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The Hollow Ground By Natalie S. Harnett chats with Dr. Alvin

Natalie Harnett Click Here To Listen We walk on fire or air, so Daddy liked to say. Basement floors too hot to touch. Steaming green lawns in the dead of winter. Sinkholes, quick and sudden, plunging open at your feet. The underground mine fires ravaging Pennsylvania coal country have forced eleven-year-old Brigid Howley and her family to seek refuge with her estranged grandparents, the formidable Gram and the black lung‒stricken Gramp. Tragedy is no stranger to the Howleys, a proud Irish-American clan who takes strange pleasure in the “curse” laid upon them generations earlier by a priest who ran afoul of the Molly Maguires. The weight of this legacy rests heavily on a new generation, [...]

By |May 27th, 2014|Environment, Fiction, History|Comments Off on The Hollow Ground By Natalie S. Harnett chats with Dr. Alvin
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Derrick Brown Sports Report 05.27.14 on DrAlvin.com: OKC-Rice-Irsay-Bosch

D Brown Sports 052714 Click Here To Listen Get the latest in sports, news and commentary. Chris Bosch. Jim Irsay. Ray Rice. OKC. Dodgers. and more.

By |May 27th, 2014|Sports|Comments Off on Derrick Brown Sports Report 05.27.14 on DrAlvin.com: OKC-Rice-Irsay-Bosch
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A Season Of Change By Lynette Sowell chats with Dr. Alvin

Lynette Sowell Click Here To Listen Amish widower Jacob Miller believes it was a mistake to visit the Amish village of Pinecraft for winter vacation, especially after his daughter is struck by a car. Stranded in Sarasota until his daughter recovers, Jacob grows increasingly wary of events that unfold in his unfamiliar surroundings—including the strange curiosity of Englischer Natalie Bennett. Natalie never thought her circus career as an aerial silks artist would end with a blown-out knee at the age of 25. She also never knew her late mother had a secret—that she was once Amish. When Natalie meets the Millers at the Sarasota hospital, she is attracted to their warm hospitality and simple ways—and [...]

By |May 27th, 2014|Fiction, Gospel|Comments Off on A Season Of Change By Lynette Sowell chats with Dr. Alvin
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Capital: The Eruption Of Delhi By Rana Dasgupta chats with Dr. Alvin

Click Here To Listen Live From Delhi, India In Capital, Commonwealth Prize–winning author Rana Dasgupta examines one of the great trends of our time: the expansion of the global elite. Capital is an intimate portrait of the city of Delhi which bears witness to the extraordinary transmogrification of India’s capital. But it also offers a glimpse of what capitalism will become in the coming, post-Western world. The story of Delhi is a parable for where we are all headed. The boom following the opening up of India’s economy plunged Delhi into a tumult of destruction and creation: slums and markets were ripped down, and shopping malls and apartment blocks erupted from the ruins. Many fortunes [...]

By |May 27th, 2014|Business, Politics|Comments Off on Capital: The Eruption Of Delhi By Rana Dasgupta chats with Dr. Alvin
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Green Investment: Carbon Xprint Bonds By Gary Keir chats with Dr. Alvin

Gary Keir Click Here To Listen The idea is simple with multiple benefits. Everyone knows that banks offer Certificates of Deposit and Term Deposits. Carbon Xprint Bonds are Term Deposits. By purchasing Carbon Xprint Bonds (CXBs), a company or individual can take responsibility for lowering their greenhouse gas emissions, decreasing their carbon footprint and increasing their energy sustainability — while receiving a return on their socially responsible and secured investment. Carbon Xprint Bonds allow all of us to become an investor in the new energy future.

By |May 26th, 2014|Business|Comments Off on Green Investment: Carbon Xprint Bonds By Gary Keir chats with Dr. Alvin
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Innovation The NASA Way By Rod Pyle chats with Dr. Alvin

Rod Pyle Click Here To Listen Launch your business to new heights with out-of-this world innovation For over half a century, NASA has delivered a continuous stream of innovative accomplishments that have inspired the world. Neil Armstrong walking on the moon, the space shuttle pioneering reusable space planes, Mars rovers exploring the red planet—the list goes on. We read the stories and watch the footage, and as impossible as these achievements seem, NASA makes them look easy. The most innovative organization in history, NASA holds an otherworldly mystique for those of us who look on in awe. But behind every one of NASA's amazing innovations lie carefully managed operations, just like any other organization. Innovation [...]

By |May 26th, 2014|Business|Comments Off on Innovation The NASA Way By Rod Pyle chats with Dr. Alvin
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“Accept divine change like sand that forms chandeliers, pure carbon that creates diamonds or caterpillars that become butterflies. A tested live is transformational, producing splendor, strength, and durability. Without such purposeful pressure, you’ll remain raw, rough and creepy. The beauty of evolving from one phase to the next is that it creates your beauty.” Dr. Alvin’s Book of Ponderations 26 :12 ©

Dr Alvins Book of Ponderation 26 12 Click Here To Listen  

By |May 26th, 2014|Ponderations, Spirituality|Comments Off on “Accept divine change like sand that forms chandeliers, pure carbon that creates diamonds or caterpillars that become butterflies. A tested live is transformational, producing splendor, strength, and durability. Without such purposeful pressure, you’ll remain raw, rough and creepy. The beauty of evolving from one phase to the next is that it creates your beauty.” Dr. Alvin’s Book of Ponderations 26 :12 ©
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Motherless Child By Glen Hirshberg chats with Dr. Alvin

GlenHirshberg Click Here To Listen   In his powerful novel, Motherless Child, Bram Stoker Award–nominee Glen Hirshberg, author of the International Horror Guild Award–winning American Morons, exposes the fallacy of the Twilight-style romantic vampire while capturing the heart of every reader. It’s the thrill of a lifetime when Sophie and Natalie, single mothers living in a trailer park in North Carolina, meet their idol, the mysterious musician known only as “the Whistler.” Morning finds them covered with dried blood, their clothing shredded and their memories hazy. Things soon become horrifyingly clear: the Whistler is a vampire and Natalie and Sophie are his latest victims. The young women leave their babies with Natalie’s mother and hit [...]

By |May 26th, 2014|Fiction|Comments Off on Motherless Child By Glen Hirshberg chats with Dr. Alvin
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Brothers Forever By Tom Sileo chats with Dr. Alvin

Tom Sileo Click Here To Listen Four weeks after Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden, the President of the United States stood in Arlington National Cemetery. In his Memorial Day address, he extolled the courage and sacrifice of the two young men buried side by side in the graves before him: Travis Manion, a fallen US Marine, and Brendan Looney, a fallen US Navy SEAL. Although they were killed three years apart, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, these two best friends and former roommates were now buried together—“brothers forever.” Award-winning journalist Tom Sileo and Travis’s father, former Marine colonel Tom Manion, tell the intimate and personal story of how these Naval Academy [...]

By |May 26th, 2014|Biography, Military, War|Comments Off on Brothers Forever By Tom Sileo chats with Dr. Alvin
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Big Red: Baseball, Fatherhood, And My Life In The Big Red Machine By Ken Griffey, Sr. chats with Dr. Alvin

Ken Griffey Click Here To Listen Reflecting on an outstanding 19-year major-league career, this autobiography chronicles baseball great Ken Griffey, beginning with his days just out of high school. The account relates Griffey’s decision to venture into the baseball business, documenting his time as a scout, coach, and manager along with his accomplishments as a father, raising two other major league ballplayers: Craig, who played briefly for the Seattle Mariners, and future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. Capturing the subject’s time with the Big Red Machine, this record details his days playing alongside Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, and Pete Rose, highlighting the Reds' two consecutive world championships in 1975 and 1976. Finally, the ultimate [...]

By |May 26th, 2014|Biography, Parenting, Sports|Comments Off on Big Red: Baseball, Fatherhood, And My Life In The Big Red Machine By Ken Griffey, Sr. chats with Dr. Alvin
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