is
a waste of money, and how to get the most bang from
your beauty buck. A board-certified physician assistant
(PA-C) specializing in cosmetic dermatology and
aesthetic medicine, Christy Hall’s Arizona medical
aesthetics practice specializes in non-surgical facial
and skin rejuvenation treatments. Her new book is “Your
Beauty Advocate: A Non-Nonsense Guide to Age-Defying
Skincare.” Contact Christy Hall at (520) 260-2272;
Christy@mikelkristi.com
19. ==> Get off Social Media and Get Outside!
Feeling low on energy? Need a spring in your step or a
new attitude? Put down the iPad or remote and get
outside for a quick perk up that can make you feel
better. Invite award-winning screenwriter, author,
TV/film producer, journalist, and TV host Maryann
Ridini Spencer to reveal why simply getting outdoors
and surrounding yourself with nature can improve your
mood and your health. She can tell your audience how it
also helps with your focus and creativity. Maryann is
the author of the award-winning novel “Lady in the
Window” and the new Amazon bestseller, “The Paradise
Table.” Her work has appeared on Hallmark Hall of Fame
(CBS-TV), the Hallmark Channel, CNN, USA, Syfy,
Showtime, PBS, and many others. Contact Maryann Ridini
Spencer at (818) 884-0104; recprinfo@gmail.com
20. ==> Fun Show: How Coffee Preferences Predict the
Wines You Like
We all have personal coffee preferences, but what do
yours reveal about the kind of wine you like? Andy
Hyman is a tour guide in the Napa and Sonoma wine
country who has shared his passion for wine with
thousands of people from around the world. Invite him
to share what your favorite wines would be based on
your coffee preference. He can also reveal whether
taste preferences mainly come down to how many taste
buds someone has or if those preferences are learned.
His book, Snob Free Wine Tasting Companion: Wine Smart
in a Day, reveals how to get the most out of a wine-
tasting experience, how wine is made, and general
knowledge about wine. Hyman has been featured by Sonoma
Magazine, the Marin Independent Journal, Napa Valley
Register, North Bay BIZ magazine, and other radio and
print outlets nationwide. Contact him at (415)
767-1441; andyhyman@rtirguests.com
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