”It’s A Wrap with Rap”

Join host Ron Rapaport in this compelling episode of "It's A Rap With Rap" where he talks to Marcia Moran, author of "Stroke Forward," about her transformative journey to recovery after suffering a major stroke. Marcia shares her insights on the importance of persistence, self-advocacy, and exploring holistic therapies. Delve into Marcia’s personal experiences with aphasia and apraxia, and how she...

Join us for an inspiring episode of "It's a Wrap with Wrap," where host Ron Rapaport welcomes Zach Tidwell, a blind Marine Corps veteran from Denver, Colorado. Known for his lighthearted approach to life's toughest challenges, Zach shares his incredible story of survival and transformation. After a failed suicide attempt that left him blind, Zach has turned his life around, becoming a motivational...

In this enlightening episode of "It's a Wrap with Wrap," host Ron Rapaport invites Bailey Parnell, a world-renowned speaker and entrepreneur from Toronto, Canada, to explore the pervasive influence of social media on our mental health and digital well-being. Known for her pioneering efforts in digital wellness, Bailey shares her insights on how our digital lives are an extension of ourselves, impa...

In this exciting episode of "It's a Wrap with Wrap," host Ron Rapaport explores the adventurous life and career of guest Brian Hite,  PhD, a renowned stuntman, psychologist, and consultant. Brian, with over 100 film and TV credits to his name, shares his journey into stunt work and how it merged with his passion for sports performance psychology. Listeners are taken through Brian's unique blend of...

In this compelling episode of It's a Wrap with Wrap, host Ron Rappaport welcomes Dr. Fidele Sabahizi, a remarkable individual who has overcome incredible challenges to achieve the American dream. Growing up in a small African village and surviving an ethnically motivated massacre in a UN refugee camp, Fidele's journey is nothing short of inspirational. Fidele shares his experiences as the first im...

Join host Ron Rapaport as he sits down with Danny Covey, the remarkable author of Star Tissue and survivor of eight heart surgeries, including four open-heart procedures. In this gripping episode, Danny shares his incredible journey of overcoming adversity and how he transformed profound challenges into a life of purpose and inspiration. From the tender age of 11 months, Danny's life was marked by...

Join host Ron Rapoport and his distinguished guest, Dr. Jan Schwartz, in this enlightening episode of 'It's A Rap with Rap.' Dr. Schwartz, a renowned expert in criminology and forensic behavioral science, shares her incredible journey from teaching young children to unraveling complex criminal patterns. She reveals how her unique insights into mental, emotional, and spiritual intelligence, termed...

Join host Ron Rapaport in an enlightening conversation with Dr. Laura Gabayan, a renowned expert in emergency medicine and the author of "Common Wisdom: Eight Scientific Elements of a Meaningful Life." Dr. Gabayan shares her personal journey and breakthrough research on the essence of wisdom, elaborating on eight critical elements that define it—resilience, kindness, positivity, spirituality, humi...

For Doug Brinker, stories of survival run deep. At the early ages of 8 and 10 he nearly lost his life. Later in life Doug almost lost his life due to two suicide attempts. Doug is a disabled Iraq veteran who now offers hope to those suffering and is a positive light to crisis recovery. He discusses with Ron the issues surrounding Veteran suicide, his Beacon 4 Hope project and his new book release....

Meet Maria Pendolino an internationally recognized award-winning voice actor. Her signature voice print has been heard across commercials, documentaries, video games and more. Maria has lent her voice to campaigns for global brands such as Comcast/Xfinity, Dannon, American Express, Panera and more. She talks to Ron about her life's work dealing with a disability she contends with namely psoriatic...

Ron interviews Dr.  Joan Ifland who is a processed food addiction specialist. She has broken a lot of ground in the realm of food addiction having released a number of influential books and studies and she is currently working on evidence-based training for health care professionals. In this episode, Dr Ifland brings to light the shady reality of what goes on behind the scenes of big food companie...

Ron talks with Sandy Kirkham who is a voice and advocate in the area of clergy sexual abuse.  She was sexually abused at age16 by her youth pastor in the Protestant church. He was 30, married and had two children. His abuse lasted five years until his actions were discovered. He was given a going away party and moved to the next church and Sandy was called by the elders and told to leave the churc...

Meet charismatic Maureen Manley whose determination and resilience first came to international attention as a world class cyclist. A member of the U.S. cycling team, she won a national championship, set a national record and won a silver medal at the 1990 world championships. At the height of her career, her dreams came to an abrupt halt. While racing at the 1991 Women's Tour de France her vision...

Ron talks with Dr. G Rex Kruhly the founder of Depth Healing. Dr G consults, heals and nurtures clients from all over the globe online using the Quantum Field. Over the decades he has become a master of that ability. For eight years he has studied the Quantum Field as it relates to the mind and the subconscious, spirit, past lives, disease and pain. Dr G was taught how to interpret the symptoms of...

Meet Elena Nicole, a certified holistic health, and life mindset coach. Elena specializes in helping people lose weight and get healthier realistically and sustainably while feeling more empowered, confident and in control of their health and life. She has learned from her experience the reasons for overeating. She lost more than 30 pounds while gaining control of the emotions that caused her to o...

Meet Alain Pellitier who travels across Canada using a diary to explain bullying to students. He goes through emotion to reach reason. Alain uses his method to reach thousands of young people and teachers every year. Alain brings emotions to life so strongly that it is not uncommon to see young people in tears listening to him. As a driving force for change in institutions, Alain has helped bullie...

Meet James Dorsey from Victoria B.C. Canada, author of "Delinquent: A True Story about Homelessness, Foster Care and Addiction" who at age 12 was placed in foster care against his will.  Rather than enter into foster care he chose to run away and live on the streets. He tells his story to Ron how he became enmeshed in the harsh culture of street life and to discuss his thoughts about how this narr...

Meet Blair Sorrel, author of "A Schizoid at Smith" who talks about a little-known condition she has called Schizoid Personality Disorder and describes the daily challenges associated with living with the condition. Her book and her public appearances are bringing a spotlight to this condition and is a testament to Blair overcoming the challenges of her disorder and persevering to help others.  Spo...

Meet Austrian-California multimedia artist Michaell Magrutsche, also an awareness and creativity educator, speaker, podcaster and author of his book "The Smart of Art". Michaell tells us how he coped with and overcame various problems in his life and will educate us about mankind and how we might realize our human potential. Sponsors;      Hero Soap Company-Use Code RAP  for a 10% discount        ...

Meet Rachel Shur who was a carefree 26-year-old woman living in Ventura County California who in an instant went to suddenly someone who had to make the most profound and complex legal, moral, medical and practical decisions humanly possible. Not only did she not know the answers, often she didn't even know the questions. She talks to Ron about her life, her work with her non-Profit UCAAN and her...

Ron talks with Dan MacQueen who at age 28 was leading an active, healthy lifestyle.  In 2014  life threw him a curve ball. He started getting terrible headaches and blinding vision which led to two emergency brain surgeries. What he found along the way will surprise you. He tells us about his recovery and what he did to return to normal and achieve a new milestone, all with the hope of helping oth...

Meet Leah Goldstein, internationally sought after speaker, author of her book "No Limits", world champion kickboxer at age 17, national cycling champion, winner of the 2021 Race Across America (RAAM) and nine-year veteran of the Israeli Defense Force in which she served as the first female elite commando instructor as well as a special forces intelligence officer.  She talks about her life, career...

Meet Jeanne Retief who hold a PhD  in International criminal and humanitarian law, has presented on key human rights issues worldwide and consulted for 15 years in that field. After struggling all her life with anxiety, at age 35 she experienced a health and soul crisis and was diagnosed with panic disorder. She tells us how she made difficult decisions about her life path and overcame her challen...

Meet Linn Rivers. Linn teaches people a different way of living and being in this world. She is a functional health and wellness expert and educator. She teaches people all over the world how to take their health into their own hands, mind, body and spirit. You will learn so much listening to this episode pertaining to neuro linguistic programming, microbiome therapy, the use of a Death Doula and...

Ron interviews award winning author, speaker and podcaster Lizbeth Meredith who recounts her struggle to bring home her internationally abducted daughters from Greece to Alaska. Her amazing story reminds us that if you seek help and do not quit, anything is possible. Sponsors:      Hero Soap Company-Use Code RAP for a 10% discount                       www.herosoapcompany.com                      ...