Episodes

Most of us are afraid to face our own mortality. We pretend we'll never die, in part because we don't really know what's on the other side. Today's guests have faced death in different ways, and share their experiences to empower us to live a better life. Heather Lende, an Alaskan obituary writer, and author of Find the Good, says, We are all writing our own obituary every day by how we live. The best news is that there's still time for additions and revisions before it goes to press. Peter Beda...

Nice guys can't get dates, but serial killer Charles Manson has women dying to marry him. Even his mother didn't love him, but Afton Elaine Burton, aka Star, tells us she's his bride-to-be. She also claims he's innocent. Is she truly in love or does she have ulterior motives - like fame and fortune? Manson, a sociopath, is not capable of love, or has he mellowed in his twilight years? Here to answer these questions and more is Marlin Marynick, author of Charles Manson Now, and mental health prof...

With the two escaped convicts still on the loose, thanks to Joyce Mitchell, the prison staff worker who fell in love and provided them with the tools, everyone wants to know why women fall in love with bad boys - like these ruthless murderers. I describe this Lethal Lover type of bad boy in my book Bad Boys: Why We Love Them, How to Live with Them & When to Leave Them. As it turns out, Joyce, who apparently loves to cheat on her husbands with men she meets at work, is a bad girl. She fits the Ma...

The White House would have us believe that we're winning the war on terror, but are we? Today's guest, John Sutherland, author of iGuerilla - Reshaping the Face of War in the 21st Century, warns us about what is not being revealed in mainstream media. Sutherland coined the term iGuerilli to describe the Jihadists who use the internet and computer technology to their military advantage. He reports that it is not ISIS in Iraq, but what is happening in the American front yard, that may be the great...

More and more headlines relate to the horrendous treatment of gays, lesbians and transgenders - not just by adults, but by schoolchildren. Recent headlines include a high school student who describes himself as a gender-non-conforming gay person suing his school for insensitivity to bullying, and the controversy over transgender kids and school bathrooms. How do you protect the psychological well-being of all children? How does increasing sensitivity to sexual orientation affect children who are...

As gender roles continue to get more and more confusing, and the question of whether women can really have it all remains unanswered, today's show explores the debate between feminists and the Fascinating Womanhood movement. Who is really happier - the career woman attached to her cell phone like an umbilical cord, or the housewife and mother attached to her husband and diapers? Today's guest, Julie Neuffer, is the author of a new book, entitled Helen Andean and the Fascinating Womanhood Movemen...

Almost every day there's news of another celebrity couple breaking up, getting a divorce or filing for custody. Jon Gosselin, of Jon & Kate Plus 8 fame, has just filed for custody of his 11-year-old daughter, Hannah. And today, Bristol Palin and her fiance cancelled their wedding. They didn't even make it to the altar, though this is better than rushing ahead only to get divorced later. Robert Pattinson wavered about getting a prenup with FKA Twigs, despite being betrayed by Kristin Stewart. Whe...

Do you sometimes wish that you could escape the bad news of the day - unending headlines about violence and death? Today's show takes you to a more mystical or spiritual place, where you listen to your intuition instead. Modern Mystic, Paddy Fievet, takes you on her journey: from being an intuitive child whose expanded awareness was squelched by her strict proper family, to a good wife whose marriage was making her ill, to a reawakened woman who bursts forth from her cocoon as a butterfly and ha...

In honor of Mother's Day, today's show profiles a woman who is as close to a super-mom as one can expect to find. PJ Jonas has found a way to combine supporting her family with a more down to earth lifestyle. She and her husband took a leap of faith, giving up a life in which they worked corporate-type jobs, and lived beyond their means, to move to a farm with their 8 children, and sell goat soap. People told them they were crazy to take this risk, but they are now enjoying a life where teaching...

Though nothing could compensate Holocaust victims or their families for the atrocities that the Nazis committed, the reclaiming of family treasures stolen by the Nazis brings some sense of pride and peace. The movie, Woman in Gold, tells the story of one woman's quest to recover a stolen family portrait. Today's guest, E. Randol Schoenberg, (played by Ryan Reynolds in the movie), is the attorney who took her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and the Austrian judicial system - and won. A...

Ever wonder what some of the most notorious gangsters were like in real life? Sure, some movies have been made about them, like the classic Bugsy, but, today's guest, Bill Friedman, debunks these myths. He's spent almost his whole life befriending gangsters - and those who loved and hated them - while researching his new book, 30 Illegal Years to the Strip. Bill became fascinated with gambling from the time he was 7 years old and his parents took him to a casino. It led him to become a casino de...

What's a nice girl like you doing with a man like this? This is the question that Krista Bremer has had to face, when people realize that this California born and bred, award-winning journalist, is married to an older Muslim man from an impoverished Libyan village. Her new book, My Accidental Jihad, tells of their love story, which, unlike romantic movies, is messy and mysterious and real.

Ever wonder where this epidemic of white cops killing black males will end? Today's guest, Vincent Hill, a black former police officer, and current top PI, takes us behind precinct walls for the real scoop on racial profiling, police training, and the vicious cycle of fear - of cops and by cops - that society is struggling with today. Hill shares his views on the Isaiah Washington-Chris Rock 'driving while black' controversy, toy guns, and more. He tells us what inspired him to become a police o...

Today, Dr. Carole puts GermanWings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz on her couch and analyzes his psyche - from his cradle to his grave, and the grave of the plane-load of passengers he took down with him. What does suicidal tendencies really mean, and when should it stop a pilot from flying? What is a psychosomatic illness? Why would he kill himself if his girlfriend was going to have his baby? When should doctors break confidentiality and tell an employer about their patient's mental or physical health...

Henny Penny, the sky is falling! Or so it would seem. Lately, almost every day there's a plane crash in the news. What's up, that's got them down? Today's guest, David Soucie, CNN's Safety Analyst, and author of Why Planes Crash: An Accident Investigator's Fight for Safe Skies, will unravel some of the recent airplane disaster mysteries and give insider tips on how to survive today's skies.

In light of the ongoing trial of Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, it must be asked: how did this happen and how many more bombers are waiting to strike? Today's guest, Dr. Charles Jacobs, President of Americans for Peace and Tolerance, warned the FBI, 3 years before the Boston Marathon Bombing, that such was likely to happen. If the FBI had listened, 3 deaths and approximately 264 injuries could have been prevented. Dr. Jacobs warns us that our political correctness is a suicide bomb of our ow...

Are you hung up on some feature of your face or body that makes you feel like damaged goods? Well, today's guest has been there. Listen as he shares his personal story of how he managed to overcome his body image issues and thrive in an environment - the media - which is even more obsessed with appearance than the world in general. In his new book, The Perception Myth: A Guide to Challenging Your Personal Myths and Discovering Your Inner Greatness, Brad Wheelis combines personal memoir with a ma...

Obama would have us believe that Netanyahu's speech to Congress is like the boy who cried wolf. But, Netanyahu may well be the canary in the coal mine, trying to warn us of Iran's secret nuclear weapon plans to envelop the entire world with its tentacles of terror. Today's guest, David Rubin, is coming to us from Israel. He is the former Mayor of Shiloh, Israel, and the author of Sparks from Zion, which is hot off the press. It is tempting to think of Netanyahu as simply a prophet of doom, and t...

Drama - whether in an Oscar-nominated film on the big screen or in a play in an intimate theater - leaves footprints on its audience. We can't help but be changed by what we have just seen. Our unconscious mind keeps recording our experiences, barely distinguishing between personal drama and that which is on the stage or screen. Today's guests are currently involved in the play God of Carnage: A comedy about adults behaving badly at the Malibu Playhouse. Graeme Clifford, as the Director/Producer...

Have you seen 50 Shades of Grey? Has it made you want to run out and buy some whips and find a partner who wants to play a painful erotic game? Most guys would like to be as hot as Christian Grey, which makes his BDSM games seem tempting to try at home. Are women going to be as strong as Anastasia and leave when the games stop being fun and start to be sexual abuse - or will they submit rather than risk losing their whip-happy man? 50 Shades is entertaining, but will it spark a rise in domestic ...

Ever wonder what goes on underneath the stern demeanor and black robes of judges? Though endowed with power to make life-changing decisions, they are human, after all, and can't help but be influenced by experiences in their own life. Today's guest, Robert Braithwaite, U.S. magistrate judge, is the author of the new book, Have Gavel Will Travel: A National Park Judge Reflects on Truth, Justice, and Why Every Juror Deserves a Doughnut. He presides over all kinds of cases - from parking tickets to...

You read the headlines and watch the news of terrorist attacks around the world. But, the story usually ends there. We rarely find out what becomes of the terrorist victims who are injured, but live to tell the tale? Who puts the broken ones back together and how? Today's guests have the answers. Speaking to us from Israel is Professor Zeev Rotstein, M.D., the CEO and General Director of Sheba Medical Center, and from Beverly Hills is Parham Zar, the President of Friends of Sheba Medical Center....

Today's headlines are filled with scandalous tales of snooping - from phone hacking to computer hacking, and Wikileaks to well-paid informants. When does the public's right to know supersede your privacy? Are we on a slippery slope that leads to Big Brother? Does the current climate of competitive publishing lead to more vigorous searches for salacious material that will sell more papers? Today's guest, Paul Tweed, is a renowned UK attorney, who has represented celebrities battling media outlets...

Deranged fifteenth century battlefield warrior, Bluebeard, murdered hundreds of children, because of a mental illness, possibly precipitated by the brutality of war. Just as Bluebeard (Gilles de Rais) took demonic pleasure in the torture and killing of innocents, the psychopathic armies of ISIS and Al Qaeda take pleasure in it now. Today's guest, author of Bluebeard: Brave Warrior, Brutal Psychopath, first became interested in him when her nephew married his descendant and the family hushed all ...