Episodes
April 11, 2022
Read My Lips: Tapping Into Creativity!
Today, akaRadioRed welcomes four prolific Creatives. Keenan Johnston is an actor, known for The Pine Tar Incident: Making of Tar Wars (2017) and Blackmark (2018), and producer of the Hollywood from Home podcast. Larry Grogan is the author of A Tail of Love, Life Lessons from Scrappy, a Pet Therapy Dog, and founder of a private wealth management firm. Alma Robinson is an attorney, Executive Director of California Lawyers for the Arts, and recipient of the Michael Newton Award for Americans for th...
April 4, 2022
Read My Lips: Creativity for Life!
Today, akaRadioRed welcomes four hard-working Creatives. Carin Weisman Crook is a multipotentialite, expert communicator, intuitive eating facilitator, yoga and meditation teacher, and the author of #morninghaiku. Dr. Ankur Patel, a Geriatrician, Chief Medical Officer, pharmacist and author of Age Is Just A Number, offers innovative approaches to advancing the quality of life. Dana Golden, coauthor of Addiction Rescue: The NO-BS Guide to Recovery, is a Certified Family Addiction Coach and Recove...
March 28, 2022
Read My Lips: Let’s Drink to Creativity!
Today, akaRadioRed welcomes four Cool Creatives. Chris Shaver developed The Marriage Cure Program to provide an accurate, unbiased, and articulate way for couples to see their personality differences, stop fighting and restore their love. Jane Jenkins Herlong is a Sirius XM Southern Humorist, former Miss America contestant, best-selling author, and singer who shares her sweet tea wisdom and Southern-fried humor. Jim Laughren is a wine collector, former wine importer and distributor, Certified Wi...
March 21, 2022
Read My Lips: Compassionate Creativity
Today, akaRadioRed welcomes three dedicated Creatives. Dr. Ellen Albertson, aka The Midlife Whisperer™, is a psychologist, registered dietitian, national board-certified health and wellness coach, Reiki Master, and mindful self-compassion teacher. Frances Jones is a CEO, two-time best-selling author, advocate, certified coach, and host on NSpire Together TV, sharing her infertility story and other life experiences. Heidi Thomas is a professional musician, music teacher and speaker whose business...
March 14, 2022
Read My Lips: Enterprising Creativity
Today, akaRadioRed welcomes four hard-working Creatives. Judy Katz is a book collaborator, ghostwriter, publisher, and marketer who has helped develop storylines for prospective authors and has completed, published, and publicized 50 books so far. Dr. Erica Steele is a Holistic Doctor in Family Practice who teaches a blend of holistic modalities to doctors worldwide, a media consultant, public health educator, and a creative at heart. Don Lennox, an Inc 500 recognized entrepreneur with an advent...
March 7, 2022
Read My Lips: Creatively Finding Your Why
Today, akaRadioRed welcomes four dedicated Creatives. Brenda Miller is a serial entrepreneur with 21 businesses, the founder of The Kid Code, and author of the books The Kid Code and Blessing Mistakes. Rico Lamoureux first tried telling his own stories in grade school. Today, he's as passionate about the art and craft of storytelling, writing stories that engage, excite, and enlighten. Victoria Wieck’s family immigrated from South Korea with only $30. She has built a multi-million-dollar jewelry...
Feb. 28, 2022
Read My Lips: Creativity Out-of-the-Box
Today, akaRadioRed welcomes four non-stop Creatives. John Fracchia is an educator, novelist, playwright, composer and musician, improv performer, experimental film artist and former president of four non-profit organizations. Michelle Willette, who was homeless for a decade in Los Angeles, is now a Thought Transformationalist and Co-Founder of Balance Your Path LLC. She teaches people how to transform their thoughts to create the foundation of the natural state of well-being. Dr. Kerry Forrestal...
Feb. 21, 2022
Read My Lips: Creativity Without Boundaries
Today, akaRadioRed welcomes three Creatives who know no bounds. Maryann Ridini Spencer has produced movies and series for CBS-TV, Showtime, SyFy, TMC, USA Networks, and Time Warner Cable, including co-producing / writing the teleplay for Hallmark Hall of Fame’s The Lost Valentine, starring Betty White and Jennifer Love Hewitt. She is the host of PBS-TV’s Simply Delicious Living with Maryann®. Glen Dunzweiler is a filmmaker/producer and social entrepreneur whose documentary yHomeless? is on Amazo...
Feb. 14, 2022
ead My Lips: Love Your Creativity!
Today, akaRadioRed welcomes 4 Creatives with Heart. Carol Novello is fthe ounder of Mutual Rescue™ and author of Mutual Rescue: How Adopting a Homeless Animal Can Save You, Too. Her first short film, “Eric & Peety”, launched on Valentine’s Day 2016, has been viewed 100M+ times and was the 2016 NY Times #1 #CA video news story. Tammie Sykes is the co-owner and Global Marketing Officer at Dion Michaels, a skincare line for men of all skin types and ethnicities. Tammie and co-owner Simone Randle ar...
Feb. 7, 2022
Read My Lips: Putting Creativity to Work
Today, akaRadioRed welcomes 3 hard-working Creatives. Rebecca Murtagh is a creative turned futurist on a mission to share the Good, Bad & Ugly of AI. Before her career in technology and entrepreneurship, Rebecca was a creative director in the San Francisco Bay area and a graphic designer with an art, musical and writing background. Valerie Fitzgerald is president of the Beverly Hills-based Valerie Fitzgerald Group, ranked among Coldwell Banker’s Top 10 agents nationwide, the author of Heart and ...
Jan. 31, 2022
Read My Lips: Purposeful Creativity!
Today, akaRadioRed welcomes 4 active Creatives. Shel Harrington is a humorist, Family Law attorney and law professor who writes for a (chronologically!) mature audience at FatBottomFiftiesGetFierce.com and has 490,000+ followers on her smile-inducing Fat-Bottom-Fifties Get Fierce Facebook page. Marilyn Bushey, co-author of Retirement Your Way: The No Stress Roadmap for Designing Your Next Chapter and Loving Your Future, is a serial entrepreneur and has owned or co-owned four businesses. Rudy Poe...
Jan. 24, 2022
Read My Lips: The Versatility of Creativity
Today, akaRadioRed welcomes five [yes, five!] versatile Creatives. Monica Parker, star of the one-woman show Sex, Pies & A Few White Lies, is the author of Getting Waisted (A Survival Guide to Being Fat in a Society That Loves Thin) and “Oops! I Forgot to Save Money. Marion Zola has written poetry, screenplays, sitcoms, and produced a vampire movie. She is the author of “All The Good Ones Are Married” and “Romancing The Dog, The Struggle to Make a Pound Dog Happy in Beverly Hills.” Glen Williams...
Jan. 17, 2022
Read My Lips: Emotionally Intelligent Creativity!
akaRadioRed welcomes three dedicated Creatives. Barbara A. Kerr, Ph.D. coaches individuals, teams, and organizations in emotional intelligence skills, which are significant to success and well-being. She has written a novel for youngsters as well as a decision-making book for middle-schoolers. Dr. Amanda Banks is the author of Amazing Race: Inspiring Leadership Lessons Based on the Life of 1968 Olympian and Coach, Jarvis Scott. She is a church youth director and drill team instructor. Joyce Wils...
Jan. 10, 2022
Read My Lips: As Maya Said, "You Can’t Use Up Creativity."
Maya Angelou said, You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. Today, akaRadioRed welcomes four Creatives who prove her right. Liz H Kelly is the Goody PR and Goody Business Book Awards Founder, author of “8-Second PR” and podcast host of “8-Second Branding” who promotes authors and brands with a WOW story. Gena Cox is an organizational psychologist, executive coach, speaker, and author who uses data-based insights and stories to advise executive leaders at Fortune 500 comp...
Jan. 3, 2022
Creativity Affirmations for Your New Year!
akaRadioRed welcomes four inspiring creatives. Surviving a near-fatal car accident, Australian rock singer Michele Blood created positive Affirmation Songs that resonated with millions worldwide. She has co-written and created 80+ books, music CDs, audio programs, TV shows, and videos on positive thought. Shawndra McWhorter has been communicating with animals since 2000. She has done animal rescue work in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, Chile, Peru and around the US. Author of What They...
Dec. 27, 2021
Read My Lips: Magical Creativity for A New Year!
akaRadioRed welcomes three ground-breaking creatives. Jake Schwartz, who performed his first magic trick at age 2, is one of the fastest-rising stars of magic in the US and the world. He has performed for Fortune 500 companies, professional sports teams, and nearly 30 TV appearances. Natasha Miller is CEO of Entire Productions, one of the fastest-growing companies in America for 3 years. She is a trained classical violinist and accomplished jazz vocalist. Lorna Greyling is a TV presenter, actres...
Dec. 20, 2021
Read My Lips: Creativity with Heart!
akaRadioRed welcomes three heartful creatives. Sej Saraiya is an award-winning ethnographic and fine-art photographer and filmmaker whose work has taken her where not many dare to go deep into Asia and the Americas, capturing images that tell stories and wisdom of remote cultures. Jeff Allen, co-founder of the nonprofit Monkey’s House a Dog Hospice & Sanctuary, wrote the book “Where Dogs Go To Live!” and produced the animated music video “Life’s a Dog Bone Chew it All Day Long!” Robert Toporek, ...
Dec. 13, 2021
Read My Lips: Creativity In Action – Intelligence Having Fun!
akaRadioRed welcomes three super-creatives. Denise McDonald Dorman is an award-winning creative prized for her work in marketing, public relations, TV, and video production. Denise wrote Rolling Thunder: The Art Of Dave Dorman”, about her husband, the #1 Star Wars artist. Her comedic memoir “Blood Orange (and Other Secrets I've Only Told My Friends)” and podcast, Cool People I Know, are set to debut in December 2021. Mitch Breitweiser is a comic book illustrator and creator with 20+ years workin...
Dec. 6, 2021
Read My Lips: Cookin’ Up Creativity!
akaRadioRed welcomes three dynamic creatives. Michael S. Fenster, MD, aka Chef Dr. Mike, is the world’s only interventional cardiologist, professional chef, and professor of culinary medicine – all at the same time. Dr. Ron Kaiser, 84, is a positive health psychologist, medical school faculty, podcaster, TEDx speaker, and author of REJUVENAGING®: The Art and Science of Growing Older with Enthusiasm. “If I knew how much fun old age would be, I’d have grown older faster.” Peter LeSar owns multinat...
Nov. 29, 2021
Living Your Creativity: Take Risks, Experiment, Have Fun!
akaRadioRed welcomes three outspoken creatives. Mary Oves is head writer of the lifestyle blog The Chrysalis Collective, a freelance journalist, college professor of English, a contributor to the Erma Bombeck Humor Writer's Guild, and a presenter at global Soaring Spirits events. She is the author of This is Widowhood: The Ups, the Downs, the In-Betweens, coming in 2022. Eddie Goodman started the Conflict Resolution Support Team (CRST) Safe Schools Program in California schools to keep kids safe...
Nov. 22, 2021
Read My Lips: Finding Your Creativity Voice
akaRadioRed welcomes three creatives. Ron San Miguel is a singer/songcatcher, recording artist, instructor of Yang Style T’ai Chi Ch’uan, Reiki practitioner, community activist, career-long civil servant, and author of MODERN DAY MYSTIC – Journey of a SongCatcher. Dr. Eileen Forrestal, after 32 years as an Anaesthesiologist MD putting people to sleep, changed course to start ‘waking people up’. Her memoir is The Courage to Shine: Find Your Voice and Discover the Healing Power of Your Words. Mich...
Nov. 15, 2021
Read My Lips: The Words, Sounds and Images of Creativity
akaRadioRed welcomes four heartful creatives. Cathay Reta, with a 35+ year career in adult literacy, is the author of Keep Walking, Your Heart Will Catch Up, about her pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Cathay says pilgrimages, which are making a comeback, can help people heal after personal loss. A NY Times Critics' Pick and Emmy nominee, composer/producer/arranger Ruth Mendelson has been writing award-winning scores for documentaries, HBO, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, Di...
Nov. 8, 2021
Read My Lips: Creatively Rerouting Your Life Path
akaRadioRed welcomes three inspiring creatives. Mustafa Ammar, founder and CEO of the global coaching company The Passion MBA, started as a pharmacist, then became an international diplomat and investment banker. Dr. Yvonne Vissing, a pediatric, community sociologist and the US policy chair for the Hope for Children UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Policy Center in Cyprus, is the author of 13+ books. Dave Combs, songwriter and photographer, has written over 120 songs and recorded 14 albu...
Nov. 1, 2021
Read My Lips: Finding The Artful Creative In You!
akaRadioRed welcomes three diverse creatives. Dennis Glennon, owner of Dennis Glennon Photography, is an award-winning wildlife, landscape, and dog photographer. He is the creator of the children’s picture book Buddy’s Magic Window. Lori Myren-Manbeck is a geriatric psychologist, business owner, and host of the podcast Inclusivi-TALKS Sustainability. She is the author of You Can Save the World with tips for living a more sustainable life. Nancy Allen, founder of IMPACT Training & Development, In...