Skip to main content
Submitted by Douglas Newsom on 19 April 2021

Headlined Guests

Guest Occupation: Researcher, Laser physicist, writer, producer, director of, What the BLEEP do we Know?
Guest Biography:

WILLIAM ARNTZ

William Arntz started his professional career as a research laser physicist, and developed the first wave optics simulator for high energy lasers. This project went on in the 80’s to be called “Star Wars”.

He then moved on to software, writing “AutoSys”–an automated job control system currently in use by most Fortune 500 companies.

He sold that company, retired, but then decided to make a film: creating, producing and directing What the BLEEP Do We Know!?, an exploration of spirituality, quantum physics, neurology and outrageous possibilities.

The film and the companion book, with editions in over twenty languages, were international hits. Another stint of retirement followed, but then he got the wild notion to do a how-to book on Suffering, figuring that people do it all the time so how hard could it be?

Guest Category: Earth & Space, Physics & Metaphysics, Psychology, Science, Self Help, Society and Culture, Spiritual, Technology, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: Marketer
Guest Biography:

KATERINA TOUCHON

Katerina Touchon is a marketer with over 12 years of experience. Her main passion is helping creative entrepreneurs and artists advance their careers with branding and promotion.

Mrs. Touchon has worked with government and private projects, museums, galleries, and commercial brands such as Schwarzkopf, Calvin Klein, Phillips, BMW, and many others.

In 2020 she launched an online-program “FRWART”, teaching artists how to promote themselves. Katerina worked with artists from a dozen different countries. Today she is expanding the program to include all creative entrepreneurs and small business owners. 

I love helping creatives make positive changes in their businesses and careers.

Katerina Touchon

Guest Category: Business, Careers, Marketing, Management, Society and Culture, Technology
Guest Occupation: Creative professional and business owner, author, idea generator
Guest Biography:

Zach Touchon has over 20 years of experience as a creative professional and business owner in Los Angeles, California. As an idea generator, he helps creative teams with the free flow of ideas. Mr. Touchon also assists individuals in uncovering their full potential. 

After losing his Mother suddenly, Zach opened an art gallery and film studio in Downtown Los Angeles. While walking through this experience, he discovered a system for personal development that helped him to overcome his challenges and thrive.

In his book he describes some easy-to-understand rules and principles that helped him recognize the resources he already had. In the powerful new book, “You Have Everything You Need To Get What You Want” Zach shares how anyone can use these ideas to transform their careers, relationships, and even lives. 

“I want to help people see it. When you can see it you can believe it. When you believe it, anything is possible.” – Zach Touchon

Guest Category: Arts, Business, Careers, Marketing, Management, Philosophy, Society and Culture, Technology
Guest Occupation: Award-winning and distinguished musicians
Guest Biography:

ELIXIR PIANO TRIO

The Elixir Piano Trio is made up of award-winning and distinguished musicians, Violinist – Samvel Chilingarian, Pianist – Dr. Lucy Nargizyan, and Cellist – Dr. Fang Fang Xu.

Winner of the Most Distinguished Musician award 2005 IBLA International Competition in Italy, The Elixir Piano Trio has appeared in performances in Europe, Mexico and the United States. 

Founded in 2004, the dynamic Elixir Piano Trio performs both traditional and modern repertoire with classical, folk and jazz influences. Known for their unique and exciting interpretations, the Los Angeles based ensemble has dazzled audiences with their energy and sensitivity.

The trio has become instrumental in promoting works by Contemporary composers.

Violinist – Samvel Chilingarian 

Mr. Chilingarian enjoys a varied career as performer, educator and conductor. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Chilingarian has toured extensively throughout Europe, Japan, the United States and Central America with The Melos Ensemble, Vienna Sinfonietta, Orchestra Internazionale d´Italia, Tashen Oper and Ensemble Nine.

Mr. Chilingarian has performed in such prestigious venues as the Musikverein in Vienna, Teatro di San Carlo in Napoli, Teatro Farnese in Parma, Casals Hall in Tokyo, Birmingham Performing Arts Center in England. As a founding member of the Arioso String Quartet, he has toured Austria giving concerts in Vienna, Krems and Salzkammergut.

A native of Armenia, Mr. Chilingarian began his musical studies at age five. After receiving a Bachelor of Music from the California State University at Northridge and a Master of Music from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, Mr. Chilingarian moved to Vienna in 1990 to continue his studies in authentic performance and conducting. While in Vienna, Mr. Chilingarian joined the Pons Artis Chamber Orchestra, the Kammer Oper Orchestra and the Niederosterrichische Tonkunstler Orchestra. While in Austria, Mr. Chilingarian was invited to conduct the Linz Summer Festival Youth Orchestra in 1994.

Since his return to Los Angeles in 1995, Mr. Chilingarian´s focus has been to bring spirited music to young musicians. Mr. Chilingarian is the Artistic Director and conductor of Verdugo Young Musicians Association (VYMA). In 2007, VYMA Youth Orchestra was invited by the Los Angeles Philharmonic to perform at Walt Disney Concert Hall as part of the International Youth Orchestra Festival. Mr. Chilingarian has actively participated with the Los Angeles Philharmonic YOLA initiative as guest speaker and panelist.

Mr. Chilingarian has been featured on the Sundays Live radio broadcast Classical 105.1 K-Mozart as well as on 91.5 KUSC “Spotlight on The Arts”. Mr. Chilingarian serves on the faculty of East Los Angeles College and continues to perform with the Elixir Piano Trio.

Pianist – Lucy Nargizyan

Dr. Nargizyan has been featured as soloist and collaborative pianist throughout the United States, England, Wales, Austria, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Canada, Mexico and Russia. Her performances were broadcast on Russian Radio and Television as well as on Classical KUSC Radio. Dr. Nargizyan has performed as a soloist with the International Chamber Ensemble of Rome, the USC Thornton Chamber Orchestra, El Camino and East Los Angeles College Orchestras, and the Pasadena Community Orchestra. She has been invited several times to perform at Walt Disney Concert Hall as part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Chamber Music Series.

Dr. Nargizyan has won numerous competitions, including the Moscow Young Artist Competition, the Los Angeles Liszt Competition, the USC Concerto Competition, and the Peninsula Young Artists International Festival. She was also a finalist in the Mu Phi Epsilon National Competition. Dr. Nargizyan was the recipient of the “Most Distinguished Musician Award” at the 2005 IBLA International Competition in Italy, where she performed with the Elixir Piano Trio.

Elixir Piano Trio performs traditional and modern repertoire in the United States and internationally. The trio has performed many newly written works and recently recorded compositions by local composer Penka Kouneva.

Lucy Nargizyan was raised in Moscow, Russia. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in piano performance from Moscow State Music College, and Masters of Music and a Doctorate degrees in piano performance from the University of Southern California. At USC, she studied with Daniel Pollack, Kevin Fitz-Gerald, and Dennis Thurmond.

Dr. Nargizyan is a dedicated teacher whose students have been prizewinners in many local and state competitions. In addition, her students have transferred to such institutions as USC and Cleveland Institute of Music. Dr. Nargizyan is currently a Professor of Music at East Los Angeles College.

Cellist – Dr. Fang Fang Xu

Dr. Fang Fang Xu earned her Doctoral degree in Cello Performance from the University of Southern California.

She has performed at Schleswig-Holstein International Music Festival in Germany and
Guadalajara Music Festival in Mexico with eminent conductors Christoph Eschenbach and Mstislav Rostropovich.

She has appeared as guest soloist with the Pacific Symphony and USC Thornton Symphony among others, and as an orchestral player she has performed with LA Philharmonic and LA Chamber Orchestra.

She made her Carnegie Hall debut in June of 2010, as solo cellist in the production of Eric Whitacre’s
Paradise Lost. In Spring of 2011, Dr. Xu was again featured in the production at Disney Hall in Los Angeles. She currently maintains a private studio in South Pasadena, and serves as the String Chair of
MTAC Pasadena Branch.

Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, Music
Guest Occupation: Dancer, speaker, author, yoga teacher, and transformational guide
Guest Biography:

PHOEBE LEONA

Phoebe Leona is a dancer, speaker, author, yoga teacher, and transformational guide who helps us feel more embodied through somatic, movement, and expanded awareness practices to become more empowered in who we are, who we are becoming, and our having a greater sense of belonging. She has been a teacher and guide for most of her life, but it was after a year of extreme loss in 2013 when she found herself in the vast open space in between her old life and a new life, that she dove deeply into her practices and began her company, nOMad to help others through their own transition and the spaces in between.

Throughout that time, Phoebe also developed her movement/somatic practice, Mvt109™ for students to fully embrace the freedom of moving in their bodies, transforming old patterns and reclaiming the vibrations & stories they want to bring to life. Phoebe also finds joy in sharing her story to help others in their healing. 

Phoebe tells her story on her TEDx Talk, her podcast The Space in Between, and her multi-author international bestseller Caged No More. Her newest book, Dear Radiant One, partners with GracePoint Publishing.

 
ABOUT THE BOOK

Phoebe Leona takes us on her journey as she dances through the twists and turns of life. She guides us from the shadows of fear, anger, grief, shame and loneliness and asks us to step with her into the light of gratitude, trust, confidence, joy and love. Phoebe’s own childhood journey from trauma to radiant spiritual teacher, reminds us that we are all authors of our own stories, and we can rewrite them at any period of our lives. Through her letters In Dear Radiant One, Phoebe shares vulnerable and honest interaction with her own emotions that provide inspiration and access to our own internal landscape. She provides specific practices that are an open invitation to explore our vulnerability and honest experiences of our emotional bodies. Get ready to dance with your radiance.

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Yoga, Kids & Family, Psychology, Mental Health, Personal Development, Self Help, Society and Culture, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Christian hip-hop artist
Guest Biography:

BRINSON

Brinson is an award-winning Christian hip-hop artist from Jacksonville, Florida. He has dedicated his ministry to serving families and hip-hop fans through his music and unashamed love for God.

He is an ordained minister and has studied music business at Belmont University in Nashville. When his passions and gifts are used together, he creates music that edifies and reaches those who would otherwise be unreachable.

He is the founder of GodChaserz Entertainment (GCE) and with that has been able to facilitate more than 20 Christ-centered hip-hop albums. He has traveled the globe spreading the good news of Jesus Christ. Brinson’s music has been seen and heard on ESPN, NPR, BET, MTV, New York’s Hot 97 and TBN, and he is the host of the GodChaserz Podcast.

More About Brinson

When award-winning hip-hop artist Brinson Wright was just 4 years old, he was given a cassette tape containing the song “Bible Break” by Stephen Wiley (regarded as the godfather of Christian rap), and a seed was planted. Brinson grew up knowing that the spoken rhymes of rap and the spoken words of the gospel were not mutually exclusive, and that music and ministry could be intertwined and used to edify and reach the often unreachable youth audience. 

“Rap, honestly, is motivation music,” Brinson said in a recent interview. “I’m going to motivate people to chase God.”

 

Brinson’s just-dropped album, Before He Cracks the Sky, is his 11th solo project and 80th overall release from GodChaserz Entertainment, the record label he founded in 2006. On it, he offers a prophetic voice along the lines of Malachi, who fervently attempts to share the good news that his neighbors can indeed be saved.

As with his past projects, Before He Cracks the Sky features top-notch sounds (including contributions from multi-platinum-selling producer Frank Nitty) and guest performances from Christian hip-hop veterans like Corey Red & Precise and Knine, and newcomers Porsha Love, Bri, Lu the Great and TC the Collector.

And like his last two albums, Before He Cracks the Sky is wrapped in a vivid cover designed by notable Marvel/DC/Image comic book artist Ken Lashley (of Black Panther, Star Wars and Spawn fame).

Brinson’s work in other areas has been gaining considerable attention. His GodChaserz documentary has won over 40 awards, and his entrance theme for Serena Deeb was featured on All Elite Wrestling. Plus, his book, 10 Things Every Christian Hip Hop Artist Should Know, provides valuable direction for others who want to enter the music industry without compromising their Christian values.

Using multiple forms of media to share his message comes naturally for Brinson, who is also an avid comic book collector, movie buff and ordained minister. 

“It’s time for listeners to lend their ears to Before He Cracks the Sky,” Brinson said. “This is where it all began — telling stories about God’s good grace.” 

Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, Music
Guest Occupation: US Senator and Managing Director at Allen & Company
Guest Biography:

Bob Kerrey served as a US Navy SEAL during the Vietnam War. For his service, he received the Congressional Medal of Honor. While in Vietnam, he was wounded, permanently disabled and received from this injury a great gift: sympathy for those who are suffering and an appreciation for the capacity of government to save your life.

Before entering politics, Kerrey was a businessman who helped build a chain of restaurants and health clubs employing more than 1,000 people. He then served one term as Nebraska’s Governor.

Kerrey represented Nebraska in the Senate from 1989 to 2001. His public service since leaving the Senate includes: the 9/11 Commission, advisory board of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association, co-chair of the Concord Coalition and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

From 2001 to 2011, Kerrey was president of The New School, a university founded on democratic ideals and daring educational practices. On his watch, The New School experienced unprecedented growth in enrollment, faculty, scholarships, capital projects, research and international engagement.

Guest Category: History, Kids & Family, Politics & Government, Variety
Guest Occupation: Kaedrich is a paranormal expert, internationally renowned author, speaker, and teacher with over 30 years of experience guiding people through their supernatural and spiritual concerns.
Guest Biography:

Meet Kaedrich Olsen, who is an author, speaker, teacher, and paranormal expert with over 30 years of experience guiding people through their supernatural and spiritual concerns. His specialties include paranormal arts training, shadow work, runes, and Norse mysticism. From early childhood, and throughout his life, Kaedrich Olsen has led a paranormal life. Living in a haunted house full of spirits taught him how to connect with the spiritual realms. Growing up attending a spiritualist church, he learned the art of seance and channeling. His lifetime connection with advanced beings, called the Whisperers, gave him a keen awareness of the landscape of the afterlife and knowledge of how to work with various entities. 

Guest Category: Earth & Space, Health & Lifestyle, Paranormal, Physics & Metaphysics, Psychology, Science, Self Help, Spiritual, Theory & Conspiracy
Guest Occupation: Neil Gaur is the Founder of Portal to Ascension
Guest Biography:

Meet Neil Gaur who is the Founder of Portal to Ascension… a conscious event production company created in 2008 that hosts a wide range of presenters on a variety of topics such as the origins of humanity, the existence of Extraterrestrial life, exposing hidden truths and exploring the nature of reality. He travels the world facilitating gatherings and filming documentaries that are intended to empower the individual to reclaim their sovereignty and awaken to their full potential. Neil also operates an online platform that creates and facilitates about 110 conferences and workshops a year. At this point Portal to Ascension has worked with over 1500 researchers, spiritualists, scientists, consciousness explorers and more. Neil is a philosopher, historian, researcher and spoken word artist. He presents his research on the ancient wisdom and future science of sound, vibration & frequency; as well as in depth explorations into ancient civilizations, archeological discoveries, space anomalies, shedding light on hidden esoteric wisdom and exploring ways in which we can create unity and peace on Earth.

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, History, Paranormal, Physics & Metaphysics, Politics & Government, Science, Self Help, Spiritual, Theory & Conspiracy
Guest Occupation: Film Director
Guest Biography:

Conrad Weaver is an Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, Podcast Host, Speaker, Producer, and Director with a passion for telling stories that matter. Conrad has been telling stories through documentary films for more than ten years and his films and work have taken him from the slums of Guatemala and orphanages in Ukraine, to the halls of Congress on Capitol Hill, and everywhere in between. Whenever Conrad takes on a film project he dives deep into the culture to get to know the story and become an expert on the subject. His films have won many prestigious awards including a Regional EMMY Award.

With his film PTSD911, Conrad is passionate about Raising Awareness, Ending the mental health Stigma and Inspiring Systemic Change within departments and agencies.

Guest Category: Arts, Education, Entertainment, Health & Lifestyle, Psychology, Emotional Health and Freedom, Mental Health, Personal Development
Guest Occupation: Expert on homelessness, senior fellow of Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty
Guest Biography:

Robert Marbut is a renowned expert on homelessness and a senior fellow of Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty. Marbut has a PhD in Political Behavior and American Political Institutions, and his career has been marked by bipartisanship having served as Chief of Staff for San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros in the 1980s, as a White House Fellow under George H. W. Bush, and most recently as the Executive Director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness from 2019 to 2021 under both the Trump and Biden administrations. Additionally, he served on the Board of Directors of the United States Olympic Committee from 1992 to 2004.

Robert Marbut | Discovery Institute

https://fixhomelessness.org/

https://www.facebook.com/discoverycwp/

https://twitter.com/DiscoveryCWP

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, News, Philosophy, Politics & Government, Psychology, Self Help, Society and Culture, Sports & Recreation
Guest Occupation: filmmaker, casting director
Guest Biography:

CRAIG CAMPOBASSO

Multiple award-winning filmmaker and Emmy-nominated casting director Craig Campobasso was 15 when he started in the entertainment business, landing a commercial for McDonald’s chicken sandwich, and speaking his first line of dialogue to Tuesday Weld in a Movie of the Week.

After graduating high school, Craig worked behind-the-scenes on such blockbuster film classics as Frank Herbert’s Dune directed by David Lynch, and two Schwarzenegger movies, Conan The Destroyer and Total Recall. 

He began his casting career on Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories, and received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Casting for a Series on David E. Kelley’s Picket Fences. Craig’s casting career spans three decades.

From the time she was pregnant with him, Craig’s mother Marie Donna King Campobasso knew he would become a writer. He fulfilled that prophecy at 26, after experiencing a life-changing spiritual awakening.

That’s when The Autobiography of an Extraterrestrial Saga book series was born. His passion is to write stories that provoke the reader to think, to raise their consciousness, and to expand their mind about Creation, while still entertaining in the Hollywood tradition.

Craig directed, wrote, and produced the short film Stranger at the Pentagon, adapted from the popular UFO book by the late Dr. Frank E. Stranges. The short film collected accolades: Best Sci-Fi film at the 2014 Burbank International Film Festival, and a Remi Award at the 2015 Worldfest Houston International Film Festival for Best Sci-Fi Short. Craig is currently setting up the feature film. 

Craig has appeared on many radio shows, including Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and Fade to Black with Jimmy Church. He has also been a guest on internet television show Open Minds with Regina Meredith, and Beyond Belief with George Noory, on www.Gaia.com.

Craig has also appeared on The History Channel’s Ancient Aliens, and the 2022 season of Travel Channel's UFO Witness.

The Autobiography of an Extraterrestrial Saga: The Huroid Revolution and Other Warring Creatures is the fourth book in the series. Craig is currently writing two sequels. 

His 2001 book The Extraterrestrial Species Almanac: The Ultimate Guide to Greys, Reptilians, Hybrids, and Nordics had been a best-seller on Amazon. Craig is currently making the ET Almanac into a documentary and will bring the ETs to life through CGI--computer generated images to be released in 2023.

His new book The UFO Hotspot Compendium: All the Places To Visit Before You Die or Are Abducted was released October 1, 2022. 

The UFO HotSpot Compendium – BOOK TRAILER: https://youtu.be/nAL-yQCenuk

PURCHASE CRAIG CAMPOBASSO BOOKS and ET Merchandise:

The Extraterrestrial Species Almanac

The UFO HotSpot Compendium

Visit: https://www.autobiographyofanet.com/other-books

The Autobiography of an ExtraTerrestrial Saga - BOOK SERIES:

Visit: www.AutobiographyOfAnET.com
 

Stranger at the Pentagon film:

Visit: www.StrangerAtThePentagon.com

Guest Category: Entertainment, News, Paranormal, Philosophy, Society and Culture, Spiritual, Theory & Conspiracy, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: President of century old Baseball Bluebook
Guest Biography:

The Baseball Bluebook, established in 1909, is the oldest and most comprehensive directory for Baseball programs and contacts. We are now available for download on Apple iTunes and GooglePlay.

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Self Help, Variety
Guest Occupation: Neurologist & Migraine specialist
Guest Biography:

Dr. Zhangis a neurologist and headache specialist in Edward Neuroscience Institute in Naperville, Illinois. He is board certified in both Neurology and Headache Medicine, formerly medical director of Stroke Service in Illinois Neurological Institute at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Centeranda Clinical Assistant Professor at University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. He received his medical degree from Shanghai Medical University in Shanghai, China and completed his neurology residency at State University of New York at Buffalo. He received his postdoctoral fellowship training in neural and vascular biology under the late Dr. Harold Kimelberg in Albany Medical College. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, American Headache Society.

Dr. Zhang’s areas of interest and conditions for which he treats patients include general neurology, migraine/headache disorders, stroke, small fiber neuropathy, chemodenervation/Botulinum Toxin, and neuromuscular disorders. He has published numerous scientific articles in medical journals and currently serves in several editorials.

 

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Self Help, Variety
Guest Occupation: Psychic Riz Mirza is a Healer Medium
Guest Biography:

Mystic Riz Mirza is known as the only full physical trance channel that can channel different known interdimensional Spirit Guides and give accurate and detailed individual messages to sold-out groups in over 2800 consecutive in-personal spirit gatherings called the  'Circle of Light'. 

Riz Mirzafor over 15 years as a Shaman, has been channeling numerous spirit guides who have helped heal and uplift thousands of people in over 2,000 live full-trance channeled gatherings called the Circle of Light with over 8,000 hrs of documented and recorded sessions to large groups weekly. Riz is one of the only top psychic medium full trance channels of our generation that is known to channel publicly and gives individual personal messages to the entire group. Also, he is the only one who has channeled over 100 different well-known spirit guides, all documented and recorded in front of a live audience consistently for over ten years. He is considered a master trance channel. 

Guest Category: Earth & Space, Health & Lifestyle, Paranormal, Philosophy, Physics & Metaphysics, Psychology, Self Help, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Retired LEO and Main Subject of HBO's Ernie and Joe: Crisis Cops
Guest Biography:

Ernest (Ernie) Stevens is a published author with a #1 selling book on Amazon titled: Mental Health and De-escalation: A Guide for Law Enforcement Professionals. Ernie was also a contributing author for, Police Mental Barricade. Ernie was a police officer for 28 years, serving 26 of those years with the San Antonio Police Department where he was a founding member of the Mental Health Unit. Ernie has been featured on the Emmy Award Winning HBO Documentary, Ernie and Joe: Crisis Cops. He has also been featured in NBC’s documentary, A Different Kind of Force. Ernie was interviewed by ABC’s Nightline’s Byron Pitts and featured on officers trained to respond to mental illness calls. Ernie has been featured in over 30 publications and deemed an expert in Crisis Intervention Training. He is a graduate of Wayland Baptist University and holds a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice. He is married to his wife Lisa who he attended school with since elementary school. He has two incredible children, Reed, and April. Ernie continues to assist communities build and program manage multidisciplinary response teams in his current position as deputy director for the Council of State Governments Justice Center.

Guest Category: Entertainment, Health & Lifestyle, Alternative Health, Psychology, Emotional Health and Freedom, Mental Health, Personal Development, Self Help, Inspirational
Guest Occupation: Leading expert on Russia, American foreign policy and democratic development around the world.
Guest Biography:

Michael McFaul is the Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies in Political Science, Director and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, all at Stanford University. He was also the Distinguished Mingde Faculty Fellow at the Stanford Center at Peking University from June to August of 2015. He joined the Stanford faculty in 1995. He is also an analyst for NBC News and a contributing columnist to The Washington Post. McFaul served for five years in the Obama administration, first as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council at the White House (2009-2012), and then as U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014). He has authored several books, most recently the New York Times bestseller,  “From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin’s Russia.”  Earlier books include Advancing Democracy Abroad: Why We Should, How We Can; Transitions To Democracy: A Comparative Perspective  (eds. with Kathryn Stoner); Power and Purpose: American Policy toward Russia after the Cold War (with James Goldgeier); and Russia’s Unfinished Revolution: Political Change from Gorbachev to Putin. His current research interests include American foreign policy, great power relations between China, Russia, and the United States, and the relationship between democracy and development. 

Prof. McFaul was born and raised in Montana. He received his B.A. in International Relations and Slavic Languages and his M.A. in Soviet and East European Studies from Stanford University in 1986. As a Rhodes Scholar, he completed his D. Phil. in International Relations at Oxford University in 1991.

Guest Category: History, Kids & Family, Politics & Government, Self Help, Variety
Guest Occupation: Public Speaking Coach & Communications Consultant
Guest Biography:

Find Your Voice; Share Your Story!
Tina Bakehouse is protecting audiences from boring speakers and speeches!

Tina B. provides public speaking coaching and communication consulting to help individuals and organizations like Practical Farmers of Iowa, Union Pacific, First National Bank, and Children’s Hospital, to communicate more effectively.

With more than 20 years of teaching communication and theatre (10 years at Creighton University), a TEDx speaker and coach, Tina B. is passionate about educating others to become more self-aware and enhance their speaker style. She also holds two Bas (communication studies and psychology, and the second in theatre and English teaching), plus a master’s degree in communication studies, as well as studying two levels of improvisation training.

Her past positions have included Malvern Bank’s Chief Creative Officer, assisting with community development and coordinating financial literacy and educational opportunities for Mills County and Golden Hills RC & D as Outreach & Communication Coordinator, promoting the arts and local foods in southwest Iowa.

Tina has performed and coordinated multiple storytelling shows in southwest Iowa, including two teen shows. A Leadership Iowa alum, Tina B. continues to use her creativity, leadership, and passion for the arts to help people communicate effectively and solve problems through her 3-month signature group coaching program: The Magnetic Speaker Blueprint. Tina lives at Maple Edge Farm, a 152-year-old family farm in southwest Iowa, with her husband Jon and son Anderson.

More about Tina and her work here:

https://www.tinabakehouse.com/
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tina-bakehouse-ma-36581232/

Facebookpersonal:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002417080446

Facebook biz pg:https://www.facebook.com/TinaB.LLC

Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/927962384724316

Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqQ0B7eAqeSBHXB5W9d1hjQ

Guest Category: Arts, Business, Comedy, Education, Entertainment, Psychology, Self Help, Society and Culture, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: HEALTH ADVOCATE, HEALER, TEACHER, AUTHOR
Guest Biography:

Kathi Sohn is a distinguished Naval War College graduate who retired from a 36-year federal career to continue the powerful healing work created by her late husband, David William Sohn, called the Body Memory Process.  This approach teaches childhood vow formation and facilitates vow discovery and release. For over 30 years, hundreds of clients have experienced profound life changes because of this work, including release from health issues like diabetes and migraines, improved relationships, and financial gain. Ms. Sohn now promotes her multi-media course, Discover YourChildhood Vows, Change Your Life, and is currently writing a book on the Body Memory Process.

Relevance of work to sports parents and young athletes

All children between time in the womb and about seven years of age form their core belief system about how "I am," how others are and how life is. These beliefs can make a very deep level of impact on self-identity, determining how one will behave, and what risks they will or will not take in life - articulated as a "vow." Example is "I will never lose." This sounds life-affirming until you consider the consequences of losing with this vow in place. Childhood vows can negatively impact health, relationships, finances and overall wellness in the adult. Parents of athletes who are unaware of the vow dynamic could have particularly high expectations and inadvertently cause the creation of new and reinforcement of existing vows in their children.

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Self Help, Sports & Recreation, Variety
Guest Occupation: RN with “Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention"
Guest Biography:
 
Preventive Health Care Coordinator

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Self Help, Variety