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The White Boy Confessions By Marcus Valdespino chats with Dr. Alvin

Marcus Valdespino   Click Here To Listen The White Boy Confessions is the powerful autobiography of Marcus Valdespino and deals with gang life and violence in San Antonio and such controversial subjects as race relations, poverty, and interracial crime. The first 29 years of Valdespino's was compelling and tragic. He witnessed his father's drug dealing to high profile people and Marcus, unfortunately followed in his footsteps. Valdespino's story shows the worst of humanity and is chilling in its depiction of sex and violence and heartfelt, poignant and sad in its betrayal of the rite of passage of a young person growing up in this world. The White Boys Confessions is also extremely powerful in its [...]

By |June 9th, 2014|Biography, Crime, Law, Self-Help|Comments Off on The White Boy Confessions By Marcus Valdespino chats with Dr. Alvin
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Businessman First By Maurice W. Dorsey chats with Dr. Alvin

Maurice Dorsey Click Here To Listen   A biography remembering Henry G. Park, Jr. 1916-1989 capturing the life of a businessman who was African American. His Park Sausage firm was the first African American business owner to issue stock on Wall Street.

By |June 9th, 2014|African Americans, Biography, History, Leadership|Comments Off on Businessman First By Maurice W. Dorsey chats with Dr. Alvin
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Coach Wooden’s Greatest Secret: The Power Of A Lot Of Little Things Done Well by Pat Williams chats with Dr. Alvin

Pat Williams-Coach Wooden Click Here To Listen Now Pat Williams takes Coach Wooden's lesson, along with stories of people like Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, and more whose lives have exemplified the importance of little things done well, and shows you how the small things you do or don't do drastically affect your integrity, reputation, health, career, faith, and success. Want to do your very best in life, family, work, and faith? Want to live a life of excellence that is worthy of emulation? This inspiring book will show you how it's done.

By |June 8th, 2014|Biography, Leadership, Sports|Comments Off on Coach Wooden’s Greatest Secret: The Power Of A Lot Of Little Things Done Well by Pat Williams chats with Dr. Alvin
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Sons Of Wichita: How The Koch Brothers Became America’s Most Powerful And Private Dynasty By Daniel Schulman chats with Dr. Alvin

Daniel Schulman Click Here To Listen Like the Rockefellers and the Kennedys, the Kochs are one of the most influential dynasties of the modern age, but they have never been the subject of a major biography... until now. Not long after the death of his father, Charles Koch, then in his early 30s, discovered a letter the family patriarch had written to his sons. "You will receive what now seems to be a large sum of money," Fred Koch cautioned. "It may either be a blessing or a curse." Fred's legacy would become a blessing and a curse to his four sons-Frederick, Charles, and fraternal twins David and Bill-who in the ensuing decades fought bitterly [...]

By |June 4th, 2014|Biography, History, Politics|Comments Off on Sons Of Wichita: How The Koch Brothers Became America’s Most Powerful And Private Dynasty By Daniel Schulman chats with Dr. Alvin
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This Day In Philadephia Sports By Brian Startare chats with Dr. Alvin

Brian Startare Click Here To Listen This Day in Philadelphia Sports offers a concise 366-day approach to looking back at the history of Philadelphia sports. Every day on the calendar is represented with a fun tidbit of information of what had happened on that specific date in the history of one of the greatest sports towns in the world: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Every page is filled with the recounting of specific events from the Phillies, Eagles, Flyers, and 76ers, as well as the local college and high school sports teams. The authors incorporate fun facts, specific information, and thoroughly researched statistical data into each entry. From the inception of the Penn Relays in 1895 to the [...]

By |June 3rd, 2014|African Americans, Biography, History, Sports|Comments Off on This Day In Philadephia Sports By Brian Startare chats with Dr. Alvin
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Michael Jordan: The Life By Roland Lazenby chats with Dr. Alvin

Roland Lazenby-Michael Jordan Click Here To Listen Live From Salem, Virginia The Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. Michael Jordan is responsible for sublime moments so ingrained in sports history that they have their own names. When most people think of him, they think of his beautiful shots with the game on the line, his body totally in sync with the ball -- hitting nothing but net. But for all his greatness, this scion of a complex family from North Carolina's Coastal Plain has a darker side: he's a ruthless competitor and a lover of high stakes. There's never been a biography that encompassed the dual nature of his character and looked so deeply at [...]

By |June 2nd, 2014|African Americans, Biography, Sports|Comments Off on Michael Jordan: The Life By Roland Lazenby 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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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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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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