Burke Allen's Big Time Talker Podcast — by SpeakerMatch

This is a special collaboration episode with Headline Books. Coal Country, by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, the creative minds behind the award-winning docudrama The Exonerated, delves into the aftermath of 2010’s Upper Big Branch mine explosion, highlighting the indomitable resilience of a small West Virginia community on a quest for justice. Featuring the musical talents of three-time Grammy Aw...

This is a special collaboration with Headline Books In this week's episode, Peter Golenbock revisits the Big Time Talker to talk about his lifelong experience interviewing and writing about America's greatest baseball legends after a lifetime of conversations with them. Peter talks about his wonderful conversations with Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson, and many others! Peter tells these personal, f...

This is a special collaboration with Headline Books This week's episode of the Big Time Talker features Bruce McLaughlin, a Virginia-based attorney,  who under false accusations of sexually abusing his children, was sentenced to 13 years in prison. After 4 years of watching his back and surviving by his wit's end in prison, he was exonerated and let out of prison, fighting to get back into the bus...

This episode of the Big Time Talker is a special collaboration with Headline Books. Daniel Boyd, a retired world-class professor, has spent decades writing and creating movies. As a creator of all things storytelling, Danny has written plays, films, graphic novels, children's books, and more.  Daniel, a proud West Virginian, is joined by the illustrator of his most recent children's book, Hector M...

This week, Lisa Foster talks about her new book that tells the story of how she became the entrepreneur who helped to revolutionize reusable bags in the face of the climate issues drawn by plastic bags. Lisa serves as a business coach after the success of her push for a greener way to shop, founding 1 Bag at a Time, Inc. which would lead to the revolutionization of climate-cautious shopping. She t...

Patrick Lazarra is a Las Angeles-based actor, writer, and director behind the new mafia thriller, Burn, releasing April 1st! Burn serves as a loveletter to old-school Hollywood mafia films, with great committment to making the film period accurate. Patrick also shares how to make the film seem so large despite its low budget. Patrick also talks about his struggles going through chemotherapy and ho...

In this week's special International Women's Month episode of the Big Time Talker Burke speaks with Hanadi Elyan This week Burke speaks with longtime content creator and professor, Hanadi Elyan. Most recently Hanadi has written her first featured film, Salma's Home. Hanadi talks about the inspiration behind her latest work, Salma's Home, and its importance as a story for Arabic Women. Salma's Home...

This week's episode is a special collaboration with Headline Books featuring award-winning author Joel Burcat. This episode comes from the international launch of Joel's newest thriller, Strange Fire. Joel Burcat is no stranger to the Big Time Talker, having been featured on several episodes discussing his award-winning environmental thriller series of books.  To watch the video live stream of thi...

This is a special collaboration episode with Headline Books Beverly Copen is a jack of all trades superstar personality who has spent her life writing, creating, and innovating. Her recent book, It's Your Life, Isn't It? dives into how empowering it can be to take control of your life. Beverly tells the story of her growing into the person she is now in this inspiration-filled episode. To learn mo...

This episode of the Big Time Talker is a special collaboration with Headline Books! The action-packed page-turner follows the life of Mark Northfield, operating as a lone mercenary employed by a shadowy organization. His only comfort is the memory of his dead wife, and he lives by two final promises to her: never let go of life, and never let the world turn him into someone worse than the man she...

This week Burke speaks with Larkin Campbell, a long-time Hollywood Actor who has spent his career rubbing elbows with some of the biggest names in film. With so much experience, how has Larkin stayed so unknown? Throughout the episode, Larkin talks about his experiences and personal stories with Hollywood's biggest names like Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Ben Affleck, and many more! He also talks about w...

This week Burke speaks with Vanessa Ferlaino, the jack-of-all-trades author behind the 5-star book, Human.  Vanessa has spent her life in a variety of different fields: music, acting, corporate innovation, and now writing! She pulled from the significant events from her life to write Human, her first book which covers commentary and observations of the human condition. Throughout her life, Vanessa...

In a special collaboration with Headline Books, The Big Time Talker podcast features the writers of The Twenty Year War. The Twenty Year War is a photo journal that features the stories and pictures of dozens of men and women who have served in the United States' war on terror. The three creators of this book discuss the inspirations behind their project and what is truly important about rememberi...

"The people that are at the least amount of risk of COVID are the people most afraid of COVID." In this special collaboration with Headline Books Burke speaks with Michael Betrus, a Texas-based author who provides research and commentary on the long-term effects of COVID-19 and lockdowns. Michael discusses the long-term effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns and mandates on people around the world. Mic...

Special Encore Episode of the Big Time Talker The Supremes set the standard for girl groups and Motown music history, and two of the Supremes hang out and talk about the tunes, the times and so much more on this Big Time Talkers episode, sponsored by Speakermatch.com.  Sherrie Payne and Susaye Greene helped carry the Supremes torch into the 1970's after Diana Ross departure from the group, and the...

"That's what we try to maintain, the quality of the show and the music." Jerome Jackson joined the Drifters in the 1970s and has played a major role in the group for many decades since then.  He tells his story about how he became interested in singing and how his time performing in church as a child led him to where he is now. Jerome had the pleasure of joining the Drifters in the 70s with the ho...

This week Burke speaks with longtime and bestselling sports Author, Peter Golenbock. Peter has spent decades getting to know and writing about baseball legends like Mickey Mantle and Jackie Robinson. Since childhood, Peter has been a baseball fan who was able to make a career out of his passion. Peter has spent his career writing bestselling stories about baseball legends. He's written dozens of b...

This week’s guest, Kenny Aronoff, a world-famous drummer known for his work with dozens of prominent and beloved rock and roll artists, gives insight on his life in the entertainment industry and how he worked to get where he is today. Kenny’s longtime career as a talented Rock and Roll Drummer has landed him a spot in the “Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 100 Great Drummers of All Time” list. Kenny h...

Happy Holidays from the Big Time Talker Podcast! This week, Burke speaks with Joel Burcat, a practicing environmental lawyer and thriller writer behind acclaimed stories like "Drink to Every Beast," "Amid Rage," and the soon-to-be-released "Strange Fire." Throughout the show, Burke and Joel talk about real-world issues that come with the industries like oil, mining, and fracking and how people can...

“You draw courage from other people.” Barry’s Kienzle's book, “Heart of a Lion,” covers the true story of Willie Burton, a young athlete who lives with cerebral palsy, and his fight to make it onto his high school wrestling team. Barry tells the inspiring story about how he reached out to Barry and his mother, Brenda, for the chance to carefully handle Willie’s touching story. Barry talks about th...

This week Burke speaks with former voice contestant and Kentucky native, Holly Forbes. Holly Made it to the final 10 competitors of this years’ season of NBC’s the Voice. Holly tells the story about her long fight to finally become a Voice competitor along with what has inspired her to perform and use her voice. Coming off her time on The Voice, Holly will be joining Burke’s longtime friend and fe...

This week Burke is joined by award-winning author Dennis Hetzel. Hetzel as a former successful journalist talks about the evolution of the news industry and the role he played in the organizations he operated in. He also dives into how his life of journalism has shaped him as a writer and person. Dennis also talks about his newest book, Azalea Bluff, a story chronicling a journalists’ adventure wr...

This week’s episode of the Big Time Talker comes live from the Southern Christmas Show in Charlotte, North Carolina. The event featured dozens of award-winning authors from around the country sharing and discussing their writing. In this episode, Burke speaks with Karl Stewart, a United States Army Veteran and West Virginia Native who has written several books mixing old reality and fiction. Karl...

In this special throwback episode we're going back to Burke's conversation with Arnel Pineda! Filipino singer Arnel Pineda landed his dream job as the lead vocalist for the iconic band Journey after someone sent the band a YouTube video of Arnel belting out a Journey hit in a karaoke bar.  He was soon given an audition for the job, and the rest is history. Now, 14 years later, Arnel continues in h...

This week the Big Time Talker podcast collaborates with Headline Books Inc. to celebrate the release of children's book illustrator, Ashley Belote's new book, The Me Tree. This episode has special visual components that can be viewed from the Headline Books Inc. youtube page once uploaded. Ashley is a returning guest to the Big Time Talker podcast, having been featured in an episode over the Summe...