The World According to Mark

Who are those people who stand-in or appear with highly paid actors as stunt performers? They seldom gain stardom or fabulous wealth, or even recognition by the vast public who witness their work on stage and screen. They work on a wide variety of scenes that have the potential for causing serious injury; including car crashes and chases; fist and sword fights; falls from cars, motorcycles, horses...

Mark Lieberman discusses the 1st. amendment issues from the right and the left. Very thorough analysis

Listen to Mark Lieberman’s interview with Paul Seamus Ryan, with over 20 years of experience as a lawyer and campaign finance expert. Mr. Ryan has appeared on news programs of CNN, MSNBC, NPR and other media outlets. He discusses the state of political fund raising and spending that govern money in politics and government ethics. He gives a primer federal elections laws, monumental court cases inc...

Mark Lieberman interviews Julie Mayfield, a Democratic member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing District 49. Julie has earned the respect of her colleagues on both sides of the aisle of the North Carolina Senate, serving as the most junior member on the powerful rules committee and committee assignments on healthcare, education and redistricting. Julie explains the difficult challen...

Be sure and catch Mark Lieberman’s interview with North Carolina State Senator Terry Van Duyn for his video and podcast show, The World According to Mark. Terry is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate. She spoke on several public policy issues, including funding of public schools, and redistricting issues which have turned North Carolina’s legislature red despite the fact that t...

Does the 4th Amendment still protect our right to privacy in the digital age. Most Americans now live in a world where nearly every cell phone conversation or click online leaves a digital trail that can be stored, searched, and stitched together to reveal an intimate portrait of their private life. 

With the appointment of three conservative Justices to the Supreme Court during the Trump administration, many have been shocked by a series of momentous decisions on abortion, gun rights, environmental regulations and religious rights that could reverberate for decades. This podcast discussing the causes of this shift, the impact on established precedent and possible reforms.

Mark Lieberman, host of the radio show and podcast on “The World According to Mark”, discusses one of the world’s most urgent problems, the environment, with Jan Spencer, an advocate for “Permaculture”. Jan got his degree in Geography, and then for decades has studied all over the world about ways to help people learn how to meet their needs for food, water, energy, and other essentials in a resil...

In recent years there has been a spike in mergers and acquisitions of hospital systems across the country, including the purchase of local non-profit hospitals by larger out of state for-profit health care systems. What is fueling all of these consolidations, and are communities better off? Today Mark interviewed healthcare advisor Joseph Lupica. Mr. Lupica has served a variety of nonprofit, corpo...

Listen to Mark LIeberman's interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning political reporter and former executive editor of The Miami Herald, Tom Fiedler. Tom, who now lives in Asheville is a reporter for the Asheville Watchdog, a nonprofit news team producing stories that matter to Asheville and surrounding communities. Tom Fiedler talks about his career in journalism and then reports on one of Western No...

This week Mark talked to Peter Lewis, Managing Editor, "Asheville Watchdog," a volunteer-run nonprofit investigative news organization covering Asheville and surrounding communities in western North Carolina. Peter explains how he and his colleagues are carrying on the best of print media traditions by putting time, effort, and reflection into the process of news gathering and reporting.

Listen to Mark Lieberman’s interview with Dan Becker, the Director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Safe Climate Transport Campaign. Dan fought in Congress for the Clean Air Act, CAFE standards, Superfund and other responsible energy policies. He led the clean-car fight beginning in 1989 as director of Sierra Club’s Global Warming and Energy Program. His rock-star status was further burnis...

Be sure and catch Mark Lieberman’s interview with Martha Anne Toll on the podcast show, The World According to Mark. Watch the video of the interview on YouTube. The audio version can be heard on Google, Spotify and other podcast sites. Martha talks about her debut novel Three Muses, published by Regal House, which awarded her the Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafter Fiction.

Theater lovers who are interested in how community theaters are evolving in America post-Covid and adapting to new cultural diversity and other challenges that the country is facing will want to hear this podcast interview by Mark Lieberman, the host of The World According to mark. The Asheville Community Theatre is one of the oldest community theatres in the nation. Listen to this great interview...

This week, Mark interviewed Antonio Ciaccia to delve into the incredibly complex and suspect world of prescription drug pricing on “The World According to Mark.” Antonio started his firm, 3 Axis Advisors to provide consulting to private and government sector organizations about U.S. drug supply chain inefficiencies and cost drivers. Learn about these issues below.

This week Mark Lieberman talked with Michael Maslanka, a law professor at University of North Texas College of Law about the influence of the “Me Too” movement on that investigation and whether there will be a lasting impact on the American justice system.

Kenny Raskin has been a clown, a mime, a physical comedian, a musician and song writer, and he's made it in film, theater, and in venues all over the world. He was the lead clown in Everyman in Cirque du Soleil's NOUVELLE EXPERIENCE, was featured in Cirque du Soleil's 3D IMAX film entitled JOURNEY OF MAN, and he appeared as the Vaudeville Comedian in director Barry Levinson's film, LIBERTY HEIGHTS...

Mark Lieberman interviewed Robert Bilott, the famous environmental attorney who waged a two decade legal battle against Dupont for knowingly dumping the toxic cancer causing chemical PFOA into the environment. His story was featured in the 2019 movie "Dark Waters" staring Mark Ruffalo. His story is chronicled in his book, "Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Bat...

Mark Lieberman talks to Steve Woodsmall who is running against the controversial Madison Cawthorn, the youngest member of Congress who also hails from the State of North Carolina. Steve Woodsmall has a record of military service, business experience, a college education and advanced degrees. Steve served as an Air Force Officer for over 20 years and held positions with the U.S. Securities and Exch...

Mark Lieberman interviews Victoria Browning Wyeth, the granddaughter of celebrated artist, Andrew Wyeth, the great granddaughter of illustrator N.C. Wyeth and the niece of contemporary painter Jamie Wyeth on The World According to Mark.

Mark Lieberman interviews Taylor Jones in an informative and candid interview on how independent pharmacists are finding ways to provide personal service in an increasing consolidated and impersonal pharmacy world.

Mark Lieberman interviews Professor Prysmakova from Florida Atlantic University. She is also the Secretary of Rada, the Government in Exile of Belarus. Professor Prysmakova talks about the similarities and contrasts of Belarus and Ukraine, both independent republics, about the threats to their existence and sovereignty.