This Week in America with Ric Bratton

Sara Chetkin was born in Key West, Florida in 1979. At the age of 15 she was diagnosed with severe scoliosis and spent much of the next fifteen years traveling the world seeking healing and spiritual insight. These travels and explorations are the basis for The Healing Curve. ​In 2001 she graduated from Skidmore College with a Bachelor of Arts inAnthropology. After graduation, she moved to Somervi...

Susan Corey has a doctorate in marine biology and is a retired university professor, a lecturer and researcher. Her lifelong love affair with the oceans, marine life, and metaphysics along with a deep concern for life and the disastrous direction humanity is headed motivated her to write The Never Ending Quest. She hopes to awaken humans to their plight and the New Age of consciousness. There are...

Linda Wortell is the author of "LymeLight" the story of the journey of her 14 year old daughter Grace with Lyme disease in which she suddenly lost all of her memory. Grace's symptoms of Lyme disease were not readily recognized by the medical community. Not until Grace was seen by Lyme-literate health care providers were her symptoms treated. Linda is a registered nurse with 30 years of experience....

Sleepless in America 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 the founder and president of Health Unlimited, a Los Angel...

Resonating loudly with today's youth, Joshua Coburn's stretched ear lobes, tattoos and subdermal implants would seemingly hinder the success of many, however, in Coburn's case; these aesthetic traits give him a unique advantage as a youth speaker. Students see an authentic figure in Coburn, who is vastly different from the many speakers they're accustomed to hearing lecture them on how best to add...

Dr Susan Smith Jones is a holistic health expert, author of more than 25 books on natural living, a human behavior specialist with a worldwide following. For 30 years Dr Susan has taught students, staff and faculty at UCLA how to be healthy and fit. She has been selected as one of the 10 "Healthy American Fitness Leaders" by the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Dr Susan brings m...

ShayLa Bryant was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. She moved to Georgia in 2005 in hopes of getting a better focus on life after a better spiritual relationship with God. Getting much more than anticipated, ShayLa got married and obtained her degree in Business Management and continues to strive for advancement in her life. Though the book is fiction, ShayLa did incorporate some of her life's ex...

Martin Blank is an expert on the health-related effects of electromagnetic fields and has been studying the subject for over thirty years. He earned his first PhD from Columbia University in physical chemistry and his second from the University of Cambridge in colloid science. From 1968 to 2011, he taught as an Associate Professor at Columbia University, where he now acts as a special lecturer. He...

Social media and how to use it to benefit your business, your career and your brand. Margaret Ross is CEO of Visible Strategies Communications and visionary founder of the Kamaron Institute. She is an award winning business consultant, recognized author, regularly featured guest on America's top media channels, discussing marketing, technology and cyber bullying prevention www.visible-strategies.c...

Knocked down by a painful divorce, Robert Andrew Powell decided to accept his failures and make a change. He was going to run. But he was not just going to casually job. In one year, he was going to train, qualify for, and run the Boston Marathon. "Running Away" is his moving memoir about not wanting to give up and how one decision to put one foot in front of the other altered the course of his li...

He's been called the best umpire who ever lived. Doug Harvey called balls and strikes for 31 years and 4673 games including All Star games and 5 World Series. In 2010 he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Peter Golenbock is author of "They Called Me God: The Best Umpire Who Ever Lived". The story of the life and times of Doug Harvey.

Helen Pruden Kaufmann, the author of "White Gloves and Collards" a coming-of-age story in a time of social change is a native of Edenton, North Carolina, graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in American History. She was the community liaison for a public school desegregation program in Massachusetts before relocating with her family to California, where she has done writin...

"Home Sweet Anywhere: How We Sold Our House, Created A New Life and Saw The World" is a memoir that celebrates the "Home Free Retirement" movement. Lynne and Tim Martin sold their home and possessions and are now on the road full-time loving every minute of it. For Lynne and Tim the American dream did not include a white picked fence, babysitting grandchildren and watching reruns of "Murder She Wr...

Everyone wants to feel better and be more alive but many people do not know where to begin. Dr James Marcum discusses his Top 10 Health Tips. Dr Marcum says the list, if applied , will definitely improve health and perhaps get you off a medication or two. Dr James Marcum is a board certified behavioral cardiologist with a thriving practice at the prestigious Chattanooga Heart Institute. He is a so...

Irene Chain Kalinowski was born in Rotherham,South Yorkshire England, to Polish immigrant parents, grew up and trained as a Midwife in Rotherham, South Yorkshire,England and has practiced midwifery through three continents, Europe, the Middle East, and New Zealand. For thirty four years she has practiced midwifery. A journey that has taken her through countries where women have faith in childbirth...

It's been called a doorway to the secret world of Navy Seals. Best selling military author Scott McEwen is the co-author of the new book "Eyes on Target", an inside look at the US Navy Seals - the world's most elite commando unit. It's a secretive world and Scott takes readers inside with never before reported accounts of the unit's riveting adventures. Scott is also co-author of the New York Time...

Patti Zona thought she had it all. A loving husband...wonderful children....and a comfortable home life. Until everything changed. As Patti's husband became consumed with his career, dysfunction and corruption began to emerge in unexpected places. After an exhaustive legal battle she felt hopeless and powerless but she would soon discover that all the lawyers and money in the world can't stand in...

Martin Blank is an expert on the health-related effects of electromagnetic fields and has been studying the subject for over thirty years. He earned his first PhD from Columbia University in physical chemistry and his second from the University of Cambridge in colloid science. From 1968 to 2011, he taught as an Associate Professor at Columbia University, where he now acts as a special lecturer. He...

Richard Bach's inspirational classic "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" is one of the few books that dominated the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller List for two consecutive years. With humor, wisdom and insight that could only come from one of the world's most beloved authors and an accomplished pilot, his most recent book, "Travels with Puff", recounts Bach's journey from Florida to Washington...

Matt Shea is a developing author having published four books. He is greatly inspired by the writings of Andy Griffith and focuses on the common folk that small towns are made of. He credits the success of his first book, "The Groundskeeper And Other Short Stories" to his family. The values that were instilled throughout his childhood gave him the strong sense of justice that is conveyed through hi...

Dr. Sandeep Grewal is a popular primary care physician in the Carolinas. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. He believes health books should not be boring. A little humor goes a long way to get patients to understand the intricacies of medicine and healthy living. He discusses his new book "Dementia Express: Lose Your Memory in 100 Ways". www.dementiaexpress.com

Never diet again and lose weight naturally. Jill Skeem is a certified macrobiotic health counselor, educator and chef. She is the author of "Comfort Food Gets a Vegan Makeover". Recipes of over 60 of your favorite foods without the saturated fat and cholesterol but still with great taste. Change the direction of your health in just 10 days. www.jillskeem.com

Millions of Americans are diagnosed with cancer each year and enter a journey filled with fear, anxiety, frustration and many, many questions. Oncologist Dr Kevin Ryan says the best way to fight cancer is to put aside the fear and focus on the treatment. He explains how to deal with a diagnosis, whether to consider a medical trial, how to combat the side effects of the disease and the treatment, a...

One housewife's journey to independence. "Unbridled" is Barbara McNally's heart-felt memoir written to empower women and help them embrace their individuality and discover their potential. www.unbridledfreedom.com

Never diet again and lose weight naturally. Jill Skeem is a certified macrobiotic health counselor, educator and chef. She is the author of "Comfort Food Gets a Vegan Makeover". Recipes of over 60 of your favorite foods without the saturated fat and cholesterol but still with great taste. Change the direction of your health in just 10 days. www.jillskeem.com