This Week in America with Ric Bratton

Nickelodeon Star JoJo Siwa to Perform at Nickelodeon’s Inaugural SlimeFest Music Festival in Chicago on June 9 and 10 Lip Sync Battle Shorties Star, Social Media Sensation, Anti-Bullying Activist, Singer and New York Times Best-Selling Author – And She’s Only 14 Years Old! Nickelodeon SlimeFest, in partnership with Live Nation, is the first multi-day music festival for kids and families in the U.S...

Daylight Saving Time Sleep Tips with Dr. Michael Breus, “The Sleep Doctor” For Many of Us, Spring Forward = Lost Sleep. Learn How to Adjust to the Time Change and Develop Better Sleep Habits Overall. The Sleep Doctor Joins Ric To Teach You the 5 Best Ways to Relax Before Bed, so you'll Sleep Better and Wake Up Looking More Refreshed! We are preparing to “spring forward” with Daylight Saving Time o...

FOR COUNTRY: MY LITTLE BIT TWENTY ONE MONTHS OF SERVICE by Donald G. Bartling A study of history shows us that a nation is only as strong as the will of its citizens to fight for it. America has been tested many times over in its relatively short history. From the Revolutionary War on down to the present conflicts in the Middle East, the majority of the American citizens were willing to place thei...

BREAKING AWAY FROM TRAUMA TO HEALING: A STORY OF GRACE by Mickey R. Craig Anyone who undergoes some difficult events or painful experiences will find himself trying to juggle and accept the challenging situation and the strong, overpowering emotions. Most often, the person may not be able to remove himself from the sticky and agonizing circumstances and will get drowned by the overflowing emotions...

Katy's Legacy: Anna Comes to Earth by Davia A Massey A story that drew me in and gave me a tangible, personal landscape to explore spiritual principles as experienced in the lives of the characters in the book-simple lives well lived that could easily apply to any of us. Anna's story is a journey and a legacy of love, the most important and only thing any of us leave behind.” -Christopher Tims, re...

Poems For All Occasions by Linda Mangram Poems For All Occasions by Linda Mangram is a wonderful collection of poems, grounded in faith. All are written in rhyming couplets and are of various lengths. In the words of one review, the reader is in for a real treat. The poems fall into three categories – Inspirational or encouragement, on the lighter side and family and friends. Every poem has an ill...

The Mindset of Retirement Success: 7 Winning Strategies to Change Your Life by Rodger Alan Friedman When the day comes for you to retire and you receive your last paycheck, what is your plan to create an income that will sustain your lifestyle? A better question might be: have you thought about it at all? In this, Rodger Friedman’s 3rd book, he takes a deep dive into the most important factor of r...

Ocean Whirled by Sam Webb A deadly force has wiped out most of the N’harmae (carer’s of the ocean). A young N’harmae male named Penure brings the inhabitants of the ocean together so they can save themselves from extinction at the hands of a jellyfish-like race called the Vi’red. For young Penure, this means finding out if any of his kind have survived, learning that he can gain legs when on land,...

COURT JUSTICE THE INSIDE STORY OF MY BATTLE AGAINST THE NCAA By ED O’BANNON With Michael McCann Game-changing, decorated veteran basketball player Ed O’Bannon digs deep into his watershed, winning legal case against the Goliath that is the NCAA; and the most recent wave of criminal charges handed down in the name of NCAA “amateurism” with his new book “COURT JUSTICE: The Inside Story of My Battle...

Farewell The Dragon author Lee Barckmann Nate Scheutt, American, 35, is pulled into a politically charged murder investigation when he stumbles onto the bodies of two young Europeans on a prestigious Beijing university campus. Gradually Nate discovers the case is entwined with an international quest for a small stone tablet, (a stele) that might contain the key to ancient China’s long-lost link wi...

The Dying Days Of Segregation In Australia: Case Study Yarraba by Barbara Miller While this book is an up-to-date account of the situation in Australia generally and particularly in Yarrabah, an Aboriginal community near Cairns, Queensland, most of the research was done in 1984. This was an incredibly significant time when nearly 100 years of legal oppression and segregation of Indigenous people i...

The Inside Secrets of Sesame Street by Dr. Lucille Burbank Since its premiere in November 1969, Sesame Street has been a beloved favorite among children and adults alike for over 45 years. This book contains an enormous amount of background information on one of the most successful children's shows in broadcasting history. It also illuminates a television model that is transferable to any adult TV...

Son Of The Maya by John McKoy Son of the Maya is an international adventure set in Washington, Miami, and the jungles of Guatemala between 2006 and 2009. The drama involves an international kidnapping and daring rescue that pits a wealthy US immigrant foundation executive against a dynamic Guatemalan revolutionary. Roberto Prettyman was born in Guatemala City but raised in Washington during the 19...

Thomas Miller Unarians United Thomas Miller has been a student of Unarius since he was 14 years old. At that time meeting Ernest L. Norman the founder and teacher of Unarius. Tom has given many lectures on the Unarius principles over his 56 years of study. A frequent media guest. He has been featured in a documentary film. He also has written several books about Unarius principles including a book...

LEGACY SERIES by Robert Maxxim Worldly and past life visions...Atlantis...Lemuria...Ancient visions...Spiritual sciences. It's the critically acclaimed LEGACY EPISODE series by Robert Maxxim. Five episodes called "A must read for every truth seeker". The author's real vision of previous lifetimes in Atlantis and Lemuria and other worlds where these lives took place. The LEGACY SERIES, thirty years...

Ric Talks withTwo of Hollywood’s Rising Stars… Elyse Levesque & Lyriq Bent The talented actors have teamed up to star in a new drama that centers around the complex relationship between crime reporters and the police… Shoot the Messenger , Premiering Monday February 26th at 10pm ET/PT on WGN America The series follows Daisy Channing (Levesque), a young reporter trying to balance a messy person...

Ric Speaks with Dana DeLorenzo, Star of the Hit Cult Series Ash vs Evil Dead Based on the Classic Evil Dead Films, the Popular Show Returns for its Third Season on STARZ Premiering Sunday February 25th at 9PM ET/PT In Ash vs Evil Dead, the highly acclaimed follow-up to the classic horror film series, Bruce Campbell reprises his role as the heroic, chainsaw-handed monster fighter Ash Williams. The...

SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL PROVIDES AN UNPRECEDENTED LOOK AT ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT… THE LOST TAPES: MALCOLM X Premiering Monday February 26th at 8 ET/PT. Ric Speaks with Documentary Filmmaker Tom Jennings About this Unique Perspective of the Trailblazing and Controversial Activist A historic voice in the civil rights movement, Malcolm X was and continues to be a...

Maura Sweeney, Ambassador of Happiness She's known as the Ambassador of Happiness. Maura Sweeney's "Living Happy - Inside Out" mantra resonates with audiences worldwide. Maura is an accomplished public speaker, seasoned workshop leader, sought after media guest, podcaster, Huffington Post contributor, author of the highly acclaimed "The Art of Happiness" book series. Known for speaking on topics l...

"THE ANSWER" by Dr. Edward Carlton The book for anyone with ADD, ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Epilepsy, PTSD or Traumatic Brain Injury. Dr. Ed Carlton (www.carltonneurofeedbackcenter.com) is using his experience as a mechanical engineer and a health care professional to help patients who suffer from brain-based disorders find relief through a drug-free solution. T...

Unwound: Real-time Reflections from a Stumbling Entrepreneur by Ethan Senturia Failure is a bitch. But it happens, especially in entrepreneurship. Most tales of failed startups come from entrepreneurs who have since navigated to success. Rarely, if ever, do we hear about failure in its immediate aftermath, in gory detail, from the entrepreneur in its midst. When Ethan Senturia started his company,...

Celebrate the Academy Awards® with Ben Mankiewicz Ric Speaks with the Well-Known Film Critic & Turner Classic Movies Host about this Year’s Oscar® Favorites – Plus Relive Oscar’s® Greatest Classics with TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar! Ben Mankiewicz is the Primetime host of Turner Classic Movies. He’s been with the network since 2003 and has introduced thousands of movies on the air and conducted long...

Counter Mentor Leadership: How to Unlock the Potential of the 4-Generation Workplace by Kelly Riggs and Robby Riggs This book is the result of over three decades of combined experience from Kelly and Robby Riggs-dynamic, occasionally irreverent, always insightful, father (Boomer) and son (Millennial), who work with organizations grappling daily with multi-generational conflict. Through their colla...

A Bridge With A House.. Oregon's Covered Bridges by Steven E. Hunnicutt This book is a coffee table book that showcases the Covered Bridges of Oregon. If you’re looking for a book on Oregon Covered Bridges this is the one. This book has eight by ten colored pictures of all the bridges, it provides a brief description and history of the bridges. This book was done in order to showcase our bridges,...

Get In The Mood For Valentine’s Day with Harry! Harry Connick, Jr.’s Syndicated Daytime Television Entertainment Show, HARRY, Airs NATIONALLY. Harry is Spreading the Love this February with Four Lucky Viewers Walking Away with $10,000 Each in the #Harry10kContest. Plus, Harry has a Special Valentine’s Day Gift Guide, Revealing the Best Gifts for Your Loved One’s on this Special Day! Critic’s Choic...