Burke Allen's Big Time Talker Podcast — by SpeakerMatch

Does the camera add 10 pounds?  This week Burke speaks with Gina Lombardi, Celebrity Fitness Trainer, best-selling author and Health Interrupted Podcast co-host along with former Miss America 2012 www.laurakaeppeler.com about what happens when Hollywood and exercise meet. Gina goes into detail about what it's like helping so many big names get into shape for their movies, the stresses of helping p...

Jorma Kaukonen is our guest on today's encore presentation of the Big Time Talker podcast powered by Speakermatch.com!   This is a Big Time Talker Special Encore Presentation of last year's episode, "Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen Talks Tunes With Us!" Jorma is an American music icon- a founding member of Jefferson Airplane who still tours with Airplane member Jack Casady...

This week Burke has some fun speaking with Ashley Belote, an up-and-coming Children's Book Illustrator, about her life of art and what she has to say about the animation and drawing industry as a whole. Throughout the show, Ashley talks about how she became interested in drawing and tells the story of how she got to where she is now, with her second and third books coming in November of this year....

This week Burke speaks with regular Forbes Contributor and Marketing Expert, Professor Michael Solomon from Saint Joseph's University on how long-term changes to the way we purchase and sell things came from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Since early 2020 thousands of people have chosen to use online services like Amazon to perform their day-to-day purchases as opposed to visiting in-person establishments...

"Listening is the strength of every leader" Burke speaks with Sharon Burnstein, award-winning author about what it takes to be a good leader, especially during tough times.  Sharon talks about the importance of leaders in the modern era along with what people can do to actively become better leaders, how the key to it all is practicing good communication techniques and understanding those who foll...

The biggest outdoor amphitheater in West Virginia is a part of America's newest national park, the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.   Theatre West Virginia's Cliffside Amphitheater at Grandview has presented shows under the stars every year since 1961...until COVID 19 forced its closure in 2020. This summer, they're back in action and will feature several outdoor dramas and musicals, an...

On today's Big Time Talker podcast, we get a glimpse into "The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man". This is not “based on a true story.” It is a true story. More precisely, it is Dr. Tom Schneider’s true stories: from devilish schoolboy hijinks to death-defying heroics during his time in the military, and even a heated disagreement with his boss: the U.S. Surgeon General.  In his new memoir The...

This week's Big Time Talker Podcast guest is Stephanie J. Miller, the author of "Zero Waste Living, The 80/20 Way: The Busy Person’s Guide To A Lighter Footprint".   We talk about how to empower you, no matter how busy you are, to do the easy things that have a real impact on the climate and waste crises. Good stuff! Many of us feel powerless to solve the looming climate and waste crises. We have...

The Big Time Talker podcast, powered by Speakermatch.com, welcomes cryptocurrency expert Dr. James Stroud from Stealth XST to the show. We ask him all the stupid questions, so you don't have to...but you CAN rewind and listen to sections of the show more than once til you understand this whole new language.  It's Crypto 101 on today's show, available at iTunes, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, your smart d...

For more than three decades, David Fisher has been writing about an extraordinary variety of subjects, ranging from major league baseball umpires to Nobel Prize-winning biochemists. He is the author of more than 80 books, among them 24 New York Times bestsellers, and has been a frequent contributor to major magazines and newspapers. He is the only writer ever to have a work of non-fiction, a novel...

Our guest on this episode of the Big Time Talker Podcast, powered by Speakermatch is The Common Sense Climate Guy, Tom Bowman. Tom is an advisor, speaker, and changemaker who believes that the solutions to even the world’s toughest problems are within our grasp. His gift for distilling complex problems and scientific information to their central nugget empowers people to take ownership and act. As...

Today's Big Time Talker podcast guest Steve Klein grew up in the Midwest, later attending college where he studied broadcasting and communications. He went on to work as a one-man news staff for a local radio station, quickly learning that those who become successful are those who do what everyone else doesn’t want to do. He was fired from his News Director role and quickly moved into a sales role...

Our guest on today's show is an inspiring presence in the world of entertainment and a pioneer in business. Joanie Marx has enjoyed over 30 years as a full-time character actress in Hollywood. Her credits include the 2009 theatrical release “Funny People” starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen; numerous shorts and dozens of theater productions. Marx is the co-founder of a multi-million-dollar consum...

Our Big Time Talker podcast guest today is Dr. Wendy Norfleet, the CEO and founder of Norfleet Integrated Solutions (NIS). NIS specializes in working with clients to fulfill their training, leadership development, and career service needs. Wendy is the author of "Leading Without the Title: A Blueprint to Growing into Leadership" and holds life coach, leadership development, and career development...

Brand expert Suzanne Tulien helps individuals and businesses align their strategy, employees, and customer experience with their unique Brand DNA. She says her work on branding creates conscious accountability for folks to walk their talk from the inside out, because authenticity and consistency is compelling + trustworthy. Solo-professionals are especially near + dear to her heart. She helps them...

If you like sports, you're gonna love this week's show and our special guest Pro Baseball Scout and college head coach Claudio Reilsono. Claudio has been the Head Baseball Coach-Carnegie Mellon University since 2005. He's also: Carnegie Mellon University District V Conference Champions 2015 & 2016General Manager/Professional Baseball Scout- Global Scouting Bureau19 Years Professional Baseball...

This week's Big Time Talker podcast guest is Steve Hughes. a professional speaker and funnyman based in St. Louis MO who says that his unexpected journey to professional speaking began when my brother-in-law issued a dare while we were enjoying a breakfast frittata. Yes, a frittata. We get the frittata story and lots more, including how you can overcome your fear of speaking and how using improv c...

Speaker, consumer advocate, author, and more Tom Antion joins us on this week's Big Time Talker podcast powered by Speakermatch.com! He's a fascinating guy, with lots to say. Here's just some of what we didn't get to about Tom during the podcast: -Tom has never had a job. For the past 44 years, he has formally owned his own business. Starting from scratch Tom owned 5 apartment buildings and a hote...

In this bonus episode of the Big Time Talker podcast, moviemakers The Shakespeare Sisters join us to talk moviemaking, teen angst and more.  The British coming of age story of a boy and girl growing up in London in the noughties (2000's), dealing with the everyday insecurities that make your world implode at sixteen has received a 100% fresh score on RottenTomatoes.com.   You can check it out at w...

In filmmaker Laura Plancarte's new documentary, you'll meet Thaddeus and Nanci, a Native /Non-Native Montana couple, in the lead up to their wedding, as they face their biggest challenge yet. Thaddeus wants Nanci to convert to his Northern Cheyenne way of life, even if it means that Nanci needs to take on a subordinate role. Both Nanci and Thaddeus were adopted as teenagers by families of differen...

In this special bonus episode of the Big Time Talker podcast, we're talking about movies during the Cinequest film festival! In the timely new crime thriller ECHOES OF VIOLENCE, a beautiful South African immigrant travels from Sedona AZ to Los Angeles to seek revenge against the immigration lawyer who ruined her life. We chat with the movie's director and screenwriter Nicholas Woods about the time...

Times continue to be tough for small business owners around the world, including here in the U.S., as the pandemic lingers on.  Small business expert Shelly Berman-Rubera joins us with tips, tactics and strategies to help entrepreneurs get through some of the toughest times since the Great Depression.  She's the author of 101 TIPS TO SMALL BUSINESS RESULTS, available at Amazon.com and bookstores e...

Go behind the scenes and find out what is was like to tour and record with one of the most legendary bands of all time, The Beach Boys, as the Big Time Talker podcast welcomes longtime band member Bobby Figueroa to the show! Bobby was brought into the Beach Boys family in 1974 to play drums and percussion and sing alongside Dennis Wilson, and spent almost two decades with the group, before becomin...

Today's Big Time Talker Podcast guest Evan Money tells it like it is: "My bride and I both come from normal dysfunctional families, raise your hand if you can relate : ) When we first got married our starry-eyed quest was to live happily ever after and bring each other's dreams to life. The challenge was, we had no money, like an old cell phone battery we were always in the red. My bride had a low...

This week's guest Beth Mullins-Hughes is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in both Alabama and West Virginia, a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, and a Certified Trauma Therapist. Beth specializes in the treatment of traumatized children, along with their families. We talk with her about how play therapy works, the effects of the pandemic on today's kids, kids being over-medicated,...