Episodes
June 11, 2014
The Rise and Fall of an AVON CEO & The Parenting Process
Kathryn interviews leadership expert Deborrah Himsel, author of “Beauty Queen: Inside the Reign of AVON’s Andrea Jung”. Himsel worked alongside Jung as a vice president at Avon. In her new book Himsel reveals what Jung did ri...
June 4, 2014
Creative Kitchens & Millennial’s Future
Kathryn interviews Kate Payne, author of “The Hip Girls’ Guide to the Kitchen”. Revealing both the health and environmental benefits of cooking with fresh whole ingredients, Payne challenges readers to ditch the take-out menu...
May 28, 2014
Living with Alzheimer’s & Parenting and Alcoholism
Kathryn interviews Chicken Soup for the Soul Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Amy Newmark, author of “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living with Alzheimer’s & Other Dementias”. Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia affect ...
May 21, 2014
Overcoming Autism & Running Around the World
Kathryn interviews autism advocate Krista Vance, author of “Meet Jamie Now: A Life Free of Autism”. After leaving a charmed Hollywood life in hopes of starting a family, Vance undergoes in vitro fertilization and prematurely ...
May 7, 2014
Bicultural Marriage and Loving Sex Again
Kathryn interviews associate professor Krista Bremer, author of “My Accidental Jihad”. Bremer never imagined the unexpected turns that would lead to the life she has today: married to an older Muslim man from an impoverished ...
April 30, 2014
Slowing Down and Scaling Back and The Increasingly Authoritarian Public School System
Kathryn interviews Dee Williams, author of “The Big Tiny: A Built-it-Myself Memoir”. The Big Tiny is a graceful, inspired memoir about building a home from scratch and discovering a true sense of self-in just 84 square feet. ...
April 23, 2014
A Womans Guide to Confidence and Fighting MS with Diet and Lifestyle
Kathryn interviews journalist Katty Kay, author of “The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know”. Why do so few women lack the self-assurance that drives many of their male colleagues? ...
April 16, 2014
Preventing Prison Recidivism and Alpha Women in Relationships
Kathryn interviews John Wareham, author of “How to Survive a Bullet to the Heart: Secret Lives and Uncensored Confessions of Maximum Security Prison Inmates”. Inspired to become involved in teaching prisoners by a son who did...
April 9, 2014
Planning for Aging Parents and Next Generation Philanthropy
Kathryn interviews life transition coach Sheri L. Samotin, author of “Facing the Finish: A Road Map for Aging Parents and Adult Children. Dealing with crisis is far more stressful than planning ahead, and “Facing the Finish” ...
April 2, 2014
The One One One Diet and Inside the Mind of an Angry Man
Kathryn interviews “America’s Eat Strategist” Rania Batayneh MPH, author of “The One One One Diet”. To be successful on this bestselling diet, readers only need to count to one: one protein, one carb, and one fat at every mea...
March 26, 2014
A Breast Cancer Alphabet and Hacking Happiness
Kathryn interviews executive editor for NPR News Madhulika Sikka, author of “A Breast Cancer Alphabet”. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago, she found that there were no books on the market that spoke wi...
March 19, 2014
Beyond Addiction and Thanks for the Feedback
Kathryn interviews clinical research scientist Dr. Jeffrey Foote, author of “Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change”. Addiction impacts 1 in 4 families in the United States. Beyond Addiction will help s...
March 12, 2014
On Such a Full Sea and Emote
Kathryn interviews award-winning author Chang-rae Lee. His latest book “On Such a Full Sea” takes place in a chilling dystopia, a century or so beyond the present, where abandoned post-industrial cities like Baltimore have be...
March 5, 2014
The Up Side of Down and Daughters in Danger
Kathryn interviews Bloomberg columnist and blogger Megan McArdle, author of “The Up Side of Down: Why Failing is the Key to Success”. One of the most popular business and economics bloggers for more than a decade, McArdle mak...
Feb. 26, 2014
Both Sides Now and Mindful Parenting
Kathryn interviews writer and widow Nancy Sharp, author of “Both Sides Now: A True Story of Love, Loss and Bold Living”. On the very day that Sharp delivered premature twins, she learned that her husband's brain cancer return...
Feb. 19, 2014
Top Dog and Family Whispering
Kathryn interviews New York Times bestselling author Ashley Merryman on her book “Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing”. The joy of victory and the character-building agony of defeat - testosterone and the neuroscience ...
Feb. 12, 2014
Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum's Heart Book andThe 95 percent Vegan Diet
Kathryn interviews cardiologist Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum and Dr. Jamie Noll.
Feb. 5, 2014
Beat the Heart Attack Gene and The Last Place She Would Look
Kathryn interviews cardiovascular specialist Amy L. Doneen, MSN, ARNP and co-author of “Beat the Heart Attack Gene: The Revolutionary Plan to Prevent Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes”. Illustrated by examples from the auth...
Jan. 29, 2014
The Essential Digital Interview Handbook and How McGruff and the Crying Indian Changed America
Kathryn interviews founder & CEO of Phone Interview Pro Paul J. Bailo, author of “The Essential Digital Interview Handbook: Lights, Camera, Skype”. In today's interconnected world, virtual meetings have become a staple of bus...
Jan. 22, 2014
Desperate in DC and Flyover Lives
Kathryn interviews best friend duo Crystal Walker and Phoebe Thompson, authors and bloggers of “Desperate in DC: Money, Marriage and Manners in Washington DC”. More than one in five middle-school aged children with behavioral...
Jan. 15, 2014
The Longest Date and Transforming Your Life in the Face of Death
Kathryn interviews Golden Globe and Emmy-winning producer Cindy Chupack, author of “The Longest Date: Life as a Wife”. Chupack has won three Golden Globes and an Emmy for her work as a writer/executive producer of HBO's Sex a...
Jan. 8, 2014
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain and Body of Work
Kathryn interviews neuropsychiatrist Daniel J. Siegel MD, author of “Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain”. Parenting expert Daniel J. Siegel uses his groundbreaking research in interpersonal neurobiology to...
Dec. 25, 2013
The Cultural Arsonist Joe Wenke and Grammy Winner Lani Hall Alpert
Kathryn interviews satirist Joe Wenke, a.k.a. “The Cultural Arsonist”, on his latest book “Papal Bull: An Ex-Catholic Calls Out the Catholic Church”. Wenke bares the scars of his Catholic childhood and exposes the bizarre, ab...