EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is a classically trained singer who has sung in the United States and Europe and has also been a university music professor. The power of stories and music’s healing qualities have woven their way through her life and found voice in her writing. She loves the Cavalier dog breed and … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is an only child who learned early that boredom was the ultimate enemy, and that perpetual motion was her friend. She has rarely been still since – except when she’s writing. Writer, packrat, cat lady, mad sewer, book hound, and anything else you can think of that requires accumulation in … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is a former attorney who earned her MFA in creative nonfiction from Saint Mary’s College of California in 2020. A native of the Bay Area, she turned to writing after George, her husband and partner of more than three decades, died of cancer, and she found herself single and living … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY Fifty-five years after my guest’s father climbed out on a hotel ledge and threatened to jump—an event that made national news—my guest stepped into a crosswalk and was mowed down by a pickup truck. The accident—which nearly killed her— propelled her on a remarkable emotional journey that started with the unraveling of her … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is an entrepreneur, educator, speaker, and author. She has started and managed two for-profit and two not-for-profit companies, and she has traveled to 35 states and 8 foreign countries. Recognized in “Who’s Who in Education” and “Who’s Who in Literature,” she utilizes skills built up over decades as she re-invents … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today, became one of the first women hired on a U.S. Forest Service fire crew. She holds two degrees: a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, and a Masters in Planning, from the University of Arizona. Summers of Fire: A Memoir of Adventure, Love and Courage, released in 2018 about wildland firefighting. Parade … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is the author of “A Feigned Madness,” the story of undercover reporter Nellie Bly’s ten harrowing days inside a women’s insane asylum in 1887. It won the Reader Views Reviewers Choice Award and the Kops-Fetherling International Book Award. She’s a self-proclaimed Anglo-file and obsessed with all things relating to the … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY If Charles Bukowski, Sharon Olds and Billy Collins somehow had a child, my guest today would be it. Described by his inner circle as Poet Laureate of the Absurd, he spent the better part of a decade drinking himself silly at the Swinging Door Saloon in Tustin, California. While there, he began writing … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today had a writing career in his twenties as a BBC comedy writer and then as a copywriter for one of the world’s largest ad agencies. He continued in advertising when he moved to Cyprus as an agency Creative Director. He wrote his first book as a screenplay and then as … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, author, and speaker who is passionate about empowering women. After experiencing her own traumatic events, she pursued a career as a mental health therapist. During her journey, she chose to coach women who had lost their voices. She believes it’s important to begin nurturing … Read More
