Awakened Nation™

How do you turn down the CIA when they ask you to be a spy? Listen in as Susan Harrow takes you on her journey. Public Relations specialist, media trainer, marketing strategist, martial artist, fluent in French, and author of Sell Yourself without Selling Your Soul®, Susan is perhaps the most interesting woman in the world,  "In Aikido we learn to integrate mind, body and spirit...but how do you t...

When Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of the Chicken Soup For The Soul®  series, asked Randall Kenneth Jones to write a fiction book, he thought  to himself..."I think I can do this."   Randy and I sit down and chat about his latest book, Ruby: Magic Comes  From The Heart...how much fun it was to read, and for him to write it,  as well as the story being adapted into a Hallmark Christmas Story.   Thi...

Has the American Public Education System Failed Us? The answer is a resounding YES! But it's not that simple. The systems of teaching and advancing students dates back to the 8th, Century AD under King Charlemagne and reinvented by Horace Mann in the 1800s, when our country needed to prepare farm workers for factory work...moving from seasonal work, to punching a time clock. But today, as we use o...

How do you catch a child molester? Jocelyn Stewart, Esq. knows first hand what it's like to defend the innocent and catch a pedophile. But how do you do so when there is very little published on the subject?  "I wanted to do the work the right way...so I grew my own personal library...I also reached out across Germany to speak with someone who was a recognized expert in the field of child forensic...

Would you have the courage to follow Spirit? Grammy nominated recording artist David Young did just that. Starting out as a rock musician in NYC, he gravitated to the recorder, a.k.a. Renaissance Flute, and became an international recording star bringing uplifting, joyous melodies by using two flutes at the same time. The two flutes together create a tri-harmonic frequency that some say is heaven...

How do you find love when you are a high net worth individual? You call Lisa Concepcion. From learning to bond with her father over The NY Jets, to embracing her feminine side, Lisa shares her divorce, the vulnerability it takes to do the shadow work, and her rules for finding a true partner who wants to marry. "If you want to be married, then you have to act like what you want to attract. Th...

Ever wonder what happened to the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon? Or SID Syndrome? Naturopathic doctors, Dr. Joel Wallach joins Dr. Randi Shannon on this second part of "You Don't Have to Age" interview.  Dr. Wallach shares his work with NASA, proving that the Cystic Fibrosis discovered in monkeys prepared for spaceflight, was NOT genetic, but a nutritional deficiency. Throug...

Founder of the C-Vine News Network Linda Forsythe returns to Awakened Nation® Season 4 to give us an update on the 911 Military Tribunals taking place at Guantanamo Bay…and it’s not pretty.  The only citizen journalist given permission to cover the pretrials, Linda brings us the frustrating stall tactics, the due diligence by defense attorney Cheryl Bormann exposing the incompetence CIA and FBI, h...

On June 9, 2022, while in his home with his wife and 6 children, gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley of Michigan found himself in handcuffs—arrested by the FBI for his alleged involvement in the events of January 6th, 2020 in Washington DC.  The misdemeanor charges alleges that  Mr. Kelley, among other things, that he "knowingly entered and engaged in disorderly conduct in restricted buildings or...

What would you do if the doctor told you your newborn son would be blind for the rest of his life? Or as a mom, finding out that your son was a heroin addict? Kristin Smedley & Mary Fran Bontempo had to answer the big questions in life when their children forced them to change direction, and shift all hopes and dreams. "This is a parent's worst nightmare, and I was living it." If you are a par...

What if there were 4 teachers in life that had a profound effect on your life's journey? Dan Millman, the Peaceful Warrior himself, sits down with Brad and shares the journey that led him from international champion to becoming a Peaceful Warrior, and 18 books later to his latest work, Peaceful Heart, Warrior Spirit. "Life itself is a series of moments. We each have neurotic moments and stable mom...

Only knowing gang culture since childhood, Frank Sebastian Saputo found himself with a choice: stay in a lifecycle of violence and prison—and be dead by 30...or turn his life around 180º to become something else. Someone his daughters could look up to. When his brother was murdered Frank sought revenge on the woman who killed him, but his brother's voice stopped him "Don't let her get you too. It...

Have you ever had that Caddyshack Moment in life? Remember? In the movie Caddyshack where the priest has the best golf game of his life, then struck by lightning on the 18th hole? Well, Steve Gamlin had the opposite happen. Life knocked him down, and he went to the driving range. Afterwards, he found the laughter to face life again. And in that moment, became a Motivational Speaker and Life Coach....

What would you do if you discovered your state governor was caught hoarding life-saving medicine while at the same time banning it, creating a black market where he could potentially make millions? What if your State Assemblyman was arrested FOUR-TIMES with no prosecution? Or your school board created more mandates for your children? Talk about Speaking Truth to Power, Mindy Robinson has stepped u...

Do you believe in love at first sight? John and Mary Guillermin sure believe so. John Guillermin is best known as the director of The Towering Inferno (1974), starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, and Fred Astaire, along with King Kong (1976), with Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange and Charles Grodin, and a host of American, British and French Films.   But there is more to this story than just Hollywood...

What if you had three months to prove that a cordless phone was possible in 1973? What would you do? One of the driving forces behind the creation of the cell phone was an FCC hearing…a hearing that was three months away. How important is a hard deadline like that when it comes to innovation? During the era of Trimline phones attached to the kitchen wall, avocado colored refrigerators and Saturday...

What if you could stop aging dead in its tracks? Get rid of gray hair and aching joints? Reverse disease? Naturopathic doctor Randi Shannon joins us on Awakened Nation to discuss what you should eat and what you should NOT. Many of the things we've been told are healthy actually destroy the longevity switch in our bodies. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview (that will include Randi's mentor Dr. J...

Michael Howell returns for Season 4 to talk about his new book The United Deep State of America: A Shadow Government's Republic. If you are confused during this time of The 'Rona, political power grabs and a new global agenda, sit back with pen and paper, THIS is the episode for you...From Rudolf Steiner's statements from 100 years ago, to George Soros, David Rockefeller, Bill Gates, G...

Do you have back pain that makes no sense? Are you an athlete that wants to make greater gains? Dr. Amy Novotny sits down with Brad Szollose and shares her journey as an athlete and living with chronic pain. Just because you are older doesn't mean you should be living with pain. Amy also shares her greatest passion; photography. Her first time  meeting an Emperor Penguin in the Antarctic is breath...

What do you do when you realize the only path to success is marketing? And what happens when you become so successful, your competitors beg you and pay you to do their marketing? You launch a media agency that's what you do. Rob Anspach of Anspach Media sits down with Brad to discuss Rob's superpower; sarcasm, his Rob Versus__________ series of books and his reason for being a Stargate SG1 fan. Th...

Magnetic On Camera is MORE than just looking good. It's about exposing your soul and being vulnerable.  "I think most people do get to a point because of society and family dynamics, and ancestral stuff, and our own energetic DNA things we bring in...culture...and we feel unclear and angry at the world...and we feel like "is this it?" We feel lost and kinda tricked, we feel angry. We feel there is...

How do you get people to SEE what you are SAYING? In this touching episode of Awakened Nation, author and adjunct professor Todd Cherches shares with us his journey of learning to communicate visually when no one on your team speaks English.  Brad and Todd are longtime friends and fellow New Yorkers, and share stories of The NY Yankees and NY Mets, bad bosses, good fathers, the power of a singular...

"I wanted to ask Jay Leno for a picture together...before I could slide in and ask what I really want, the meat question, Jay moves over in the audience and says "you ma'am" ...and she asked for what I wanted; a picture with Jay. Jay sees my face, clearly disappointed... 'That's what you really wanted wasn't it?' So I get up and he says "but, she asked.&quot...

“He pulled out 2 guns wrapped in oily rags and he puts one of them in my hand…I remember looking down and noticing the oddest details. The handle was wrapped in duct tape and the serial number was filed off the bottom…and that's when I disappeared.”  Hear Manny Wolfe’s amazing story of being born into a cult , escaping to a life of crime, living on the streets...to finally overcoming adversity and...

"People show up at networking events wanting to sell, and nobody wants to buy." Dr. Ivan Misner is the godfather of networking and he is here to tell you that you are doing it wrong. Learn how to use the principles of visibility, credibility, and profitability to learn how to make your network work for you. This is the one episode you should be listening to if you want to expand your business or y...