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Guest Occupation: Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician
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Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Self Help, Sports & Recreation, Variety
Guest Occupation: Representative,
Guest Biography:

I am a 27 year AF veteran of the Active Duty, Guard and Reserve. My wife Kim & I are blessed with three wonderful children and one outstanding son-in-law, and were fortunate to change military postings about 20 times, to include Canada and Germany. I began my AF career at the Air Force Academy where I earned a degree in Aerospace Structures, before earning my Masters of Science in Structural Dynamics on a Guggenheim Fellowship to Columbia University. During my career, I flew a whole spectrum of aircraft–Attack, Tanker/Transport, Trainer & Remotely Piloted. I was an Environmental Manager for five years as well and formed productive cooperations with state and federal environmental agencies and achieved state recognition for my base, and worked with peace officers from across the state. I concluded my service teaching advanced calculus and powered flight at the USAF Academy. After retirement from the USAF, I returned to commercial aviation, but am currently on “unpaid personal leave” for refusing to submit to an unethical and unsafe experimental medical procedure.

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Politics & Government, Society and Culture
Guest Occupation: Author, Speaker, Federal Corrections Training Officer and Former LEO
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Michael Laidler is a Professional Speaker and Best-Selling Author focused on improving self-awareness in law enforcement officers. With 18 years of law enforcement experience, he has delivered his compelling message through keynotes, seminars and virtual training.

Guest Category: Courses & Training, Psychology, Emotional Health and Freedom, Mental Health, Personal Development, Self Help, Inspirational, Motivational
Guest Occupation: Filmmaker, Hollywood Actor
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Tom Bentey is a Filmmaker and SAG-AFTRA Actor. His first narrative feature film, which he wrote, directed and starred in, "At the Jersey Shore'' is currently streaming on Paramount+, Amazon Prime, and Tubi. Tom's recent acting credits include co-star roles on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and CBS's "The Equalizer." Tom is currently filming "The Cafone," a comedic television pilot about an uncouth character scamming his way into redemption. Tom owns and operates Suburbanite Productions, a full service corporate video production company and is also an adjunct professor at Montclair State University. Tom Bentey hails from the great state of New Jersey and enjoys surfing, snowboarding, cycling, tennis and golf. Please review www.TomBentey.com and www.SuburbaniteProductions.com for more information. 

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Guest Category: Arts, Business, Comedy, Entertainment, Kids & Family, Society and Culture, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: Medical doctor, a forensic psychiatrist and a world expert on violence
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Dr. Bandy Lee is a medical doctor, a forensic psychiatrist, and a world expert on violence who taught at Yale School of Medicine and Yale Law School for 17 years before transferring recently to Columbia and Harvard. She became known to the public by leading a group of mental health professional colleagues in breaking the silence about the immediate past U.S. president’s dangerous psychology and publishing the New York Times bestseller, “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President” (Macmillan, 2017 and 2019). The volume proceeded from an ethics conference she organized at Yale School of Medicine, which led to her consulting with over 50 members of the U.S. Congress. She is currently president of the World Mental Health Coalition, the largest professional organization to address the problem of dangerous leadership and its contribution to a “mental health pandemic.”

During medical school, she also obtained a divinity degree to expand her understanding of the human condition and later did a fellowship in social psychiatry. Trained at Yale and Harvard Universities, she was chief resident at Massachusetts General Hospital and a research fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health.  At Yale Law School, she taught clinical courses covering the mental health aspects of asylum law, criminal justice, and veteran legal services.  Her clinical practice consists of psychiatric services at maximum-security prisons and in state hospitals, in addition to working as an expert witness for civil and criminal courts.  At Yale College, she was a popular professor who taught the Global Health Studies course, “Violence: Causes and Cures.” Most recently, she accepted the invitation to co-found an institute on violence prevention at Union Theological Seminary with multiple world experts in the field.

She served as Director of Research for the Center for the Study of Violence (Harvard, U. Penn., N.Y.U., and Yale), co-founded Yale’s Violence and Health Study Group at the MacMillan Center for International Studies, and has led an academic collaborators project for the World Health Organization’s Violence Prevention Alliance, helping to translate scholarship into implementation and to support research in low- and middle-income countries.  She has consulted with governments on prison reform and community violence prevention, such as for France, Ireland, Alabama, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York.  She has also played a key role in initiating reforms at Rikers Island, a correctional facility in New York City known for extreme levels of violence.

She authored what is considered the most comprehensive textbook on the subject to date, “Violence: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Causes, Consequences, and Cures” (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019) and published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and chapters, 17 edited scholarly books and journal special issues, and over 300 op-eds in outlets such as the Guardian, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Independent, and Politico.  The World Mental Health Coalition is an educational organization that assembles mental health experts to collaborate with other disciplines for the betterment of public mental health and public safety.  It attempts to step in where the psychiatric establishment failed in societal leadership, or profited (as did the American Psychiatric Association) by protecting powerful political figures over the public. Her present goals center around educating the public on mental health matters for empowerment and self-governance.

She owes great debt to her maternal grandfather, Dr. Geun-Young Lee, a renowned physician who helped reconstruct South Korea after the war, and to her mother, Dr. Inmyung Lee, who extended his philosophical legacy to the United States, a country she admired and adopted for its historic ability to place principle over tribe.

Guest Category: History, Kids & Family, Medicine, Psychology, Self Help, Variety
Guest Occupation: Executive Director 22ZERO and Founder 22ZERO
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Dr. Arnell became involved with 22Zero in March 2021, when the Giles County Fire and Rescue Squad assistant fire chief asked if she would be willing to go through the training. In April of 2021, Dr. Arnell went through the training process and was astonished at how well the program worked. As of November 5th, 2022, Dr. Arnell became the Executive Director for 22Zero Follow Me, Inc. Dr. Arnell's husband was a veteran and served in Desert Storm.

Nick Davis is an Air Force Veteran, having served as an F-16 crew chief. His involvement with 22Zero as PRESIDENT & Co-Founder is inspired by his burning desire to serve our veteran and responder community. His organization, Anxiety Guys LLC, is a veteran owned and operated business that uses multiple processes to disconnect PTSD, Anxiety, and other negative emotions that keep individuals and organizations from reaching their full potential.

Guest Category: Education, Military, Psychology, Emotional Health and Freedom, Mental Health, Personal Development
Guest Occupation: Shelley Young, owner of Trinity Esoterics where she has worked as a hypnotherapist, writer, spiritual advisor, healer, trance channel/medium and internationally recognized channel of Archangel Gabriel.
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My guest Shelley Young is the owner of Trinity Esoterics where she has worked as a hypnotherapist, teacher, writer, spiritual advisor, speaker, and internationally recognized channel of Archangel Gabriel for the past 19 years. Originally from Canada she is now based in Southwest Florida where she remains dedicated to raising spiritual awareness and helping people embrace and navigate the unfoldment of their own enlightenment journeys. Shelley’s book is Healing Balm for the Enlightening Soul, and one of her program’s featuring the most important of Gabriel's teachings, is The Divine Combination

Guest Category: Earth & Space, Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Paranormal, Physics & Metaphysics, Psychology, Self Help, Society and Culture, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tosha-hayes-b3b6bb70/
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Tosha is a designer, inventor, textile technologist, serial entrepreneur, and writer specializing in the development of innovative, commercial products in the fiber, textile, soft goods, and digitally connected wearables industries. Tosha has invented and designed iconic products for SPANX, brrrº, and the world’s first digital to physical backpack with JanSport. Tosha won Women Wear Daily’s Fresh Face Award for design, holds 12 patents, and was named one of The University of Georgia’s 40 under 40 for professional achievement in 2013.

Developing innovative, commercial ideas in a variety of consumer product categories with a specialty in fiber, textile, soft goods, and digitally connected wearables is Tosha’s sweet spot.  Tosha co-founded three startups, building them from zero to exponential growth, and has been hired into start-up teams of numerous others.  She understands the business of innovative consumer products and holds advisory roles within multiple organizations.  She has deep expertise in product areas where hard and soft component integration and electronic system integration requirements are necessary and need software communication.  

Tosha has held design, leadership, and executive positions with SPANX, Tommy Hilfiger, Bella Freud, brrrº, Tosha Hays Children’s Collection and Couture, and university institutes like MIT’s AFFOA striving for groundbreaking technology in fabrics. Currently, Tosha is Co-Founder of Hurdle Apparel. 

Her professional side is a devotion, passion, and speed for product making and know-how. Her personal side is one of constant learning, traveling, running, writing, and spending time with her partner and three sons.

Guest Category: Entertainment, Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Self Help, Variety
Guest Occupation: Actress, Author, Alchemist
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Havilah Malone is a highly accomplished and influential individual who is dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of billions of people. She is recognized as an inspirational thought leader and has been featured on major television networks such as FOX, NBC, ABC, and CBS. Currently residing in Los Angeles, California, Havilah is a versatile millennial powerhouse who excels in various fields.
 
As an actress, motivational speaker, and former Ms. Louisiana Universal, Havilah has achieved remarkable success. She has appeared in numerous films, national TV commercials, and popular shows like HBO's Barry, Insecure, and NCIS: New Orleans. Her talent and charisma have earned her recognition and admiration from audiences worldwide.
 
In addition to her accomplishments in the entertainment industry, Havilah is also a highly acclaimed author. Her book, "How to Become a Publicity Magnet: In Any Market via TV, Radio & Print," has become a #1 Best Seller. She has also co-authored the children's classic, "The Amazing Adventures of Oliver 'Young Napoleon' Hill," based on Napoleon Hill's Success Principles. Her latest book, "Rewriting A New History: A Spiritual Path to Audacious Authenticity and Healing," has also achieved the status of a #1 Best Seller.
 
Havilah's success is not limited to her professional achievements. She is a recipient of the prestigious President's Volunteer Service Award Gold Medal and the Women's Prosperity Network "She Rocks Award." She has also been recognized as the SBA InnovateHER Challenge Winner. Havilah holds several professional accreditations, including being a Certified Instructor for the Napoleon Hill Foundation and a Master Certified Practitioner of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming).
 
Havilah's nurturing spirit, inspirational voice, and magnetic personality have made her a sought-after speaker. She shares her pillars of success with audiences around the world, inspiring them to believe in their potential and achieve greatness. Havilah's mission is to be a catalyst for positive change and to empower individuals to become proof of what is possible.
Guest Category: Arts, Business, Philosophy, Society and Culture
Guest Occupation: Singer-Songwriter, Musician
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GALIT is a singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. Before starting to create music, she was a co-founder of “SRO entertainment” a film development and production company that produced Hollywood feature films. She also independently coproduced the Tom Cruise Production Film “ASK THE DUST” starring Salma Hayek, Colin Farrell, and Donald Sutherland.

In 2016 Galit launched her new career in music, as a singer/songwriter. Two short years later, she released two EP’s, and over 20 singles.  In 2021 she released her first full length album ‘My Time Is Due’. Galit has successfully turned a childhood passion into her vocation – inspired by artists like Tori Amos and Tracy Chapman she loves writing words and music that tell stories that convey the entire spectrum of the human condition.

Her goal is to establish a connection with her audience and inspire them through her music. However, she aspires to shed light on issues that not only hold deep personal meaning for her, but also have the potential to benefit the world at large.

Galit is known for her remarkable voice and her unique sound. She is often compared to artists like Alanis Morrissett, Florence (and the machine), Sara McLachlan, Fiona Apple, and Joni Mitchell.

Her song ‘Three’ was nominated for best song of the year in HMMA.

Her song ‘Brazen Heart’ climbed to #1 in few charts. Including iHeart Radio Cafe Top 10 Count Down and ReverbNation charts. Her song ‘Children To Raise’ is nominated for best song in the Hollywood independent music Awards 2023. 

Guest Category: Entertainment, Games & Hobbies, Health & Lifestyle, Music, Society and Culture
Guest Occupation: Performance Officer, Trainer
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Andy is a founding member, partner and chief performance officer of Liminal Collective. A globally recognized leader and expert in the field of elite human performance, his experience runs the gamut of human performance.

To this end he has been deeply involved within the community exploring the spectrum of work from research & innovation to the application and training of all aspects of human performance for individuals, teams and large organizations in sport, arts & culture, military and business.

His work to demystify talent has led him on a lifelong mission to hack human performance, and to extend his learnings for the betterment of society by applying these lessons in numerous non-traditional areas of human mastery.

Guest Category: Business, Education, Courses & Training, Games & Hobbies, Health & Lifestyle, Self Help, Society and Culture, Sports & Recreation
Guest Occupation: Psychologist, Author
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Kathy Forti, Ph.D. is the author of the newly released Truth Book Series: STACKS Library of Truth and STACKS Awakening Truth, a sci-fi thriller which takes place in Washington, D.C.’s Library of Congress, where a library employee accidentally opens up an interdimensional portal into a library within a library, where all truth is stored.

Prior to penning her novels, she was a clinical psychologist with over 30 years of experience in the mental health field. Her knowledge of psychopathology adds unusual character depth to her stories.

As a direct result of her own near-death experience in 2003, where her heart stopped, Forti became more creative. This led to the development and patent of the Trinfinity8 and Ascension11 energetic software technology, now used by holistic healing practitioners worldwide. 

With a degree in journalism, she worked for several years as an associate producer for CBS-TV. She also wrote a TV pilot script for STACKS that won a Slamdance Teleplay Award. She launched, with the help of Pacific Rock Productions, which was led by an Emmy-winning producer, an original 11-part web series called STACKS The Truth Can Kill You.

She has authored a non-fiction book as well: Fractals of God: A Psychologist’s Near-Death Experience & Journeys Into the Mystical, and a children’s book series: Freddie Brenner’s Mystical Adventures.

Forti is a blogger and was a keynote speaker for NEXUS Magazine in Australia in 2010 and 2015. She addresses subjects related to health, consciousness, spirituality and the weird and wonderful. For years, she has been leading ancient mystery school groups to Egypt, having explored the water tunnels under the Great Pyramid, as well as closed-off tunnels under the Sphinx. Sometimes referred to as “a female Indiana Jones” after finding alien artifacts in Mexico, she is, at heart, an ancient explorer of the origins of humanity.

Born in Chicago, Forti has called many cities her home, including New York City, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Kansas, and Prescott, Arizona. She currently resides in Maui, Hawaii. For more information, please consult: https://stackslibraryoftruth.com/

Guest Category: Literature, Business, Health & Lifestyle, Philosophy, Psychology, Self Help, Society and Culture, Spiritual, TV & Film
Guest Occupation: Founder of 1st Responder Conferences and Retired Sheriffs Deputy
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Shawn is the founder of 1st Responder Conferences and a retired deputy from the King County Sheriff's Office in Seattle, WA. Shawn retired in 2022 after 25 years of service as a Wellness and Resiliency Detective and a therapy K9 handler. Jeff Thomas is a retired deputy for the King County Sheriff's Office. He worked for the King County Sheriff's Office for 32 years. Shawn and Jeff have two handsome young men, Andrew who is a volunteer firefighter and Cooper who will be going into the Army ROTC program in the fall of 2023.

Guest Category: Business, Education, Courses & Training, Psychology, Emotional Health and Freedom, Mental Health, Personal Development, Self Help
Guest Occupation: artist, writer
Guest Biography:

Ken Elliott

Ken Elliott is an artist and writer living in Castle Rock, Colorado. 

He is a full-time artist, and someone who has experienced and collected astonishing stories for over 30 years.

His book, Manifesting 1, 2, 3 … and You Don’t Need #3 is not an ordinary Manifesting or Law of Attraction book.

The book contains critically new information beyond the Law of Attraction and makes the entire manifesting process amazingly simple. Special tools or talents are not necessary. 

The book also provides an elegant tool for dealing with your worries and negative thoughts. Thoughts create, and you don’t want to empower the negative ones!

Ken has experienced sending objects in thought and having them appear in the home of someone gifted enough to describe what had been sent. 

Ken learned that intentions instantaneously start to manifest on the Other Side. 

Ken has commented, "I was fortunate. I directly learned that thought creates, and does so immediately. 

“In this book, I relate how thoughts begin to form in the non-physical world, and how you can bring them into your life simply and efficiently! The information I gleaned is so simple, it is laughable.”

A number of true stories are included in the book to clarify concepts and for your encouragement.

This is a results-oriented book. Over and over, people tell Ken about their successes with Manifesting 1, 2, 3

They say, It just works!”

Start pointing yourself toward happiness and don't forget, there is a bonus… 

For more information on Ken's lectures and workshops, visit his website: www.manifesting123.com 

To view Ken's artworks, visit www.kenelliott.com 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Manifesting123/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenelliott/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kencelliott/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kencelliott/?hl=en

Guest Category: Arts, Entertainment, Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Philosophy, Psychology, Self Help, Society and Culture, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Daniel channels high frequency beings from other dimensions. He also teaches channeling & other classes.
Guest Biography:

My guest Daniel Scranton is a verbal channel, spiritual teacher, and sound healer. He has been channeling the 12th-dimensional, non-physical collective known as The Creators since the Fall of 2010. Since then, a wide array of other guides and collectives have spoken through him. Some of those include: Archangel Michael, Archangel Gabriel, The Pleiadian High Council of Seven, and The Arcturian Council. He also discovered an ability to channel light languages, and healing overtones, and he has used this ability to help others heal themselves and manifest the reality they desire. Daniel works with individuals in one-on-one sessions, does group events, and teaches a variety of classes, including channeling classes. His daily channeled messages can be found at: danielscranton.com and on his YouTube channel, where you can watch him channel each new transmission. 

Guest Category: Earth & Space, Health & Lifestyle, Paranormal, Physics & Metaphysics, Psychology, Self Help, Spiritual
Guest Occupation: Peak Performance Coach, Pro- Golfer, Speaker & Author.
Guest Biography:

From debilitating chronic fatigue to the US Open in 6 months’ time, Veronica Karaman knows something about developing a championship mentality for overcoming adversity to make the impossible possible. The founder of TrueChampionAcademy.com, she is a speaker, golf professional, and high performance coach for aspiring athletes and other achievers. She is also an 8-time best-selling author of The Champion’s Way: Core Foundations for Achieving Peak Performance in Sports and Life, and her newest book, God, Make Me a Champion! An Athlete’s Journey of Faith into the Power of Surrender.  Her passion and mission in life is to release the inner champion in others. 

It was through her own journey out of “outward success but inward brokenness” as an overachieving, performance-driven athlete that Veronica discovered a better way to do life and performance---from a place of love and acceptance.

Her 12 Module on-line training system, The Champion’s Way, is based on the four zones of performance: the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Equipping athletes with a framework of thought as to how peak performance happens instills in them a holistic approach to achievement.

Veronica also helps her students develop the identity of a champion so they perform from the center of who they are and not from the illusive meaning of an outward goal.

Her greatest passion and joy is in helping faith-based athletes make the connection between their faith and competition.

A graduate of Duke University and Regent University, Veronica holds two master’s degrees. She currently lives in Pinehurst, North Carolina, where she still enjoys playing championship golf as a senior competitor. Her golf career highlight was playing in the 1989 Women’s US Open.

 

Guest Category: Games & Hobbies, Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Religion, Self Help, Variety
Guest Occupation: Former Chair Department of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, present Director of the Center for Human Longevity & Senior Sprinter
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Landry has focused on novel approaches to intractable health problems, combining medicine and organic chemistry. His work on cocaine addiction led to the discovery of an artificial enzyme to degrade cocaine. His report on the enzyme, published in Science, was chosen by the American Chemical Society as one of the 25 most important chemistry papers in the world for 1993. An agent (Cocaine esterase) he co-developed to treat cocaine overdose has entered clinical trials from Tonix Pharmaceuticals.[17][18][19] He founded the Columbia Organic Chemistry Collaborative Center and it is through this Center that he conducts his current work on drug discovery.

Landry discovered a new hormone deficiency syndrome: vasopressin deficiency in vasodilatory shock. In pioneering the use of vasopressin to treat septic shock and vasodilatory shock after cardiopulmonary bypass, he changed clinical practice for these life-threatening conditions. He also founded ICU nephrology at Columbia, introducing continuous renal replacement therapy to treat renal failure in patients with shock.

Landry developed an alternative method for the production of human embryonic stem cells that relies on harvesting live, normal cells from embryos that—by objective, peer-reviewed criteria—have died of natural causes. Cells harvested from dead embryos would be covered under the established ethics governing transplantation of essential organs from deceased donors.

Guest Category: Health & Lifestyle, Kids & Family, Medicine, Science, Self Help, Variety
Guest Occupation: Writer, Director, producer
Guest Biography:

Shaun Monson is writer, director, and producer of documentary films.

His debut film, EARTHLINGS (2005), was narrated by Academy Award Nominee Joaquin Phoenix and is considered a milestone in documentary films for animal welfare organizations around the world. His follow-up film, UNITY (2015), which took 8 years to complete, features an astounding cast of 100 celebrity narrators.

In 2018 he co-produced the documentary DOMINION, narrated again by Joaquin Phoenix, along with Rooney Mara, Kat Von D, Sia, and Sadie Sink. The film is an updated look at modern-day factory farming.

During the pandemic in 2020, he released a series of short films beginning with GUARDIANS OF LIFE, about the wildfires in the Amazon and Australia. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix, Rosario Dawson, Oona Chaplain, Matthew Modine, Adria Arjona, Albert Hammond, and Q’orianka Kilcher.

He also directed the short film LIBERTY, again starring Joaquin Phoenix, which was filmed the day after winning the Academy Award for JOKER. The film is about the release of a mother and calf from a slaughterhouse.

Monson also produced and directed the film THERE WAS A KILLING, about the death of animal activist Regan Russell in Toronto.

In 2021, he produced and directed a follow-up to LIBERTY called INDIGO, released on Earth Day, where Phoenix visits the animals he rescued at a sanctuary one year later.

Monson, Phoenix, and Rooney collaborated again on a public service announcement called A CHECKERED PAST, which is about 42 primates at a sanctuary that closed, and they all needed to be re-homed.

In 2022 he began adapting Dr. Michael Greger’s New York Times best-selling book HOW NOT TO DIE into a documentary film, a project that is ongoing.

He also directed the short film THE HEART WHISPERER about activists who are unsung heroes.

In 2023 he produced and directed THE DEER OF CATALINA, a short film about the plight of mule deer on the island.

He is currently developing a new project on alternative proteins that will help eliminate climate change, world hunger, and factory farming, but are dismissed through misinformation campaigns funded by animal agriculture. The film is entitled MASTERS OF CREATION.

Guest Category: Arts, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Business, Earth & Space, Education, Entertainment, Society and Culture
Guest Occupation: Songwriter, Producer, Guitarist
Guest Biography:

Luis Oliart, Southern California guitarist, singer/songwriter, has been described as, “simply magical … totally captivating … compelling.” His sound blends funk, rock, soul and blues to produce music with a fresh groove and full of soul.

Oliart has entertained audiences at venues throughout the world, including, BB KIng’s, CBGB, Hard Rock Cafe, House of Blues, Key Club, Knitting Factory, The Bitter End, Troubadour and, yes, Carnegie Hall. Plus a long list of performances in Vancouver, Toronto, Thailand, Spain, France, Germany, Denmark, Greece and Switzerland.

Although he’s a talented multi-instrumentalist, often identified with his  electric, acoustic and Dobro guitar wizardry, Luis has gotten rave reviews for his vocal chops and songwriting skills. As Music Connection Magazine’s Bernard Baur raved,

“Oliart weaves extraordinary rhythms and guitar percussion that are simply magical.”

Along the way, Luis managed to make the Top 50 on NBC’s Star Tomorrow, which also earned him the high praise from Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.

Luis Oliart & The Hinges have just released their new single, “Hold On To Our Love,” which is a further of Oliart’s refinement of his unique “soul-funk-blues” songwriting and performances. The obvious appeal of Luis’ approach is seen weekly in Southern California venues where Luis Oliart & The Hinges have crowds up on their feet with sets that rely heavily on Oliart originals.

Luis Oliart said, “I wrote Hold On To Our Love so our band, The Hinges, would have a lively, happy song for our live shows. I am a fan of traditional African music and artists, so we’re striving to create a feeling that leans into that African sound of jubilation mixed it’s musical descendent, the American blues. It turned into a celebration in the studio when we were able to jam on this song with the same energy as in our live shows.”

Luis’ current band, Luis Oliart & The Hinge includes: Fishbone founders, Norwood Fisher & John Steward, Pharcyde keyboard legend, Chuck Boogie and guitarist Jay O’Keefe.

Guest Category: Arts, Performing Arts, Entertainment, Music, Society and Culture
Guest Occupation: Actor, Producer, Writer
Guest Biography:

Famous actor, John Fiore, is best known for his role in HBO’s The Sopranos as Gigi Cestone. Fiore’s love for acting first began while he was still in high school and trying to figure out what he wanted to do with his life. Fiore was offered to be part of a play and deep inside he felt like he could really pull that together and actually act well. While playing in this show, Fiore felt a desire to pursue a career in acting. It was his talent that got Fiore strong roles like that of Gigi Cestone in The Sopranos, and NBC’s crime drama Law & Order where he played the role of detective Tony Profaci. Fiore’s most recent work was his role in Meet the Mobsters whereas the lead actor he portrays Johnny Slade, who is a wannabe singer. Fiore was also recently involved in playing the former Edgartown police chief, Dominick Arena, in the film Chappaquiddick. This film talks about a time when Ted Kennedy drove to Martha ’s Vineyard Bridge and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne drowns. The story is set in 1969 and the film was released in 2017. Apart from these major roles, Fiore was also seen on Showtime’s Brotherhood as Alphonse Nozzoli, and in Guiding Light as Vinnie Salerno. Fiore was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He now lives in Stoneham.

Guest Category: Arts, Business, Entertainment, Society and Culture, TV & Film