Episodes

Kathryn interviews cardiologist Dr. Barry Silverman, author of “Your Doctors’ Manners Matters: Better Health Through Civility in the Doctor’s Office and in the Hospital”. Today doctors come across as rude and arrogant with li...

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...

Kathryn interviews professional speaker Gabriella van Rij, author of “With All My Might”. Combating childhood tormenting, intolerance, and cyberbullying, van Rij travels nationwide speaking at schools, lecturing and conductin...

Kathryn interviews activist and Obama staffer John Hope Bryant, author of How the Poor Can Save Capitalism. When Bryant looks at America's poor and struggling middle class he sees opportunity. He sees millions who are eager t...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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? ...

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...

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” ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Kathryn interviews cardiologist Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum and Dr. Jamie Noll.

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...

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...