Reaching For the Stars with Emma Dowd

Our friend James Miller joins us on It's Emma's World during the perfect time "mental health awareness month" to discuss his brand new book "Life Lessons: You Are The Expert On Your Life | A Workbook". This book is a self assisted book to help you deal with some of the biggest factors in our lives that impact our mental health. James is a licensed psychotherapist who's 20 plus years in the field m...

Preseley is a country music artist with her own unique twist on the genre. She appeared on "The Voice" season 16 and went on team Kelly when she was only 16. Entertaining is in her blood. Now she released her brand new single Gamble on You which we will play after our discussion. We talk to her about her life in music, obstacles she overcame and how she writes her songs.

We talk with #countrymusic singer Shari Rowe. She joins us to talk about her new single Last Time. We discuss her story, what she loves about music and who inspired her. You won't want to miss this interview. #femalesingers #womenofcountry #countrymusic https://sharirowe.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/sharirowe

Payton comes from southern California but don't let the sun and fun fool you, she adores her country music and now she's performing it. Sure she mixes a little bit of her SoCal personality into it and that's what makes her such a hit. She writes from the heart and puts herself into her lyrics and songs. We sit down with her to discuss her career and her new song Jail and Jesus. You won't want to m...

In this episode we talk with Actress Florencia Lozano, known for her role as Tea Delgato on the hit daytime soap opera "One Life To Live" and her role on Narcos. She's here to talk about her new movie "Life After You" a true life story based on the book "Life After You: What Your Death From Drugs Leaves Behind". There is a growing opioid problem this country faces, it kills thousands every year an...

David Austin is an acoustic rock singer/songwriter who joins us to discuss his new song "Cut Hunter". We discuss David's passion for music, how he navigates the world of music as an Indie artist and his upcoming full length album! https://davidaustinsongs.com https://instagram.com/davidaustinsongs https://instagram.com/itsemmasworld https://facebook.com/itsemmasworld https://itsemmasworld.com

Vivianne Knebel's highly-anticipated second memoir, Lessons Learned about Life and Love: Living with Intention and Wisdom from Great Minds. In the second memoir Vivianne shares some of the lessons she has learned from writers and thinkers such as Dr. Wayne Dyer and Dr. Viktor Frankl, weaving them into her own experiences in a compelling guide to living, loving, and thriving in old age. Her insight...

During the early parts of the COVID pandemic Director Jorge A. Cano, Jr. decided to make a movie he wrote called "Secret Scandal" and he managed to do it despite the massive restrictions the world faced. This shows what kind of a Director he is, he won't let things stop him because of his determination but as he explains (it didn't stop him from being extremely safe for him, his crew and actors)....

Carlena Britch broke into the arts world as a dancer, appearing in various music videos before she started to choreograph them. Before she knew it she tried acting and landed roles in Nickelodeon's "Rags", LMN's "You Killed My Mother", and Babylon among other top list TV series and films. She has also produced and now she wants to direct! We talk to her about her hard start in her childhood to how...

Blanca Blanco is an established Actress, Model, Fashion Icon and now Author! She recently penned the book "Breaking the Mold", a book that talks about her struggles with surviving immigration, racism, bullying, poverty, abuse and COVID. Her book won the Best Literary Award at the Hollywood Global Festival. Her story is inspirational, her courage is contagious and she never let the negative break h...

As an entrepreneur and former publicist myself, I have found the importance of publicity, also known as PR, marketing and properly branding yourself. The reason it's so important is because it allows you to get your name out there with an agent working for you. Say you have a private island, you build a 5 star resort on it, it's the hotspot for the ages but if nobody knows you're there, it's a bea...

Jason Matu is a folk/rock singer who just released a new single "Fare Thee Well", a song in a trio inspired by the COVID Pandemic. The trio of songs will be released on his brand new EP which is out now for purchase. We talk to Jason about his career as a singer/songwriter and how he became passionate about music and writing. It's VERY interesting how it started. He's talented and a wonderful indi...

We talk to Author Sarah Burns about her brand new book "Cooksville, USA" with true historical happenings in Bakersfield, CA. This is a very interesting and educational interview I think you will love to hear. It makes you wonder how deep the history is in my town.

Izabela Vidovic is an American actress and singer. She is known for Homefront (2013), Wonder (2017), iZombie (2015) and the Freeform television series, The Fosters (2013). Izabela is the daughter of Mario Vidovic and filmmaker Elizabeta Vidovic. She performed in stage productions of Mary Poppins, Camp Rock, and Annie, starting as early as seven years old. She then moved into film and television se...

Ozie is an model and musician that took a shot at acting and landed some powerful roles for himself. He comes to talk to us about two things today, his new starring role in AppleTV's series "Swagger" and how he managed to overcome his disability "dyslexia" and how it defined his career.

Today Actor John Schneider joins us on It's Emma's World. John is best known for his role as Bo Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard. Since his time on the show he's established himself soundly in the entertainment industry appearing in The Haves and Have Nots, Nip Tuck and over 41 other titles. He's released numerous country music albums with his amazing voice and musical talents and now he produces his...

Marvin Williams Sr. is the father of the retired NBA star Marvin Williams Jr. who retired from basketball in 2020 as a Milwaukee Buck. Marvin penned the book "Secondary Break: A NBA Dad's Story" which chronicles his remarkable life, from the struggles - picking tobacco fields 16 hours a day at age 11, to growing up in an abusive alcoholic home, to the joys - playing pick-up basketball gamed with M...

Tatiana Zakharchenko founded TV Para Ninos, a network that has various animation shows that helps children learn another language "Spanish", through entertainment and fun loving characters like her signature show Leo The Truck. It's important for children to learn another language, making it fun and exciting for them will help speed the process that's why this network is so amazing for parents and...

Pearl Gluck teaches film and movie production in PA and she founded the Centre Film Festival which is on it's 3rd year. Anyone can submit films but it does focus on film makers from the PA area. She's here to talk about this year's festival and where you can see the films (online and in person) along with what you can expect to see.

We talk to singer/songwriter Kelli Baker who infuses her love of bluegrass, blues and rock into her own unique sound. She has a new single out Six Feet Under which we discuss and of course her career as a singer and her passion for music.

Twinkle is a unique children's performer that stands out above the rest.  She has amazingly colorful costumes, sings her songs in both English and Spanish, and she infuses dance, rock, EDM and other musical styles into her music.  We talk to her about her new album coming out, celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month as she's a proud Peruvian-American and how she managed to get through COVID.  You'll h...

On It's Emma's World we believe in giving everyone a voice. We give each political side the chance to voice their opinions without judgement or persecution. We believe in fairness in the media and allowing people to discuss their frustrations. Even if we don't agree we treat them with respect and do not "combat" what they are saying. We let the listener's make up their mind. There was a time in th...

Joan Borsten, the widow of Oleg Vidov took her late husbands memoir from his days in the TV and movie industry and put it to a documentary. The documentary is about Oleg who came from Russia and became a successful actor in Hollywood. Joan produced the movie and we have Costa Ronin an actor who voiced Oleg in the documentary. The movie has made quite the wave appearing in film festivals across the...

For 13 years now the Lady Filmmaker Film Festival has showcased some amazing films/works of art that some incredibly talented ladies have created. Hollywood has ALWAYS been a male dominated industry, especially behind the camera, but ladies are starting to take center stage and be recognized and taken seriously. Some of the participants in this film festival have gone on to produce and direct for...

Gail Kasper got her start doing motivational speaking, that led her to become a TV personality. Just recently she was approached to be a ring announcer, something she never thought of doing but now wants to make that a reality. She's stepping foot into a male dominated field and she's ready to prove to herself and the world she can compete with these guys, be entertaining in the ring and pursue so...