Episodes
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...
Dec. 18, 2013
“What To Do When You’re Having Two” & “The 52 Weeks”
Kathryn interviews Multiplicity Magazine and Twiniversity Founder Natalie Diaz, author of “What To Do When You’re Having Two: The Twins Survival Guide from Pregnancy Through the First Year”. The rate of twin births in the U.S...
Dec. 11, 2013
“When Your Adult Child Breaks Your Heart” & “Emotional Memoirs”
Kathryn interviews adult & forensic psychiatrist Dr. Joel Young, author of “When Your Adult Child Breaks Your Heart: Coping with Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, and the Problems That Tear Families Apart”. With the December 1...
Dec. 4, 2013
“Excuse Me, Doctor! I’ve Got What?” & “Sexual Euphoria”
Kathryn interviews patient advocate Melissa Clarke MD, author of “Excuse Me, Doctor! I’ve Got What?”. For patients diagnosed with serious conditions such as cancer, the fear of not knowing what to do next can distance them fr...
Nov. 27, 2013
The Truth About Statins & Transgender Activist and Model Gisele Xtravaganza
Kathryn interviews cardiologist Barbara H. Roberts MD on her book “The Truth About Statins: Risks and Alternatives to Cholesterol”. Despite the rosy picture painted in the ads of a miracle cure for high cholesterol and its at...
Nov. 20, 2013
“DARE” & “My Middle-Aged Baby Book”
Kathryn interviews former SVP and CIO Becky Blalock, author of “DARE: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage and Career for Women in Charge”. Becky Blalock managed to work her way up from the bottom of the corporate ladder to t...
Nov. 13, 2013
“How Dogs Love Us” and “Healing with the Arts”
Kathryn interviews neurologist Dr. Gregory Berns, author of “How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain”. In his ground breaking new book, Dr. Berns shares the story of how he trained dogs ...
Nov. 6, 2013
“Getting Things Off My Chest” and “Mothers Who Can’t Love”
Kathryn interviews former James Beard Foundation award official Melanie Young, author of “Getting Things Off My Chest: A Survivor’s Guide to Staying Fearless and Fabulous in the Face of Breast Cancer”. Charge head on into the...
Oct. 30, 2013
“Naked Marketing” & “Emotional First Aid”
Kathryn interviews award-winning copywriter and bestselling author Robert Grede on his latest book “Naked Marketing: The Bare Essentials, 3rd Edition”. Kathryn also interviews clinical psychologist Guy Winch, PhD and author o...
Oct. 23, 2013
“Woman on Top” & “The Anxious Traveler”
Kathryn interviews writer Deborah Schwartz, author of “Woman on Top”. Returning to the single life after tragically losing a loving husband makes a young widow vulnerable, even if she is an attorney and an independent spirit....
Oct. 16, 2013
Moonlight Sonata at the Mayo Clinic and The Empress Has No Clothes
Kathryn interviews bestselling author Nora Gallagher on her book “Moonlight Sonata at the Mayo Clinic”. During a routine eye exam that she almost skipped, Gallagher received news that would change both her ability to see and ...