Episodes
April 20, 2016
The NEW Parent
Kathryn interviews journalist Healther Shumaker, author of “It’s Okay to Go Up the Slide: Renegade Rules for Raising Confident and Creative Kids”. Shumaker has an unusual stance on many hot-button parenting topics. For one, s...
April 13, 2016
Campus Sexual Assaults and The Science of Parenting
Kathryn interviews End Rape on Campus co-founder Andrea Pino, author of “We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out”. Across the US students are exposing a pervasive cover-up of sexual assault on college cam...
April 6, 2016
Loss, Grief and Friendship and Planned Parenthood Founder
Kathryn interviews Caron Levis MFA, award-winning author of “Ida, Always”. Gus lives in a big park in the middle of an even bigger city, and he spends his days with Ida. Ida is right there. Always. Then one sad day, Gus learn...
March 30, 2016
Mindful Living and Post-Grad Job Market
Kathryn interviews holistic wellbeing expert Randi Ragan, author of “A Year of Mindful Living: Seasonal Practices to Nourish Body, Mind and Spirit”. More than 50% of adult Americans suffer adverse health effects due to stress...
March 23, 2016
Zika Virus and Contraception / Natural Healing
Kathryn interviews DKT International President and CEO Chris Purdy MS. With the outbreak of the Zika virus many countries are recommending avoiding pregnancy through 2018 due to the high potential risk of babies being born with microcephaly.
March 16, 2016
Surviving Prostate Cancer and 'The Horse Boy'
Kathryn interviews metastatic prostate cancer survivor Paul Steinberg MD, author of “A Salamandar’s Tale: My Story of Regeneration – Surviving 30 Years with Prostate Cancer”. What happens if you’re 35 and you’re told you have...
March 9, 2016
Racism and Life After Virginia Tech Shooting
Kathryn interviews award-winning novelist Jim Grimsley, author of “How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood”. In his memoir Grimsley chronicles his own coming of age as a boy in a small easter...
March 2, 2016
Philosophy and Addiction and Gender Equality
Kathryn interviews Psychology Today blogger Peg O’Connor PhD, author of “Life on the Rocks: Finding Meaning in Addiction and Recovery”. This is the first book to address addiction and recovery from a Western philosophical per...
Feb. 24, 2016
Always Hungry? and Aging-Friendly Communities
Kathryn interviews NYTimes bestselling author and 'obesity warrior' David Ludwig MD, PhD. Dr. Ludwig is a renowned endocrinologist and the author of 'Always Hungry? Always Hungry? Conquer Cravings, Retrain Your Fat Cells, and Lose Weight Permanently'
Feb. 17, 2016
Women and Alcohol and Beyond Bullying
Kathryn interviews award-winning journalist Ann Dowsett Johnston, author of “DRINK: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol”. Named one of Washington Post's best books of 2013, DRINK takes aim at an alarming epide...
Feb. 10, 2016
Workplace Bullying and SuperKids
Kathryn interviews organizational psychotherapist Joan Kingsley, author of “The Fear-Free Organization: Vital Insights from Neuroscience to Transform Your Business Culture”. Leadership that makes a difference takes guts and c...
Feb. 3, 2016
The F-Factor Diet and Living and Dying with Cancer
Kathryn interviews nationally-known nutritionist Tanya Zuckerbrot MS, RD and author of “The F-Factor Diet: Discover the Secret to Permanent Weight Loss”. Megyn Kelly recently revealed how she keeps her slim figure – The F-Fac...
Jan. 27, 2016
Balancing Act and Holistic Balance
Kathryn interviews Harvard graduate and researcher Farai Chideya, author of “The Episodic Career: How to Thrive at Work in the Age of Disruption”. Today’s careers are episodic — they don’t happen on a smooth path, but move th...
Jan. 20, 2016
Achieving the Right Balance and Trump for Principal
Kathryn interviews USC Professor Margaret Fetting MSW, PhD and author of “Perspectives on Substance Use, Disorders, and Addiction with Clinical Cases (Second Edition). Partaking in drugs and alcohol can be fun and pleasurable...
Jan. 13, 2016
Stressful Eating and Attracting Abundance
Kathryn interviews healthy living strategist Lisa Lewtan, author of “Busy, Stressed, and Food Obsessed! Calm Down, Ditch Your Inner-Critic Bitch, and Finally Figure Out What Your Body Needs to Thrive”. New research shows that...
Jan. 6, 2016
2015's Most and Least Charitable States and Discrimination and Latino Youth
Kathryn interviews Wallethub analyst Jill Gonzalez on their recent report of '2015’s Most and Least Charitable States'.
Dec. 23, 2015
Satellite Sisters and Miss Universe Fiasco
Kathryn interviews Lian Dolan, the youngest Satellite Sister and co-author of the book “You’re the Best: A Celebration of Friendship”. The Satellite Sisters have turned their focus on the most important relationships in our l...
Dec. 16, 2015
Modern Spin and Facing Adversity
Kathryn interviews Christopher Cerf, Emmy award-winning composer, lyricist, and NY Times bestselling author of the book “Spinglish: The Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive Language”. If you want to succeed without...
Dec. 9, 2015
Low Risk Drinking and Working Moms
Kathryn interviews Randy Haveson MA, author of “Party with a Plan: College Edition: The Guide to Successful Drinking”. It is estimated that four out of five college students drink alcohol, and of those students half engage in...
Dec. 2, 2015
Aging Parents and HIV Stigma
Kathryn interviews award-winning author and caregiver advocate Carolyn Brent MBA on her book “The Caregiver’s Companion: Caring for Your Loved One Medically, Financially and Emotionally While Caring for Yourself”. With 13 mil...
Nov. 25, 2015
America's Top Doctors and Playbook for Happy Families
Kathryn interviews John Connolly EdD, President and CEO of the Castle Connolly Medical “America’s Top Doctors” listing. Not only is it America's most trusted source for identifying top physicians, it's the only site whose doc...
Nov. 18, 2015
Post-traumatic Growth and Child Sex Crimes
Kathryn interviews journalist and award-winning TV host Michaela Haas PhD, author of “Bouncing Forward: Transforming Bad Breaks into Breakthroughs”. Eighty-nine percent of Americans experience at least one traumatic event in ...
Nov. 11, 2015
Weight Wagering and Embracing Imperfection
Kathryn interviews David Roddenberry, founder of HealthyWage, the world’s leading purveyor of corporate and team-based weight loss challenges and financially-induced diet contests for individuals. HealthyWage recently announc...
Nov. 4, 2015
Raised on Televangelism and Thinking Design
Kathryn interviews teacher Ken Murray, author of “Eulogy: A Novel”. What effect does growing up with fundamentalists have on children? In his powerful debut novel, Murray explores an unusual, Rapture-obsessed fundamentalist C...