Life after death, near-death experiences, ghosts, demons, vampires, magic, the unexplained...

The paranormal is in the news almost all of the time, not just because it is the subject of so many movies, but because millions of people around the world believe in the paranormal. According to polls, 34% of people in the UK believe in ghosts and 42% of people in the US believe in ghosts. And many believe that they have had paranormal experiences.

But how many people can say that they have spent their careers in the scientific study of the paranormal? In the course of my career, I have stayed in haunted houses, gone ghost hunting with ghost hunters, taken part in seances with mediums, attended Witches' Sabbats and even Satanic Black Masses. And I have researched and published extensively on these subjects.

If you need insight into any aspect of the paranormal, then ask me and I will give you an authoritative opinion.

"Dr Leo Ruickbie is a leading historian and sociologist of the paranormal." (Daily Express newspaper)

I have a PhD from King's College, London, for my work on modern witchcraft and re-enchantment, and am currently a Visiting Fellow at the University of Northampton in the United Kingdom, where I specialise in controversial beliefs and experiences concerning what we call 'the paranormal'.

I have written 6 monographs, 15 chapters in books and 51 articles in periodicals on different aspects of the paranormal, and have co-edited 4 academic volumes, including most recently a two volume series entitled Is There Life After Death? (currently in preparation).

I am closely involved with the work of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR). Established in 1882, the SPR is the world's oldest, largest and most reputable organisation for the scientific study of the paranormal. I am on the governing Council of the SPR, edit the magazine of the SPR and sit on several committees, including the Spontaneous Cases Committee which handles reports of people's experiences. I am also a Professional Member of the Parapsychological Association and an elected member of the Royal Historical Society.

You cannot rely on online applications. Statistics show that 70% of all jobs are secured as a result of networking--connecting with people who may not be in the position to hire you, but know people who might!

But simply contacting someone with an unfocused conversation, reciting your job history, and taking up an hour or more of their time-like most people will do-is a cringe-worthy endeavor. That's why many leaders resist taking networking meetings...And why many people hate networking for work...it feels like you are imposing and you're not sure how to really make the time productive.

Yet to be effective, you can accomplish everything you need in just 20 minutes with a specific protocol that will have your connections raving about you, recommending you to others, and maintaining a long-term productive relationship far into the future. And happy to take meetings with you!

Take it from Nathan A. Perez, co-author of The 20-Minute Networking Meeting: Learn to Network. Get a Job, along with Marcia Ballinger, PhD, who together have 45 years of combined experience as retained executive search professionals.
Nathan analyzed why some people were effective and others weren't in networking, and one principle reason was length of the meeting. Once he established that 20 minutes was the ideal amount of time, he set about condensing the perfect mix of communication techniques that elicit the valuable intel and connections that WILL lead to a job! 

The 20-Minute Networking Meeting offers step-by-step guidance on how to make networking really work for you, and relieve your hesitancy. It will show you how NOT to make the mistakes that will sabotage your job search. Whether you are doing your networking online over Zoom or having a face-to-face meeting, those 20 minutes can change your life and make you stand out ahead of others who are stymied by the tepid job market during a pandemic.

Nathan A. Perez is an award-winning author, national speaker and executive career and job-search coach at Career Innovation.He brings to his clients a rare viewpoint on networking, job-search and career development. A formally trained actor with a BFA in Theatre, Nathan's 20-year career in the arts was supported by simultaneously developing a business career, which involved an inordinate amount of resumes, networking meetings and interviews in multiple business and industries. Utilizing that background, Nathan tied together with his deep live audience experience with nearly two decades in the executive search industry, delivering webinars, seminars and guest speaking engagements each year on the topics of networking, job search, and career development.

Drawing on the wealth of information in The 20-Minute Networking Meeting, Nathan can advise your listeners on:

* How to create a networking agenda to keep a discussion on track 

* How to construct key questions to lead a discussion with any contact 

* How to expand a professional network with more names and introductions 

* How to structure and express your professional background in 60 seconds or less 

* How to keep your professional (and personal!) network alive over time  

If you would like to interview Nathan Perez to give your listeners forward momentum on their job search in a challenging market, please send an email with the name of the show, your contact information, a proposed date and time, and the calling details.

Delivering dozens of webinars, seminars and guest speaking engagements each year on the topics of networking, job search, and career development. Prior to his work as an executive career coach, Nathan held the title of Vice President of Research in the retained search industry, where he was responsible for the first step of the executive recruitment process, devising strategies of “where and how to find” qualified candidates for all national and global search engagements. (In a nutshell, he is the person who finds the candidates for recruiters to recruit.) Consequently, networking was and continues to be a day-to-day function of his job. As a result, and because of his combined professional expertise, Nathan regularly works with professionals from all different backgrounds and experience levels. This includes everyone from Hollywood movie stars and producers, to sound engineers, fashion designers, new college grads, non-profit and civic leaders, veterans and senior global executives. He has been cited by The Huffington Post as one of the most connected people on LinkedIn, world-wide. Nathan is a member of the Actors Equity Association union (AEA); a voting union member of The Screen-Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA); the Author's Guild; and served as Vice Chair at The Loft Literary Center, the nation's largest literary and writing organization. He is an Honorary Commander with the 934th Airlift Wing, U.S. Air Force Reserve, home of the Global Vikings.

You can read more about his background at https://nathanaperez.com/about-nathan-a-perez.

I would like to be interviewed about my volume of poetry, The First Collection, which was published on 1st October 2020. I would like to read some of my poems from the collection. Also, I would like to talk about my writing in general.

I was born in London, England. I loved literature from childhood. I always read novels, short stories and poetry. English was my strongest subject at school. I wrote a poem, called The Nightmare, when I was thirteen. My English teacher, Miss Sellars, liked it so much , she put it on the classroom wall. I have written three volumes of short stories. Some of my short stories were broadcast on the radio. I have written three volumes of poetry. My poetry has been published in numerous anthologies. I was given an award from The Poetry Society in England for some of my poems. I received commended and honours certificates for some of my poems at The Richmond Music Festival, England. My poem, Stagnation, was shortlisted in The National Anthology Poetry Competition in 2005. My poem, Wishful Thinking, was printed in The Poems In The Waiting Room pamphlet in 2010. These pamphlets are distributed to hundreds of doctors' surgeries in Britain. Research conducted found that people's wellbeing improved when they read joyous poetry. I was The Featured Poet in Bareback Lit Magazine in October 2012. I have written a play, a children's book, film scripts and song lyrics. I was awarded a commended certificate for my song, I Wish, from The United Kingdom Songwriting Competition in 2016. I have written two educational textbooks and I am completing my first novel.

Intuitive Medium Shelly Wilson will discuss choosing to live a life with passion, presence and purpose and share about her new book, Embracing the Magic Within. Shelly has created this inspirational and empowering book reminding us to embrace the magic within. At times, our earthly existence can feel mundane as we seemingly go through the motions of being human and function on auto-pilot. Shelly invites us to consciously attune body, mind and spirit to the expression of our true self. We have the opportunity to activate, embody and embrace all of our magical Divine being through an intentional and conscious practice of connection, communication and creation. Through positivity, authenticity, inspiration, words of wisdom and personal stories, Shelly aims to purposefully assist us with acknowledging and integrating this expansive, magical energy, so that we can truly live a life we love. It’s time to Shine! Topics to discuss include self-care, self-love, personal growth, awareness, conscious creation, intuition, spiritual development, etc.

Shelly Wilson is an author, intuitive medium, Reiki Master and conscious creator who is passionate about helping people wake up to their greatness. She supports others as they navigate their own journey into consciousness to experience aliveness. She offers private sessions, intuitive coaching, small business coaching, Reiki sessions and teaches workshops. Shelly’s books, 28 Days to a New YOU, Connect to the YOU Within, Journey into Consciousness and Embracing the Magic Within are available in paperback and eBook. She is also the creator of Cards of Empowerment and Clarity Cards. She is a registered Karuna® Reiki Master through the International Center for Reiki Training. Residing in Oklahoma, she has a BS in Business with a minor in Psychology. ShellyRWilson.com

Do you want a guest who has a variety of persona that can fit in any situation? You don't need to go further. I am your perfect match.  

I am A serial entrepreneur | Mind Matrix Specialist | Transcendence Expert | Author | Wealth & Success Strategist | Celebrity Interviewer | Humanitarian Activist | Global Peace & Civility Ambassador | Certified Training Provider | International Speaker | Actress.

Dr. Angela Wilson is A serial entrepreneur | Mind Matrix Specialist | Transcendence Expert | Author | Wealth & Success Strategist | Celebrity Interviewer | Humanitarian Activist | Global Peace & Civility Ambassador | Certified Training Provider | International Speaker | Actress.

I teach clients how to secure the next 60 years from the life experience in wealth, success, physical health, emotional health, mental health, intimacy in any shape of form, parent-child relationship, aging, grief, and death. 

The No Recipe Cookbook

A cookbook for people who don't cook!

No recipes and no pictures.

Saving calories, saving money, saving time.  Faster than takeaway! 

Do you think ordering take-away is faster than cooking a simple meal?

Could your savings on household spending be put to better use?

Do you want control over what's in your food?

If you answer yes to any of these questions then learning to meal plan, shop once a fortnight, and cook simple meals without a recipe, could save you time and money with less stress.

This book will talk you through a basic repertoire of go-to-meals like pasta, risotto, stir-fry, savoury mince, roast chicken in addition to breakfast and basic baking options.

A perfect way for kids to develop a life-skill or the non-cook in the family to start pitching in with the cooking.

Samantha finished school at age 16 years and commenced studying medicine at The University of Adelaide. Driven to take on challenges, despite physical limitations from congenital hip dysplasia, she became the first woman in South Australia to complete the adult Urological Surgical training program. 

Now she is a self-published author of The No Recipe Cookbook – a cookbook for people who don’t cook. 

Whilst training in urology, Samantha saw a need for a greater focus on incontinence treatments for women and a need for specialised care. Her vision was to establish a sub-specialty practice bringing the best treatments available to the women of South Australia. She became the first urologist in South Australia to exclusively specialise in female and functional urology, establishing Continence Matters in 2002, subsequently building her single surgeon practice into a Centre of Excellence. 

Dr Pillay has served on numerous National and State boards and committees including the Chair of the Female Urology Special Advisory Group for the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand from 2007 to 2013.

As the first female section chair in South Australia for the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ), Dr Pillay served on both the National Board of the Continence Foundation of Australia as their state chairperson from 2011 to 2013. 

Samantha has devoted her career as a surgeon to treating incontinence, reducing the stigma and educating doctors, health professionals and the community, 

Dr Samantha Pillay's first book, The No Recipe Cookbook, ambitiously aims to covert people who don't cook, to develop a simple life skill; improving their health and time management and reducing their stress and spending. 

She is a single mother and full-time practicing surgeon, running a business and a household. Time management, meal planning and simple home cooking are an essential part of her life. 

Hi, my name is Leah Salmorin! I am a Breast Cancer Survivor and a diabetic coma survivor. I have also survived COVID-19. I am the president and founder of Paddle for the Cure NYC, a breast cancer support nonprofit and an official dragonboat team of NYC Health + Hospitals Elmhurst. I would like to talk about my story as a survivor and my organization. We would really appreciate the exposure as we are in need of donations to help us support our friends at The Hope Pavilion Cancer Clinic and to also sustain our backend employees.

Hi, my name is Leah Salmorin, a proud breast cancer survivor, and I'm the Founder/President of Paddle for the Cure NYC! In my many years, I've had a close brush with the end many times but I kept going and survived all the obstacles thrown my way. I survived a diabetic coma, breast cancer, two car accidents, and COVID. In all those challnges, I've come to learn some very valuable lessons which helped me start Paddle for the Cure and become a beacon of hope for others. She is a Breast Cancer survivor and a leader who firmly believes that Water Is Life. She started Paddle for the Cure with a mission to make post-treatment recovery easy and to promote her passion for positive and healthy lifestyle for survivors like herself with her vision to end breast cancer through activities in the water!

"Whoosh! This is gorgeous Jessie. You wear your influences on your sleeve, but boy howdy do you make it your own. Just beautiful." - Zan Rowe, Double J



"Pretty spellbound by this storytelling. it's like an unplugged Laura Marling or Sharon Van Etten" - Declan Byrne, triple j



"This is a single you need to listen to for yourself so you can experience the emotional journey that not only the lyrics take you on, but Jessie’s vocals as well.

" - Amnplify





Jessie Monk

Here, Now EP 



Jessie Monk is an artist out of Gunaikurnai land in Australia. She sings folk songs inspired by the people she keeps meeting, stories she keeps hearing and thresholds she keeps walking through. Here, Now, Jessie Monk’s debut EP, invites listeners, with ease and grace, into an ocean filled with the waves of Jessie’s longing, seduction, playfulness, empathy, vulnerability, joy, sorrow, confusion and finally, pilgrimage toward presence.



‘Simply the most incredibly talented singer-songwriter that I've had the pleasure of interviewing and listening to in years!’ Dominic Albert, DAMusical



On their first project together, her four (sometimes five) piece band create an atmosphere bursting with freedom, generosity and intimacy. Strongly nodding the head to artists such as Joni Mitchell and Neil Young and more contemporary influences like Glen Hansard and Laura Marling, the EP distills authenticity, plucking the best from the old and the new with earthy tones, spacious emotional resonances and a resolute sense of self.

 

However what makes this music so special, is largely Jessie’s effortlessly soaring bell-like voice, which carries her poetic and honest lyrics with a playfulness and true virtuosity, communicating the vast landscape of paradoxes she finds herself occupying in her self exposition.

 

‘Jessie Monk breathes fresh air into the world of folk and roots, possessing the raw talent to take her a long way’ - LiveWire AU



In focus single Lonesome Winter Blues Jessie casts a confident spell, using her experience to persuade her own affections into a state of non-attachment, making space for breathtaking awe and transience all in one moment. The folk traditions anchoring the sentiment with a gentle humanistic acceptance, Jessie’s modern inflections imbuing this calm song with a transportive reverence.



Tastefully mixed by Cameron James Laing writer/producer for Universal Studios at The Famous Gold Watch Audiovisual Studios in Berlin, and mastered by Doug Van Slone of Focus Mastering (Bright Eyes, First Aid Kit, Lady Finger), Here Now, takes you on a journey through the peaks and valleys of your own heart channeling from the place within us all, the idyll state of vulnerability in equilibrium.



Also a dancer and an actor, Jessie has played in some major musicals in Australia, including David Bowie’s last piece, Lazarus. In 2019 she toured solo through Israel, before moving to Berlin in 2020 where she’s been astounded by her warm welcome to the thriving folk scene. Chasing the holy grail of albums like Blue and New Skin for the Old Ceremony, from Jessie Monk, you can count on grounded, story-lead folk songs about longing, loving and meeting that stranger in the mirror who continually surprises us.



‘Lonesome Winter Blues’ is available now on all digital platforms

‘Here, Now’ by Jessie Monk is out February 26th, 2021 

Regards,

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2rIp4jfksxO7PK85N00EPm

jessicarosemonk@outlook.com

Hope you’re well

I wonder if you could tell me if your station run segments or shows that support or review independent authors?

I'm a British independent author that would love to discuss the journey from an idea to publishing. Looking at the process and the pit falls (looking for agents and publishers or the self publishing route etc.).

The ultimate aim I guess is to encourage some of your listeners that may have aspirations to write, what steps to take.

Also express just how rewarding sharing your story can be.

I would obviously lean on my own experience and share some of my own habits and techniques that I’ve used writing my first two Novels.

Many thanks

Graham McQuade

Instagram : @theauthormcquade

Twitter       : @authormcquade

Publications:

NEW GODS

FIFTEEN DAYS IN MAY

Its strange where we draw our inspiration from. We all get ideas we’d love to share. I’m pretty sure that most of the best ideas, whether it be for stories, music or anything, never see the light of day. Fact is, the idea itself isn’t the hardest part… the hardest part is getting the idea out of your head and into the head of others. That’s why it helps to have inspiration, something to help you take the leap. My inspiration for writing is my mum. I desperately wanted to do something for her. She sadly never had the opportunity to fully express herself after dying at the age of 23. Whereas most of us have the opportunity to leave our mark on the world, she never did. So, as she breathed life into me I only think its right that I breath life into her memory. This Trilogy is in her birth name, The Johnson Trilogy. Margaret Gwendolyn Johnson was my mothers name. Margaret’s character is from what I learnt about my mum over the years. According to family and friends she was brave, funny, caring and above all loving. She died tragically in January 1965, three days before my first birthday. I actually wrote ‘Fifteen Days in May’ (the second book in the Johnson Trilogy) as a stand alone tribute. The book evolved and it was clear to me that there was a lot more that needed to be explained, especially about the characters, so the Johnson Trilogy was born. If you’ve taken the time to read this book… thank you, it means a lot to me and in a strange way given me the opportunity to introduce you to the incredible woman that was my mum.