The Planet Club

DIG LIFE DEEP!

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DIG LIFE DEEP! with John Aidan Byrne brings fascinating guests from Main to Wall Street and the worlds of finance, economics, politics, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, sports, art, science and more. The show celebrates success, a spirit of enterprise, in an age of unparalleled social upheaval. An award-winning Irish journalist in his beloved America, Byrne seeks hope for our existential crisis. Byrne is a writer, reporter, editor and Broadway alumnus. His work is published in the New York Post, Wall Street Journal, National Catholic Register, Institutional Investor and other major outlets.

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LIES, DAMN LIES & FED STATISTICS: Odeon Capital's DICK BOVE reveals the shocking reality of our national debt & monetary policy. Bove uncovers $trillions more in debt. 06.08.2021

Dick Bove is the chief strategist at Odeon Capital Group and covers the bank sector. He is among the most p rominent bank industry analysts in the US, often controversial, with a keen and practical sense of history and of events that are often translated into his analysis. Bove attended Stuyvesant High, N.Y., and is a graduate of Columbia University, 1962, majoring in political science. Bove began...

SCIENTIST PROVES GOD EXISTS: Dr. Gerard Verschuuren, a human geneticist, prolific author, lays out his case for God's existence as we take a detour into the dark personal beliefs of Adolf Hitler 02.08.2021

Challenging today’s accepted “wisdom,” Catholic scientist Gerard Verschuuren, Ph. D., in his book, A Catholic Scientist Proves God Exists (Sophia Institute Press), sets out to demonstrates that the question of whether God exists is not one science can answer. Indeed, that would be like expecting a microscope to reveal the square root of sixteen! Verschuuren begins by explaining the five famous med...

'We Interrupt This Broadcast.' Veteran radio industry exec Joe Garner discusses creation of new podcast with broadcaster Bill Kurtis & NBC's Brian Williams on historic events in broadcast journalism 23.07.2021

It is said that “breaking news” is the first draft of history. “ We Interrupt This Broadcast: Before it was history, it was news ” marks the first time the stories of these historical events are told exclusively by the broadcasters and TV journalists whose work created those drafts in real-time. Created by Joe Garner, author of the eponymous New York Times Best-Selling Book , this 12-episode audio...

INSIDE DRUG CARTELS: With America gripped by a soaring drug epidemic, Corey Cepeda looks at the sordid world of cartels flooding markets with narcotics & contraband. A cartel rules in his new novel. 16.07.2021

Americans have always had a fascination with crime.  Movies and books about gangsters and the mafia have made millions.  Today, Americans are fascinated by a new sort of criminal - drug cartels.  Books and movies about drug cartels dominate the book shelves and airwaves.  Americans are drawn to this underworld that has replaced the mafia as America’s crime fascination.  Wh...

NEW YORK CITY'S DECLINE: Filmmaker Matthew Taylor discusses his documentary, taking cameras into crime-ridden NYC's 5 boroughs to interviews locals of a city on precipice of collapse 09.07.2021

As New York City residents seek to avert their City’s decline and prepare for a mayoral election, Matthew Taylor’s timely new documentary series This Is New York has now been featured in several prominent news stories, including RealClearPolitics , Sinclair Broadcasting , and the New York Post . This is New York portrays the everyday struggles of New York City residents and can be streamed for fre...

DIARY OF AN AMERICAN EXORCIST: Msgr. STEPHEN J ROSSETTI discusses his intense experiences liberating people of demonic evil & violent diabolical possession. He also talks about his published diaries 02.07.2021

Exorcist Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti has a very active caseload of demonic possessions, and in each case two vivid lessons consistently emerge: demons possess or harass people in a myriad of ways (even when they do not enter a body), and they are defeated decisively by the power of Christ and His Church―and especially by invocations to the Blessed Mother, according to the synopsis of his new book, D...

HOLLYWOOD'S DIMITRI LOGOTHETIS on global success of his JIU JITSU movie starring Nicolas Case & KICKBOXER: RETALIATION with Jean-Claude Van Dame, Mike Tyson. Why he'd hire Conor McGregor for a movie 28.06.2021

Writer and Director, Dimitri Logothetis, is scoring smash box-office hits with his Jiu Jitsu movie, starring Nicolas Cage, reaching #4 on Netflix. Logothetis is credited for reinvigorating the famed KICKBOXER franchise with a trilogy of films showcasing world-class martial artists. His upcoming KICKBOXER: Armageddon is described as the most ambitious film in the franchise. JIU JITSU earned media c...

POST-COVID BURN OUT!? Mental health activist & business consultant, ROBERT ALLEN, offers strategies for coping in the new normal world of work admidst the legacy of escalating psychological trauma 18.06.2021

Robert Allen is a mental health activist, growth coach, and author with multiple advanced degrees in the areas of business, counseling, education, divinity, healthcare, and leadership. With over 20 years of experience in both the public and private sector, Allen has served in various industries, from education, military, law enforcement, business, mental health, and ministry. He is the founder and...

CATHOLIC BISHOPS' COVID CAPITULATION? Editor & author, Philip F. Lawler, blasts Church leaders for closing houses of worship, scaling back during pandemic & explains in his new book, Contagious Faith 11.06.2021

Philip F. Lawler is the founder (in 1995) and editor of Catholic World News, the first English-language Catholic news service operating on the Internet. He is also the program director of the Center for the Restoration of Christian Culture at Thomas More College in New Hampshire. Born and raised in the Boston area, he attended Harvard College, graduating with honors in government in 1972. He did g...

NORMAN ROCKWELL - Part 2. Pauline Grimes recalls when she modeled with her siblings & mom for the famous American artist. Her story will be told in ST Haggerty's Call Me Norman 05.06.2021

In 1952, when Pauline Adams was just five, she took a life-changing taxi ride from Cambridge, New York to West Arlington, Vermont with her mom and siblings to pose for Norman Rockwell. As Adams recalls, the famous American artist wanted African American models for a work known as "We the Peoples." It was a project for the United Nations. Adams, now a retired nurse with 13 grandchildren, shares her...

NORMAN ROCKWELL -Part 1. Jarvis Rockwell, son of late American artist joins ST Haggerty, author on back stories of Norman's beloved models to talk about their connections with the painter & Vermont 30.05.2021

Author Stephen Haggerty, who writes under the name, ST Haggerty, has spent his summers in Arlington, Vermont since he was a toddler and the history and folklore of the rural Vermont hamlet is steeped in his bones. Arlington his where the late America painter and illustrator, Norman Rockwell produced some of his best known and finest works. Rockwell lived here with his wife and three sons, includin...

INDIA'S YOUNGEST BILLIONAIRE: Brokerage magnate, Nikhil Kamath, is at the forefront of disruption amidst a white hot stock market. His companies have also stepped up in India's Covid-19 relief efforts 22.05.2021

NIKHIL KAMATH is India's young billionaire, according to Forbes. His wealth and success is driven by his huge success in India's fledgling financial services industry. Nikhil is the co-founder of India's biggest brokerage firm Zerodha, as well as True Beacon, a wealth management company for wealthy investors worldwide.  Zerodha, started in 2010 with "the goal of breaking all barriers that tra...

WOKE CORPORATIONS & CONSERVATIVE BACKLASH: Free Enterprise Project's JUSTIN DANOFF on how the think tank uses shareholder activism to reverse the woke tide at Corporate America 15.05.2021

Justin Danhof is the General Counsel for the National Center for Public Policy Research, as well as Director of the Center’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP). Danhof previously worked as a research associate with the National Center for Public Policy Research from 2008 to 2009. Prior to joining the National Center for Public Policy Research, Danhof worked in the Miami-Dade State’s Attorney’s Office i...

GENERATIONS OF FAMILY TRAUMA: Gina Birkemeier is fast becoming an acclaimed therapist combining her faith and knowledge, releasing a hit new book, and speaking up for compassion and mercy in our world 07.05.2021

Generations Deep: Unmasking Inherited Dysfunction and Trauma to Rewrite Our Stories Through Faith and Therapy (ISBN 978-1-17329545-2-6, Out Loud Publishing, 2021) by Gina Birkemeier has achieved Amazon Best Seller status within in a day of launching. The book reached No. 1 in New Releases in the Christian Personal transformation Category and ranked No. 35 among Amazon’s Best Sellers lists. In this...

CHUCK COLLINS, author The Wealth Hoarders, reveals how the superrich hide billions to avoid paying taxes using fancy accounting, owning empty luxury apartments & hiring teams to master loopholes 01.05.2021

In The Wealth Hoarders, How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions, Chuck Collins has just ripped the lid off this secret industry, laying out how the super wealthy hide their fortunes and escape tax liability. Chuck is an expert on economic inequality, and as an heir to the Oscar Mayer family fortune, he knows the wealth defense industry from the inside. Chuck gave away his own family inheri...

Author MARK HENICK, a TEDx talk sensation, on stranger who saved his life from a teenage suicide attempt; his mental illness growing up, remarkable recovery & distinguished mental health career 26.04.2021

By age 15, depression and anxiety had taken their toll on Mark Henick. Clinging to an outside girder on an overpass, a deeply troubled Henick made the only decision he thought he could. And he let go. Henick’s newly released book, So-Called Normal: A Memoir of Family, Depression and Resilience, aims to break the relentless stigma of mental illness through his candid, intensely personal account of...

UNDER SIEGE: Conservative activist, AUSTIN RUSE, discusses his new book on why loyal CATHOLICS in US face a brutal assault for their faith. Yet it's a great time to be a faithful Catholic, Ruse says. 20.04.2021

Decades as a Christian leader — most notably at the U.N. as president of the Center for Family & Human Rights — have earned writer Austin Ruse, once a Washington liberal with little faith, his share of defeats and triumphs. "Perhaps most valuably, he has intuited keen tactical insights from his confrontations with the dark side of human nature. You come away from this groundbreaking book with...

WENDELL WHITE describes how he fled a dangerous world of drug dealing & poverty & built a successful life of family, faith & business. His new book, The Devil Thought He Had Me! tells it all 10.04.2021

At 18 years old, Wendell White lay trapped in the trunk of a car and assumed it would be his last ride. Battered from a beating during a drug deal gone-wrong, all he could think about was his 19-month-old son. White prayed. He asked God for forgiveness. He steeled himself to face the consequences of the sinful life he was living. And he wondered in angst, “How in the world did I get here?” The Dev...

PRISON HELL: Michael Churchward, a celebrity mega yacht captain sent to notorious prisons for a crime he never committed, after docking in Turkey, discusses his book on the ordeal, God Waits Outside 03.04.2021

God Waits Outside (Dragon Tree Books, 2020) by Michael Churchward is the compelling and gripping real life story of Churchward, a renowned yacht captain who was arrested and thrown into a Turkish prison for a crime he did not commit. God Waits Outside recounts Churchward’s ordeal which is a tale of suffering, endurance, courage, and ultimately the triumph of the human spirit. The book is riveting...

$TRILLIONS MORE IN NATIONAL DISTRESS: Concord Coalition's Bob Bixby sounds the alarm on government's new $1.9T spending spree from higher inflation to a potential international debt crisis 27.03.2021

Bob Bixby is executive director of the Concord Coalition. Founded in 1992, it is a non-partisan organization that advocates putting the national debt on a sustainable course and protecting future generations. Bixby joined Concord in 1992 and served in several positions, including policy director and national field director, before being named executive director in 1999. He has served as a member o...

US POLITICAL EXTREMISM: Former Capitol Hill staffer, political scholar, A.D. Ultman on big money & corruption in politics & his book, Animal Town, his warning about the rise of US extremist ideology 20.03.2021

Inspired by George Orwell and intended for readers ages 12 and up, A.D. Ultman masterfully explains today's political landscape and cautions against extremism on all sides. Animal Town is a book made for the political moment but rooted in perennial wisdom-and could not be timelier message for the youth of America. Animal Town is a nuanced and sophisticated treatment of contemporary politics, groun...

YES TO LIFE: From quadriplegic to author & successful entrepreneur, Barry Shore, The Ambassador of Joy, shares his incredible story of hope. Barry's radio show & podcast have had 2 million+ downloads 13.03.2021

Barry Shore, known as the Ambassador of JOY, is an American philanthropist, serial entrepreneur, former quadriplegic, swimmer, speaker, author, and podcaster—with 2 multi-million dollar exits and 3 issued patents. In 2004, Shore became a quadriplegic overnight from a rare neurological condition called Guillain-Barre Syndrome (aka French Polio).  Despite spending two years totally paralyzed an...

SURGING 1970S INFLATION BACK IN 2022! Odeon Capital Group's Dick Bove Sees US Prices soaring 70s-style as US money printing hits new records & national debt exceeds $28 trillion 06.03.2021

Dick Bove, bank analyst at Odeon Capital Group has issued a stark warning. "By 2022, the United States will be back to a 1970s environment," he says. "In other words, inflation will be out of control and the Fed will have no way to stop it." In a report, Odeon says that the  Federal Reserve’s monetary policy is not directed toward trying to grow the economy. It is solely oriented toward payin...

JEWISH ROLE MODEL: Simone Knego adopted three of her six children, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, wrote a best seller & was co-chair of Jewish Federation of N America's National Young Leadership Cabinet 27.02.2021

In her new book, The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You, Simone Knego, a serial entrepreneur,  raises the human spirit with her recollections of adopting three of her six children, and her epic climb of Mount Kilimanjaro. "My goal is to help others realize the small choices they make every day matter," she says. "We all have the power to inspire others, just by being who were area." Knego has been...

FIRST AMENDMENT: 5 ways the Biden Administration will infringe on your personal freedoms & rights, according to Kimberly Hermann, General Counsel, Southeastern Legal Foundation 21.02.2021

Kimberly Hermann pulls no punches no matter what. The pro-liberty advocate is general counsel, Southeastern Legal Foundation, a non-profit public interest constitutional law firm that advocates for individual liberty, free speech, economic freedom and the rule of law. In a penetrating opinion piece recently on five 'ways' Americans could see their First Amendment rights radically challenged during...

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