This Week in America with Ric Bratton

One of the most anticipated autobiographies "You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, And The Perfect Marriage of Sports And Television" written by Al Michaels with Jon L Wertheim. Michaels has logged more hours on live primetime over-the-air network television than anyone in history. Ric talks with Jon who is executive editor of Sports Illustrated and one of the most accomplished sports journa...

Leslie Strong is a personal and executive leadership coach who motivates and inspires others to transform their personal and professional lives. Her mantra: Inspire, Transform, Succeed. Her client base: individuals, entrepreneurs, stay-at-home moms, small business enterprises and multinational corporations including Molson, Unilever, Home Depot and Deloitte. Leslie is the author of "The You Factor...

Celebrated Sportswriter Roland Lazenby author of "Best Regrets: VMI's John McKenna and the Lost Age of College Football". Roland is the author of numerous sports books. His most recent is Michael Jordan: The Life, a New York Times Book ReviewEditor’s Pick. Lazenby played a year of football at VMI.

Dr Rudolph Cumberbatch is a retired medical doctor who spent 20 years as Chief of Surgery for the Veteran's Healthcare System. He is author of "Failure Masquerading As Success: The Veteran's Healthcare System A Microcosm Of The Current Federal Government". www.amazon.com

Dr Brenda Stratton has a passion to see individuals released from the emotional pain in their lives so they can become what God has intended for their lives to be. She is a dynamic speaker and missionary who presents to churches, spiritual retreats, conferences and business workshops throughout the US and internationally. She is the founder of Message to the Nations and "Life Transformation Minist...

Adam Grossman is Founder and President of Block Six Analytics. He has worked with a number of sports organizations-including the Minnesota Timberwolves, Washington Capitals, and SMG @ Solider Field-to enhance their corporate sponsorship and enterprise marketing capabilities. www.thesportsstraegist.com

Millions of consumers have been impacted by numerous credit card data breaches in the past year, and cybercriminals are becoming even more adept at stealing our personal and financial information. Brian Krebs, an award-winning Washington Post investigative reporter turned cybersecurity blogger, was the first to report on the massive data breaches at Target and Home Depot on his popular blog, Krebs...

Dr. LeslieBeth (LB) Wish is a nationally recognized psychologist and licensed clinical social worker #7132, 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...

Alexander Kaufman is author of "The Precipice Option". Sixty nine years after WWII a story still untold and brimming with controversy. Alexander was born a little before Hitler's ascent to power in Germany. He remembers watching as a toddler, the celebratory nightly Brown-Shirt torch parades through the streets. The early decision of his parents to leave for then British-mandated Palestine was a m...

Eric Falkenstein received his economics PhD from Northwestern in 1994, and wrote his dissertation on the low return to high volatility stocks. He set up a Value-at-Risk system for trading operations at KeyCorp, then a firm-wide economic risk capital allocation methodology. He created RiskCalc(TM), Moody's private firm default probability model, the most popular private firm default model in the wo...

Dr Allan Hedberg wrote "Doctor, Teach Me To Parent" for new and experienced parents who desire to be the best parent for their children. Dr. Allan G. Hedberg is a clinical psychologist and maintains a private practice in Fresno, California. He received his doctorate in 1969, from Queen’s University, Canada. He has published over 75 papers and has presented many professional seminars on various top...

Many people gain between 5-12 pounds from Thanksgiving through the first week of January. How would you like to go through the holidays this year without gaining a pound? That’s right! Does that sound impossible to you? You can do it with the help of our guest , Susan Smith Jones. A world-renowned motivational speaker, author, and expert on weight loss, looking younger, and healthy living, Dr. Sus...

Daniela Muggia co-author "The Impact of Empathy: A New Approach to Working With ADHD Children" Daniela Muggia is a Thanatologist and the winner of the prestigious Terzani Award for the Medical Humanities in 2008. For almost 30 years she studied the Tibetan tradition of death and dying with Sogyal Rinpoche, author of the ground-breaking Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. She also trained with Cesare...

Jill Skeem is a certified macrobiotic health counselor, educator and chef. She graduated from the Strengthening Health Institute, a premier macrobiotic educational facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is also a graduate from The Ohio State University. Jill teaches adult and children’s cooking classes. She lectures to companies and organizations on health and wellness, was a contributing writ...

Page Olson Founder of Innovative Play For Kids LLC and a Founding Expert in CCFL Global Academy, Page grew up in a home with no TV; she and her siblings enjoyed many happy hours of exploration, discovery and innovative fun. At the birth of each of her children she found herself asking the question “Who are You?” Finding herself the keeper of the question “Who am I?,” she provided a rich and varied...

Many people gain between 5-12 pounds from Thanksgiving through the first week of January. How would you like to go through the holidays this year without gaining a pound? That’s right! Does that sound impossible to you? You can do it with the help of our guest , Susan Smith Jones. A world-renowned motivational speaker, author, and expert on weight loss, looking younger, and healthy living, Dr. Sus...

Mike Neil is the President and Founder of the Washington State Chaplain Foundation, and Senior Chaplain for the Washington State Patrol and the Department of Fish and Wildlife. He served 30 years as a Fish and Wildlife Officer, 15 years as a Police Firearms Instructor, and 16 years as a Police Dog Handler. He is the author and illustrator of an African adventure novel, The MIRACLE of AFRICA, with...

Christopher Kelly is the former Chairman of Chyron Corporation and a retired television executive. He has had a lifelong passion for military history, and many of his family have fought in previous American wars including one, Stephen Van Rensselaer of NY, who led an ill-fated invasion of Canada. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley www.americainvades.com

As Lora Ann walked down her own road of recovery during the first 2 years following the loss of her mother, she continued to find—or maybe they continued to find her—friends who were traveling down the same difficult road, only starting the journey after Lora. She often found herself answering questions about her journey and sharing the tips and processes that had helped her work through her most...

Parents serve as their children’s first teachers. What they learn at home helps them build on their learning and education at school. In A Parent’s Guide to a Peaceful Home, author Patricia Braxton provides a guide to helping parents manage their home in a peaceful, loving way in order to ensure success for their children at home and at school. This handbook presents Braxton’s TAD (Toward Affectiv...

Vicki Graves was born and raised in a small town in Southern Oregon. She attended college in Northern California, where she met her husband, and they have four children. After working in the medical field in convalescent and acute hospitals, Vicki changed careers and became an entrepreneur. She owned a florist shop for several years and then operated a successful mail order business for exotic pla...

Simple, Surefire Natural Beauty Secrets… For All Ages Tips for Aging Gracefully 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 balanced living. For starters, she taught students, staff and faculty at UCLA how to be healthy and fit for 30 years! Susan is...

Introducing Middle School : A Transition Guide For Parents of Children With Special Needs Virginia B. Stevens, M.Ed., works with autistic children at Loudoun County Public School, a middle school in Virginia. Mrs. Stevens has a master’s degree in special education (K-12) from West Virginia University. She has taught children in West Virginia and Virginia with special needs in the fields of specifi...

John J. Gobbell is the author of seven World War II thrillers about the U.S. Navy in the Pacific, including A Call to Colors, The Neptune Strategy, and When Duty Whispers Low. Edge of Valor is the fifth of five stand-alone novels in the Todd Ingram series. Gobbell is a former naval officer who served as a weapons officer in a destroyer. He lives in Newport Beach, CA. www.johnjgobbell.com

Bob Ryan is one of America’s most respected sports reporters, writers, and columnists. He retired from daily work at the Boston Globe in 2012 after some forty-five years at the paper. He is the author of many books including Forty-Eight Minutes: A Night in the Life of the NBA, The Four Seasons, Wait Till I Make the Show: Baseball in the Minor Leagues, and The Boston Celtics: The History, Legends,...