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The Golden Gate Chronicles: Out Of The Ruins By Karen Barnett chats with Dr. Alvin

Karen Barnett Click Here To Listen   While her sister lies on her deathbed, Abby Fischer prays for a miracle. What Abby doesn’t expect, however, is for God’s answer to come in the form of the handsome Dr. Robert King, whose experimental treatment is risky at best. As they work together toward a cure, Abby’s feelings for Robert become hopelessly entangled. Separated by the tragedy of the mighty San Francisco earthquake, their relationship suddenly takes a back seat to survival. With fires raging throughout the city, Abby fears for her life as she flees alone through burning streets. Where is God now? Will Robert find Abby, even as the world burns around them? Or has [...]

By |May 30th, 2014|Fiction, Gospel, History, Women|Comments Off on The Golden Gate Chronicles: Out Of The Ruins By Karen Barnett chats with Dr. Alvin
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Wisdom Perspective: Be An Activist But Think Like A Businesswoman- Steve Ballmer Clipper’s Pending Purchase Good For Uncle Sam, Sterling, NBA, But Not For Players & Fans by Dr. Alvin

Wisdom Perspective Be An Activist But Think Like A Businesswoman Click Here To Listen Live From The Nation's Capitol King Solomon once wrote, “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven”. In order for an emerging African American nation to move from integration, disenfranchisement and oppression; practices and policies that liberated them will not be sufficient to cause them to have an enduring legacy. A wisdom perspective on the Donald Sterling matter suggests that perhaps, there should have been a variety of other options instead of the NBA and players demanding it sale. Yes, the league will get rid of a racially insensitive man but will the athletes [...]

By |May 30th, 2014|African Americans, Biography, Business, Leadership, Self-Help, Spirituality|Comments Off on Wisdom Perspective: Be An Activist But Think Like A Businesswoman- Steve Ballmer Clipper’s Pending Purchase Good For Uncle Sam, Sterling, NBA, But Not For Players & Fans by Dr. Alvin
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Who Invented The Bicycle Kick? Soccer’s Greatest Legends And Lore By Uli Heese chats with Dr. Alvin

Uli Hesse Click Here To Listen Live The ultimate collection of soccer's greatest lore and legends, by two of the world's most knowledgeable soccer journalists Who Invented the Bicycle Kick? is a rollicking run through 100 years of global soccer history that will surprise and delight fans old and new. Veteran soccer journalists Paul Simpson and Uli Hesse bring together the sublime feats, legendary personalities, neglected heroes, bizarre twists of fate, and fascinating mysteries that have shaped the world's most popular game, including: •Who invented the bicycle kick? •Why does a football match last 90 minutes? •Who scored the fastest goal ever? •Which match produced the largest number of red cards? •Why are seven dead [...]

By |May 30th, 2014|African Americans, History, Science, Sports|Comments Off on Who Invented The Bicycle Kick? Soccer’s Greatest Legends And Lore By Uli Heese chats with Dr. Alvin
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No Summit Out Of Sight By Jordan Romero chats with Dr. Alvin

Jordan Romero Click Here To Listen Jordan Romero climbed Mount Everest at age thirteen—and he didn’t stop there. In this inspiring young adult memoir, he tells how he achieved such great heights. On May 22, 2010, at the age of thirteen, American teenager Jordan Romero became the youngest person to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. At fifteen, he became the youngest person to reach the summits of the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents. In this energizing memoir for young adults, Jordan, now seventeen, recounts his experience, which started as a spark of an idea at the age of nine and, many years of training and hard work later, turned into [...]

By |May 30th, 2014|Biography, Sports, Youth|Comments Off on No Summit Out Of Sight By Jordan Romero chats with Dr. Alvin
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Beauty Queen: Inside The Reign Of Avon’s Andrea Jung By Deborrah Himsel chats with Dr. Alvin

Deborah Himsel Click Here To Listen Andrea Jung, the glamorous former head of Avon, was arguably the world’s most charismatic and effective CEO, credited with the astonishing turnaround of the venerable brand. Avon’s board was filled with tough-minded, successful CEOs and other high achievers, but when Jung walked into a room wearing her Chanel suit, custom- blended lipstick and signature pearls, every head turned and she had them eating out of her hand. She seemed incapable of making a wrong move, until, amid declining sales, an investigation by the SEC, and a brand in crisis she stepped down in late 2012. In Beauty Queen, former Avon VP Deborrah Himsel uses Jung’s story as a case [...]

By |May 29th, 2014|Biography, Business, Leadership, Women|Comments Off on Beauty Queen: Inside The Reign Of Avon’s Andrea Jung By Deborrah Himsel chats with Dr. Alvin
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Derrick Brown Sports Report 05.29.14 on DrAlvin.com: Johnny-Pacers-Glazer-NHL

D Brown Sports 052914 Click Here To Listen Get the latest in sports, news and commentary. Malcolm Glazer. Pacers Win. Johnny Football. Donald Sterling. NHL Playoffs. MLB.

By |May 29th, 2014|Sports|Comments Off on Derrick Brown Sports Report 05.29.14 on DrAlvin.com: Johnny-Pacers-Glazer-NHL
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Small Plates: Short Fiction By Katherine Hall Page chats with Dr. Alvin

Katherine Hall Page-Small Plates Click Here To Listen Katherine Hall Page, author of the beloved Faith Fairchild series, invites you to enjoy her first-ever collection of short fiction. Readers will delight in the broad range of these mysteries—tales to suit every taste and mood. Page's tales will take readers from the skyscrapers of Manhattan to the dunes of Cape Cod and even "Across the Pond." Her characters include a man who longs for widowerhood, dreaming of the attention from the casserole brigade—good women lining up at his door offering food and perhaps themselves as well. A newlywed discovers her husband's ingenious hiding places for objects like spare keys. One spinster turns to friends for help [...]

By |May 29th, 2014|Fiction, Mystery|Comments Off on Small Plates: Short Fiction By Katherine Hall Page chats with Dr. Alvin
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Last Conversation With Dr. Maya Angelou: Thoughts On Electing Barack Obama with Dr. Alvin

Dr Maya Angelou Click Here To Listen Tribute. Prose, Words & Music in celebration of an American Treasure. My only and last conversation with Dr. Maya as she encourages us to elect Barack Obama for president of the United States. This chat is dedicated to my daughters Dr. Alisha Lola and Rev. Angela Jones.

By |May 29th, 2014|Biography, Poetry, Politics, Women|Comments Off on Last Conversation With Dr. Maya Angelou: Thoughts On Electing Barack Obama with Dr. Alvin
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Incredible And True Fishing Stories By Shaun Morey chats with Dr. Alvin

Shaun Morey Click Here To Listen Over 33 million people fish in this country. They went on over 455 million fishing trips and spent more than $41 billion on fishing expenses. And what’s almost as good as going fishing? Hearing, telling, and swapping great fish stories. Shaun Morey is a fisherman, a connoisseur of fish stories, and a journalist with a novelist’s eye (and vice versa) whose first collection, Incredible Fishing Stories, has 471,000 copies in print. In the years since that book’s publication, Morey has continued to reel in jaw-dropping tales, and the result is a new collection of over 100 even more incredible fishing stories. Here are Remarkable Catches—like the time Billy Sandifer [...]

By |May 28th, 2014|Animals, Sports|Comments Off on Incredible And True Fishing Stories By Shaun Morey chats with Dr. Alvin
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Numberlys By William Joyce chats with Dr. Alvin

William Joyce Click Here To Listen From the team who brought you The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore comes an alphabet tale extraordinaire! Once upon a time there was no alphabet, only numbers… Life was…fine. Orderly. Dull as gray paint. Very…numberly. But our five jaunty heroes weren’t willing to accept that this was all there could be. They knew there had to be more. So they broke out hard hats and welders, hammers and glue guns, and they started knocking some numbers together. Removing a piece here. Adding a piece there. At first, it was awful. But the five kept at it, and soon it was…artful! One letter after another emerged, until there [...]

By |May 28th, 2014|Fiction|Comments Off on Numberlys By William Joyce chats with Dr. Alvin
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