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When Faith Defies Fear: One Woman’s Miraculous Encounters with God

Nancy Frecka brings a unique perspective as both a pastor and someone who has experienced extraordinary events. She shares insights about hearing God’s voice and trusting divine guidance in everyday life. Her two near-death experiences, encounters with Jesus, and the way God brought clarity and healing through moments of deep childhood trauma speak powerfully to the reality of surrendering to God’s will. When she slipped into death—twice—she never imagined what awaited her. Floating above her lifeless body, she watched nurses scramble, unable to find a pulse. Then came the divine encounter with Jesus Himself. Nancy is a speaker, pastor, and the author of “God Says, You Can Trust Me: Supernatural Encounters with God.”

Contact: Nancy Frecka at (330) 422-6955; nfrecka@rtirguests.com

This Psychotherapist Shares How Psychedelic Medicine Changed Her Life

Psychotherapist and author Anjalia McGoldrick traversed an unexpected path that transformed her life and work: psychedelic medicine. After surviving severe childhood trauma, abuse, and decades of conventional therapy, she reached a breaking point that traditional approaches could not heal. Her carefully guided plant medicine experience opened a profound door to insight, forgiveness, and emotional freedom she had never experienced before. She reveals how this powerful journey reshaped her understanding of trauma, inner wounds, and lasting healing. She also shares the potential healing powers of psychedelics, and how these help people who are battling mental illness. Anjalia is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir “The Child I Left Behind: A Mother’s Journey To Healing and Forgiveness.”

Contact Anjalia McGoldrick at (540) 616-3200; amcgoldrick@rtirguests.com

How to Rewrite Your Story After Setbacks

A Bold Conversation About Pain, Power, and the Stories We Pretend Not to Tell

Most people want the world to believe they’re strong—that they can push through, hold it together, and smile, completely unfazed by the weight they carry. But the truth is far more human. Many are terrified, overwhelmed, and quietly collapsing on the inside.

For most of her adult life, author Kat Perkins lived this way too. She would always say, “It’s all good.” But after losing her mother at nine, surviving foster care, and later facing breast cancer, things were anything but “all good.” One day, a friend told her, “You need to stop saying it’s all good. It’s not. And it’s okay to feel what you feel.” That moment cracked something open.

Kat learned what no one teaches us: you cannot rewrite the meaning of your pain until you understand it—not avoid it, outrun it, or dress it up in strength. You have to face it.

Drawing from her memoir, Girls with Pearls Have Power, Kat now teaches women how to turn setbacks into turning points, reclaim authorship of their stories, and rise with clarity and courage rather than fear or pretending.

CONTACT: Kat Perkins at (404) 800-3916; kperkins@rtirguests.com

Why Humor Is the Only Topic That’s Never Untimely – From a Guy Who’s Been Proving It for 30 Years

Bill Williams has been sending daily humor emails for three decades. What started in the 1990s as a way to get his sales staff to read emails has grown into a beloved ritual for hundreds of subscribers globally—and he’s never made a dime doing it.

Drawing from 20 Years of Internet Humor … and Other Interesting Things, Williams explains why humor works in any news cycle, for any audience. Listeners will discover how he turned a workplace tool into a lifelong practice of spreading joy, and why his college friend John Denver influenced his view on taking creative risks.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS:
• You’ve done this for 30 years without making money—what keeps you going?
• You say humor is never untimely. What makes it work when other topics go stale?
• How did your friendship with John Denver shape your approach to life?

CONTACT: Bill Williams (419) 534-0399; wgwilliams@rtirguests.com

Why This Entrepreneur Says “You Can’t Teach What You Haven’t Done” – And He’s Done It All

At 87, David Selley has lived in three countries, built three careers, and stayed married for 65 years—and he’s already completed a Guinness Record as the oldest author to publish the most books in one year. His message about entrepreneurship is turning heads.

In “PAPA3$ The Entrepreneur,” Selley reveals why modern education creates worker bees instead of entrepreneurs. The statistics are shocking: 87% of college graduates never use their degrees, 56% experience job turnover, and creativity gets systematically crushed. He’ll share why real-world experience trumps classroom theory, how he’s helping 700 million entrepreneurs worldwide, and what his 65-year marriage taught him about building anything that lasts.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS:
• You say 87% of college graduates never use their degrees—what’s really happening with our education system?
• What does your 65-year marriage have to do with entrepreneurial success?
• At 87, you’ve just completed a Guinness Record—what’s next?

CONTACT: David Selley at (808) 229-3985; dselley@rtirguests.com

Why You Don’t Need a New You in 2026 — The Real You Is Enough

Every January, millions chase a “new you”, yet research shows perfectionism and self-criticism are rising, fueling burnout and anxiety instead of change. Leadership coach and TEDx speaker Barbara Stone says the problem isn’t motivation, it’s identity.

After 25 years hiding her alopecia under a wig and her voice behind corporate success, Barbara took off the wig on stage and discovered a surprising truth: real growth begins when we stop trying to fix ourselves.

In this segment, she shares what shedding perfection taught her about self-worth, authenticity, and why flaws, not upgrades, are often the key to confidence. Whether your audience is hiding a condition, insecurity, or impossible expectations, Barbara offers practical ways they can stop performing and start living more honestly.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS: Can trying to “improve yourself” actually make you less confident? What did losing your hair teach you that success never did?
CONTACT: Barbara Stone at (315) 840-2845; bstone@rtirguests.com

This 90-Year-Old Has a Ten-Year Plan. Here’s Why You Should Too.

At 90, Jim Flaherty is ramping up, not winding down. This former MadMan ad exec turns 90 in September with a mission: reach 7.5 million depressed seniors living alone in America. His secret? A mindset that refuses to accept aging as decline.Drawing from “Loving Longevity: Make Your Next Years Your Best Years,” Flaherty shares lessons from launching a country inn at 45 with zero experience, moving his kids to Buenos Aires, and caregiving his partner through dementia. Listeners will learn how to embrace aging with purpose and creativity. Ask him:

• You once said, “I’m 89 going on 49″—what does that mindset look like daily?
• What made you “crap-shoot” with your life by starting a business you knew nothing about?
• What did caregiving through dementia teach you that your previous 85 years didn’t?

CONTACT: James B. Flaherty, (914) 326-2697; jflaherty@rtirguests.com

What One Priest Has Learned from Folks Who Have Died

When people die suddenly, families are left with questions no one knows how to answer. For more than 25 years, Dominican priest Father Nathan Castle, O.P., has listened to stories from people who have died and come to him in dreams after accidents, violence, and suicide. On your show, he shares what these encounters reveal about shock after death, unfinished emotions, and why not everyone who dies suddenly gets “stuck.”

With interest in near-death experiences and grief healing rising, Father Nathan offers counterintuitive insights that challenge fear-based views of the afterlife and highlight connection, compassion, and continuity. Producers get a compelling conversation that blends spirituality, psychology, and real-life stories without preaching.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS:

Do people who die suddenly know they’ve died?
Can helping someone who’s died actually help the living heal?

He is the author of Afterlife, Interrupted (Books 1-3) and host of The Joyful Friar podcast.

CONTACT: Father Nathan Castle at (480) 680-9985; ncastle@rtirguests.com

This Broadway Producer and Radio Host Helped Launch Andy Kaufman’s Career

Al Parinello produced Andy Kaufman’s first one-man show and coached Jim Carrey for his role in “Man on the Moon.” Both entertainers succeeded by going the extra mile and taking risks that made them stand out—and Parinello can teach anyone to do the same.

In How to Accomplish the Impossible on a Regular Basis, Parinello shares his seven-step success plan drawn from interviewing 3,000 guests on his national radio show. Listeners will learn unconventional strategies that challenge mainstream thinking, including why happiness creates success—not the other way around—and the “PIX Factor” most people miss. His proven methods work for anyone, regardless of how they define success.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS:
• You say happiness creates success, not vice versa—how does that change everything?
• What’s the “PIX Factor” and why is virtually everyone missing this life-changing lesson?
• Andy Kaufman and Jim Carrey took huge risks—what specific risk should listeners take today?

CONTACT: Al Parinello at (201) 730-9769; Aparinello@rtirguests.com

Stuck in a Funk? Small Mindset Shifts That Lead to Fewer Days That Suck

Most people assume feeling stuck means something is wrong with their life. Deborah Mallow likes to remind us that sometimes nothing is wrong, except the voice in our head that refuses to stop narrating everything like a dramatic movie trailer. Surveys support this: nearly 60% of adults say they feel emotionally burned out, even when nothing “major” is wrong. That’s proof that mindset, not circumstance, often drives our mood.

Deborah explains why advice like “just think positive” often backfires and how tiny mental shifts can change the trajectory of an entire day. She shares surprising tools that help audiences quiet their inner critic, break out of emotional autopilot, and find momentum without forcing motivation.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS: Can focusing less on goals and more on what truly matters actually make you happier? Why do so many people feel behind even when so much in their lives is actually working?

CONTACT: Deborah Mallow at (516) 613-5359; dmallow@rtirguests.com