Book Spectrum

On this episode of Book Spectrum, host Chris Cordani speaks with David Cox, author of This Is A Gun: A Safety Guide for Families with Children, about one of the most serious conversations parents and guardians can have: firearm safety around children. This discussion focuses on awareness, responsibility, prevention, and how families can approach a difficult subject in a clear, age-appropriate, and...

Why do relationships fail—and more importantly, how can they be saved? On this episode of Book Spectrum, host Chris Cordani sits down with physician and relationship expert Dr. R. E. Geffner, author of 20 Reasons People Dump Each Other: The Foundation of Healthy Relationships. Drawing from years of experience and real-world insights, Dr. Geffner breaks down the most common reasons couples fall apa...

On this episode of Book Spectrum, host Chris Cordani welcomes veterinarian Dr. Douglas “Dr. Doug” Hutchins, author of Dr. Doug’s Animal Answers. With decades of experience caring for animals—from farm livestock and horses to beloved family pets—Dr. Hutchins shares the remarkable stories, lessons, and life experiences that inspired his book.  Dr. Hutchins’ career began on his grandfather’s farm, wh...

In this powerful and deeply moving episode of Book Spectrum, host Chris Cordani speaks with author Lucette Walters about her novel Light of the Desert—a harrowing, eye-opening story inspired by real events and lived experiences surrounding arranged marriages, honor violence, and the oppression of women across cultures and borders. Set between 1993 and 2001, Light of the Desert follows Nora, a youn...

In this intellectually rich episode of Book Spectrum, host Chris Cordani is joined by philosopher and author Robert Truax to explore the profound questions at the heart of existence: What is reality? Who are we? And how do science and spirituality truly relate? Truax’s book, Reality 2.0: A Revolutionary New Look at the Universe and Life, challenges the long-standing divide between materialist scie...

Chris Cordani sits down with Scott Lorenz , one of the most respected book publicists in the industry and the founder of Westwind Book Marketing . With more than three decades of experience promoting books across every major genre, Scott breaks down what authors really need to know after they finish writing their book—and why publishing is only the beginning. Scott shares practical, real-world adv...

In this compelling episode of Book Spectrum, host Chris Cordani welcomes Dinesh Danny, a parent, researcher, and author whose groundbreaking book AUTISM CAUSES UNVEILED challenges the conventional wisdom surrounding the rise in autism diagnoses. Through personal experience, medical records, and extensive research, Dinesh makes the case that a hidden traumatic brain injury at birth—often connected...

I remember when my father built his first deck. It was a small one at one side of the pool. Years later, he took it to a new level where he built one connected to the house with sliding glass doors, a grilling and dining area leading to the pool. That was decades ago, but my first experience with a deck as not simply a platform, but a living and entertainment space. Fast forward to 2025, Deck Rebe...

On Lou Gehrig Day, we commemorate the great ballplayer who contracted the rare disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS affects nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain causing loss of muscle control. When Rachel Kerr Schneider's husband was diagnosed with ALS, they were raising young children, running the home, planning for an uncertain financial future, managing medical treatments, welcoming...

Kristin Casey wrote about her wild and interesting life with her previous book, Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh , but follows up with Casey Dancer: A Memoir About Dating, Stripping, and a Little Hot Yoga , where she reveals more about herself beyond life in the proverbial fast lane. Many people who watch television and read tabloids thing of celebrity girlfriends as one-dimensional arm candy...

While politicians have used the Fentanyl crisis to grandstand while more people are dying each day from drugs laced with the deadly chemical, Lethal Doses tells the story of an undercover agent who was on the front lines, doing something about it. In the book, author and former undercover agent John Madinger takes us into the world of clandestine operations in a quest to find one of the most notor...

What’s Your Exit Strategy? opened my eyes to the future outside of running my business. While we tend to focus on staying strong and expanding, Linda Jensen offers us valuable advice so we can be ready for outside hurdles and what to do when it’s time to sell. Often we see books, and valuable ones, helping small and mid-size business owners build and strengthen. There are also plenty of books abou...

Author Lorraine Geraci set an intriguing fictional story based on her own real-life experience with recently finding her own birth mother in her new book: Girls from Brooklyn. In the story, Ms. Geraci takes the reader to secret hidden magical realms, the lives of three unique women from the sixties into today, their lifelong connection and their showing that family is not always blood. Readers wil...

Book Spectrum is extremely honored to have Gen. John G. Kulhavi on with us to talk about his life and the biography written about hin titled: NO SOLDIER LEFT BEHIND The phrase “No soldier left behind” has been repeated by many and practiced by true leaders. Author Don Steele offers the reader a look into the life of one of those great leaders: Army Brigadier General John G. Kulhavi in his book tit...

Immortality is a long-coveted fantasy of many a fictional supervillain and one which has intrigued many among us. It’s an idea which invokes both wonder and fear, but often sought by those who desire to stay alive for varied reasons. How does one gain immortality? Is modern transhumanist science – combining the powers of tech with one’s human bran and body – the answer? At what cost would one want...

Harry Houdini’s magic, career and life were all fascinating. He escaped all kinds of restraints, encasements and situations. Still, there was one thing even the great Houdini could not escape: mortality, which hit him at an early age in 1926. He did, however, say he would try. Houdini reportedly told his wife, Bess, “If there is any way out. I will find it… I will find you and I will make contact...

Registered Nurse and Psychotherapist Laurie Elizabeth Murphy draws from her own experience working in the field to create a uniquely intellectual and entertaining mystery in her new book, Dream Me Home . The idea of one’s real life and dreams intersecting into an interwoven story fascinated me. While I expect twists and curveballs involving the main characters, Laurie Elizabeth Murphy brings the r...

As someone whose hair is thinning, I was intigued when hearing about Laser Phototherapy (LPT), which is eight times more powerful than any drug. That's why I invited former NASA scientist Sayyid Tamim Hamid, LPT's inventor and author of the book Grow it Back, as the first and only book to cover all aspects of laser treatment for hair. Tamim references extensive clinical studies and translates deca...

The American Revolution did not only lead to the birth of the United States as its own nation, but set the tone for the creation of what would soon become the Free World as many other countries followed suit with roads to their own independence. Sadly, however, political tones controlling the public education system and academia have either failed to teach or purposely minimized the true importanc...

Did you know that the way a child breathes will impact every aspect of their development including their sleep quality, learning, behaviour, jaw and facial development, speech, and future health? Dr, Sherren Lim wrote Breathe, Sleep, Thrive to connect the dots to help you identify the important developmental milestones for good airway health development and breathing, the red flags that indicate t...

We talk with people who have overcome great adversity on the show and my guest today has had more than his share. From a remote village in Ghana, following his dreams to look for the life he wanted in America – Patrick Asare documents his trials and trail in the book: “The Boy from Boadua: One African’s Journey of Hunger and Sacrifice in Pursuit of a Dream” Growing up in the jungles of Ghana and n...

September 4, 1967, marks a gruesome and terrifying day for U.S. Marine soldiers stationed in Vietnam. Based on 50 interviews with veterans, author Doyle Glass conveys what it was really like on the front lines of Operation Swift in the newest edition of his novel: Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of Mike 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967. This exploration of this operation comes from firs...

We kick off Season 4 of Book Spectrum with Rick Cullerton, who tells the story of how he overcame mental illness, anziety and verbal abuse to become a success in life and prominent vacation hotel owner in his new book Messed Up Like You. Rick discusses his family life, how he learned entrepreneurship, how he hooked up with the wrong crowd, wound up in jail and later finally took over his own life...

Many know Marilyn Monroe as the iconic movie star through her on-screen persona. On Book Spectrum's Season 3 finale, we will bring you a look the Hollywood legend as you never knew her, far from the spotlight. Biographer Jay Margolis, author of ‘My Maril, Marilyn Monroe, Ronald Reagan, Hollywood and Me.” tells Marilyn's personal story through the eyes of Terry Karger, whose family were close frien...

Have you ever watched a true crime program where a psychic was recruited to aid investigators with the solving of a crime or perhaps to find a missing person and wondered how they were able to do that? Joining us on Book Spectrum is Nancy Orlen Weber who has worked difficult and high profile cases and wrote about many of them in her book, The Life of a Psychic Detective. During our conversation, N...