Burke Allen's Big Time Talker Podcast — by SpeakerMatch

  In this age of pay freezes & layoffs, how would you like to give yourself a $5,000 raise this year?  Learn the easy, proven strategies you need to do exactly that when Burke interviews Kristen Hagopian, Author of Brilliant Frugal Living!  In the two years since Brilliant Frugal Living hit the market, Kristen’s book has evolved into a weekly Column read by millions, and a popular Wealth Build...

The world has gone nuts. The pace of change, the pace of business, the pace of life... Keeping up is challenging; keeping sane is next to impossible. Award-winning Speaker, Writer and Humorist Chuck Hansen doesn't have all the answers, but he has a bunch of them, and his strategies for sanity in this world gone nuts are enlightening and funny! Chuck's lessons come from (mis)adventures such as work...

Burke Allen talk with Patricia Robinson, the head of Daughters of Destiny Ministry and author of Pyramid To Your Potential.  The group was created for women who share a common thread called life. Patricia says "Our life experiences goals and challenges are the fabric that binds us together regardless of our ethnicity, social status or religious background. As we learn to embrace our individual uni...

"Join us on Thursday, June 9th at 12:00 PM EST as WAMS talks with Rich Lucia, speaker and author of May “The SALE BE WITH YOU” Selling isn’t the same anymore -- Rich’s “Selling in the Now” and his 180 rule management system will get the results we seek.  The beauty is we have the power to use the 180 Rule within us already. Visit, Rich Lucia online at www. RichLucia.com."

Patti Thor, stay-at-home mother of four turned author, speaker and entrepreneur says, “It’s not that successful people are givers; it’s that givers are successful people." Everyone has something to give.  It is this gift that is the seed to create your future. You will learn to see what is right about yourself and when you give to others, you gain success for yourself.   Patti always wanted to be...

  In April of 2008 on a rainy day Ellen Suazo lost control of her car nearly catapulting her down a long and treacherous roadside embankment. While not seriously injured physically she experienced an out of body experience.  Her entire life flashed past her as if she was about to die.  What was most revealing to Ellen was that she had not yet completed her life’s dream. Worse yet, she hadn’t even...

Hanna Hasl-Kelchner has earned the title "The No Nonsense Lawyer" by teaching folks how to save big money avoiding legal land-mines.  Featured on FoxNews and MSNBC, she's even been called "a lawyer you can love" by the Chicken Soup for the Soul" folks.   We'll talk with her about her latest book THE BUSINESS GUIDE TO LEGAL LITERACY: WHAT EVERY MANAGER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE LAW.  Visit Hanna online...

Huesan Tran, the author of "Financial Healing" joins us on The Burke Allen Show to talk about wealth building in America, little known strategies to save for retirement and how to battle the pain at the pump caused by high gas prices.  If you're paying attention to your pennies and trying to save dollars, don't miss this show...and, visit Huesan Tran at http://financialhealingbook.com.  

Don't miss this fascinating journey back to the turbulent 1960s as Burke Allen talks to Renetta DeBlase, author of With Stars in My Eyes. Renetta was at ground zero for the turbulent civil unrest of the 60s while working closely with jazz legends including Duke Ellington and Billy Taylor.  Don't miss this show!

How can you overcome a lifetime of pain and suffering to lead a successful, happy life? Nigerian-born Jacqueline Maduneme, a successful CPA, tax attorney, entrepreneur and mother gives us unique insight in her memoir ADA'S DAUGHTER.   Hear her amazing, inspiring story when she talks with host Burke Allen.

Our guest Dr. Clarence Willie is a retired Lt. Col. in the USMC, a speaker, author, former school superintendent and served as interviewer and consultant for a documentary production entitled THE MARINES OF MONTFORD POINT: FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM, which chronicles the experiences of the first African Americans to serve as United States Marines.  The documentary was narrated by Academy Award winning a...

 "Is it possible to view our work like going to a playground everyday?" Ask seasoned executive coach Dan Schultheis. Wednesday, May 4th at 12:30pm ET, Burke welcomes to the WAMS microphones experienced organizational consultant Schultheis. Discussing the messages in his upcoming book, “The Corporate Playground”, we will explore how people can understand that most of the conflicts, frustrations and...

Find out Thursday, 5/12! Don Anderson is the founder of NeuroEconomic Management - an organization that specializes in tying the latest in Neuroscience Research to practical business application.  Don has been a professional business speaker and consultant for more than 10 years transforming complex information into enlightenment and inspiration.  He has spoken all throughout the United States, th...

Burke Allen talks military strategy and leadership with author and retired USAF Master Sergeant Benny  Hughes. Hughes spent 28 years in the Air Force and retired at the rank of  Chief Master Sergeant. He served his country at locations in places like Germany, Korea, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Iraq. Benny is the author of Leadership…..PUT A CAP ON IT, a best seller for the publisher IUNIVERSE...

Sergeant Major (Retired) Matt Drayton joins Burke Allen to talk about the amazing takedown of Osama Bin Laden by the Navy Seals.  He spent 26 years in the US Army, 16 years in the elite Delta Force where he was responsible for coordinating and synchronizing sensitive government missions throughout the world. Matt has been a senior analyst for the Northrop Grumman Corporation and also has worked as...

  Join Burke Allen and the author of "The Wisdom Compass" Theodore Henderson as they discuss: -Re-assessing your career path and opportunities in the face of down-sizing -Applying Faith and God in your personal, business, and financial affairs -Dynamically communicating in any situation -Using Social Media and networking for greater success in job searches and career management  -Achieving persona...

Would you like to achieve more in your personal life and at work without working more hours, and at the same time, reduce stress.  Tune in to WAMS Radio on Tuesday, May 3rd at 12pm EST as Burke Allen talks with Personal Productivity and Personal Excellence specialist Randy Anderson.  Over the last 25 years, Randy has worked with literally tens of thousands of people in all types of organizations a...

With gas prices closing in on a historic five dollars a gallon in some areas, we're all feeling pain at the pump. Author and MBA Huesan Tran will join Burke Allen to dish out financial healing...including specific wealth building and retirement strategies we can all use. Find out more about Huesan at www.financialhealingbook.com and don't miss this timely, topical show!

How is the financial health of your business or organization? On Thursday, April 28 at 12 Noon EST,  Burke Allen will be talking to Dr. Madeline Frank, speaker, successful business owner, best selling amazon author, award winning teacher, radio host, E-zine expert, author, and Concert Artist about her new book Leadership On a Shoestring Budget, helping businesses stay a float in times of trouble....

"Just about everyone talks about change," says former BBC exec and New Media expert Jonathan Halls. "It excites some, it frightens others... and some folks just can’t figure it out." Listen as Burke and Jonathan talk about the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and the changes that it will bring to England and the world...and how you can cope with changes in your own life. Jonatha...

Author and corporate executive J.A. Rodriquez gives you winning techniques on how to position yourself for success in the new global economy. Learn how to look through the business lens and develop effective strategies, understand the art of perception management and much more.  Visit J.A. Rodriquez online at www.notintuitivelyobvious.com and don't miss this show!

Our guest will be the author of "All Medicines Are Poison, physician Dr. Melvin Kirschner. After medical training at the University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County General Hospital, Dr. Kirschner entered medical practice in the San Fernando Valley as a family physician. In 1961 there were very few doctors with his pubic health experience. This soon led to volunteering in various...

The Iron Butterfly is the fascinating true life story of Choon Ok Jade Harmon, who overcame incredible odds growing up in Korea to become a martial arts champion in a very male dominated sport. Listen as Burke talks with Ms. Harmon, and book co-author Ana Maria Rodriguez about this empowering story.

The day after St. Patty's Day, many aren't feeling too hot. Was it worth it? Listen live (but not too loud) to one very experienced partier as he shares his own tales of head-splitting hangovers--with a side-splitting sense of humor--and the lessons he learned...from a leprechaun?

Growing up in the 1970s with an anxiety disorder that was only later diagnosed as obsessive compulsive lent a strange, disquieting edge to San Francisco author Traci Foust's childhood, as she re-creates it in her moving memoir NOWHERE NEAR NORMAL. As a child Foust could not master the intractability of numbers, but excelled in spelling and English; she lied frequently, insisted on systematic ways...