Episodes

The writers' strike means more reality for us, but sur-reality for starving writers. Hollywood writer Nick Santora, whose shows include The Sopranos and Law & Order, talks to us from the picket lines. Los Angeles entertainment/labor attorney, Howard Fabrick, whose clients have included films from Easy Rider to City Slickers and Terminator 2, takes you behind the scenes of the writers' strike. And Casey Lee, author of How to Get Booked on Reality TV, gives you a crash course in time to get on the...

Love it or hate it, MySpace seems here to stay, consuming more and more of our time. Is it a great social networker or at the root of social alienation? A love connection or an invitation to pedophiles? Innocent diversion or our latest addiction? Today's guest, Candice Kelsey, author of Generation MySpace and teacher, spends her days mediating MySpace-related dramas among her students, and has some astonishing stories to tell.

Life lessons from Dr. Carole in the midst of the Southern California fires.

You don't have to have breast cancer to be horrified and uplifted by today's tapestry of tales from the breast cancer front. Railing against American medicine are survivor Carolyn Gross, author of Treatable and Beatable, who left the country to save her breast, and William Thiel, author of A Promise Fulfilled: One Couple's Journey Through Misdiagnosis. Cathy Bueti, author of Breastless in the City, tells how to find love while surviving breast cancer. And Kristen Schuerlein, Founder of Affirmagy...

In a culture obsessed with youth, our grandparents' value is often overlooked. Today's guests challenge the stereotype of 'granny'. Pat Burns is the co-founder of the Orange County Children's Book Festival and the author of Grandparents Rock: The Grandparenting Guide for the Rock-n-Roll Generation. And Sylvia Lieberman (Dr. Carole's mom) is the author of the new children's book, Archibald's Swiss Cheese Mountain.

Dr. Carole has called O.J.'s book, a petri dish crawling with psychopatholgy and his recent run-in with the law 'no coincidence! Listen in as she analyzes O.J. with the help of guests at the heart of O.J.'s crime and his just-released best-selling book, If I Did It: Fred & Kim Goldman; Pablo Fenjves, ghost writer; Sharlene Martin, literary agent; Eric Kampmann, Publisher, Beaufort Books; and Goldman attorney, Peter Haven.

Your mind and body remember 9/11 as if it were yesterday even though today is the 6th Anniversary. Dr. Carole implores you to break through your denial so that you can start to heal and strengthen yourself to face whatever may lie ahead in the war on terror. She is the author of Coping with Terrorism: Dreams Interrupted, published in the UK, and the upcoming American edition due out this year.

Learn from the mistakes of the stars! Dr. Carole analyzes the current custody battles between some of Hollywood's hottest stars. If you are divorcing or fighting for custody - you will learn what not to do. And if you're just curious about what makes these stars tick, which may well explain how you or your partner tick - you won't want to miss this advice.

Two years after Hurricane Katrina there are still many secrets. Today's guest, Richard Deichmann, M.D. takes us behind the closed doors of New Orleans Baptist Memorial Hospital, where he was Chief of Medicine when the hurricane hit. Find out how he made life and death decisions amidst the chaos of power outages, panic, and paucity of government help, from the author of Code Blue: A Katrina Physician's Memoir.

Thinking of traveling but dreading the stress? Dr. Carole's got you covered. Her guest, Natalia Ippolito, a former Transportation Security Administration Officer, is the author of I MIGHT AS WELL BE NAKED! How to Survive Airport Screening with Your Clothes On. And for more stress-free solutions to air travel, Dr. Carole talks about her Relaxation programs, previously exclusive to airlines, but now available to anyone needing 'a spa for the mind'.

Heard enough about bridges falling down? Need something to lift you up? Listen to why Tom Tuohy, a Special Assistant Attorney General, left his successful career at its peak to focus on Dreams for Kids, the charity he founded to help young people overcome adversity and change the world. Hear why this man, author of Kiss of a Dolphin, stopped 'swimming with sharks' to swim with dolphins. Get inspired to cross bridges in your own life.

The West is in denial. We tune out the news reports and pretend that the threat of terrorism will go away if we shut our eyes and mind to it. But, just like Dr. Carole, her guest, Melanie Phillips, author of Londonistan, is trying to wake you up before it is too late! Coming to you from London, Ms. Phillips is an award-winning columnist for London's Daily Mail. This is a must-listen!

After much obfuscation by the L.A. Archdiocese and much angst amongst the victims of priest sexual abuse, the case has finally 'settled'. But can money ever compensate for the scars left on victims' hearts and minds - especially when the perpetrating priests are not punished? Today's guests include attorney Tony Demarco of Kiesel, Boucher and Larson, the lead plaintiff law firm in this case, and victims of this tragedy.

Thinking of traveling but dreading the stress? Dr. Carole's got you covered. Her guest, Natalia Ippolito, a former Transportation Security Administration Officer, is the author of I MIGHT AS WELL BE NAKED! How to Survive Airport Screening with Your Clothes On. And for more stress-free solutions to air travel, Dr. Carole talks about her Relaxation programs, previously exclusive to airlines, but now available to anyone needing 'a spa for the mind'.

In an unprecedented show of unity, many of us held hands and danced to the fabulous music. But now it's the morning after and global warming is still here... and getting warmer! Why are some governments resistant to doing something to stop it? What can we do to help, one person at a time? Join Dr. Carole and her guest, Lance Webster, Founder and Administrative Director of ECO (Earth Communications Office), to find out.

Healthcare horror stories are becoming all too common. Why? Greedy insurance and pharmaceutical companies? Managed care? Demoralized doctors? Non-physician medical professionals grabbing a bigger piece of the pie? Stress making us more vulnerable to becoming sicko? Join Dr. Carole and her guests, Dr. Ronald Davis, AMA President, and, Richard Ralston, Executive Director of Americans for Free Choice in Medicine, as they examine Michael Moore's new movie and take the vital signs of American health ...

Daniel Pearl's heroism got lost in this propaganda film. Similar to Spielberg's Munich, it went overboard in its message that we should not blame Muslims for his death - even to the point of omitting the beheading - which would have reminded us that this story is real - not just a movie. It should be viewed as a wake-up call to break through our denial about terrorism, since not being more vigilant to the danger in his midst is what got Daniel killed. Today's guests, all controversial commentato...

Being dumped can send us into a tailspin from which we forever struggle to recover, or become bitter and refuse to love again. But for today's guest, Lisa Steadman, being dumped turned out to be the best thing that ever happened! She turned her tears into triumph, with her new book: It's a BREAKUP not a BREAKDOWN. A multiple breakup survivor, she'll help you avoid the pitfalls - and go from pity party to sitting pretty!

Is Paris simply a spoiled brat? the result of a fame-starved mom living vicariously through her daughter? a victim of Los Angeles politics? a scofflaw? the by-product of a star-struck psychiatrist? a misunderstood out of control young woman having a meltdown? Or all of the above? Dr. Carole analyzes this complex case which has become a nightmare for everyone... and explains why we care.

Though Don Imus was fired for calling young women, nappy-headed hos, today's guest purposely titled his book Capitalist Nigger: The Road to Success. He wanted to created an outcry, in order to get the black community to wake up and do something, instead of whining. But this is just the beginning. Hear Dr. Chika Onyeani, a Nigerian-born scholar, statesman and editor of the African Sun Times.

Anti-depressants? Psychiatrists or other doctors? Psychiatric hospitals? Parents? Society? The media? Terrorists? Ourselves? The tragic story of Richard Matthew Burne, who was able to walk out of a mental hospital and hang himself from a nearby tree, though he'd gone there for help with his suicidal thoughts, illustrates some of the problems. His sister, Denise Burne Fein, founder of Break the Silence, and renowned suicide attorney, Skip Simpson, are today's guests.

Dr. Carole puts on her Forensic Psychiatrist's hat this week and analyzes what went wrong in the mind of Seung Hui Cho, the student whose psyche and guns 'exploded' in tragedy at Virginia Tech. This is a story that cannot be simplified into brief sound-bites. And, as violence and media make strange bedfellows, Dr. Carole will talk with Dr. Nicole Tartaglia, about the controversy surrounding CSI's stereotyping of XXY as the Criminal Chromosome.

The Phil Spector trial causes us to wonder, once again: does fame buy you freedom? Dr. Carole's guests are two attorneys who should know. Eric Dubin won a $30 million dollar jury verdict in the wrongful death lawsuit against Robert Blake. And Brian Oxman has represented Michael Jackson and other celebs from actresses to astronauts. What do Mr. Dubin, Mr. Oxman and Dr. Carole have in common? They all have essays in Larry King's latest book, Beyond A Reasonable Doubt.

Just when you'd thought you'd heard it all, Anna Nicole's sister, Donna Hogan, tells the truth behind the headlines. Her new book, Train Wreck: The Life and Death of Anna Nicole Smith, as told to today's guest, Henrietta Tiefenthaler, helps us make sense of Anna's out-of-control life. Ms. Tiefenthaler, editor and producer for Phoenix Books and Audio, takes us from Anna's childhood abuse to her love for J. Howard Marshall to the questionable autopsy report... with no holds barred.