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Guest Occupation: Journalist, author
Guest Biography:
Tony Ortega is a journalist who was formerly the editor of The Village Voice. He's written about Scientology since 1995, and in May 2015 released a book about Scientology's harassment of Paulette Cooper titled 'The Unbreakable Miss Lovely.' He continues to monitor breaking developments in the Scientology world from an undisclosed location in an underground bunker he shares with four cats and one of them wrinkly Shar Pei dogs. Despite his super-secret security protections, you can still reach him  by sending him a message at tonyo94 AT gmail
Guest Category: History, News, Politics & Government, Religion, Self Help, Society and Culture, Theory & Conspiracy, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: Modern Day Medicine Woman and Soul MidWife
Guest Biography:

Elaine Lopez-Bogard is a Modern Day Medicine Woman that helps women get pregnant, heal their womb and finally bring their baby into this world.  Elaine considers herself a "Soul Midwife" and helps create a beautiful soul connection between the mother and spirit baby. Elaine's unique gifts and abilities allow her to help women heal through the physical, emotional and spiritual layers. 

Guest Category: Education, Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Medicine
Guest Occupation: Co-Founder Mom's Pump Here LLC
Guest Biography:

"It’s easy to see why people love Priya. She’s adventurous, bright, engaging and personable." Priya Nembhard is a serial entrepreneur with a flare for gab and loves talking about topics she’s passionate about. She once applied to be an astronaut with NASA, ran a couple of marathons, broke a state dead lift record when she was 17 and her life goal is to save the planet. She is DRIVEN.

Priya is the Co-Founder of Moms Pump Here, LLC and Co-creator of the Moms Pump Here Nursing Room Locator App helping moms find places to breastfeed and breast pump around the world; Co-owner of BlueBox Media; and Founder of the EDGE Charitable Foundation in Miami. She has also hosted YouTube vlogs, podcasts and radio. Priya is an alumna of Syracuse University and New School University. She loves science, is married and has three children.

Guest Category: Education, Kids & Family
Guest Occupation: Content Creator and Business Development Gal
Guest Biography:

MICHELLE ANN OWENS is an audio/video host, voiceover talent, vocalist and

songwriter. She has stamped her business, creative & actual voice across multiple

industries, including corporate business development and marketing, composing music for television, commercial advertising, and the world of podcasting. Michelle is the owner of Ladyfox Entertainment, LLC and is currently the hostess and producer of

Nothing Off Limits (NOL) on iTunes.

Guest Category: Love & Relationships
Guest Occupation: Secretary of NC Dept of Military & Veterans Affairs
Guest Biography:

At the start of 2017, Larry D. Hall was appointed by the Governor of North Carolina to serve as the Secretary for the North Carolina Department of Military & Veterans Affairs.  Prior to that appointment, Secretary Hall represented Durham County, North Carolina’s 29th District in the state House of Representatives, since 2006, and he led House Democrats from 2012 through 2016.   Secretary Hall earned a B.S. with Honors in Political Science and Business from Johnson C. Smith University and a Juris Doctor degree from the School of Law at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

Upon undergrad graduation, he was commissioned as an Officer in the United States Marine Corps.  Secretary Hall served 16 years in the United States Marines and Marine Corps Reserves and served in the support of the Operations in the Middle East in Lebanon and Iran.  He served as a Rifle Platoon Commander, Weapons Company Executive Officer, Training Officer, Battalion Area Security Officer, Staff Judge Advocate, Communications Security Officer and Logistics Officer. Secretary Hall also served as Legal Officer and was formerly Commandant for the Marine Corps League Detachment, which assists Marines transitioning from active duty to civilian life in locating employment, housing and educational opportunities for their families.

Secretary Hall’s other service to his nation, state and community has been very extensive.  He has served as an Executive Committee Member and Economic Committee Chairman of the Durham Branch of the NAACP, as Secretary and Chairman of the Durham Business and Professional Chain, and served on the Durham Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. 

He has also served as Executive Officer of the Young Marines Program, Board Chairman of the Durham Companions Mentor Program, and as an instructor and training officer teaching youth leadership, discipline, custom, courtesies, and traditions of the Marine Corps.

As House Democratic Leader, Secretary Hall served on the state’s Economic Development Board, the state’s Innovation Council, The North Carolina Courts Commission as Chairman, The Duke Medical Center Advisory Board, the Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee as Chairman, and has been inducted as a Toll Fellow by the National Conference of State Governments.

Guest Category: History, Military, News, Politics & Government
Guest Occupation: Radio Talk Show Host
Guest Biography:

RADIO HOST MALIK SHAKUR 

TALKS ABOUT LEGENDARY COUSIN TUPAC

AND KNOWS WHO MURDERED

MICHAEL JACKSON,PRINCE AND WHITNEY HOUSTON

Malik Shakur is the host of THE KNOWLEDGE SHOW a very Unique, Controversial, Educational, and Entertaining Talk Show that broadcasts live. Malik Shakur is the cousin of the late Tupac Shakur and has earned several trophies, awards, and accolades for the show and the live conversations on the show. Malik Shakur asks the real questions and gets the real answers to keep it 100 and deliver the truth, but some can't handle the truth. If you are one of the few that can, then this is the show for you. We cover conspiracy theories, current events, controversial discussions and topics, and talk about subjects that no one else is talking about, but the community needs to know about by any means necessary.

'The Knowledge Show'

airs every Sat & Sun at 6:30 pm ET

 to listen in.

Tupac Shakur was a sensitive, precociously talented yet troubled soul who came to embrace the 1990s gangsta-rap aesthetic and paid the ultimate price — he was gunned down in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996 and died six days later. His murder has never been solved. He began his music career as a rebel with a cause — to articulate the travails and injustices endured by many African-Americans, often from a male point of view. His skill in doing so made him a spokesperson not just for his own generation, but for subsequent ones who continue to face the same struggle for equality. In death he became an icon symbolizing noble struggle, though in life his biggest battle was sometimes with himself. As fate drove him towards the nihilism of gangsta rap, and into the arms of the controversial Death Row Records impresario Suge Knight, the boundaries between Shakur's art and his life became increasingly blurred — with tragic consequences. Hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur was embroiled in a feud between East Coast and West Coast rappers and was murdered in a drive-by shooting in 1996, leaving behind an influential musical legacy at the age of 25. Tupac sold over 75 million records worldwide.

Guest Category: Entertainment, Music, News, Theory & Conspiracy
Guest Occupation: Broadcaster Author
Guest Biography:

LARRY E. BUCK HUNTER is a BROADCASTER & AUTHOR. For over 30 years he worked in the marketing and communications field. Larry specializes in executive coaching, professional speaking, radio & television broadcasting and, most importantly, has real-life, in-the- trenches mass-media marketing experience. He has established a solid reputation as a top-notch publicist, event producer and entertainment communications professional with expertise in the publishing markets. Larry has a knack for bringing out the best in people and is known for his savvy style and exhilarating personality! He is the author of the book “7 Days in Hell! I was there”

Guest Category: Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Songstress Author Motivational Speaker
Guest Biography:

Cheryl Melody Baskin is the author of the popular Amazon motivational self-help book, “Shift of Heart: Paths to Healing and Love.”  This inspirational book is jam packed with personal and professional life experiences, and offers the reader a huge dose of unconditional love, encouragement, reflections. meditations, learning to listen to the whispers and signs of life, ways to open creativity, acknowledge moments of serendipity, inspirational stories of shifting our heart, as well as inner growth tools that she uses to balance herself in the midst of life’s challenges.  Cheryl Melody is also a performing artist, singer and sound healer, composer and an independent recording artist of 10 albums.  Some of her albums are for children, and some for adults.

Her healing albums for adults are entitled: “Voice of the Angels: A Healing Journey”  “Lullabies of Love: Nurturing the Heart of the Inner Child” and “Celebrate Peace.” 

All of her albums are under the name “Cheryl Melody,” and all are available on iTunes, CD Baby, http://cherylmelody.com and http://shiftofheart.com/.

Exciting news is that she is about to release a new album… with content from her inner growth workshops and concerts,  filled with motivational chants and songs, reflective meditations and positive affirmations, and the name of the album is LISTEN TO THE WHISPERS. It will soon be released on CD Baby and on iTunes, and to pre-order, please e-mail her for an advanced copy at  melody@shiftofheart.com.

Melody’s focus has always been her use of consciously-written words in every song and book, no matter what age the song or book is for:  Words that uplift the spirit, help people feel less alone and more loved, and words that advocate for self-esteem, inner and outer peace, healing, inclusion, respect, unity, kindness, compassion and  forgiveness.

From the time that she was young, "Melody" has been a creative dreamer, quietly listening to life's whispers and signs to help guide her next steps.  She believes in a balance of quiet contemplation, meaningful social interaction, and the healing power of nature, reflective open listening, positive words, music and creativity. Most of all, she is passionate that peace is possible, one loving person at a time, and that we are all connected.

She proclaims herself “a work in process,” believing that the answers to our questions in life are inside each of us if we are silent and willing to listen. Most of all, Melody feels that every small moment of personal healing, compassion, love and forgiveness helps to create positive resonance that actively vibrates love into our beautiful planet.

Guest Category: Performing Arts, Literature, Self Help, Inspirational, Motivational