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Breakpoint by Jeff Stibel chats with Dr. Alvin

Jeff Stibel Click Here To Listen What can the human brain and its relationship to the Internet tell us about our society, our technologies, and our businesses? A lot, as it turns out. The Internet today is a virtual replica of the brain, and the networks that leverage it grow and collapse in ways that are easily predictable if you understand the brain and other biological networks. Navigating the world of new technologies today can be like walking through a minefield unless you know the path. Imagine what you could do with a roadmap for where things are headed. In this fascinating look at the future of business and technology, neuroscientist and entrepreneur Jeff Stibel [...]

By |April 21st, 2014|Business|Comments Off on Breakpoint by Jeff Stibel chats with Dr. Alvin

Compete Smarter, Not Harder by William Putsis chats with Dr. Alvin

William Putsis Click Here To Listen Dr. William Putsis is a Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School specializing in the areas of Marketing, Economics, and Business Strategy. His scholarly work has been published in various journals, including the Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, Journal of Business, Journal of Business Research, Managerial and Decision Economics, Marketing Letters, Applied Economics, Journal of Forecasting, and the Review of Industrial Organization. He is also President and CEO of Chestnut Hill Associates, a strategic consulting firm he founded in 1995. The process presented in the book has been developed over the past two decades of working with organizations of all sizes including [...]

By |April 21st, 2014|Business|Comments Off on Compete Smarter, Not Harder by William Putsis chats with Dr. Alvin

Cloak of Light by Chuck Black chats with Dr. Alvin

Chuck Black Click Here To Listen What if...there was a world beyond our vision, a world just fingertips beyond our reach? What if...our world wasn’t beyond their influence? Tragedy and heartache seem to be waiting for Drew Carter at every turn, but college offers Drew a chance to start over—until an accident during a physics experiment leaves him blind and his genius friend, Benjamin Berg, missing. As his sight miraculously returns, Drew discovers that the accident has heightened his neuron activity, giving him skills and sight beyond the normal man. When he begins to observe fierce invaders that no one else can see, he questions his own sanity, and so do others. But is he [...]

By |April 20th, 2014|Fiction, Gospel|Comments Off on Cloak of Light by Chuck Black chats with Dr. Alvin

A Wanted Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey

Eric Jerome Dickey-A Wanted Woman Click Here To Listen The traditional foods movement is a fad-free approach to cooking and eating that emphasizes nutrient-dense, real food, and values quality, environment, and community over the convenience of processed, additive-laden products that are the norm on grocery store shelves. Based on the research of Weston A. Price, who studied the diets of indigenous peoples to understand the relationship between nutrition and health, a traditional foods diet avoids processed ingredients, but allows meat, animal fat, and grains. It embraces cultured dairy, such as kefir and yogurt, that contain beneficial bacteria; fermented foods, such as sauerkraut and kombucha, that are rich in probiotics; and organ meats that are packed with vitamins and minerals. [...]

By |April 20th, 2014|African Americans, Fiction|Comments Off on A Wanted Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey

The Nourished Kitchen by Jennifer McGruther

Jennifer McGruther Click Here To Listen The traditional foods movement is a fad-free approach to cooking and eating that emphasizes nutrient-dense, real food, and values quality, environment, and community over the convenience of processed, additive-laden products that are the norm on grocery store shelves. Based on the research of Weston A. Price, who studied the diets of indigenous peoples to understand the relationship between nutrition and health, a traditional foods diet avoids processed ingredients, but allows meat, animal fat, and grains. It embraces cultured dairy, such as kefir and yogurt, that contain beneficial bacteria; fermented foods, such as sauerkraut and kombucha, that are rich in probiotics; and organ meats that are packed with vitamins and minerals. It also celebrates [...]

By |April 20th, 2014|Cooking / Food|Comments Off on The Nourished Kitchen by Jennifer McGruther

Spoken For by Alyssa Bethke

Alyssa Joy Bethke Click Here To Listen A great romance was set in motion before you were born. A relentless Lover is pursuing you, and He has made His intentions clear. He wants you to be His forever. How will you respond to the One who longs for you to be His with your whole heart? In Spoken For, Robin Jones Gunn and Alyssa Joy Bethke speak to your heart about what it means for you to belong to Christ, who you are because of His love, and how that affects the way you live. Drawing on biblical promises and their personal experiences,   these two friends share what it’s like to live out God’s unfolding [...]

By |April 20th, 2014|Gospel, Women|Comments Off on Spoken For by Alyssa Bethke

Steal The North by Heather Brittain Bergstrom

Heather Brittan Bergstrom Click Here To Listen Emmy is a shy, sheltered sixteen-year-old when her mom, Kate, sends her to eastern Washington to an aunt and uncle she never knew she had. Fifteen years earlier, Kate had abandoned her sister, Beth, when she fled her painful past and their fundamentalist church. And now, Beth believes Emmy’s participation in a faith healing is her last hope for having a child. Emmy goes reluctantly, but before long she knows she has come home. She feels tied to the rugged landscape of coulees and scablands. And she meets Reuben, the Native American boy next door. In a part of the country where the age-old tensions of cowboys versus [...]

By |April 20th, 2014|Fiction|Comments Off on Steal The North by Heather Brittain Bergstrom

The Diet Fix by Dr. Yoni Freedhoff

Yoni Freedhoff Click Here To Listen Despite the success stories publicized by Atkins, South Beach, Weight Watchers, and others, 90% of all diets end in failure.  How can fix the way we lose weight so that we make results last? Weight loss expert Dr. Yoni Freedhoff has uncovered the flawed thinking that sabotages even the most earnest weight loss efforts. The majority of dieting or weight loss programs call for regular sacrifice: Give up an entire food group; fight hunger day and night; undertake exhausting and grueling exercise regiments. These approaches are unrealistic, unhealthy, and make it nearly impossible to maintain results. Now, at last, there is hope. In The Diet Fix, Dr. Freedhoff offers [...]

By |April 20th, 2014|Diet, Fitness|Comments Off on The Diet Fix by Dr. Yoni Freedhoff

Hidden by Catherine McKenzie

Catherine McKenzie Click Here To Listen Live From Montreal, Canada While walking home from work one evening, Jeff Manning is struck by a car and killed. Not one but two women fall to pieces at the news: his wife, Claire, and his co-worker Tish. Reeling from her loss, Claire must comfort her grieving son and contend with funeral arrangements, well-meaning family members and the arrival of Jeffs estranged brother, her ex-boyfriend Tim.

By |April 20th, 2014|Fiction|Comments Off on Hidden by Catherine McKenzie