Burke Allen's Big Time Talker Podcast — by SpeakerMatch

In the wake of the mail bombing scare and the horrific shootings at the synagogue in Pittsburgh, much discussion is taking place about how to best tamp down the escalating rhetoric on both sides that has led to political violence. Former John McCain campaign staffer, Army vet, and physician/researcher Dr. Rob Cohen recently spent time interviewing historian and author Dr. Peter Turchin about this...

"Chronological age", according to C. Vicki Gold, “is just a number". She says all you need to do is Learn your ABCs! In this case, Align, Breathe and Center. A highly experienced physical therapist and passionate presenter and educator, Ms. Gold is on a mission to demonstrate how nearly everyone can enjoy a full, more active life by learning a few basic movement principles and techniques. For a mo...

It can be said with some certainty, Dustin Turner is the Navy SEAL left behind, as if he had been abandoned in a clandestine SEAL operation on some far-away beach.  In 1995, Turner had successfully completed SEAL training and was about to receive his Trident insignia. He had received orders to Central America. Then, his world was turned upside down. “Dusty” Turner has spent more than half his life...

Award winning author Prestell Askia has dedicated a quarter century to finding solutions for committed couples with challenges in their relationships. Her advice, stemming from interviews with some 500 couples, is not for those teetering on the edge of divorce. She is not a therapist, a psychologist or a psychiatrist. She is the "Love Doctor". In her book. she takes the reader through the pieces o...

SURVIVING DREAMLAND is a historical fiction novel by Bill Penoyar based on what he observed during his time in Iraq with the US Agency for International Development. While in country, he assisted the U.S. reconstruction efforts in Anbar, Baghdad, Basrah, and Erbil Provinces and also served as the USAID adviser for the RegionalThreat Team, Strategic OperationsDirectorate, in support of United State...

Join host Burke Allen as he talks with NASA Engineer Russell Werneth about his work on the Hubble Space Telescope and training astronauts with future New York Times best selling author, Homer Hickam.  Russ will also give his thoughts on NASA and their collaboration and competition with private companies like SpaceX and more. Russel L. Werneth holds master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and en...

What if a doctor in the Washington, DC area discovered how to solve a healthcare financing problem that has been around for what seems a millennium?  What if he wrote a book describing how he would virtually solve the health crisis that has vexed the experts and caused political turmoil and divisiveness for years?  What if he based his monetary incentives aimed at creating a healthy America by rew...

They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression.  Dr. Edward Dreyfus believes that cliche went out the window years ago.  He's been making first, second and third impressions for 80 years, and, as he says, "I'm just warming up." Dreyfus, a Los Angeles-based clinical psychologist, sex therapist, life coach, author and holder of a black belt in karate, takes a line from the 19th Ce...

Academy award winning screenwriter Ted Tally (Silence of the Lambs) calls THE SPECTRUM CONSIRACY "...a wild, white knuckle ride, pedal to the metal right from page one!"  We talk with author Craig Faris about his new book, the craft of writing a great thriller, and how the rough and tumble politics influenced his book.  Don't miss this fascinating conversation with one of the hottest up and coming...

Join host Burke Allen and his guest, author Cary Allen Stone for a chilling look at human nature in a context where the lines between right and wrong become sadly blurred. "Through A Mother's Eyes" is a compelling account of one woman's life, and what drove her to kill her six-year-old son. Stone interviewed the Mother behind bars, and his harrowing book explores how everyday choices shape our per...

T.T. Michael Perhaps you wouldn’t characterize the Finance Manager of your local automobile dealership as an Amazon best-selling author—until you get to know T.T. Michael. He has worked for the past decade at a Toyota Dealership in Illinois, but he is in the driver’s seat as the writer of, Fire War, a political thriller set in the year 2076. See what happens when the United States, Canada, and Mex...

MayCay Beeler is a spirited vivacious American aviatrix, record breaking pilot, best-selling multi award-winning author, television personality, veteran TV host/producer/journalist, spokesperson, and active FAA Certified Flight Instructor with a passion for all things flying. BUCCANEER - THE PROVOCATIVE ODYSSEY OF JACK REED - ADVENTURER, DRUG SMUGGLER AND PILOT EXTRAORDINAIRE WINNER 2016 Hollywood...

Author Eddie Price is the award winning author of the historical novel - Widder’s Landing. In addition Mr. Price is a speaker for the  Kentucky Humanities Council Speakers Bureau. His topics cover a variety of subjects, most concerning the 1812 time period covered in Widder’s Landing. Learn about his novel, read the reviews, find out how to order your copy of Widder’s Landing, or contact Mr. Price...

Daniel Boyd is an acclaimed filmmaker with dozens of films, including Chillers, Strangest Dreams: Invasion of the Space Preachers, and Paradise Park to his credit. A recently retired media studies professor at West Virginia State University, Boyd also taught around the world including in Tanzania as a three-time Fulbright scholar. Producing nearly every genre of film, Boyd’s television work has ea...

Esteemed author Homer Hickam and 'October Sky' Chad Lindberg talk Rocket Boys Festival and October Sky the movie. The 2016 Rocket Boys Festival will take place starting Monday, September 26th through Saturday, October 1st. For more information, visit www. RocketBoysFestival.com.

Author Martha Carucci pulled herself out of her dark addiction to alcohol and up to winner of the #1 New Release in Alcoholism Recovery on Amazon with her recent title “Sobrietease,” a light-hearted yet informative recount of Carucci’s journey from alcoholic to author.  Readers have described her book as the “greatest gift in helping others understand recovery experiences.” Carucci’s uncanny wit a...

"He Comes In Fire", published by Atticus Books, is set to release October 25, 2016. “…a fresh and brilliant re-casting of the suspense novel by one of the South’s finest young writers…I read it breathlessly. I loved it.” – Davis McCombs, author of Dismal Rock and Director of the Creative Writing Program at University of Arkansas “…Even’s novel is compelling and suspenseful…controlled, precise, and...

Michele Zirkle Marcum will be discussing her book “Rain No Evil” and the paranormal activity that occurred in her family home while Marcum served as a teacher in Mason County, West Virginia, home of the Mothman. "Rain No Evil” is based on true events from Michele Zirkle Marcum’s personal past. Marcum says that she has changed some names, places, and other personal details out of respect for those...

Burke Allen speaks with Dr. Constance Vincent, the author of "Not Going Gently." Not Going Gently is a non-fiction memoir that contrasts her mother’s touching and dramatic story with the author’s own normal age-related memory changes and research into the disease. You’ll learn: the risks, warning signs, diagnosis, and stages of Alzheimer’s disease,how the brain creates and stores––or loses––differ...

Stuart Friedman is a top-rated speaker who has conducted more than 500 presentations and 175 speaking engagements around the world.  He is an international consultant, executive advisor and author.  Stuart has an MBA in accounting, a BA in chemistry and is SPHR certified.  He is an instructor at the Wharton School of Business, and author of the book, “Break Free From Job Jail.” Stuart Friedman has...

In A Warrior’s Faith, Ryan Job’s close friend, Robert Vera, recounts how the highly decorated Navy SEAL’s unstoppable sense of humor, positive attitude, and fierce determination helped him survive after being shot in the face by an enemy sniper on a roof in Ramadi, Iraq. Though blinded, the irrepressible Job recovered from his wounds and began facing a new set of obstacles with his characteristic...

I’m a minister. Well, sort of. I am no longer a “minister” of the traditional sense, in that I do not have a full-time job with a church. But, I have always felt the call of God upon my life in ministry, in some way, shape, or form. What is ministry, anyways? I believe it is something we are all called to in some way, no matter what your occupation is. Ministry is simply fulfilling someone else’s...

From PTBoard.com: We developed ptboard with a single mission: making parents’ lives easier by keeping all their children’s activities in one place. We were tired of receiving and sorting through a hundred emails a day. We were tired of checking several websites to find one kid’s field trip date. Especially with multiple kids, it can be hard to know where and when all their school activities are go...

Daniel Boyd is an acclaimed filmmaker with dozens of films, including Chillers, Strangest Dreams: Invasion of the Space Preachers, and Paradise Park (aka, Heroes of the Heart) to his credit. A media studies professor at West Virginia State University since 1983, Boyd has also taught around the world including in Tanzania as a three-time Fulbright scholar.  Producing nearly every genre of film, Boy...

MILLENNIAL PARENTS is a creative collaboration between filmmakers Natalie Irby and Jake Greene. The weekly web series is inspired by Jake’s life as a defenseless new father. Jake Greene (Co-Director, Writer) has two boys under three years old. When he’s not pounding coffee or trying to keep his kids out of the street, he writes and develops television and web projects.  Jake is also a Millennial a...