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Seventeen Ultimate Guide To College: Everything You Need To Know To Walk Onto Campus And Own It By Bethany Heitman chats with Dr. Alvin

Bethany Heitman Click Here To Listen   After the excitement of prom and high-school graduation festivities, young women begin to focus on the next big milestone; starting college. Filled with tips and stories from real students, Seventeen Ultimate Guide to College reveals everything a girl needs to know to feel confident on campus and make the next years her best yet. It contains insider secrets she won’t learn from her high school guidance counselor or a college information packet, including: How to bond with your roomie Navigating the college hookup scene Sneaky ways to avoid going broke in college Plus a bonus style section on what to wear at every type of school  

By |July 9th, 2014|Education, Women, Youth|Comments Off on Seventeen Ultimate Guide To College: Everything You Need To Know To Walk Onto Campus And Own It By Bethany Heitman chats with Dr. Alvin

The Arsenal Of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, And An Epic Quest To Arm An America At War By A.J. Baime chats with Dr. Alvin

AJ Baime Click Here To Listen In 1941, as Hitler’s threat loomed ever larger, President Roosevelt realized he needed weaponry to fight the Nazis—most important, airplanes—and he needed them fast. So he turned to Detroit and the auto industry for help. The Arsenal of Democracy  tells the incredible story of how Detroit answered the call, centering on Henry Ford and his tortured son Edsel, who, when asked if they could deliver 50,000 airplanes, made an outrageous claim: Ford Motor Company would erect a plant that could yield a “bomber an hour.” Critics scoffed: Ford didn’t make planes; they made simple, affordable cars. But bucking his father’s resistance, Edsel charged ahead. Ford would apply assembly-line production to [...]

By |July 9th, 2014|Biography, History, Politics, Transportation, Travel, War|Comments Off on The Arsenal Of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, And An Epic Quest To Arm An America At War By A.J. Baime chats with Dr. Alvin

Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing Miami With Chad Carroll chats with Dr. Alvin

Chad Carroll Click Here To Listen Chad Carroll is an area "Power Broker" in every sense.  With a wealth of experience in finance, contracts and negotiation, as well as real estate, Carroll skillfully structures deals designed to put clients in their dream homes, providing expert guidance and utilizing an abundance of professional resources.  A frequent contributor in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Daily News and The New York and South Florida Edition of The Real Deal Magazine - Carroll has set an incomparable standard among his peers. In 2008, Carroll moved from New York City to pursue South Florida's collapsing real estate market. In just five years, he has emerged at the top, penetrating [...]

By |July 8th, 2014|Television|Comments Off on Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing Miami With Chad Carroll chats with Dr. Alvin

“Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.” Ali ibn Abi Talib

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Stay With Me: A Brenna Spector Novel Of Suspense By Alison Gaylin

Alison Gaylin Click Here To Listen Alison Gaylin is the author of Into the Dark, the Shamus Award-winning And She Was, the Edgar®-nominated thriller Hide Your Eyes, as well as its sequel, You Kill Me, and two stand-alone novels, Trashed and Heartless. A graduate of Northwestern University and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Alison lives with her husband and daughter in upstate New York.

By |July 8th, 2014|Fiction, Mystery|Comments Off on Stay With Me: A Brenna Spector Novel Of Suspense By Alison Gaylin

The Boys In The Boat: Nine Americans And Their Epic Quest For Gold At The 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown chats with Dr. Alvin

Daniel James Brown-Boys In The Boat Click Here To Listen Out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the [...]

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