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One Plus One By JoJo Moyes chats with Dr. Alvin

JoJo Moyes-One Plus One Click Here To Listen American audiences have fallen in love with Jojo Moyes. Ever since she debuted Stateside she has captivated readers and reviewers alike, and hit the New York Times bestseller list with the word-of-mouth sensation Me Before You. Now, with One Plus One, she’s written another contemporary opposites-attract love story. Suppose your life sucks. A lot. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your teenage stepson is being bullied, and your math whiz daughter has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that you can’t afford to pay for. That’s Jess’s life in a nutshell—until an unexpected knight in shining armor offers to rescue them. Only Jess’s knight turns out to be Geeky [...]

By |July 8th, 2014|Fiction, Relationships, Romance|Comments Off on One Plus One By JoJo Moyes chats with Dr. Alvin
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Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival by Laurence Gonzales chats with Dr. Alvin

Laurence Gonzales Click Here To Listen Twenty-five years after the catastrophe, a dramatic and extraordinarily rare 360-degree view of the crash of a fully loaded jumbo jet. As hundreds of rescue workers waited on the ground, United Airlines Flight 232 wallowed drunkenly over the bluffs northwest of Sioux City. The plane slammed onto the runway and burst into a vast fireball. The rescuers didn't move at first: nobody could possibly survive that crash. And then people began emerging from the summer corn that lined the runways. Miraculously, 184 of 296 passengers lived. No one has ever attempted the complete reconstruction of a crash of this magnitude. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of survivors, crew, and [...]

By |July 8th, 2014|History, Transportation, Travel|Comments Off on Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival by Laurence Gonzales chats with Dr. Alvin
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“Out of suffering have emerges the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” Kahlil Gibran

By |July 5th, 2014|Quotes, Spirituality|Comments Off on “Out of suffering have emerges the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” Kahlil Gibran
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“If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.” Billie Holiday

By |July 4th, 2014|African Americans, Music, Quotes|Comments Off on “If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.” Billie Holiday
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Deal With The Devil: The FBI’s Secret Thirty-Year Relationship With A Mafia Killer By Peter Lance chats with Dr. Alvin

Peter Lance Click Here To Listen Five-time Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter Peter Lance draws on three decades of once-secret FBI files and exclusive new interviews to disclose the epic saga of Colombo family capo Gregory Scarpa Sr. "The perfect mix of thorough research and gripping storytelling."—NPRGregory Scarpa Sr. spent more than thirty years as a paid top echelon FBI informant while wreaking havoc as a drug dealer, loan shark, bank robber, hijacker, high-end securities thief, and killer. A Mafia capo whose nicknames were "Grim Reaper" and "Killing Machine," Scarpa was enlisted by the FBI in the 1960s. His debriefings on Mafia activities went straight to J. Edgar Hoover, revealing the structure of Cosa Nostra long [...]

By |July 3rd, 2014|Crime|Comments Off on Deal With The Devil: The FBI’s Secret Thirty-Year Relationship With A Mafia Killer By Peter Lance chats with Dr. Alvin
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“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” Albert Schweitzer

By |July 3rd, 2014|Quotes, Self-Help, Spirituality|Comments Off on “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” Albert Schweitzer
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People’s Magazine Hottest Bachelor Joe Manganiello, star of Majic Mike, Spiderman & HBO’S True Blood chats with Dr. Alvin

Joe Manganiello Click Here To Listen Joe Manganiello (Magic Mike) steps behind the camera for LA BARE, a documentary film that goes behind the curtain, behind the stage and behind the magic of the world’s most popular male strip club – La Bare Dallas. Featuring a unique ensemble of the club’s most popular dancers, LA BARE takes a provocative look into their rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle and offers a front row seat to their lives, loves, laughs and losses.  

By |July 3rd, 2014|Entertainment, Movies, Television|Comments Off on People’s Magazine Hottest Bachelor Joe Manganiello, star of Majic Mike, Spiderman & HBO’S True Blood chats with Dr. Alvin
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