Val Walker

Kathryn interviews Forensic Anthropologist & Bones TV Producer Kathy Reichs PhD, NY Times best-selling author of “A Conspiracy of Bones.” Her riveting new novel delivers all the twists and turns we’ve come to expect from the master of suspense, alongside a ripped-from-the-headlines plot that will thrill readers from the first page. Currently on leave, Dr. Reichs is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Kathryn also interviews Rehabilitation Consultant Val Walker MS, author of “400 Friends and No One to Call: Breaking through Isolation and Building Community.” The National Science Foundation has reported the number of Americans with no close friends has tripled since 1985 and an unprecedented number of Americans are living alone. Generation Z and Millennials report being the loneliest despite their high consumption of social media. For 24 years Walker’s led support groups for people living with chronic illness, grief and trauma.