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Drama - whether in an Oscar-nominated film on the big screen or in a play in an intimate theater - leaves footprints on its audience. We can't help but be changed by what we have just seen. Our unconscious mind keeps recording our experiences, barely distinguishing between personal drama and that which is on the stage or screen. Today's guests are currently involved in the play God of Carnage: A c...

Have you seen 50 Shades of Grey? Has it made you want to run out and buy some whips and find a partner who wants to play a painful erotic game? Most guys would like to be as hot as Christian Grey, which makes his BDSM games seem tempting to try at home. Are women going to be as strong as Anastasia and leave when the games stop being fun and start to be sexual abuse - or will they submit rather tha...

Ever wonder what goes on underneath the stern demeanor and black robes of judges? Though endowed with power to make life-changing decisions, they are human, after all, and can't help but be influenced by experiences in their own life. Today's guest, Robert Braithwaite, U.S. magistrate judge, is the author of the new book, Have Gavel Will Travel: A National Park Judge Reflects on Truth, Justice, an...

You read the headlines and watch the news of terrorist attacks around the world. But, the story usually ends there. We rarely find out what becomes of the terrorist victims who are injured, but live to tell the tale? Who puts the broken ones back together and how? Today's guests have the answers. Speaking to us from Israel is Professor Zeev Rotstein, M.D., the CEO and General Director of Sheba Med...

Today's headlines are filled with scandalous tales of snooping - from phone hacking to computer hacking, and Wikileaks to well-paid informants. When does the public's right to know supersede your privacy? Are we on a slippery slope that leads to Big Brother? Does the current climate of competitive publishing lead to more vigorous searches for salacious material that will sell more papers? Today's...

Deranged fifteenth century battlefield warrior, Bluebeard, murdered hundreds of children, because of a mental illness, possibly precipitated by the brutality of war. Just as Bluebeard (Gilles de Rais) took demonic pleasure in the torture and killing of innocents, the psychopathic armies of ISIS and Al Qaeda take pleasure in it now. Today's guest, author of Bluebeard: Brave Warrior, Brutal Psychopa...

The world is shocked that a man of such stature as General Petraeus could be toppled by a Bad Girl. But, your host, Dr. Carole - the author of Bad Girls: Why Men Love Them & How Good Girls Can Learn Their Secrets - explains it all. Hear how Paula Broadwell fits three of the Bad Girl categories in her book: the Husband Stealer, Married Woman on the Prowl and Bad Girl Scorned. How do such women sedu...

Have we become too jaded about prisoners, believing that once they're convicted we should throw away the key? They all claim they're innocent, right? Is the U.S. criminal justice system infallible, or does evidence get hidden or tampered with that could have proved a defendant's innocence? Today's guest, Jeffrey Deskovic, was one of those innocents who, as a 16-year-old boy, was railroaded into a...

The statistics for how many people are staying home at New Year's, or not celebrating at all, and not even making New Year's resolutions - are alarming! Don't let this opportunity for marking change in your life pass you by. It should be 'out with the old - and in with the new'! Change what's not working in your life for the better. Today's guest, Barbara Biziou, a global wisdom keeper and author...

Sony has been backpedaling ever since the outcry from Hollywood celebrities, President Obama and, yes, Dr. Carole. They blamed theater chains, but many independents want to screen The Interview, not to mention the options of DVD and online. Although it wasn't a great idea to poke the bear, Kim Jong Un, it's an even worse idea to cave and not release the movie! This empowers terrorists from North K...

Nice guys can't get dates, but serial killer Charles Manson has women dying to marry him. Even his mother didn't love him, but Afton Elaine Burton, aka Star, tells us she's his bride-to-be. She also claims he's innocent. Is she truly in love or does she have ulterior motives - like fame and fortune? Manson, a sociopath, is not capable of love, or has he mellowed in his twilight years? Here to answ...

Want an antidote for feelings of gloom and doom? Today's show is just what the doctor (Dr. Carole, that is) ordered. You will be inspired and uplifted by tales of people who have had mystical epiphanies that awakened them to a more humane worldview and a burning passion to lead global transformation. Today's guest, Miriam Knight, is the author of the new book, What Wags The World: Tales of Conscio...

Ever wonder why we've become so materialistic? Commercialism has kidnapped our childhood, and it gets worse each year. Even the Girl Scouts of America sold little girls' souls to Mattel and now promotes Barbie as the ideal they should aspire to - instead of wholesome values. Today's guest, Dr. Susan Linn, EdD, co-founder and director of The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, describes tacti...

Heard of Common Core? This administration hopes not - at least not until it's set in stone! Common core is a scheme to rewrite education - another example of how America's very foundation is being undermined by President Obama and his minions. Common Core not only literally rewrites history, with nefarious political intentions, but math, English and just about every other subject! Today's guest, C...

Have we all become selfie-snapping narcissists? And if so, why should we care? This is the question explored by today's guest, Leo Battenhausen, in his controversial new book, Socialcide: How America is Loving Itself to Death. He claims that Americans have become so obsessed with themselves that their country's once-great bedrock of dignity and respect is crumbling from underneath them. Find out w...

In honor of Veteran's Day, today's show tells heartwarming stories of how veterans and animals are rescuing each other. Returning vets have been stigmatized by headlines about vets with PTSD running amuck and hurting others or themselves. But, this show takes a look at the positive side - how vets are helping take care of wounded and abandoned parrots, wolfdogs and other animals, while these creat...

What's Islamic extremism got to do with it? Affecting how we vote in America? What? Yes, it's come to this. Today's guest, Ryan Mauro, National Security Analyst for the Clarion Project, and terrorism researcher, explains how financial pressures, and our government's cover up of the growth of terrorism, are insidiously affecting how we vote.

Remember when the scariest things were ghosts and haunted houses? At a time when ebola and terrorism are scaring the pants - and other articles of clothing - off of us, it's comforting to hear nostalgic stories of goblins, witches and poltergeists. Today's guest, William Hall, is the author of the new book, The World's Most Haunted House: The True Story of the Bridgeport Poltergeist on Lindley Str...

Kelli Stapleton is the Michigan mom who finally snapped, after years of being attacked by her violent autistic daughter. Society repeatedly failed their family when it refused to provide help. Finally, nowhere left to turn, Kelli took her daughter into the woods, and allowed carbon monoxide to fill up their van, putting them both to sleep. Escorting Issy to heaven was Kelli's final act of love, no...

What are the psychological ramifications of being a fat kid in today's society? What does more harm: fat itself or the psychological consequences, including alienation, shame, and being made to feel unloveable? Today's guest, Rebecca Jane Weinstein, author of the new book, Fat Kids: Truth and Consequences, shares her personal story and the stories of other former fat kids.

Will Ebola be coming to a hospital, home, school near you? Should You Be Worried? Is the government too complacent? We were worried about Ebola sneaking across the U.S. border, but now the government is inviting people back from Africa. How did we get here and where are we going? What are the warning signs of the illness? Today's guest, Ted Broer, Ph. D., an expert in biological science and naturo...

When Alton Nolen recently beheaded his female coworker in Oklahoma, the media called it workplace violence, instead of what it really was -- a lone wolf copycat terrorist attack! Why is the media trying to perpetuate our denial of the real threat of terrorism encroaching upon America? What turned Alton Nolen, a former high school football player, into Jah'Keem Yisrael, a radical Islamic convert? H...

Today's guests are an inspiration. Amidst all the bad news we're bombarded with each day, it's uplifting to hear from people who have sacrificed to help others in danger. Rebecca Siegel and Ariella Applebaum are American college students who have spent many months in Israel, as volunteer medics for Magen David Adom, the emergency ambulance service that saves lives of people of all faiths. Their st...

A good ole fashioned Western is hard to find these days. Why is this, and why should we care? Yes, there's gun violence in Westerns, but it's nothing like scenes in today's movies and video games, filled with assault weapons, mass shootings, explosions and special effects. Cowboy movies once cemented bonds between fathers and sons, and taught lessons of honor, chivalry, and the difference between...

We're approaching another anniversary of September 11, yet the world doesn't seem to have learned a thing. Violence is erupting on every continent. Today's guest John Zmirak, is the co-author of the new book, The Race to Save Our Century: Five Core Principles to Promote Peace, Freedom and the Culture of Life. Find out what these principles are before we lose the race.