This Week in America with Ric Bratton

Are you worried about your child and summer learning loss? Teacher of the Year Offers Fun and Educational Ideas for Families in the Car This Summer Summer, with all its pleasures, is right around the corner. Lazy days and unfettered adventure are the name of the game for school kids in June, July and August. However, many parents worry that their children will lose some of what they’ve learned in...

How to Create a More Stressless Lifestyle with Susan Smith Jones, PhD • SusanSmithJones.com Whose not under stress these days? Our guest today, motivational speaker, frequent radio and TV talk show guest and author of over 25 books, Dr. Susan Smith Jones, says that too much unmanaged stress can sabotage even the best of health intentions. In fact, in her latest book, she says it’s impossible to cr...

Adam Altman Growing up in Woodstock, NY, Adam Altman has been exposed to the creative arts for his entire life. He earned a Writing Arts degree from the State University of New York at Oswego and a graduate degree in Information Science from the University of Albany. He has written over 100 telecommunications articles published in various technology magazines and has been honored with writing scho...

"Against All Odds" Denis Knezovic This is a story about achieving success in the midst of a number of incredible obstacles. It is about life as a war refugee with cerebral palsy and goes from early childhood into young adulthood. This story shows what is possible under circumstances that some have said to be impossible. As the writer overcomes some obstacles, others emerge. These new challenges re...

Rena Greenberg Rena Greenberg’s success with weight loss and wellness and gastric bypass hypnosis has been featured in 150+ news stories including USA Today, Woman’s World Magazine, The Doctor’s Show, CNN, Good Morning America and ABC-TV Nightline, and her own show on PBS. Rena’s wellness program has been reviewed and sponsored in 75 hospitals and 100+ major corporations, including Walt Disney Wor...

Radio Host, Actor, Businessman, Stand-up Comic And Single Father of Five: Rickey Smiley Ric catches up with the media maven and get his rib-tickling tips to staying sane while juggling the demands of career and family! Rickey Smiley For Real returns for a second season on TV One Tuesdays at 8 PM ET/PT. The television series follows Rickey’s hectic life as he juggles his career as a nationally synd...

"Isabelle's Wish" Cara D Brown Cara D. Brown is a Preschool Teacher. She lives in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area. This is Cara’s first book and she enjoyed working on this project with her 9 year old nephew, Zachary. www.facebook.com/carabrownbooks

"Training Your Intuition To Detect Narcissists in Love and Work" Dr LeslieBeth Wish 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...

"Rob The Vatican" Robert Gallant Robert Gallant has written five novels including "Rob The Vatican". He has over 30 years of experience in business and technology. Politics, romance and murder descend on the Vatican as a jewel thief works to pull off the biggest heist in history.

DIFFERENT KIND OF DAUGHTER: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight A memoir by Maria Toorpakai, Pakistan’s #1 squash player Maria Toorpakai, Pakistan’s #1 female squash player, is a savant—a self-taught athlete from the tribal areas of Pakistan who passed as a boy to play sports under one of the most oppressive & violent regimes on the planet. After enduring years of adversity and st...

The Hunt for Junk Continues... Father & Son Duo Turn Trash Into Cash in Velocity's Hit Series, Junkyard Empire, Wednesdays at 9 PM ET/PT Sparks Fly When Bickering Father & Son Andy and Bobby Cohen Try to Run the Family Business Together In JUNKYARD EMPIRE the hunt is on for big, washed up metal – cars, motorcycles, boats, homes, campers and heavy equipment – from police impounds, private a...

The Steve Wilkos Show is in its 9th Season and Gearing Up to Celebrate 10 Years on the Air Later This Year! Ric Catches Up with the Former Marine and Police Officer Turned Talk Show Host as He Continues to Focus on the Importance of Social Issues. More than 22 years ago, Steve Wilkos began moonlighting as a security guard on The Jerry Springer Show. Viewers began to identify with his tough guy dem...

Fully Nourished for Greater Fitness & Vitality Best-Selling Author & Frequent TV/Radio Guest, Dr. Susan Smith Jones, Shares Her Tips for Optimum Health, Anti-Aging and Balanced Living 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, high level t...

AMERICAN PHAROAH The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner’s Legendary Rise New York Times sportswriter Joe Drape On June 6, 2015, history was made when the epic thoroughbred American Pharoah won the Belmont Stakes and secured the Triple Crown title, becoming the first racehorse in thirty-seven years to achieve this momentous feat and only the twelfth winner in American history. AMERICAN PHAROAH...

"Legacy" Series Robert Maxxim One of our favorite and most popular guests is back to share his incredible journey through several lifetimes as far back as a million years, his blunders and triumphs and the many worlds and places where these amazing experiences took place. "Born in 1957, Robert experienced several sleep-time visits to other worlds as a child and witnessed countless alien craft. The...

Do You Know Which Way You Are Facing? The road to redemption begins with spiritual warfare. We must know that there is a special kind of war going on. This special war is a spiritual war, and it’s far more important than the “war” going on in this world. In fact, this spiritual war between sin and righteousness has been going on since the beginning of time. The essay Victory Over Sin through the W...

A Secret Government Unit Hunts Down Alien Terrorists in Syfy's Thrilling New Series, Hunters Mondays at 10PM ET/9PM CT Britne Oldford (American Horror Story, The Flash) Helps Lead the Charge as Exo-Terrorism Operative Allison Regan Inspired by Whitley Strieber’s best-selling novel, Alien Hunter, Syfy's Hunters is part gritty crime drama and part sci-fi thriller from executive producers Gale Anne H...

America's Top Rising Comedians Battle for Comedy Supremacy in truTV's Comedy Knockout Thursdays 10:30 PM ET/9:30 PM CT Our Guest Comedian Damien Lemon (Guy Code) Hosts the New Weekly Comedy Competition truTV's Comedy Knockout pits comedians against each other in a series of fast-paced challenges, with the audience ultimately deciding who is the funniest person in the room. In each episode, host Da...

Immerse yourself in John Brewer's historical fiction novels that open windows into other times and other places to illuminate here and now. Witness the characters’ struggle for love, for respect, for survival. Author John Brewer’s passion for history unfolds in the pages of his historical fiction novels. Action, adventure and romance abound in these stories. Follow the lives and loves of three you...

"Southern Expose" by Dr. Roberta Silfen This is written for those unaware of the days in the early 1970's in the Deep South where desegregated schools were still segregated, and equal education was very unequal. This is an account of my experience; a white teacher, teaching in an all-black elementary school at that time. Times have changed and the black schools have caught up with the white school...

The Struggle for Power and Control in the Hills of Appalachia OUTSIDERS Continues! WGN America’s Gritty and Addicting Hit Drama, Outsiders, Heads Back up the Mountain for a Second Season. Ric Catches Up with Two of the Series Stars before the Season One Finale…Tuesday April 19th at 9PM ET/PT on WGN America Ryan Hurst & Kyle Gallner On the smash hit Sons of Anarchy, critics and fans alike celeb...

Initiation into the Mysteries of the Secret Doctrine by Aceka Initiation into the Mysteries of the Secret Doctrine is an extensive consideration of Occult Science that delves into the historical record to trace the role of this secret knowledge through ancient cultures and into the present. Presenting the Zodiac as the concept central to the understanding of the life cycle, Aceka reveals the keys...

The Humongous "Goober Slick!" by Carol Ann Conlin (Author) "This story came about from an actual occurrence with Carol Ann Conlin (the author and illustrator) and her pet, Pugsley (a king pug). Whenever Pugsley could get the chance, he enjoyed sneaking a slurp of Carol Ann’s delicious hot tea." Carol Ann Conlin is one of thirteen children. Carol Ann was born in Paris, Ontario, Canada, and grew up...

Obie award winning actress Adina Porter has made her mark in all areas of entertainment: television, film and the theatre. Notably she portrayed ‘Lettie Mae Thornton’ in HBO’s “True Blood” for all seven seasons of the cornerstone series. She also appeared as ‘Kendra’ in Aaron Sorkin’s HBO drama, “The Newsroom.” The show marked Porter’s fifth venture with HBO, along with her memorable performances...

The Critically-Acclaimed Time-Travel Thriller 12 Monkeys is Back for Another Season! Premiering Monday April 18th at 9PM ET/PT on Syfy Ric Catches Up with Series Stars… Aaron Stanford & Amanda Schull 12 Monkeys is based on the 1995 film of the same name. It follows the journey of James Cole (Stanford), a man from 2043 sent back in time to stop a malevolent organization known as the Army of the...