This Week in America with Ric Bratton

Dr. LeslieBeth (LB) Wish is a nationally recognized licensed clinical psychotherapist honored for her pioneering work in love, career, happiness, and success. The National Association of Social Workers has named her on their list of the Fifty who has Contributed to the Profession. She is the subject of biographical entry in many Marquis’Who’s Who publications. Her latest self-help, research-based...

Julia Schopick is a best-selling author of the book, HONEST MEDICINE: Effective, Time-Tested, Inexpensive Treatments for Life-Threatening Diseases. She is a seasoned radio talk show guest who has appeared on over 100 shows and is often invited back. Through her writings and her blog, HonestMedicine.com, Julia’s goal is to empower patients to make the best health choices for themselves and their lo...

Sleep Awareness Week is Coming Up! Daylight Saving Time Sleep Tips With Dr. Michael Breus, “The Sleep Doctor” For Many of Us, Spring Forward = Lost Sleep. Learn How to Better Adjust to the Time Change And Develop Better Sleep Habits Overall. We’re about to enter Sleep Awareness Week (March 6-13) and prepare to “spring forward” with Daylight Saving Time on March 12. Yet statistics show that America...

Spring Fashion Forecast: Polyvore Senior Fashion Editor Amy Wicks Reveals Upcoming Trends to Jumpstart the Season Plus Tips on How to Style These Looks From Your Own Wardrobe There's no better way to kick off spring than with a new wardrobe. This year, colorful patterned jeans and mirrored sunglasses are on every fashionista's spring wish list. Polyvore Senior Fashion Editor Amy Wicks joins Ric to...

The Emmy® Nominated Outstanding Children's Series Annedroids Returns to Amazon for Season Four Available on Amazon Prime Video starting March 3rd With a Whopping 10 Emmy® Nominations, Annedroids Tied Sesame Street for the most Nominations in 2016 Ric Speaks with Creator JJ Johnson About the Hit Live Action Adventure Series that Teaches Children About Science & Technology Created by Emmy®-nomin...

LEGACY EPISODE SERIES by Robert Maxxim Five episodes, a million year-old romance, past lives, space battles, intrigue, Lemuria, Atlantis, inter-dimensional scientific and spiritual principles of life, today's false religious beliefs and other secrets exposed in detail. This series is a must-read by every truth seeker. ​ ​​30 years in the making, "Legacy" is a novel, set in the future, of mankind’s...

EXIT LIVES by Jamel Gross Exit Lives is a fiction horror story that talks about a deranged man named leather who commits lots of crimes and who became clueless to these crimes. His world turned upside down when an unexpected thing happen to his life. About the author Jamel Gross On a relaxing day, I enjoy a good book to start the day. I hope everyone has an opportunity to purse their dreams in lif...

The Healing Power of Probiotics, Digestive Enzymes & Fermented Vegetables Interview with Susan Smith Jones, PhD There was a time in the not-so-distant past people didn’t need to take a probiotic supplement daily or digestive enzymes because there were always homemade jars of pickled vegetables such as cucumbers, cabbage, beets, and onions in American kitchens. It was a way to preserve the boun...

The Drama Reaches an All-Time High in the Latest Season of WE tv's Marriage Boot Camp Reality Stars Fridays 9pm ET/PT Ric Speaks with 19 Kids & Counting's Amy Duggar King and Husband Dillon King as they Undergo a Unique Brand of Extreme Couples Therapy In WE tv’s hit series Marriage Boot Camp Reality Stars now in its seventh season, returning counselors Dr. Venus Nicolino (“LA Shrinks”) and Dr...

Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory by Lydia Reeder “A thrilling, cinematic story. I loved every minute I spent with these bold, daring women whose remarkable journey is the stuff of American legend.” —Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy The Boys in the Boat meets A League of Their Own in this tr...

Go On Location at the Legendary Bronx Zoo! The Bronx Zoo is a World Leader in Wildlife Conservation and Public Education. For The First Time Ever, Animal Planet Takes Audiences Behind The Scenes to Highlight the Importance of Wildlife and Conservation in the Breakthrough New Series, The Zoo Ric Talks with Jim Breheny, Director of the Bronx Zoo and WCS Executive Vice President of Zoos and Aquarium...

One of the Country's Most Successful Homicide Detectives Reflects with Ric on His Most Notorious Cases in Investigation Discovery's Murder Chose Me Premieres Wednesday February 15th 10pm ET/9CT only on Investigation Discovery. Rod Demery's Mother was Murdered When he was Three Years Old; The Case Went Unsolved -- Until He Solved it 35 Years Later Murder has been a part of Rod Demery’s life for as...

Outsmart Your Instincts: How the Behavioral Innovation Approach Drives Your Company Forward co-author Adam Hansen Evolution is killing innovation! ''Just trust your gut'' is great advice when your instincts tell you to run from a lion in the jungle. But when it comes to thinking innovatively about your business, those same instincts can be your own worst enemy. Cognitive biases—the instinctual men...

From Secret Underground Passageways Used by Al Capone During Prohibition to a Legendary Network of Complex Escape Tunnels at Alcatraz… Some of the world’s most confounding archaeological and architectural secrets are located close to home and just beneath our feet. Thanks to new technological advances, get ready to explore these subterranean mysteries and more in an all-new series… SECRETS OF THE...

089 Filming Days — 117 Shoots 40 Countries — 7 Epic Episodes Planet Earth II Premieres Saturday February 18th at 9pm ET/8pm CT on BBC America Get Ready to be Inspired with a New Perspective of our World. Ric Talks with Executive Producer Mike Gunton about this Landmark Event and Consider What the Future Holds for our Relationship with the Natural World. Planet Earth transformed how viewers saw the...

MARIANNA'S LITTLE BOOK OF MANNERS by Edith King Vosefski This children's book is the story of a beautiful little girl who, although a charming child, has such bad manners the mothers in her neighborhood band together and forbid their children to play with her. You will learn how Marianna overcomes her dilemma and becomes so well versed in etiquette that she writes her own little book of manners fo...

THE COST OF LIBERTY author MICHAEL SKEEN This is the continuation of the story of President T J Samuels and his Chief of Staff Don Ladner as their administration struggles with perils that threaten the very existence of the United States. In 'The Cost of Freedom' the duo had to deal with epidemics, terrorism, military and economic aggression, and an assassination attempt while still attempting to...

NEVER A WOMAN, BY Richard Roach, MD It is 2002 when Kwamboka, a Kisii girl from western Kenya who refused female genital mutilation as part of her tribe's puberty rites, returns home after laboring in the fields all day. Exhausted, Kwamboka falls asleep and awakens a few hours later to the smell of smoke. She manages to escape the fire that engulfs her house, only to see her uncle waiting outside-...

Military History Comes to Life in The Weapon Hunter Premiering Sunday February 12th at 9pm ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel. Smithsonian Channel's Popular Series Spotlights the Most Iconic Weapons from America's Wars and the Veterans that Used Them Ric Speaks with Host & Military History Buff Paul Shull as he Tracks Down Some of the Greatest Pieces of Weaponry on the Planet In season two of Smiths...

TV’s First Polyromantic Comedy is Back for Season Two and is More Charming and Provocative Than Ever! You Me Her Stars Funny Man Greg Poehler Premieres Tuesday February 14th at 8:30pm ET/PT on Audience Network He joins Ric on This Week in America What begins as an impulsive "date" between suburban husband Jack (Poehler) and neophyte escort Izzy (Priscilla Faia) spins into a whirlwind three-way aff...

Crunch Time: How to Be Your Best When It Matters Most by Rick Peterson and Judd Hoekstra Thrive under Pressure! Nobody knows pressure like a major league baseball pitcher—an entire game can rest on a single pitch. For years, Rick Peterson has helped some of baseball's finest excel in this kind of intense situation. In Crunch Time, he and leadership expert Judd Hoekstra share Rick's secret. It's ca...

CONFESSIONS OF A BUNNY, author Melissa Jackson Meet Bun Bun. She may look like your grandmother’s vintage bunny, but that’s just what four years of devoted companionship looks like on pink polyester. She is the faithful sidekick to her equally charismatic and lovable person, Reagan. Bun Bun shares her life experiences with us as only she can. Told through the eyes of the stuffed friend that your c...

A KNIGHT WITHOUT HIS LOVERS by Jamel Gross A Knight Without His Lovers is a set poetries where readers will feel falling in love all over again. I feel compelled to talk about the dark ages in that time to love and not to love and to love again. This is a classic tale of love. About Jamel Gross On a relaxing day, I enjoy a good book to start the day. I hope everyone has an opportunity to purse the...

THE HUMAN INSIDE by Y.T. Cheng In the 22nd century, the world is undergoing a change bordering towards a complete dystopian setting. A special group of cybernetically enhanced young adults known as amborgs has been released into the public hoping to turn things around for a better environment for many innocent people. Following the exploits of one particular boy in their ranks, their actions will...

Three new novels by Stan Matthews! Mark Christopher is the tale of one man’s faithful journey through poverty, war, tragedy, and opposition as he searches for his destiny and meaning in his life. The Rise of Gideon shares the tale of a public relations guru and an ambitious New York reporter as they work together to expose a vicious society of extremists. The Last County Fair In this compelling st...