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Guest Occupation: Chiefs and Company Officers from Fire, Law Enforcement, EMS, and Military
Guest Biography:

Chief Neil Gang  has served in law enforcement for over 34 years and has been the Chief of Police for the Pinole CA Police Department since 2014.

Chief Bobby Halton passed away in 2022. Bobby was a 40 year fire service veteran, author of over 400 Articles, and he delivered more than 1,000 speeches. At the time of his passing, Bobby was editor-in-chief of Fire Engineering magazine and Vice President of Education and Training for Clarion Fire & Rescue.

Cristian Hinojosa is a Battalion Chief with the Dallas Fire Department, and has led the DFD’s Peer Support Program, providing outreach and support to firefighters. 


Tom Rizzo  is currently serving as the Investigations Division Commander at the rank of Captain. A national instructor and trainer, Tom published a bestselling book called Copikaze, based upon a series of lessons to help navigate a career in law enforcement.


Jonni Redick is a retired Assistant Chief and a 29-year veteran with the California Highway Patrol (CHP), one of the largest police agencies in the country with over 12,000 employees. Her job was overseeing large-scale civil disturbance and officer-involved incidents; natural disaster response coordination and oversight; and managing hundreds of personnel within daily operations.

Rommie Duckworth is a career fire captain and paramedic EMS Coordinator for Ridgefield (CT) Fire Department. Rom is the author of chapters in EMS, fire, rescue, and medical textbooks and has over 100 published articles in fire and EMS magazines,

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Oakland McCulloch, is a nationally recognized keynote speaker and the author of Your Leadership Legacy: Becoming the Leader You Were Meant to Be. Oak’s leadership presentation and his book are based on his 40+ years of leadership experience (including 23 years as a combat arms officer in the United States Army).


Chief David Ogden has been a successful law enforcement executive for over 37 years. He’s led positive transformation by changing the culture in his agency.  Chief Ogden is a keynote speaker on leadership, organizational health, team building, and mental health.


Albe Bassett is the Fire Chief of the New Canaan (CT) Fire Department. He has 29 years of fire service experience, with many of those years training and developing firefighters and officers to become better for themselves and the communities in which they serve. Among his many certifications and degrees, Albe holds a Master of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology.


Nick Paproski is an award-winning paramedic and educator, with experience working in municipal, fire based, commercial and volunteer EMS systems. At the time of this interview, Nick served as the Director of Education, Safety and Wellness for Vintech Management Services, a 300 employee EMS staffing company based in CT.  

At the time of this interview, John Lynch was Chief of Police in Wilton CT, where John’s department had a 97% community approval rating. Currently, he is Chief of Police in the Town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island.

Guest Category: Courses & Training, Military, Local, Psychology, Emotional Health and Freedom, Mental Health, Personal Development
Guest Occupation: Activist, Former Director at the Department of Defense
Guest Biography:

Colonel (Ret.) John Mills is a national security professional with service in five eras: Cold War, Peace Dividend, War on Terror, World in Chaos – and now, Great Power Showdown and the fight to save our Republic.

He is the former Director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs at the Department of Defense. John is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy

Guest Category: History, News, Politics & Government, Theory & Conspiracy
Guest Occupation: Master storyteller, Writer, Playwright, Director, Producer
Guest Biography:

Oscar for Lifetime Achievement. 15 Emmys. Worked with seven US presidents. Founding Director of the American Film Institute. Co-founded, wrote and produced the Kennedy Center Honors, 1978-2014. Author and playwright. Iconic journalist Edward R. Murrow was a mentor in JFK’s New Frontier.

 

George Stevens, Jr. has spent an illustrious career behind and around the camera. Finally, a master storyteller shares his own unique and extraordinary story, with touching insight and historical perspective in My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington that was published last summer to great fanfare. Now, in his own voice, the AUDIO BOOK is available on Spotify and 28 platforms.

 

Stevens, Jr. tells an intimate and moving tale of his relationship with his Oscar-winning father and how he emerged from his father’s shadow to claim his own place as a major force in American culture through his own exciting career in Hollywood and Washington. Fascinating people, priceless stories and a behind-the-scenes view of some of America's major cultural and political events grace this riveting memoir.

 

Stevens, Jr. grew up in Hollywood working on film classics with his father and writes vividly of his experience on the sets of A Place in the Sun (1951), Shane (1953), Giant (1956) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1958). He explores how the magnitude of his father's talent and achievements left him with questions about his own abilities and future.

 

He began to forge his unique bi-coastal career when the legendary broadcaster Edward R. Murrow recruited him to work at the United States Information Agency in John F. Kennedy's New Frontier. He moved from Hollywood to Washington in 1962 and initiated what has been called the Golden Age of USIA filmmaking. In 1967 he became the founding director of the American Film Institute, shepherding the rescue of 10,000 endangered motion pictures (the AFI Collection now contains over 40,000 films), and creating the AFI Conservatory to train a new generation of filmmakers. He created the Kennedy Center Honors and made distinguished films and TV programs that explored social justice.

 

Stevens, Jr. provides a fascinating look at his pioneering American family that spans five generations in the performing arts. He shows us the private side of the dazzling array of people who cross his path, including Elizabeth Taylor, Sidney Poitier, Alfred Hitchcock, Maya Angelou, Fred Astaire, Robert and Ethel Kennedy, Yo-Yo Ma, Cary Grant, James Dean, Muhammad Ali, Bruce Springsteen, Barack Obama, and many more.

Guest Category: Arts, Business, Entertainment, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: Chiropractor, Enzyme Expert, Microbiome Health Expert, and Author
Guest Biography:

Dr. Ellen Cutler, D.C., is a bestselling author and an internationally recognized teacher, public speaker, and media spokesperson. She has a chiropractic degree and specializes in the use of desensitization of food and other sensitivities, gentle detoxification, and enzyme and nutritional therapies for chronic conditions that have perplexed the conventional medical establishment. This is all addressed in her revolutionary healing technique ECM (Ellen Cutler Method). Many patients have come to Dr. Cutler as a last resort, only to find that their conditions could be traced to sensitivities to food, their inability to digest what they are eating, and other reactivities. Dr. Ellen at this point has almost a year waiting list practice as she treats patients from all over the world in her clinic and online. During the past 40 plus years in clinical practice, before which she successfully addressed her own health condition, Dr. Cutler has found that food sensitivities and improper digestion and sensitivities or reactivities contribute to a surprisingly extensive number of ailments. ECM works successfully with many conditions, such as obesity, skin problems, chronic fatigue syndrome, auto- immune disorders, asthma, Lyme, headaches, mold and mycotoxins, candida, female and male issues, children’s issues and of course digestive disorders such as colitis irritable bowel syndrome and GERD as well as endocrine disorders such as thyroid and adrenals. She also supports and focuses on longevity, vitality, and balancing and regenerating the microbiome as well as help clear emotional and psychological traumas.

Dr. Cutler focuses on optimizing the body’s ability to self-heal by combining several natural healing methods, thus addressing sensitivity-related chronic conditions. Over the years, thousands of her patients from around the world have been helped by her approach and have found relief without, or with decreased reliance on, medications, which can sometimes cause dangerous side effects along with their benefit. Dr. Cutler’s approach incorporates her profound knowledge of both conventional therapies and natural wellness. Her years of clinical practice are a testimony to her in-depth experience and dedication.

Dr. Cutler is dedicated to the further development of clinical research on desensitization and enzyme and nutritional therapies, as well as teaching and writing. She continues to consult with clients from around the world. In addition, Dr. Cutler has provided training to other health care practitioners through her seminar appearances, books and videos and is now providing up to date webinars, and curriculum on beginning, intermediate and advanced course in ECM, including enzyme therapy, desensitization and nutrition. Dr. Cutler is also expanding her consulting to the world with one on one sessions, which can allow Dr. Cutler to bring her work to the globe.

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Medicine, Self Help, Society and Culture
Guest Occupation: Sound Healer, Meditation Guide, and Creator
Guest Biography:

Torkom is a sound healer, meditation guide, and creator of Quantum Harmonix; a unique frequency healing modality. This listening experience is designed to deeply drop one into a relaxed and therapeutic state by incorporating a variety of techniques and tones that have been shown to effectively calm the body and mind. The total experience typically lasts 1 hour and requires no prior experience with meditation.

QUANTUM HARMONIX is a unique sound-based meditative and healing technology. The powerful tones produced incorporate natural fluidity & movement, and have been shown to have profound effects on the mind, body, consciousness of an individual. Q.H. sounds are designed to lead one through an effortless and powerfully restorative meditation experience invoking relaxation, and expanded creativity, while improving sleep quality and productivity, while decreasing stress.

The music is layered live and explores acoustical phenomena, white/pink noise, low-mid-high range frequencies; all folded into a tapestry of real time musical compositions.

Guest Category: Arts, Music, Society and Culture
Guest Occupation: Executive Director
Guest Biography:

With a passion for creating at the intersection of ecology, spirituality, and social justice, Téana David is the Executive Director of the ILLUMINATE Film Festival in Santa Barbara, California. Prior to that, she was Co-Director of the Shift Your World Film Festival and also served as Director of Deepak HomeBase in New York City, where she designed and curated a year-round event series with authors including Brené Brown, Byron Katie, Zainab Salbi, Robert Thurman, Marianne Williamson, Mark Nepo, Deepak Chopra, and Thich Nhat Hanh monastics.

Growing up on Vancouver Island, Téana was drawn to protect the natural world from an early age. As a young actor and activist, she co-starred in an environmentally-focused children’s television series and was active in community efforts to preserve local old growth forests.

Today, Téana is a founding member of Artists for Amazonia, an entertainment industry initiative that addresses critical issues impacting the Amazon Rainforest. Through her production company, Wise Planet Media, she has produced many short films to support this important cause including Weave of Life, narrated by Morgan Freeman and The Time Is Now with Txai Surui, Ziggy Marley, and Barbra Streisand. Other media projects include serving as Impact Producer for the Amazon Prime docuseries Changing of the Gods and as an advisor on the Sundance award-winning documentary, The Territory.

Téana is also a teacher of Somatics and Pilates and has led retreats in both Costa Rica and British Columbia incorporating these modalities with sitting and walking meditation practice in the lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh.

Téana holds a B.F.A from The Boston Conservatory and an M.F.A from Naropa University where she was introduced to the practice of Dharma Art – “art that springs from an awakened state of mind” – which continues to inform her personally and professionally.

Guest Category: Business, Education, Health & Lifestyle, Society and Culture, Travel & Leisure, Tourism
Guest Occupation: Singer, Songwriter, Performer, Musician
Guest Biography:

Multi-talented recording artist and songwriter, Nic Jackson, is based in Los Angeles, California. After studying at the prestigious Musicians Institute, he soon began performing at some of the most iconic venues in LA. Musically, his vision is focused - to create a distinctive sound blending elements of soul, funk, R&B, and pop. Warm and organic, his music channels the perks of the old-school scene, while going forward with creativity and innovation.

Jackson recorded the theme music for "Is That Black Enough For You" (Netflix) in 2022 just before performing at the White House. He was featured on "Motown Magic," a Netflix animated series, voicing the characters Uncle Rod and Brand. Nic has also performed live, opening for Mint Condition and Blackstreet at the prestigious Nova Theatre in Los Angeles.

In 2020, Jackson released a studio album titled "Waiting for the Day," with eight standout tracks. This album captures the intensity of his live performance, but with more emphasis on the lyrics.

Jackson's music has been favorably compared to Al Green, Marvin Gaye and Leon Bridges. Nic Jackson has a sound you already know and love...from the first time you hear it.

Guest Category: Arts, Kids & Family, Music, Society and Culture
Guest Occupation: Musician
Guest Biography:

Earth to Eve is an LA-based musician originally from NYC. She writes raw, uncensored alternative pop music you can cry, laugh, or scream along to.

Guest Category: Arts, Health & Lifestyle, Music, Society and Culture