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Arab Winter Comes To America by Robert Spencer chats with Dr. Alvin

Robert Spencer Click Here To Listen Robert Spencer explains the driving forces behind the jihadists operating now in the US: Their beliefs, their associations, and the international jihad network that is working for the same goals around the globe -- including in the Arab spring uprisings.

By |April 24th, 2014|Politics, War|Comments Off on Arab Winter Comes To America by Robert Spencer chats with Dr. Alvin

The Artisan Soul by Erwin Raphael McManus chats with Dr. Alvin

Erwin Raphael McManus Click Here To Listen In The Artisan Soul, Erwin Raphael McManus—author, thought leader, and founder of MOSAIC in Los Angeles—pens a manifesto for human creativity and the beginning of a new renaissance. McManus not only calls us to reclaim our creative essence but reveals how we can craft our lives into a work of art. There are no shortcuts to quality, and McManus celebrates the spiritual process that can help us discover our true selves. McManus demonstrates that we all carry within us the essence of an artist. We all need to create, to be a part of a process that brings to the world something beautiful, good, and true, in order [...]

By |April 24th, 2014|Art, Self-Help, Spirituality|Comments Off on The Artisan Soul by Erwin Raphael McManus chats with Dr. Alvin

Respect Yourself: Stax Records And The Soul Explosion by Robert Gordon chats with Dr. Alvin

Robert Gordon Click Here To Listen The story of Stax Records unfolds like a Greek tragedy. A white brother and sister build a record company that becomes a monument to racial harmony in 1960’s segregated south Memphis.

By |April 24th, 2014|African Americans, Biography, Entertainment, Music|Comments Off on Respect Yourself: Stax Records And The Soul Explosion by Robert Gordon chats with Dr. Alvin

Louis Armstrong: Master Of Modernism by Thomas Brothers chats with Dr. Alvin

Thomas Brothers Click Here To Listen The definitive account of Louis Armstrong—his life and legacy—during the most creative period of his career. Nearly 100 years after bursting onto Chicago’s music scene under the tutelage of Joe "King" Oliver, Louis Armstrong is recognized as one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. A trumpet virtuoso, seductive crooner, and consummate entertainer, Armstrong laid the foundation for the future of jazz with his stylistic innovations, but his story would be incomplete without examining how he struggled in a society seething with brutally racist ideologies, laws, and practices. Thomas Brothers picks up where he left off with the acclaimed Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, following the story of [...]

By |April 24th, 2014|African Americans, Biography, Entertainment, Movies, Music, Politics, Television|Comments Off on Louis Armstrong: Master Of Modernism by Thomas Brothers chats with Dr. Alvin

Eat What You Love–Everyday!: 200 All-New, Great-Tasting Recipes Low In Sugar, Fat, And Calories by Marlene Koch chats with Dr. Alvin

Marlene Koch Click Here To Listen “Magician in the kitchen” Marlene Koch is back with the third book in her bestselling “Eat What You Love” series. Eat What You Love–Everyday! offers 200 brand-new guilt-free recipes for every day, every occasion—and everyone! No one knows the foods Americans love to eat best, or makes fat, calories, and sugar “disappear” like Marlene. With easy-to-make great tasting recipes, and gorgeous mouthwatering images, Eat What You Love—Everyday! is the golden ticket for anyone who wants to eat the foods they love, and still look and feel their best, including those on weight loss or diabetes diets. Includes amazing makeovers from restaurants like Panda Express, Cheesecake Factory, and Starbucks, complete [...]

By |April 24th, 2014|Cooking / Food, Diet, Fitness|Comments Off on Eat What You Love–Everyday!: 200 All-New, Great-Tasting Recipes Low In Sugar, Fat, And Calories by Marlene Koch chats with Dr. Alvin

Hotel Florida: Truth, Love, And Death In The Spanish Civil War by Amanda Vaill chats with Dr. Alvin

Amanda Vaill Click Here To Listen Madrid, 1936. In a city blasted by a civil war that many fear will cross borders and engulf Europe—a conflict one writer will call “the decisive thing of the century”—six people meet and find their lives changed forever. Ernest Hemingway, his career stalled, his marriage sour, hopes that this war will give him fresh material and new romance; Martha Gellhorn, an ambitious novice journalist hungry for love and experience, thinks she will find both with Hemingway in Spain. Robert Capa and Gerda Taro, idealistic young photographers based in Paris, want to capture history in the making and are inventing modern photojournalism in the process. And Arturo Barea, chief of [...]

By |April 24th, 2014|Biography, History, Relationships, War|Comments Off on Hotel Florida: Truth, Love, And Death In The Spanish Civil War by Amanda Vaill chats with Dr. Alvin

Showtime by Jeff Pearlman chats with Dr. Alvin

Jeff Pearlman-Showtime Click Here To Listen The Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s personified the flamboyance and excess of the decade over which they reigned. Beginning with the arrival of Earvin “Magic” Johnson as the number-one overall pick of the 1979 draft, the Lakers played basketball with gusto and pizzazz, unleashing their famed “Showtime” run-and-gun style on a league unprepared for their speed and ferocity—and became the most captivating show in sports and, arguably, in all-around American entertainment. The Lakers’ roster overflowed with exciting all-star-caliber players, including center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and they were led by the incomparable Pat Riley, known for his slicked-back hair, his Armani suits, and his arrogant strut. Hollywood’s biggest celebrities lined [...]

By |April 24th, 2014|Sports|Comments Off on Showtime by Jeff Pearlman chats with Dr. Alvin

Sun Power by Neville Williams chats with Dr. Alvin

Neville Williams Click Here To Listen America is on the brink of a green energy revolution that can save the planet, and increase peace and prosperity, by harnessing the unlimited solar power. After decades of promise, the technology for alternative energy solutions now exists to replace our dangerous addiction to fossil fuels with cheap, clean solar energy.

By |April 24th, 2014|Energy, Environment|Comments Off on Sun Power by Neville Williams chats with Dr. Alvin

I Can Hear You Whisper by Lydia Denworth chats with Dr. Alvin

Lydia Denworth Click Here To Listen A mother notices her toddler is not learning to talk the way his brothers did… Is something wrong?  Her search for answers is a journey into the mysteries of the human brain. Lydia Denworth’s third son, Alex, was nearly two when he was identified with significant hearing loss that was likely to get worse. Her sweet boy with the big brown eyes had probably never heard her lullabies. Denworth knew the importance of enrichment to the developing brain but had never contemplated the opposite: Deprivation.  How would a child’s brain grow outside the world of sound most of us take for granted? How would he communicate?  Would he learn to [...]

By |April 23rd, 2014|Children, Medical, Science|Comments Off on I Can Hear You Whisper by Lydia Denworth chats with Dr. Alvin