Episodes

As Halloween approaches, we start to think of skeletons and ghosts. So, this show is perfect to get you in the 'spirit'. Today's guest, Margo Lenmark, is the author of a new book, Light in the Mourning: Memoirs of an Undertaker's Daughter. You might think that growing up in a Midwestern funeral home would be morbid and traumatize a child forever, but Margo's life took a special turn. She learned that death is not the end, and can actually teach us all how to live better lives. Each time she's lo...

Today, Dr. Carole puts on her Forensic Psychiatrist/Expert Witness hat and analyzes the the Christine Ford vs. Brett Kavanaugh debacle that we have been glued to - like a train wreck. Regardless of who you were 'rooting' for, you should be appalled that this played out on the Senate floor without any of Christine's allegations being thoroughly investigated beforehand. If Dr. Carole had been retained as the expert witness, she would have found the flaws in Christine's story and explained how she ...

Today's show honors the 58 people murdered in Las Vegas, one year ago, at the hands of a madman, the countless others who were injured, and all of their families. Over 22,000 people delighted in the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival on October 1, 2017, until a tirade of bullets rang out from a window in the Mandalay Bay Hotel, turning it into the worst mass shooting in American history. But, the show doesn't just look back at tragedy, it also looks forward to healing, because that fateful ...

For Dr. Carole, 9/11 was a turning point that changed her life. She wasn't in the Twin Towers. She'd moved to L.A. by then. But, being born and raised in NYC, she took 9/11 as a personal attack and became The Terrorist Therapist®, devoted to helping people keep calm and carry on in the face of terror. Her latest book, Lions and Tigers and Terrorists, Oh My! How to Protect Your Child in a Time of Terror, keeps winning awards:NY, London, Paris and Hollywood Book Festivals and more. It's the first ...

September 11, 2018 marks the 17th anniversary of 9/11. But, for the victims and their families, it's as though it happened yesterday. Lisa Luckett is a 9/11 widow. Her story is both tragic and uplifting. Her new book, The Light in 9/11: Shocked by Kindness, Healed by Love, is her gift to the world. In it she shares what she has learned from this trauma to help others heal. With the clarity that only comes with time and distance, Lisa discovered the resiliency and beauty of the human spirit and v...

David Katz, The Madden Tournament Shooter, was a tragedy waiting to happen. Born with a likely predisposition to mental illness (possibly on the autism spectrum plus major depression or schizophrenia), his life took a turn for the worse when his parents divorced and he fell through the cracks. Though he received some psychiatric treatment, it was obviously not enough. Depressed and angry, his obsession with violent video games flourished-until it was no longer a game-but very real when he went o...

There are so many crimes in today's headlines, they can make your head spin. We all want to know 'whodunit' and why. But, before we can solve one crime, another one catches our attention. And after consuming countless hours of shows like Criminal Minds and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, we think we're all super-sleuths. Today's guest, Randy Sutton, is a real super-sleuth - he doesn't just play one on TV. He's a retired Police Lieutenant, Host of Blue Lives Radio, Founder of The Wounded Blu...

When Freddie Wilson was a boy, growing up in Mooresville, North Carolina, he was very shaken by the murder of the father of a schoolmate. Matt Stewart, a 31-year-old devoted pediatric nurse, respected member of his church and community, father and husband, was brutally murdered in his home in the early hours of June 9th, 2009. Police botched the investigation from the get-go and, to date, the murderer has never been caught, despite murmurs and rumors as to their identity. Unwilling to let this g...

Today's guests give America the reality check it needs. We are living on the precipice of disaster in America, as too much noise and political correctness cause people to become overwhelmed and numb to the real issues. Fortunately, there is Judge Jeanine Pirro - author of the new NY Times #1 Bestseller, Liars, Leakers and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy - who dares to tell it like it is. With her painstakingly meticulous, fact-checked work, she confronts those suffering from...

In these crazy-making times, more people than ever think about seeking help, but some hesitate because of stigma. Today's guest, Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., a renowned psychiatrist, takes us on an unflinchingly candid tour behind the scenes with his new book, Because I Come From a Crazy Family: The Making of a Psychiatrist. As a boy, he heard the call to become a psychiatrist. His childhood was surrounded by dysfunction, which he later identified as mental illness. His father was manic-depressive...

We all watched breathlessly until the 12 boys and their soccer coach were rescued from the cave. It's a miracle that they survived their entrapment and rescue, as Dr. Carole - a former scuba diving doctor and scuba diver, herself, explains. But, their challenges aren't over. Their stay in the hospital is likely to overcome any medical problems that arise-such as problems with their heart, lungs, kidney, liver and infections. But, the psychological trauma is not as easy to heal. Listen, as Dr. Ca...

Birthdays are a time to take stock of the years that passed and decide what changes you want to make for the future. So, this July 4th America, needs to be honest with itself. The way the country is now is not what our forefathers had in mind! From violent political divisiveness that is out of control, to an obsession with political correctness that is out of control, to worship of socialism and communism... our country has some 'splainin to do - and some course correction back to basic American...

Are news headlines sending you running for the hills or back into bed to hide under the covers? Today, Dr. Carole puts the top headlines on her couch to analyze them for you and take you inside the heads of the newsmakers to figure out what's really going on and why. First, since today is the 2-year anniversary of the tragic Pulse nightclub terror attack, she honors the victims and recaps the story, with an update about Omar Mateen's widow having recently been acquitted of all charges in a trave...

When we think of adopting a pet from an animal shelter, we think of doing good by rescuing a stray animal, but we don't realize how we are actually rescuing ourselves. Today's guests tell stories of mutual rescues. Purple Heart veteran Josh Marino shares how his life was changed forever by the love of a stray kitten. Wounded in Iraq when an explosive detonated, he suffered concussions that led to constant headaches, anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Josh reached the point where he decided to end hi...

Today's guest, psychologist Dr. Lorin Lindner, is the author of a new book - Birds of a Feather: A True Story of Hope and the Healing Power of Animals. She takes us on her life's journey, starting with her childhood love of a pet parrot who kept her company and healed her pain while her mother was dying. Later, as an adult, she was called upon to rescue a parrot named Sammy, which renewed her appreciation of these special birds. As the director of a program for homeless veterans in Los Angeles, ...

Do you have dreams that seem as impossible as becoming a rocket scientist? Well, today's guest, Olympia LePointe, latched onto such a dream when she was a little girl on a class field trip to a NASA lab. The only problem was that she was living in poverty with a single mom and three siblings, amidst gang violence and childhood sexual abuse. If she would've told anyone her dream, they would have laughed at her. Fortunately, after she was knifed by a classmate in 5th grade, her mother was able to ...

Do you feel lonely? If so, you're not alone. A new study reveals that there is a loneliness epidemic in America. And the younger you are, the more likely you are to feel this ache. Today, Dr. Carole explains why we're more lonely - from the gizmos we're attached to 24/7, to the increased number of divorces leaving scars on kids of divorce which make them afraid of intimacy, to the headlines that divide and isolate us from each other. Dr. Carole talks about today's headlines and how the media fla...

Today's show takes you behind closed doors, as two shrinks (psychiatrists) share the good, the bad and the ugly about mental health treatment today. Dr. Srini Pillay has been called a Renaissance man: author, coach, brain researcher, musician, provocateur, poet and psychiatrist. His latest book, entitled Tinker Dabble Doodle Try: Unlock the Power of the Unfocused Mind, presents a counterintuitive approach that helps people discover the benefits of techniques from dabbling to daydreaming. Current...

What determines when depression ends in suicide? The proper mental health treatment is always crucial. But, sometimes seemingly random events can push someone towards life or death. Today's guests present two stories of suicide -with many similarities- yet with different endings. Tired of struggling with family, work and depression, Kevin Berthia climbed on top of the Golden Gate Bridge to end his life. Fortuitously, he was talked down by someone who reminded him of his one reason to live. Om De...

Today's show - an analysis of OJ in light of the recent FOX Special: The Lost Confession - will hopefully be the last word on this lethal lover. We take you behind the scenes to hear all you need to know to finally put him to bed in our nation's consciousness. We owe our fly-on-the-wall look at OJ's Lost Confession to today's first guest, Judith Regan, CEO of Regan Arts, an award-winning publishing/media company. Judith's 2006 interview with OJ is nothing less than spectacular in the way that sh...

If people would only admit that the immigration crisis is not about having sympathy for immigrants-but really about certain politicians wanting more immigrants in this country-illegal or not-to sway the vote their way-we could arrive at a more rational solution! But, this doesn't seem to be happening any time soon. Today's guest, Maria Espinoza, National Director of The Remembrance Project, tells it like it is. After the recent spending bill, passed by Congress, failed to include enough money to...

Ever since state mental hospitals have been shut down, many mentally ill have ended up on our streets and then in jails and prisons. Indeed, approximately one-third of our nation's inmates are mentally ill, and getting little to no treatment while incarcerated. But today's guest, Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren, author of Court of Refuge: Stories from the Bench of America's First Mental Health Court, has begun to change this and make it a more compassionate system. Judge Lerner-Wren tells the story of ...

Dr. Carole worries about well-meaning students, called upon to Walkout and March for reasons that haven't been made sufficiently clear to them. Even less clear to the students is that, in their vulnerable psychological state, caused by the Parkland school shooting, they are being co-opted to fulfill others' agendas. Dr. Carole explains how Parkland students are suffering from PTSD and the stages of grief. Students nationwide are also suffering because of having watched countless hours of media c...

Ever since the financial meltdown, it's become more of a dog-eat-dog world than ever. There's a sense of scarcity and desperation that too often rears its ugly head. So, we've forgotten something we learned in kindergarten: how important it is to be kind. Today's guest, Jill Lublin, reminds us. She is the author of a new book, The Profit of Kindness: How to Influence Others, Establish Trust, and Build Lasting Relationships. She explains how, if you make kindness the cornerstone of your business,...