This Week in America with Ric Bratton

FARMER'S SON,MILITARY CAREER by Clarence E. "Kip" Vold The book is done, it is published and now it is ready for you to read and enjoy my story. I am happy to share my experience growing up on the plains of South Dakota, completing grade school in a one-room school, surviving blizzards, including getting lost in our yard. I have virtually all positive memories, for example, I remember being in sev...

BROTHERS OF BRITONS AND ROMANS by M.E. Taylor Roman Britain in the year 102, Trajan is Emperor, Britain is supposedly pacified but there are pockets of resistance and wide differences in the lifestyles of the native Britons and the Roman settlers. But love can cross boundaries A wealthy Roman, Lucius Marcius is living in Britain with his wife and children. To please his son, Gaius, he had enslaved...

NOTES FROM THE TRENCHES A MUSICIAN'S JOURNEY THROUGH WORLD WAR I by GARY H FOSTER CAPTAIN US NAVY (RET) The Terror and Triumph of WWI in a Soldier’s Own Words… The Foster family of Wisconsin were vibrant and happy in the early years of the 20th century. Like many families in the area, they were descended from German immigrants and had a healthy appetite for hard work and beer. Barbara Foster, wido...

GPS for the Soul: Wisdom of the Master by Dana Hayne GPS for the Soul the contemporary Everymans search for truth. Finding ones center and inner guide is essential on the road called life. Join the author, Dana Hayne, in her global travels and real life experiences of living communally for thirteen years with a hundred-year-old sage from the jungles of Sri Lanka as she discovers the awakening of t...

VISIONS OF LIGHT: INSPIRATIONAL POETRY. STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHY by Raymond J. Klein "Challenging explorations in photography" In this unique collection, Raymond J. Klein offers you astonishing abstract photographic interpretations of light and scenes from nature combined with luminous, inspiring verse. Then he provides step-by-step insights-for anyone with a camera and computer-into the photographic...

Age And Experiences by Robert Duddle This poem collection was produced in light of my philosophy of life, my love, and some indication of my varied travel experiences. My hope is that you, my readers, find at least some of them interesting. About the Author Born in Preston in 1931 where I have lived all my life. As the war ended I left school to start an Auto-electrical apprenticeship when I was 1...

Lauren Lake, the TV Judge Who Sang Back-Up for P. Diddy & Mary J. Blige, Presides over Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court Ric Speaks with Judge Lauren Lake About Her Unusual Path to the Courtroom and the Emotional Cases She Oversees in Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court, Now in its Sixth Season It’s safe to say Lauren Lake isn’t quite like other TV courtroom judges. Yes, she earned her law degree at Way...

Award-winning trial attorneys Keith and Dana Cutler are the first-ever married couple to preside over a television court show. They join Ric to discuss The Emmy® Nominated Daytime Hit… Couples Court with the Cutlers The Cutlers serve as passionate advocates for healthy relationships offering litigants facing dysfunction and distrust the chance to resolve their differences, and uncover the truth be...

Explore The Unexplained and Unknown Mysteries of Our Universe! ALIENCON 2018 November 9-11, in Baltimore, Maryland AlienCon is a three day, immersive fan convention that brings together those seeking the truth about the unknown mysteries of our universe and extraterrestrial existence, past and present. Ric catches up with Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, star of HISTORY's hit series Ancient Aliens and a favo...

Aging Healthfully, Happily & Gracefully 10 Tips for Living a More Sacred, Balanced Life in Body, Mind & Spirit with Susan Smith Jones, PhD It was Mark Twain who once wrote: Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. Let’s face it, we all age, but do we always need to look like we’re aging? Is it possible to slow down the aging process? And why is it that som...

Life Interrupted: It's Not All About Me by Chris M. Tatevosian Life Interrupted-It's Not All About Me by multiple sclerosis sufferer, Chris Tatevosian guides others with chronic illness or disability to control feelings of self-pity, worthlessness and diminishing self-esteem keeping their relationships strong and loving. A physically debilitating illness is difficult enough, Tatevosian strives to...

SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL RELIVES AN AMERICAN SCANDAL WITH… THE LOST TAPES: CLINTON IMPEACHMENT, PREMIERING MONDAY OCTOBER 29 AT 9pm ET/PT ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL Ric Speaks with Documentary Filmmaker Tom Jennings About How the Clinton Scandal Set the Stage for Two Decades of Polarization and Gender Politics in America and the Parallels that May be Drawn with Today’s White House Twenty years later, in a...

THE GIFT OF SOBRIETY: A SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION by Rose B The Gift of Sobriety: A Spiritual Transformation is a spiritual memoir about one woman’s descent into alcoholism and her eventual recovery by getting involved with Alcoholics Anonymous and integrating spirituality into her journey towards sobriety. This book chronicles her gradual spiritual transformation from the first day she walked into...

The Reason: It's About More Than Just the Money by Quentin Brent "The Reason" won Finalist in the 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards' First Novel Category. Illicit profits were part of Zane Donovan’s work at a financial firm. Suddenly the stakes change when his family is violently abducted. Following a trail that was never meant to be uncovered, he realizes that the Great Recession of 2008 gra...

Hope of Glory by Carolyn S McClendon with Dr Douglas Perret Starr Hope of Glory takes us to the Deep South where social and political mores rule over laws and where descendants of slaves may not be socially equal, but they are not socially inferior. It's about a Southern white newspaper editor who believes in and does, regardless of cost, what he can to ensure equal rights for all. He marries a So...

A Child’s Guide To Wisdom by Everton Robinson A Child’s Guide to Wisdom was designed to serve as a guide for parents in the transferal of wisdom to their children. The book offers a collection of fifty key principles in the form of easy-to-remember, common-sense-based definitions, intended to build character in your child by instilling in him or her important qualities that will result in a life o...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month According to the American Cancer Society, 1 in 8 women will likely develop breast cancer. What if it afflicts you or someone you love - how can you become your own best advocate during this challenging time? Ric Talks with Breast Cancer Specialist Dr. John Williams. He is the founder of the Breast Cancer School for Patients (BCS); that equips patients and t...

ESPN Introduces the 20-Hour Documentary Series Basketball: A Love Story Premiering Tuesday October 9th at 7pm ET/PT Ric Speaks with Award-Winning Director Dan Klores About the Sweeping New Project that Celebrates Our Love for the Game ESPN’s groundbreaking 20-hour, 10-part documentary series Basketball: A Love Story consists of more than 60 interconnected stories that explore the complex nature of...

LEGACY EPISODE SERIES from Robert Maxxim 30 years in the making, five episodes, million year-old romance, past lives, space battles, intrigue, Lemuria, Atlantis, inter-dimensional scientific and spiritual principles, today's false religious beliefs and other secrets exposed in detail. This series is a must-read by every truth seeker.​ Legacy is a futuristic novel based on the author's visions and...

Life Is A Hair Way by Kerone Maxineau This book was written with the inspiration to help naturals with wavy, curly, kinky/coiled hair texture point out the causes resulting in hair breakage. Here you will find the most helpful tips, simple products, natural remedies, and solutions to restore healthy growth, shine, moisture, and brilliance back to your natural hair. By the time you are finished rea...

From Despair to Hope and Healing: One Woman’S Journey in Poem by Barbara K. Mezera From Despair to Hope and Healing presents a collection of poetry written over two decades by author Barbara Mezera. It chronicles the journey of a woman struggling to keep her depression under control and searching for meaning in her job, her career, her family, and her relationships. Although her verses are dark at...

New Theatrical Release: The Samuel Project Ric talks with the Co-Stars of this Inspiring New Comedic Drama, Acclaimed Actor Hal Linden and Former Disney Star Ryan Ochoa The Samuel Project is a powerful story about one teen’s discovery of the heroism within his own family history when he chooses his grandfather as the subject of his senior art project. Particularly relevant today, the film explores...

Stand Alone by Matthew Duke Rodgers Duke Rodgers is an incredible young man with a miraculous story of perseverance, determination, and faith. Duke reveals the struggles endured by a person with a Traumatic Brain Injury and how the laws designed to protect and assist TBI survivors can be ignored by the very institutions that should have a willingness to educate and train. As Duke chronicles his li...

The House Of Remember When by Scott Jameson Sanders The House of Remember When focuses on a middle-aged man, Neil Moreland, who is dealing with a broken marriage, a boring job, and an estranged father suffering from dementia. Written in first-person narrative, the story weaves significant life events into his present-day problems as Neil attempts to put his life and family back together. From the...

Eternal Harmony: Part One, Act One Welcome to the Abyss by David Wu The Grand Angel seeks to create a world of perpetual peace and prosperity through mercy and redemption. One girl living in the town of Balearty follows each and every one of the Grand Angel’s laws and edicts. She is rewarded by having her entire life planned out ahead for her. Then one day she confesses to committing a sin that ca...