The Sharin' Hour

A mother with dementia has to prove her love for her daughter; a dog has to provide more than love to its owner; a bride has to balance a romantic love with a professional obligation; a couple partake in an experiment claiming to be able to make anyone fall in love with anyone.  Sheran James […]

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 interviews 23 year-old Vinh for a taste of what it’s like to be 23–versus being 16 or 21 or 52 …and just starting out in the professional world.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 examines the traits and causes of narcissism (aka Narcissistic Personality Disorder) and how to know if you’re living with a narcissist (which all of us will be shortly).

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 presents a medley of some possibly less familiar Christmas songs.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 explores how manners have and haven’t evolved over a half-century.  An instructional video from the 1950’s proves weirdly prescient in terms of what’s going on today.

Words you might not know existed for feelings you might not know you had…Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 explores unusual and arcane words.  With input from linguist John McWhorter, lexicographer Erin McKean and author Tiffany Smith of the “Book of Human Emotions”.   Plus, texting: a scourge on our language or something […]

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 explores the life and career Lady Gaga through a series of her interviews.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 analyses all 17 ballot propositions for 2016 with HON MELINDA JOHNSON, former Superior Court Judge.  Discussed in the following order: Props 51 and 61; Props 52-60; Props 63 and 64: Props 65 and 67; Props 62 and 66.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 explores some How To’s  in life, related to: queuing (lining up); sexual and racial politics; rekindling a marriage; restructuring student loans; talking to strangers at home and abroad.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 continues with the lives of the famous aristocratic sisters, focusing on Deborah (Debo) Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, related by marriage to British PMs Winston Churchill and Harold MacMillan (also President Kennedy) and chatelaine of the real-life Downton Abbey-style stately home Chatsworth; and Nancy Mitford, journalist and […]

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 delves into the lives of the fascinating Mitford sisters, daughters of Lord and Lady Redesdale, related by marriage to Churchill, the Kennedys, Fred Astaire; and by close association to Hitler and Goebels.  This episode focuses on the two most radical of the sisters: the Fascist Lady […]

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 explores the ways we shouldn’t listen (“already always listening”) and the ways we should.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 brings a report of a violent prisoner turned poet and producer; and the discovery that our minds are our memories and we can make up our minds to change our memories, along with our patterns of thinking and behavior.  Every time we learn something new (at […]

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 explores the nature of pheremones: what draws men to women and vice versa.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 continues to explore doing the right thing, this time geopolitically; with input from Kemal Dervis, former VP at the World Bank and third highest ranker in the UN in charge of reducing poverty and forging peace and reconciliation in developing countries.  Plus: microbes are us!

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 presents the idea of doing good while engaged in business.  Hear how the Puritans, wanting to profiteer without shame, did us the  disservice of segregating profitable business from effective charity; and how wealthy innovators like the Beatles with their Apple company, Peter Gabriel and Richard Branson […]

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 tackles matters of etiquette including a modern tactic called “signaling”.  Also: do your friends really like you?  Discover the awful truth.  Plus: advice from the empowerment guru known as the Oprah of the internet.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 talks to Judge Wendy Lindley about her years on the bench presiding over Collaborative Courts and alumni activities for ex-felons; plus her latest (surprising) lay undertaking.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 re-runs her interview with ex-CIA agent/former head of counter-terrorism in Pakistan, John Kiriakou. Imprisoned for his whistleblowing on Bush-era torture techniques, John reveals some disturbing information on the inner workings of the CIA and tells of his own James Bond-style exploits including raiding the Taliban Embassy […]

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 explores the 60’s hair revolution where men matched women in hairstyles–from long hair to beehives and various stuff inbetween.  Plus: last week’s guest, film hairstylist Martin Samuel, tells about working on Madonna and Johnny Depp’s hair.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on kx 93.5 interviews award-winning hairdresser Martin Samuel about his life from salon hairdresser in 60’s Swinging London to Hollywood hairdresser to the stars, creating such lavish hair-do’s as Johnny Depp’s in Pirates of The Caribbean and Madonna’s in Evita.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 talks about Brexit, Cockneys and the “other” Royals.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 examines all things British vs American and debunks some stereotypes.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 interviews English transplant/local Lagunan fashion stylist Kim Bowen and gets the dirt on which recording artists were fun to work with and which weren’t; plus input from some of fashion’s greats.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 explores the pros and cons of being your authentic self versus a pretend self; plus why we fear revealing who we truly are.  With input from actors Will Smith and Jim Carrey; psychology professor Adam Grant; and social worker/researcher Brene Brown.