This Week in America with Ric Bratton

"The Stranger Returns" Mark McGunegill A secret Government experiment thrusts Major Joshua McNeal forward in time to the end of the 21st century. After losing everyone in his world whom he loved, McNeal volunteers for a secret and dangerous experiment which propels him through space and time where he hopes that he will find a better world at the other end. Instead, he finds himself back on Earth a...

"Exploring Forensic Astrology" Law enforcement often struggles to connect the dots to identify someone as a killer beyond a reasonable doubt. Forensic astrology can serve a much-needed civic and legal function–it helps connect dots between the crime and the perpetrator. The stars, after all, do not lie. Real crime meets astrology in this revealing book that seeks to get to the bottom of who commit...

Why You Probably Have Metabolic Acidosis & Don’t Even Know It Acidosis, The Healing Power of Water, Healthy Digestion & Whole Body Detox/Rejuvenation Interview with Susan Smith Jones, PhD BIO: For a woman with three of America’s most ordinary names, Dr. Susan Smith Jones has certainly made extraordinary contributions in the fields of holistic health, anti-aging, optimum nutrition and balan...

The Popular Crime Thriller Series Longmire Returns Exclusively on Netflix Ric Speaks with the Show's Stars Lou Diamond Phillips and Katee Sackhoff Longmire, the hit crime thriller series, returns to TV for its fifth season exclusively on Netflix beginning September 23. Set in Big Sky country, Longmire is based on the Walt Longmire mystery novels by best-selling author Craig Johnson. The series sta...

The legacy of Michael Phelps is this: As the most accomplished and decorated Olympian ever, he has changed his sport in a way that few athletes have. Now in a stunning special edition from Sports Illustrated, the remarkable story of Phelps’ long journey and unprecedented triumphs are told through words and the iconic photography that readers have come to expect from SI. This beautiful keepsake vol...

Meet the World’s First Self-Installing Car Seat! Child Passenger Safety Week is… September 18th - 24th. Did You Know: 4 out of 5 parents install their car seat incorrectly? **According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, correctly using a car seat can reduce the risk of injury or death by 71% for an infant and 54% for a toddler.** No more tugging and pulling and crawling around...

From Emmy® Nominated Actor, to Hip Shaker on Dancing with the Stars, to Co-Host of the Much Watched Entertainment Tonight, and Now Host of Discovery Family's home renovation Show, Game of Homes, Tuesdays at 9PM ET/PT on Discovery Family Channel Ric talks with Cameron Mathison Mathison is no stranger to home renovation. In fact, he converted his run-down garage into an awesome family room in only f...

"Rock with Rodney and Party with Perky...To The World of Evermore by Patty Fayerweather Harlow Patty is a published author and poet with an extensive background in writing and marketing. She is committed to demonstrating excellence as a writer, and promoting positivity through her poetry and children’s stories. Ms. Fayerweather Harlow earned a Bachelor of Arts in marketing and an associate degree...

"WOMEN WHO KNEW JESUS" by Bonnie Ring Based on retreats the author—a psychotherapist, feminist, and Episcopalian priest—has conducted over the years, this book looks at the many instances Jesus’ life intersected with women in the Gospels. In 1st-century Palestine, women were seen as second- and third-class citizens. Yet Ring contends that Jesus interacted with women as if he were their brother; he...

"A Rewording Life" by Sheryl Gordon September 21st is World Alzheimer's Day. Every 68 seconds someone develops Alzheimer's. Find out more www.alzinfo.org/articles/world-alzheimers-day/ With A Rewording Life, Sheryl Gordon brings clarity to obscure words, collaborates with over a thousand cool Canadians (Yann Martel, Jane Urquhart, Terry Fallis, Miriam Toews, Wayson Choy, Sass Jordan, Colin Mochrie...

Get Ready to Laugh (and Possibly Cry) ’Til it Hurts! British Import Phoebe Waller-Bridge Stars as an Angry and Rage-Filled Single Woman Trying to Navigate Life and Relationships in London in the Hilarious Comedy… Fleabag And She's Talking to Ric The series is a funny and poignant window into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, grief- riddled woman, as she hurls herself at modern living. Award...

Maury is Coming to Your Station for Season 19 Premiering on Monday, September 19th What can you expect this season? Ric chats with Maury on This Week in America Maury is digging deep into the archives to update guests from his oldest DNA shows - reinforcing the impact and importance these shows have on children and families. Maury will bring back hot topics from seasons past, including psychic rea...

Grammy®-Nominated Singer-Songwriter, Children’s Book Author, Actress and Mom: Lisa Loeb Chats with Ric She is Keeping Things ‘Groovy' in Season 2 of Amazon Original Kids Series Creative Galaxy and has a New All-Ages Album Coming Out this Fall! Lisa Loeb shot to fame in the 90s with her #1 single, “Stay.” Now, she’s set to make her “out-of-this-world” debut on the hit Amazon Original Kids Series Cr...

"Where is Home?: How a Childhood in East Germany during World War II Shaped My Adult Life" by Anneros Valensi "Where is Home" shows the devotion of a mother trying to protect her five young children from the cruelties of the Russian invaders of their homeland in Silesia, East Germany during World War II in 1945-1946. The author shows the realities of what it was like for a six year old during that...

Lauded by the National Post as “One of our nation’s leading motivational speakers,” and appearing as a recurring communications expert on BIZ TV and Newstalk Radio, Nina Spencer has addressed clients such as: Exxon, State Farm, Xerox and AT&T. She is the bestselling author of "Getting Passion Out of Your Profession: How to keep loving your living come what may", and latest book, "A Time to Cre...

"Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights" Written by Rich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace Jonathan Daniels, a white seminary student from New Hampshire, traveled to Selma, Alabama, in 1965 to help with voter registration of black residents. After the voting rights marches, he remained in Alabama, in the area known as “Bloody Lowndes,” an extremely dangerous area for whit...

Two of America’s Best-Loved Bands Are Coming to Your City, Together: Legendary Earth, Wind & Fire and Chicago Are Co-Headlining the Heart And Soul Tour 3.0 And Making a Stop Near You, this Fall! Ric talks with Verdine White of Earth, Wind and Fire and Chicago's Robert Lamm Chicago, and Earth, Wind & Fire - two of the most successful and critically-acclaimed bands of all time - are embarkin...

Iconic 9/11 Flag Returns Home! New HISTORY special chronicles the story of the flag’s discovery and return to New York in… America’s 9/11 Flag: Rise From the Ashes Premieres Sunday September 11th at 10:30 pm ET/PT on History The story of the flag was chronicled in an October 2014 episode of the HISTORY series “Brad Meltzer’s Lost History.” Shortly after the broadcast, an anonymous individual deliv...

Starring in a Brand New Traumedy: Tig Notaro The Comedienne’s Real Life is the Inspiration for One Mississippi. She joins Ric on This Week in America Tig writes, produces and stars in Amazon Prime's One Mississippi, a traumedy inspired by her own life. We find Tig as she leaves Los Angeles and returns to her hometown in Mississippi upon her mother’s untimely death. What starts as Tig reconciling h...

Ric Speaks with Former WWE Superstar and Current Lucha Underground Commentator Matt Striker! The Former Schoolteacher Turned Professional Wrestler Returns to the Lucha Underground Commentators' Desk for Season Three Wednesdays at 8 PM ET/PT only on El Ray Matt Striker loved the opportunity to mold young minds as a high school teacher in Bayside, NY -- but he never gave up on his dream of becoming...

It's Time to School Yourself Whip Your Beach Brain Back into Shape with an Entertaining and Enlightening Labor Day Marathon of America: Facts vs. Fiction starring Jamie Kaler Timed to Back to School, Barnes & Noble Launches an American Heroes Channel-Inspired Book Collection Airing Monday September 5th starting at 9am ET/PT only on American Heroes Channel It's time to put away the suntan lotio...

BEN UTECHT FORMER NFL PLAYER AND SUPER BOWL WINNING TIGHT END TO RELEASE HIS MEMOIR COUNTING THE DAYS WHILE MY MIND SLIPS AWAY: A LOVE LETTER TO MY FAMILY …tackles the controversial topic of head injuries among professional athletes…. After five years in the National Football League playing for the Indianapolis Colts, where he won a Super Bowl ring, and then going on to play for the Cincinnati Ben...

Win at Football...Fantasy Football Season is Kicking Off! Ensure Your Fantasy Football Team is Ready to Win Before Your Favorite Players Hit the Gridiron. Yahoo Fantasy Football Expert Liz Loza joins Ric to discuss all your favorite players, how to sign-up for Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football and offer advice on how to draft a winning team. Start preparing for both season-long and daily Fantasy Footb...

"Army Letters" by Geoffrey Smoot The world was deep in depression. The clouds of war were forming over the Pacific as the Japanese war machine was preparing for war. A young man from a small town on Maryland’s isolated Eastern Shore had just graduated high school and was struggling to find work while trying to figure out if he could go to college. Living briefly with his older brother he soon lear...

In this compelling story, author Siegfried Finser shows readers that a Collision can happen at different times and on several levels. The battle between the unscrupulous intellect and the caring heart is poignantly portrayed through the story of two corporate individuals as they tread the waters of dangerous intrigues and unexpected secrets exposed in the corporate world. Siegfried Finser is the f...