Late Night Health

Author Karen Howard joins Mark for a look at her exciting first book, Upset is Optional , sharing the remarkable stories of Bob Duggan, a young priest who left the Vatican to live a life committed to teaching a new worldview of health, worked to legalize acupuncture, founded a school, and created Penn North, a non-profit addiction treatment facility in Baltimore, Maryland. The book explores how th...

On this edition of Late Night Health, Mark Alyn visits with Sansan Fibri, founder of Wakefully , a mental wellness app providing AI-guided dream analysis and coaching. Before establishing herself as a tech entrepreneur, Sansan was a successful film & TV producer who collaborated with renowned platforms and personalities such as Comedy Central, Bill Burr, and Kevin Hart. Her life is a testament to...

Small businesses need to prepare for the holiday shopping season, utilizing business tips and technology tools that will boost the customer experience and build customer loyalty. Dave Hickey of Verizon Business joins Mark Alyn on this edition of Late Night Health to discuss how small businesses can take advantage of technology and tools they can incorporate from online to the point of sale, all wh...

November, National Family Caregivers Month, is an important part of the Parkinson's Foundation's efforts to honor the contributions of the 65 million people in the U.S. caring for a loved one who is aging or living with a chronic condition like Parkinson's disease (PD). We have a special interview with John L. Lehr, President and CEO of the non-profit Parkinson’s Foundation, and Gil Kim, the prima...

Monica Mohindra, Director of the Veterans History Project, joins Mark Alyn to discuss the nationwide campaign to collect stories from men and women of the military. Listen in to hear how the VHP is helping the Library of Congress honor those who have bravely served our country, living or deceased, by actively seeking stories from veterans, with their oral history interviews, original photographs,...

Each October 28th, National First Responders Day provides a poignant reminder of the bravery displayed daily by paramedics, firefighters, police, EMTs, emergency managers, and other public safety professionals who put their lives on the line to protect others. Verizon Frontline President Maggie Hallbach joins Mark Alyn to talk about how important it is to recognize and honor those who help keep ou...

Jean Chatzky and Jason Van de Loo, renowned financial experts from the media and business world, share sneak peek results from the Edelman Financial Engines Study with Mark Alyn to shed some light on the state of America’s personal financial well-being. How healthy are our finances, and are we stressed about the answer to that question?

Sandy Almendarez, VP of Content for SupplySide, joins Mark Alyn to discuss SupplySide West, an upcoming nutrition and supplement industry event in Las Vegas from October 23 - 27. Exhibitors from all over the world will share the latest information on scientific developments, products, and sustainability to bring better health to more people and help them live better lives!

Cybersecurity expert Mike Caralis of Verizon Business joins Mark Alyn to offer essential tips for keeping small businesses safe from criminals. Learn how to implement cybersecurity practices, bolster cyber hygiene, and safeguard against threats as Mike sheds some light on the new technology, solutions, and resources now available to help small businesses protect themselves.

Extreme weather phenomena, such as destructive storms, heat waves, or blizzards, put a strain on the electric grid. To help kick off National Preparedness Month, HGTV host and homebuilding expert Matt Blashaw sits down with host Mark Alyn to share tips on how to proactively prepare for potential disasters, some of which might lead to extended power outages.

Summer fun is giving way to the rush of back-to-school preparations and earlier bedtimes, making the return to a more regulated fall nighttime regime a challenge. On this episode of Late Night Health, Dr. Shelby Harris, NY Times and Today Show Contributor, Clinical Psychologist, and Sleep Specialist, visits Mark Alyn to discuss valuable strategies to get sleep back on track after summer’s much les...

With the new school year starting for students all over the country, Mark gets a transportation update from Tucker Perkins, President/CEO of PERC, the Propane Education & Research Council, who shares cleaner options for the nation’s school bus fleets and a study that shows how low-emission buses are linked to improved test scores.

Lauri Quinn Loewenberg, a professional dream analyst and author of the book Dream on It - Unlock Your Dreams, Change Your Life , and best known as the "Dream Expert to the Stars," joins Mark to delve into the world of dreams. Where do they come from? Is there a purpose behind our dreams? What are they trying to tell us? Does everyone dream? Lauri answers these questions and shares some insight int...

The overwhelming narrative in the U.S. is that caregiving for older adults is a burden to bear and a problem to be solved. Sarah Teten Kanter, Ph. D., joins Mark to offer a different perspective and a practical methodology that combines positive psychology, mindfulness, reminiscence therapy, and lifestyle medicine to help make caregiving and care receiving a more positive and meaningful experience...

Carol Johnson chats with Mark to describe how her experience with unhelpful results from the medical system when seeking diagnosis and treatment for chronic conditions led her to establish the app, Uterinekind . Because delayed diagnoses cause harm not only to the patient but also collaterally to health systems, providers, and society, Uterinekind is designed to help patients and providers arrive...

Mark welcomes Kim Cantin, author of Where Yellow Flowers Bloom , who shares her healing journey after suffering the devastating losses of her husband, son, dog, and home in the catastrophic Montecito mudslides in January 2018. Kim recounts how she and her daughter were blessed by the incredible group of people who helped them through the aftermath of the tragedy and subsequent search for her son’s...

Thomas Lane, author, poet, and musician, joins Mark to introduce his first novel, The Karma Factor , an exciting work of visionary fiction exploring the boundaries of human consciousness against the backdrop of a classic suspense thriller, combining mysterious forces, a hero’s quest for redemption, righting wrongs through the ages, and the timeless human need for hope.

Almost everyone has run into roadblocks when trying to navigate through the maze of trying to get answers and assistance from the likes of medical companies, banks, and government agencies. It’s even more frustrating and disheartening when a serious medical condition is involved. Mark Alyn welcomes The People’s Advocate, Harold Cameron, to delve into his journey from being diagnosed with two brain...

A new national poll finds that a majority of likely voters overwhelmingly support policies that regulate health insurance middlemen companies known as Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), requiring them to provide more value and help lower drug costs. Are these PBMs providing the services they claim or taking advantage of the healthcare system to increase their revenues at the expense of pharmacies,...

Just in time for Arbor Day, Dan Lambe, the CEO of the Arbor Day Foundation, the largest non-profit member organization dedicated to planting trees, visits with Mark Alyn on this episode of Late Night Health to discuss how trees and forests are the number one nature-based solution for reversing the negative effects of a changing climate.

In the fifth episode of a special series, Mark Alyn moderates the supplements/ingredients/pet “After the Elephant” panel discussion of “Identifying the Elephant in the Room: Critical Communications Strategies in the Face of Sexism” with thought leaders in the natural products industry. Session 5 Guests: Tyshawn Bryant, CEO of Green Regimen, Lillian Cartwright, board member of Naturally New York, a...

In the fourth episode of a special series, Mark Alyn moderates the legal/finance/marketing/retail “After the Elephant” panel discussion of “Identifying the Elephant in the Room: Critical Communications Strategies in the Face of Sexism” with thought leaders in the natural products industry. Session 4 Guests: Alan Lewis, vice president of advocacy and governmental affairs at Natural Grocers, Denise...

In the third episode of a special series, Mark Alyn moderates the food/beverage/beauty “After the Elephant'” panel discussion of “Identifying the Elephant in the Room: Critical Communications Strategies in the Face of Sexism” with thought leaders in the natural products industry. Session 3 Guests: Eric Schnell, co-founder of BeyondBrands and Beyond SKU, Jasmine Dickens, COO/operations manager of M...

In the second episode of a special series, Mark Alyn moderates the healthcare/nutrition/science "After the Elephant" panel discussion of "Identifying the Elephant in the Room: Critical Communications Strategies in the Face of Sexism" with thought leaders in the natural products industry. Session 2 Guests: Elan Sudberg, CEO, Alkemist Labs, Salma Fathalla, senior director of quality and regulatory,...

In the first episode of a special series, Mark Alyn moderates the trade media/association "After the Elephant" panel discussion of "Identifying the Elephant in the Room: Critical Communications Strategies in the Face of Sexism" with thought leaders in the natural products industry. Session 1 Guests: Hank Shultz, senior editor at Natural Products Insider, Katrina Tolentino, executive director at Na...