Coping Conversations

My guest is a multifaceted entertainment personality, a journalist for decades, and an author of 12 books, including "Dancing Between the Raindrops: Happily Ever After?" We discuss his career, his books, his positive attitude, and much more.

My returning guest is an Olympic gymnastics champion, and now a champion advocate for cancer survivors. We discuss her new digital platform, Salto Health, her passion for helping people as a result of her own cancer experiences, and much more.

My guest is the son of legendary comedian Richard Pryor. We discuss his book, "In a Pryor Life", his relationship with his father, the difficult things he has coped with in his life, and much more.

My guest is the author of the new book, "Now They're All Here: Over 100 Years of Entertainment from America's First Family of Song." We discuss his growing up with the King family, his growing into a voiceover career, his ups and downs dealing with his career, and much more.

My returning guest was the first African American to dance with the world-famous Rockettes at NY's Radio City Music Hall. We discuss the role that dancing, and being a Rockette played in her life, her experience with and advocacy for colorectal cancer, her inspirational books, and much more.

My guest is an Autoimmune Association board member, advocate, and skin care entrepreneur. We discuss her medical experiences that drew her both to the Autoimmune Association and to founding what is now an internationally-recognized skin care company, and much more.

My guest had a 58-year career as a popular broadcast journalist and author". We discuss highs and lows of his journalist career, how he was almost killed on the job, his book, "An Accidental Career", and much more.

My guest was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the lead guitarist for Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. We discuss his career, the difficulties he's experienced along the way, his love for music, his advocacy, and much more.  

My guest broke a long-standing barrier when she became the first African American woman to dance with the world-famous Rockettes at NY's Radio City Music Hall. We discuss her love of dance, the process of being selected to the Rockettes, the reactions she got from others, and much more.

My returning guest is an internationally recognized environmental and animal rights advocate. We continue our discussion about the outrageous activities of trophy hunters, how this is seriously diminishing select animal populations, his books explaining the seriousness of this activity, and much more.

In honor of the recent passing of singer LaMonte McLemore, an original member of The Fifth Dimension, here's an encore presentation of my interview with LaMonte from 2017.

My guest is a former professional football player who played linebacker for the New York Giants. We discuss his football career, his passion for sports, how lessons learned became the foundation for his motivational speaking career and his upcoming book, and much more. New  speaker  

My guest is an actress perhaps best known for starring roles on the hit TV shows Dallas, and Walker: Texas Ranger. We discuss her acting career, the atmosphere on the sets of these two hit shows, her passion about her career, and much more.

This episode is a continuation of my two-part interview with Professor of Neurology and author Dr. James Noble. We continue discussing his book, "Navigating Life with Dementia," how dementia is diagnosed, what can be done about it, and much more.

My guest is a Professor of Neurology at Columbia University, and author of the book "Navigating Life with Dementia." We talk about the book, what dementia is, different types of dementia, and much more.

My guest is a veteran character actor best known for being a regular on "Mike & Molly" and for his popular appearances on "The Sopranos." We discuss his career, how he deals with the ups and downs of show business, how his attitude has always helped him in dealing with a difficult industry, and much more!

My returning guest is a master impressionist and an actor who is currently appearing in the hit series "Landman." We discuss his role on Landman, how he feels about different types of roles, how he balances drama and comedy, and much more.

This episode is a continuation of my two-part interview with award-winning competitive eater Miki Sudo. We discuss how she prepares emotionally for events, foods that she won't eat in competitions, the support that she gets to be able to compete, and much more.

My guest is an award-winning competitive eater, competing in events all over the world. We discuss how she got into this type of competition, different foods that she's eaten in these events, how she deals with consuming large quantities of food in short times, and much more.

My guest is an actress, comedian, entrepreneur, and more. She was the longtime host of the television show "USA: Up All Night," a show that she has brought back as the program "Up All Night." We discuss her multifaceted career, her acting, her interest and success in fashion, her attitude about resilience and reinventing herself, and much more.

My guest is a psychologist who is the author of a new book focusing on resilience in parenting. We discuss the book, ways in which parents can improve their resilience, and much more.

In an encore presentation of this solo episode, we discuss that there are always things to be thankful for, no matter how stressful your life may be!

My returning guest is an award-winning filmmaker and caregiver advocate. We continue discussing the nursing home controversy, her documentary No Country for Old People, the important issues involving elder care in America, and much more.    

My returning guest is a bestselling author, speaker, and media host whose life changed dramatically after a devastating medical misdiagnosis. We discuss this medical diagnosis, how that experience led him to co-author The Secrets to Living A Fantastic Life, his golden pearls for a happy life, and much more.

My guest is a Golden Globe-winning actress, singer, motivational speaker, and healthcare advocate. We discuss her career, her experience living through breast cancer, her upcoming benefit for The Thalians, and much more.