Sunday Morning Magazine

Eric Metaxas is a New York Times best selling author, a historian, philosopher, cultural commentator. Especially for this holiday, July 4, Eric's comments on his latest book: If You Can Keep It, The forgotten Promise of American Liberty, ring strong and deeply. He reminds us that this along with all our holidays are rooted in the ways this country was founded, in this great experiment of Democracy...

Kim Kelley is the Program Coordinator of the WA Coverdell Acute Stroke Program, part of Washington State Department of Health. A stroke is a 'brain attack', and along with heart disease ranks at the top of health issues that kill the most people. Awareness and fast response SAVES lives. FAST indicates what we need to do: F: face drooping? A: arm weakness? S: any speech difficulty? T: time to call...

Fred Krug works with the organization "Year Up", here in our Puget Sound area. This is just the greatest and most hopeful opportunity for young people 18-24 who have challenges around their future, their career, and finding their place in the world. "Year Up" is a year long, intensive education both in the classroom and an internship, largely in the tech and business fields. There are 2 locations-...

Tim Bauerschmidt and Ramie Liddle consider themselves--professional nomads. A few years ago on a visit, they found that Tim's 90 year old mother was ill. The doctors offered conventional treatments. Tim and Ramie offered her an opportunity to 'hit the road', and that was her choice. She had an amazing year, became a FB sensation, and is the subject of TIm and Ramie's book: Driving Miss Norma-- One...

Ashley Fontaine is Executive Director of NAMI Seattle -- National Alliance on Mental Illness. 1 in 5 Americans lives with a mental health condition. NAMI has many great programs, peer-to-peer programs to help those with mental health conditions and their families. Education and awareness are key. One way is to join and support the NAMIWalk on Saturday morning June 3 in Kirkland. Also we can ask ou...

Peter Gethers is an American publisher, screenwriter and author of television shows. He also wrote the off-Broadway play "Old Jews Telling Jokes". Peter's latest book is his memoir: My Mother's Kitchen--Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and the Meaning of life. The book doesn't just honor Peter's mother, it provides a good opportunity to think about and have conversations about aging, and end of life wish...

Sunday Morning Magazine: David Richart, Exec. Director of Komen Puget Sound and Susan Grasdahl, Race for the Cure coordinator, extend the big invite to support this important event-- Sunday morning, June 4, at Seattle Center. A large % of the funds raised here, stay here-- used to provide free mammograms to low income women, a variety of support programs both for women and their families. And the...

James Forman Jr. is an attorney and Yale Law Professor. He's the author of: "Locking Up our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America". James provides an honest and balanced look at the history which began in the late '60's, and looks at the ways we can engage in solving the problem. James will be at Town Hall in Seattle, Tuesday, May 16, 7:30 pm for an engaging conversation. www.jamesformanjr.co...

We have two guests this weekend on Sunday Morning Magazine! Gary Stone has devoted 25 years to researching, analyzing and successfully investing in stock markets, and the result is his book: Blueprint to Wealth--Powerful Time-tested Investment Strategies to Grow Your Nest Egg. It along with the website is virtually your own online finance class. www.blueprinttowealth.com Beth Kobliner is a persona...

Richard Watts is a personal advisor and legal counsel to the super wealthy, work he's done for several decades. He's accumulated stories and observations he shares in his new book: "Entitlemania: How Not to Spoil Your Kids and What to do if You Have". www.entitlemania.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

At 5:30AM on Sunday Morning Magazine: "What's within you is stronger than what's in your way". Spoken by Erik Weihenmeyer (Wine Mayor) co-founder of the movement called No Barriers. Erik speaks and challenges us/everyone from a personal place. He summited Mt. Everest in 2001, the only blind person to have done so. He has since climbed the highest mountains on all 7 continents. In 2014 he kayaked t...

This guest gets us thinking about Earth Day coming up later this month. Daniel Kleinman is Professor of Sociology at Boston University, but was a senior dean of the Graduate School at the University of Wisconsin-Madison when he co-authored "Vanishing Bees: Science, Politics, and Honeybee Health". Whether or not we know the importance of bees in our ecosystem and some of the stresses critically aff...

at 5:30am On Sunday Morning Magazine: The Teddy Bear Patrol! Kelsey Paige, Social Media and Event Manager for Bartell Drugs, and Warm's Catharine Hall--Leader of all the Teddy Bears cover the history--3 decades! Share the stories of how the bears have touched hearts young and old, and have healed. And they let us know that we can help in a big way all April by buying a bear at Bartells and the sto...

Rose LaPorte ARNP, is a Nurse Practitioner at CHI Franciscan Health in Tacoma. Rose's specialty is cardiology, and she's also been a heart patient. She had a cardiac ablation many years ago to treat an irregular heart rhythm. www.heart.org See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

This weekend's guests are from The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. LLS is committed to fund research on blood diseases, and the funding comes from fund raisers. The Man and Woman of the Year is a campaign running from February thru May and candidates raise funds in honor of children who are local blood cancer patients, the Boy & Girl of the Year. Harlan and Rachael are the local honorees, both...

Our guest this weekend is Sarah Van Gelder. She is the founding editor of Yes! Magazine and explores leading-edge solutions to the major ecological and human challenges of our times. Her new book is: "The Revolution Where You Live: Stories from a 12,000 Mile Journey Through a New America". revolutionwhereyoulive.org/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...

Our guest this week is Olympia LePoint. Olympia is a rocket scientist! and a modern day "Hidden Figure". Worked for Boeing, and at 21 was the youngest scientist they had hired. She is nearing completion of her 2nd book: "Answers Unleashed", and has a must listen to TED Talk: Reprogramming Your Brain to Overcome Fear. www.answersunleashed.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cali...

Our guest this week is Charlie Campisi. Charlie is the longest-serving Chief of the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau (from 1996 to 2014), an elite unit tasked with investigating fellow officers suspected of misconduct. He shares the stories of these years in his book, "Blue on Blue: An Insider's Story of Good Cops Catching Bad Cops". See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pri...

This weekend our guest is Todd McNeal. He's the founder of "Hand in Hand Kids", an important non profit and model for supporting vulnerable kids who end up in the Foster care system. www.handinhandkids.org offers opportunities to volunteer and find out about the training to become a foster parent. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pr...

On this weekend's show are guest is Killian Noe. She is the Founding Director of Recovery Cafe in Seattle, a healing community. The numbers of people dealing with addition and mental health issues is huge, and only a small percentage are receiving the help they need through state and city resources. Recovery Cafe is in its 14th year, and the homeless individuals making their way there, find the su...

On this weekend's show our guest is Dr. Aarush Manchanda. He's a cardiologist and the Medical Director of Cardiovascular Services at Cedar City Hospital Utah. His passion is to educate, and thus empower us to take charge of our health. His new book, "Your Heart House: An Artisan's Approach to Understanding Heart Health" is perfect for this, informative in a easy to read approach. www.theartisanapp...

This week's guest is Dr. Carlene Brown. Dr. Brown is Director of the Music Therapy Department at Seattle Pacific University, and is passionate about this world of healing through music, for everyone from infancy, to children on the autism spectrum, to aging seniors suffering with dementia. It's a great career field! www.musictherapy.org , www.musictherapywa.org See Privacy Policy at https://art19....

On the this week's show our guest is Joseph Maronne. Joseph is an attorney with more that 2 decades' experience working on criminal defense cases. He addresses a study that came out in December 2016, recommending that 40% of the prison population should be released, that they would do better outside of prison. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:/...

On this week's show our guest is Jan Edwards. She is an author, speaker, a coach, as well as the founder of "Paving the Way". Her mission is to stop the sex trafficking of youth. The National Human Trafficking hotline is: 888 3737 888 www.stoptraffickingtoday.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

This week on the show are guest is Dr. Louis Aronne. He is an internationally recognized weight management expert, Director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Center at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York. He 's worked for 25+ years in this field and he has arrived at the biological factors that cause weight gain. The results are found in his book: "The Change Your Biology Diet: THE PROVEN PROGRAM...