Timmy Bauer lives in Orlando, Florida. He is the author and illustrator of “Billy the Dragon,” “The Poisonous Woods,” “Zoe to the Rescue,” “Harper Hears No,” and “Lucas the Dinosaur Entrepreneur.” Before being an author, he worked for the Walt Disney Company as a puppeteer and actor. He also hosts two podcasts called the “The Purpose Driven Entrepreneur” and “The Literacy Advocate.” He is the owner of the kids book production company Dinosaur House, where they turn industry leaders into kids book authors.

Author and illustrator of the 5 star children’s book Billy the Dragon and its upcoming sequel The Poisonous Woods. When not writing, illustrating, or visiting schools, he works for the Walt Disney Company as a puppeteer and actor. He also teaches classes regularly at the Disney University.

Timmy has been writing and illustrating stories since he was ten years old, and it has always been a passion of his. His dream is to make kid’s books that motivate kids to want to read more and to challenge them with bigger words and complex sentences while at the same time maintaining their interest. Two very influential authors for him are Brian Jacques of the Redwall series and Dr. Seuss.

Check out Timmy’s children’s books podcast on Listen Notes, “Books For Kids“!

Dr. Olivia Johnson holds a master’s in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Missouri, St. Louis and a doctorate in Organizational Leadership Management from the University of Phoenix, School of Advanced Studies. Dr. Johnson is the founder of the Blue Wall Institute where she provides needs assessments, consultation, and training on wellness issues, suicide awareness and prevention, etc. Dr. Johnson is a veteran of the United States Air Force and a former police officer.

As a little girl growing up in Seoul, Korea and then upstate New York, Alice spent many days learning how a simple fold can become structured. Origami forms were taught to her by her mother, who also taught Alice how to sew her own clothes. Always creative, fascinated by design, structure and forms, Alice studied architecture at Penn State where she obtained her undergraduate degree and went on to earn her Masters in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.

With emerging trends in material technology resulting in smarter, lighter, faster, sustainable fabrication, Alice started to sew solar panels to fabric as early experiments for harnessing solar energy with softer, malleable material. She became focused on solar technology and finding ways to create clean energy solutions upon learning her son Quinn was diagnosed with asthma.

While teaching as a Professor in Architecture and Material Technology at Columbia University, Alice created early prototypes of solar lights with her students. Still not satisfied, and fueled by her passion for helping the underserved, Alice invented the world’s only self-inflatable, portable solar light, eliminating the need for a mouth nozzle. This ensured a healthy, sanitary method to inflate. Alice named this invention the SolarPuff™ and conducted three years of field testing in Haiti. In 2015 she launched Solight Design and initiated a KickStarter program with unprecedented results. She went on to win numerous awards including the US Patent Award for Humanity and her products have been exhibited at MOMA, the Modern Museum of Art in New York City.

Alice is an author, TedX speaker, and female inventor of Solight-Design and SEEU95.

She has been featured in Marie Claire’s Powertrip 2022, The Skimm, The Story Exchange, Fast Company, The New York Times, Cheddar, Huffington Post, Heavy, Men’s Journal, and was nominated for USPTO Patents for Humanitarian Winner in 2018. Alice was nominated as Forbes 50 Over 50 recognizable women of 2022. Alice was also recently featured in the new Apple TV+ show ‘Gutsy’,alongside other female rock stars such as Jane Goodan, Wanda Sykes, Meg Thee Stallion, Kim Kardashian, and others.

Giovanni Rocco is a retired law enforcement officer and federal covert operative with more than thirty years of service and training experience. He is the author of “Giovanni’s Ring: My life Inside the Real Sopranos” in which details his most difficult undercover role and the years he spent as an FBI undercover agent inside the Italian-American mafia.

He contributes to the development of mental health and rehabilitation programs designed to engage and strengthen the resiliency of our nation’s law enforcement community. The insight and strategies Giovanni shares in his lectures and trainings were acquired through years of exemplary service with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.

Giovanni has lectured throughout the United States and internationally, training thousands of public safety and military professionals in the fields of Trauma/Stress Identification & Mitigation, Leadership & Management, Effective Communications Skills, De-escalation, Conflict Resolution, and the Importance of Mental Health for first responders

My guest is Nora Herold who has been channeling, lecturing, and delivering healing work for over 30 years. In 1996 Nora established conscious contact with The Pleiadians and her spirit guides, which triggered an awakening of her abilities and gave her access to her own records. In 2007 she began receiving information sharing specific techniques and technologies to facilitate the integration of the fifth dimensional identity and the re-ascension process and that has become the foundation of her work. Nora offers private sessions, teaches, lectures, is a reiki master, has appeared on film, radio & tv, and has channeled for people all over the world. Nora lives in Ojai, CA with her partner Jonathan Wilk and their animal companions.

PoliticsGirl is a daily TikTok/IG/Twitter rant on politics and the world as well as an easy-to-understand weekly podcast aimed at educating and inspiring voters to reengage with the political process. From understanding the issues, the candidates, and the workings of government to the rebuilding and restructuring of our political system so we can have a stronger, more representational, enlightened electorate and a kinder, more tolerant, more informed country.

CARLA MCCLOSKEY

Before becoming an author, Carla McCloskey was a long-time director and assistant director who began her film career when she was picked as an assistant director by the Producers Association. 

“I was one of the first women in this position,” recalls Carla, who has lived in Malibu since 1981 with her husband, Leigh J. McCloskey, an actor, artist and author.

Carla was later the assistant director on many films, including The Goodbye Girl, California Suite, Death Becomes Her, Point of No Return, Point Break, The ‘Burbs, The Color of Night, Hook and Jurassic Park. 

She worked with directors Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, Robert Zemeckis, Richard Rush, John Badham, Herbert Ross, and Cher. She also worked on the television series Amazing Stories, Babylon 5, Ally McBeal, Gilmore Girls and The Closer. 

Carla wrote her first book, Grandma Told Me So—Lessons in Life and Love, to help others find and keep the best possible relationships in their lives. Carla writes with the wisdom and simplicity that she learned during her early life in Lodi, Wisconsin, a picture-perfect small Midwestern town. 

“At my grandmother’s side, I developed the life tools to balance rich personal relationships and family with a demanding life in Hollywood as a director and assistant director to many of today’s most notable actors and filmmakers,” says Carla, adding that she and her husband “have shared the many facets of a life in Hollywood while never forgetting to live a life in love.”  

Carla wrote her second book, Living in an Alien Body—Surviving Stroke, from her own personal experience to help others navigate the life-altering trauma of stroke.  

“This book will transform the way you think about stroke,” emphasizes Carla, whose goal with the book is “to navigate a stroke for you or a loved one—and hopefully prevent stroke.” 

Ultimately, “t may even help you or a loved one survive it—not as a helpless victim, but as an unexpected journeyer into strange and foreign lands.”

EASAE

EASAE is an indie pop artist originally from Buffalo, NY. Pulling from Fleetwood Mac & Maggie Rogers, hitting a unique emotional tone that is sure to resonate through your bones. Making her debut feature on “Melting”, alongside Danny Olson and Yetep, establishing her sound as an emotional vocal powerhouse for subsequent releases.  Her debut album “Not Sure I Love It Here Yet” premiered December 16th, 2022.  A collection from her journey navigating loss while trying to keep her love for life close by.