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First Intelligence: Using The Science & Spirit Of Intuition By Simone Wright chats with Dr. Alvin

Simone Wright Click Here To Listen   Each day, we are bombarded with data and opinions, and each day we must make choices that steer us toward our own best approach to life. And, according to Simone Wright, we often forget or don’t understand how to use the best tool available: our intuition, which is our “first intelligence” that can cut through the chatter to inherent wisdom. She explains that intuition is an innate and universal biological and energetic function that can be used like a human GPS system to guide us toward effective action and peak performance. Riveting examples and powerful exercises demonstrate how we can use this “sixth sense” as naturally as any, [...]

By |June 11th, 2014|Science, Self-Help|Comments Off on First Intelligence: Using The Science & Spirit Of Intuition By Simone Wright chats with Dr. Alvin
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Land Of Shadows By Rachel Howzell Hall chats with Dr. Alvin

Rachel Howzell Hall Click Here To Listen Along the ever-changing border of gentrifying Los Angeles, seventeen-year-old Monique Darson is found dead at a condominium construction site, hanging in the closet of an unfinished unit. Homicide detective Elouise “Lou” Norton’s new partner, Colin Taggert, fresh from the comparatively bucolic Colorado Springs police department, assumes it’s a teenage suicide. Lou isn’t buying the easy explanation. For one thing, the condo site is owned by Napoleon Crase, a self-made millionaire. . .and the man who may have murdered Lou's missing sister, Tori, thirty years ago. As Lou investigates the death of Monique Darson, she uncovers undeniable links between the two cases. But her department is skeptical. Lou is [...]

By |June 11th, 2014|African Americans, Crime, Fiction, Women|Comments Off on Land Of Shadows By Rachel Howzell Hall chats with Dr. Alvin
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Derrick Brown Sports Report 06.11.14 on DrAlvin.com: Spurs-Calipari-Fisher

D Brown Sports 061114 Click Here To Listen Get the latest in sports, news and commentary. NBA Championship. Derek Fisher. John Calipari.  

By |June 11th, 2014|Sports|Comments Off on Derrick Brown Sports Report 06.11.14 on DrAlvin.com: Spurs-Calipari-Fisher
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Scotch 101: How To Find The Perfect Gift For Your Dad By Balvenie Ambassador David Laird chats with Dr. Alvin

David Laird Click Here To Listen David Laird - The Balvenie Ambassador - Born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland – an area steeped in whisky trading and blending – The Balvenie Brand Ambassador and academic David Laird brings years of experience with whisky on both sides of the bar, having managed and owned bars in Tennessee and Oregon. David is both a science fanatic and an avid soccer player, boasting two science degrees and a soccer scholarship that eventually brought him to the United States. His next journey led him to Portland, Oregon where he served as general manager of Whiskey House, leading the promotion and tastings for more than 250 whiskies, thus fueling his [...]

By |June 11th, 2014|Cooking / Food, History, Travel|Comments Off on Scotch 101: How To Find The Perfect Gift For Your Dad By Balvenie Ambassador David Laird chats with Dr. Alvin
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Denali’s Howl By Andy Hall chats with Dr. Alvin

Andy Hall Click Here To Listen In 1967, twelve young men attempted to climb Alaska’s Mount McKinley—known to the locals as Denali—one of the most popular and deadly mountaineering destinations in the world. Only five survived. Journalist Andy Hall, son of the park superintendent at the time, investigates the tragedy. He spent years tracking down survivors, lost documents, and recordings of radio communications. In Denali’s Howl, Hall reveals the full story of an expedition facing conditions conclusively established here for the first time: At an elevation of nearly 20,000 feet, these young men endured an “arctic super blizzard,” with howling winds of up to 300 miles an hour and wind chill that freezes flesh solid [...]

By |June 10th, 2014|History, Sports|Comments Off on Denali’s Howl By Andy Hall chats with Dr. Alvin
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Tiger, Meet My Sister…: And Other Things I Probably Shouldn’t Have Said By Rick Reilly chats with Dr. Alvin

Rick Reilly Click Here To Listen   Rick Reilly has been called “one of the funni­est humans on the planet—an indescribable amalgam of Dave Barry, Jim Murray, and Lewis Grizzard, with the timing of Jay Leno and the wit of Johnny Carson” (Publishers Weekly). In Tiger, Meet My Sister, Reilly com­piles the best of his columns from his last five years with ESPN, columns that will make you laugh, cry—and quite a few that may make you want to throw this book across the room. Rick Reilly tends to get under people’s skin like that. He has no compunction telling readers, in his singular quick-witted style, how he really feels about some of the most [...]

By |June 10th, 2014|Commentary, Humor, Sports|Comments Off on Tiger, Meet My Sister…: And Other Things I Probably Shouldn’t Have Said By Rick Reilly chats with Dr. Alvin
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Mimi Malloy, At Last! By Julia MacDonnell chats with Dr. Alvin

Julia MacDonnell Click Here To Listen   Meet Mimi Malloy: A daughter of the Great Depression, Mimi was born into an Irish-Catholic brood of seven, and she has done her best to raise six beautiful daughters of her own. Now they’re grown, and Mimi, a divorcée, is unexpectedly retired. But she takes solace in the comforts of her new life: her apartment in the heart of Quincy, the occasional True Blue cigarette, and evenings with Frank Sinatra on the stereo and a highball in her hand. Yet her phone is arguably the busiest in greater Boston—it rings “Day In, Day Out,” as Ol’ Blue Eyes would say. Her surviving sisters love to gab about their [...]

By |June 10th, 2014|Fiction, Women|Comments Off on Mimi Malloy, At Last! By Julia MacDonnell chats with Dr. Alvin
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The Yankee Way: Playing, Coaching And My Life In Baseball By Willie Randolph chats with Dr. Alvin

Willie Randolph Click Here To Listen From a dusty diamond in Brooklyn to the hallowed grounds of Yankee Stadium, Willie Randolph has always loved the game of baseball, and over the course of his storied career, he has amassed a remarkable list of accomplishments—All-Star second baseman, World Series champion, manager—but, above all, he has been a Yankee. For almost thirty years, Randolph was a part of Yankee lore and mythology, whether playing with the legends Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson and witnessing the infamous Bronx Zoo at its rowdiest, or coaching as the Core Four of Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, and Jorge Posada rose to fame and ushered in a new era of [...]

By |June 10th, 2014|African Americans, Biography, History, Sports|Comments Off on The Yankee Way: Playing, Coaching And My Life In Baseball By Willie Randolph chats with Dr. Alvin
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Say What You Will By Cammie McGovern chats with Dr. Alvin

Cammie McGovern Click Here To Listen   I want someone who will talk to me honestly about things. You're the only person who ever has. Maybe you don't know this, but when you're disabled almost no one tells you the truth. They feel too awkward because the truth seems too sad, I guess. You were very brave to walk up to the crippled girl and say, essentially, wipe that sunny expression off your face and look at reality. That's what I want you to do next year. Tell me the truth. That's all. Amy and Matthew didn't know each other, really. They weren't friends. Matthew remembered her, sure, but he remembered a lot of people [...]

By |June 10th, 2014|Disabilities, Fiction|Comments Off on Say What You Will By Cammie McGovern chats with Dr. Alvin
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Hearts of Darkness: Why Kids Are Becoming Mass Murderers And How We Can Stop It By Dr. John Liebert chats with Dr. Alvin

John Liebert-Heart Of Darkness Click Here To Listen From Sandy Hook, Connecticut, to Aurora, Colorado, to Tucson, Arizona, this nation has been racked from coast to coast with mass shootings perpetrated by criminals with sick minds. Authors Dr. Liebert and Dr. Birnes believe the increase in violence is an epidemic and dig deep into the causes of mental illness to determine what exactly is going on with these individuals and society as a whole, and what action can be taken to slow this frightening trend toward mass violence. Dr. Liebert and Dr. Birnes believe that many mass suicides are predictable and preventable. Dr. Liebert uses his extensive experience in psychopathology and criminal psychology to describe [...]

By |June 9th, 2014|Crime, Science|Comments Off on Hearts of Darkness: Why Kids Are Becoming Mass Murderers And How We Can Stop It By Dr. John Liebert chats with Dr. Alvin
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