This Week in America with Ric Bratton

Will an Innocent Man Be Put to Death? Richard Glossip's Defense Attorney Don Knight and Award Winning Filmmaker Joe Berlinger Reveal Never-Before-Seen Evidence To Save His Life in ID’s “Killing Richard Glossip”… Monday April 17th and Tuesday April 18th at 9pm ET/PT. Taking an in-depth look at the cracks in the criminal justice system, and whether or not an innocent man is about to be executed, thi...

Hot Hands, Draft Hype, and DiMaggio's Streak: Debunking America's Favorite Sports Myths by Sheldon Hirsch In sports there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. Joe DiMaggio’s fifty-six-game hitting streak was magical. The three-point shot is an essential part of NBA basketball. Babe Ruth shouldn’t have attempted to steal second base in the ninth inning of the 1926 World Series. Scientist and rese...

Ric Catches Up with TV Host and Entertainment Journalist NANCY O’DELL She is Ready to Share Some of Her Memorable Experiences Interviewing Celebrity News Makers and Hollywood Stars in the Upcoming Series for REELZ… Nancy O’Dell Remembers Mondays at 9pm ET/PT only on Reelz O'Dell presents her intimate first-hand accounts of monumental celebrity stories including the passing of Princess Diana, Micha...

The Sorceress: Book One: The Prophecy by John Sinisi Ruthless Lord Soren will stop at nothing to reunite the feudal states of Menkara into a mighty kingdom, with himself as king. His most powerful weapon is the Bezrielite necromancer, William, who rejects his people’s sacred mystical traditions, and uses his sorcery to attain dominion over men and nature. Opposing Soren and William is the liberati...

How to Raise Respectful Parents Laura Lyles Reagan At long last—a practical, “how to” guide for teens to help them navigate the confusing transition from dependence on their parents to becoming responsible for themselves!! Author and Sociologist Laura Reagan provides teens with a detailed road map on how to build positive relationships (and influence) with their parents while, at the same time, ho...

The Imaginarium Machine by John Adrian Tomlin It's 2030 and video games have hit that barrier where graphics and innovation is at its peak. At E3, Sony reveals their next gen gaming console, the Imaginarium Machine. Instead of playing on a TV, you play in your mind. In doing this, you break all boundaries in regards to your senses. You can now feel the wind, smell the flowers, taste the bread ......

Calum Worthy The Quirky Young Actor and Former Disney Kid is Grown Up And Getting a Crash Course Of What NOT to Do When Dating in... Cassandra French’s Finishing School on AT&T's Audience Network Viewers will recognize Calum Worthy from his more than 50 different film and television productions, including his best-known role as ‘Dez,’ Austin's loyal and funny best friend, in the Award Winning...

Investigation Discovery Rips Open One of the Most Controversial Cases of All Time in the Special Three-Night TV Event, Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery Premieres April 9th for three nights at 10pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery. Ric speaks with Investigative Journalist Diane Dimond about New Information on One of the Biggest Murder Mysteries in History Investigation Discovery takes view...

Paul Kirchoff EPX is an invite-only group of pioneering entrepreneurs experiencing incredible adventures around the world. The community combines adventure travel with accelerated business success through greater social/business networking, peer-to-peer teaching and mutual experiences. The EPX Worldwide community is powered by the first data-driven experience software platform enabling each member...

David Morse The Veteran Film & TV Star Continues His Run as the Most Powerful Man on the Mountain in WGN America’s Outsiders. Tuesdays 9pm ET/PT David Morse first came to national attention on television as Dr. Jack "Boomer" Morrison in the medical drama series St. Elsewhere, and later for his Emmy®-nomiated role as a detective in the medical drama House and as an honest police officer in a co...

Revisit the Case that Captivated the Country: Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery Debuts April 9th at 10pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery Investigative Reporter Steph Watts Goes In-Depth to Shed New Light on this Controversial and Tragic Case in a Three Night Television Special on ID Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery is much more than an expose into one of the biggest murder myster...

High Level Wellness Through Simple Detox Whether it’s the New Year, Springtime, the first of the month, the new moon, or you simply want to shed some extra pounds, look younger, boost your energy, or say good-bye to depression and fatigue, any time of the year is the best time to put yourself on a simple detox/cleanse program. It can be a simple 1-3 day cleanse, or a more deep 21 to 30 day detoxif...

Nat Geo WILD’s #1 Series Celebrates 100 Episodes… The Incredible Dr. Pol Season 10 Finale and 100th Episode Premieres Saturday March 25th at 9pm ET/PT Dr. Jan Pol Will See You Now… If You Have Four Legs and Fur! The 75-year old veterinarian has become a global sensation thanks to his passion, charm and old-school, no-nonsense approach to animal care. The Incredible Dr. Pol, follows the doctor on h...

Dueling with Kings: High Stakes, Killer Sharks, and the Get-Rich Promise of Daily Fantasy Sports by Daniel Barbarisi As Bringing Down the House did for card counters and Positively Fifth Street did for poker players, Daniel Barbarisi does for Daily Fantasy Sports fans in this leap down the rabbit hole of America’s latest obsession. Daniel Barbarisi quits his job as the New York Yankees beat writer...

From the Critically-Acclaimed A&E Drama BATES MOTEL… Ric Catches up with Actor Nestor Carbonell and Executive Producer Carlton Cuse Carbonell is back for the haunting fifth and final season as Alex Romero (Norman Bates’ Stepfather) who is currently incarcerated for perjury, hungers for a chance to destroy his stepson and avenge the murder of his one true love, Norma Bates. This contemporary pr...

Digital Selling: How to Use Social Media and the Web to Generate Leads and Sell More by Grant Leboff With an increasing volume of customer time and attention being devoted to mobile and social channels, sales teams need to ensure that they are visible and available online. Until now this has been an area largely left to marketing, but as disciplines converge, sales people need to add digital skill...

Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s by Jason Turbow How the Oakland A's of the 1970s--a revolutionary band of brawling Hall of Famers--won three straight championships and knocked baseball into the modern age The Oakland A's of the early 1970s were the most transformative team in baseball history. Never before had an entire organization so col...

Yahoo Sports Tourney Pick’em is Back and You Have a Chance at $25,000! Don’t Fill Out Your Tourney Pick’em Bracket Until You Hear Ric Talk With ‘Bracket Brad' Evans from Yahoo Sports! The NCAA Men’s Division Basketball Championship is looming and hoops fans are electrified. The season-ending NCAA tournament is the culmination of 68 of the best teams in college basketball. All the rivalries, camara...

"The Swede" by R.W. Nichelson The 5th SS was an elite German fighting unit of the fearsome Waffen SS consisting of volunteers from all over Northern Europe. Though they suffered terrible casualties in the bloody combat on the Eastern Front, they were well known for their courage and dedication in battle. This is the story of Hans Gruber and Sven Eriksson, two volunteers from Sweden in the Wiking S...

Remembering Our Black Trailblazers and Their Legacies by Barbara A. Pierce The purpose of this book of brief biographies is to keep the memory of our black trailblazers alive, and to inspire further research on these extraordinary individuals. In spite of the racial divide and the negative sentiments that existed during their time, they pursued a path that improved the dire circumstances of many....

"Nightclub on Elm Tree" by Joan Cimaglia Written as a poem in four-line stanzas, the story is about the multitude of memorable characters that retreat to the their hot spot in the elm tree where they can let their hair down and live the lush life together. Miss Spider, a veteran of the tree, narrates most of the story during her encounter with Mr. Owl, a newcomer, as she introduces him to each of...

Prom Season Starts Here! Celebrate National Promposal Day with Rising Teen Digital Media Stars Summer McKeen & Dylan Jordan Who Share Their Top 3 Ideas for Creative Prom Proposals. Men’s Wearhouse, the go-to destination for Prom and formalwear expertise, has officially established March 11 as National Promposal Day. A day where high school students across the country can celebrate their creati...

Head in the Game: The Mental Engineering of the World's Greatest Athletes by Brandon Sneed The next frontier of sports training doesn't rest with the body, but with the mind. For years, common wisdom has held that athletic performance is rooted in genetics and peak physical enhancement of the body. But journalist Brandon Sneed has another idea: that mental engineering -- training the cognitive pro...

The Mothers of the Country's Most Elite Young Basketball Players Speak Out in Lifetime's New Series Bringing Up Ballers Wednesdays at 10pm ET/PT, 9pm CT on Lifetime Ric Speaks with Chicago-Based Entrepreneur, Celebrity Hair Stylist and Bringing Up Ballers Star, Peytyn Willborn In Lifetime's new docu-series Bringing Up Ballers, five Chicago-area female entrepreneurs -- whose kids are some of the co...

THE DARK SIDE OF LIFE by Edna Hunt This book is about my life as a child in the 1950's. From my childhood to my teenage years. I'm not proud of my childhood but it is very important to me to let everyone know what I went through as a child. It gives me some relief to know that someone else knows how I felt during that time and a lot of people can relate to this. I want this to be continuing story...