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Headlined Show, The Hostile Zone December 9, 2024

In this episode of The Hostile Zone, Eric Andrew Cinotti and Bianca Sea explore the crucial role media plays in shaping young minds. With media consumption at an all-time high, how can families ensure that children are exposed to safe, educational, and entertaining content?


Tonight’s focus is KIDS FIRST!, a nonprofit organization that sets the gold standard for children’s media. Learn how its unique review system, family-focused ratings, and international film festivals are making a difference in the media landscape.

Key Highlights:


What Is KIDS FIRST! and Its Mission?

How KIDS FIRST! champions quality children’s media.

The story behind its founding in 1991.


The Evolution of Children’s Media:

From VHS tapes to on-demand streaming platforms.

  How rapidly changing technology impacts family entertainment.


Media’s Influence on Young Minds:

Kids spend over 7.5 hours daily consuming media.

 How media shapes values, behavior, and cognitive development.


KIDS FIRST! Review Process:

Expert panels and child reviewers ensure trustworthy ratings.

  Why KIDS FIRST! ratings go beyond “parental guidance.”


Impact of International Film Festivals:

Inspiring future creators through global youth film showcases.

  How KIDS FIRST! is nurturing the next generation of filmmakers.


Why Watch


This episode dives deep into the world of children’s media, exploring its power to educate, inspire, and sometimes mislead. Eric’s legal insights and Bianca’s cultural analysis uncover how organizations like KIDS FIRST! are helping parents navigate an overwhelming media landscape.


Whether you care about family entertainment standards, media literacy, or simply want to raise well-rounded, informed kids, this episode is a must-watch.


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Headlined Show, The Sports Doctor December 11, 2024

Dr. Bob features his book '#HeySportsParents: An Essential Guide for any Parent with a Child in Sports' available on Amazon and covers some important points for parents and their kids & Vita Oyler, Rehabilitation Counselor & author specializing in Chronic Pain joins us. Then, it’s 'The Sports Doctor Is In' with some Dr. Bob wisdom and your questions and emails!

Headlined Show, Financial Fitness with The Money Doctor December 8, 2024

Feeling down about your finances? When you think you've done everything you can, do just one more thing...watch this episode. You just may find the path you need to financial recovery.

Headlined Show, Shadow Politics December 8, 2024

Ground Zero?...Will DC Become the Testing Ground for the New Republican Radical Agenda? A Conversation with Former Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans!  Councilmember Evans was on the DC Council while the Control Board ran Washington, DC. I will discuss with him, what that was like, and whether it can happen again. What can we expect from President-elect Donald Trump who has vowed to seek retribution on the Democrats who live in our hometown. What's next, what can we do, and how will this shape our city moving forward?

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Headlined Show, Chuck and Julie Show December 6, 2024
With Guests, CO GOP Darcy Schoening and former Congressman Tom Tancredo.
 
Colorado Republicans are calling on the incoming Trump Department of Justice to investigate Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade’s alleged involvement in the race crime hoax that helped get him elected.
Darcy Schoening with the CO GOP joins the show.  Plus former Congressman Tom Tancredo on the challenges Trump will face taking on the bureaucrats.
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Life Changes Show Guest, Scott Page November 18, 2024
Musician, Technologist, Entrepreneur, Saxophonist, Guitarist

Scott Page is a musician, technologist, entrepreneur. He is widely recognized in rock circles as the saxophonist / guitarist for Pink Floyd, Supertramp, and Toto.

Today Page is an active participant in the Web3 ecosystem. A blockchain evangelist who’s involved in various crypto ventures and co-founder of Loot8 a decentralized experience platform focused on the relationship economy. He is an active speaker in the space, often describing a world beneficially influenced by decentralized technology that drives the power back to the people.

Page also co-founded 7th Level, Inc., an award-winning CD-ROM game and educational software company. At 7th Level he co-produced and co-directed Tuneland, the world’s first interactive musical cartoon starring Howie Mandel, as well as the globally lauded Monty Python interactive series. Page also served as an instrumental developer of QD7, an interactive multimedia joint venture between Quincy Jones, David Salzman, and 7th level.

In addition, Page co-founded social media and collaborative communications enterprise, New Media Broadcasting Company, whose clients include, Will Smith, Monty Python, Toto, and the Institute for Systems Biology.

Page frequently serves as a guest lecturer and panelist at numerous new media conferences and university symposia. He was also a featured guest mentor on over 150 of the weekly syndicated radio show Business Rockstars, hosted by Ken Rutkowski.

Life Changes Show Guest, Thomas Claxton November 18, 2024
Four-Time IMC and RMA Award-Winning Vocalist, Songwriter

Four time IMC and RMA award-winning vocalist / songwriter, Thomas Claxton, performs over 200 shows per year, spanning the United States and abroad. The classically-trained (first tenor) vocalist performs solo or with his bands, “Thomas Claxton & The Myth” and “Sonic Temple” in his hometown of Savannah, GA or nationwide with “Thomas Claxton & The Seventh Realm All-Star Band”.

Through his career, Thomas has performed and/or recorded with numerous industry-recognized performers such as:

• Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night)

• Leland Sklar (Grammy Award-winnerJames Taylor, Jackson Browne)

• Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & Thr Heartbreakers, Duran Duran)

• Will Lee (Paul Shaffer & The CBS Orchestra on David Letterman)

• Carmine Rojas (David Bowie, Tina Turner)

• Eddie Martinez (Steve Winwood, Robert Palmer)

• “The Fretless Monster” Tony Franklin (The Firm, Whitesnake, Blue Murder)

• Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden)

• Jonathan Mover (Grammy Award-winner, Joe Satriani)

• Mario Cipollina (Grammy Award-winner, Huey Lewis and The News)

• “Kidd Funkadelic” Michael Hampton (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic, Grammy “Lifetime Achivement” Award winner)

• Will Calhoun (Grammy Award-winner, Living Colour)

• Kenny Olson (Founding Guitarist of Kid Rock)

• Bernie Williams (New York Yankees)

• Bernard Purdie (Aretha Franklin, James Brown)

• Phil Hilborne (Brian May, Les Paul, Nicko McBrain, “We Will Rock You” London musical)

• Scott Page (Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Toto)

• Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction, Porno For Pyros)

• Doug Wimbish (Living Colour)

• Corey Glover (Living Colour)

• Larry Mitchell (Grammy Award-winning Guitarist, Tracy Chapman)

• Jeff Babko (Keyboardist and Arranger of Jimmy Kimmel Live)

Chosen by internationally circulated, “Rockwell UnScene Magazine”, as their “Best Male Vocalist” (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), Thomas has performed in every style venue ranging from arenas and theatres to major clubs and is also an experienced Event Promoter, Coordinator, and Vocal Coach. He has been featured by Acoustic Guitar Magazine, NAMM “Oral History Program”, South Magazine, and The NAMM Foundation’s

“Talking Up Music Education”.

As an Event Promoter and Producer, he’s worked closely with Industry leaders and organizations such as NAMM and others, and is also the Founder and Promoter for the “Me, Myself, & Us” Concert Series which has featured such performers as Bernard “Pretty” Purdie (Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan), “The Immediate Family”, Elliot Easton (The Cars), Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty), Tony Franklin (The Firm), Carmine Rojas (David Bowie), and many more. The Series also supports charities such as “Hope For Justice” which rescues women and children who are victims of Human Trafficking. The MMU Concert Series is currently partnered with The “Fred and Dinah Gretsch School of Music” at Georgia Southern University and the Special Guests of The Series take time to speak during classes with Music Industry students, offering advice and discussions to assist in furthering their careers in the industry.

Raising Expectations Guest, Kurt Schlichter November 18, 2024
Author, Commentator, Columnist, Retired Army National Guard

Kurt Schlichter is a writer and commentator who has been a freelance writer since 1984. He currently serves as a senior columnist for Townhall.com. He has also frequently written for various publications on political, cultural, and military issues.

Besides his writing career, Schlichter has been a trial lawyer and partner at Schlichter & Shonack, LLP since December 1994.

Furthermore, Schlichter has served the Army National Guard for over 27 years as an Army colonel. He was an Infantry/Cavalry officer for the United States Army and California Army National Guard. As an Army officer, Schlichter commanded a cavalry recon squadron and served in the Gulf War and Kosovo. He retired from the Army in early 2015.

Additionally, he is an author. He has written several dystopian conservative action novels and non-fiction books, including ‘I Am a Liberal’ (2012), ‘Conservative Insurgency’ (2014), ‘People’s Republic’ (2016), ‘Indian Country’ (2017), ‘Wildfire’ (2018), ‘Militant Normals’ (2018), and ‘Collapse’ (2019), ‘Crisis’ (2020), and ‘The 21 Biggest Lies About Donald Trump (And You)’ (2020).

Age & Early Bio
Kurt Schlichter was born on 24 December 1964 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His age is 57 years as of 2021. Schlichter moved to San Mateo, California, with his family at age six. Schlichter became inclined to conservative political ideology at a very young age.

He says conservative values make more sense to him. Schlichter grew up as a proponent of free speech, a militant right-winger, and a military supporter.

In 1987, he graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in communications and political science from the University of California San Diego. During his college years, Schlichter served as an editor for California Review, the conservative student paper, and a regular columnist in The Koala, the satirical comedy college paper.

Schlichter also has a Juris Doctor degree, which he earned from Loyola Law School in 1994. Later, he received a master’s degree in strategic studies from The United States Army War College in 2011.

‘People’s Republic’
‘People’s Republic’ is Schlichter’s debut novel published on 16 September 2016. According to goodreads.com, it is a funny, frightening, and action-packed thriller novel that takes the contemporary world’s news and forecasts about the future of America. The fictional novel discusses the consequences of America’s growing political and cultural divisions that split the United States apart.

Several authors, television, and media personalities have provided outstanding reviews on Schlicher’s ‘People’s Republic.’ Jim Geraghty of National Review calls it “a surreal, fast-paced journey through a dramatically different America but less than a generation away. … Violent, imaginative, full of mordant humor and dark, gritty details, you won’t want to live in this People’s Republic…but you’ll feel a chill as you wonder how different our real future will be.”

Similarly, columnist David Limbaugh describes his novel as “a thought-provoking action thriller set against the backdrop of a shattered America.”

Furthermore, Fox News contributor and author Katie Pavlich says, “They say conservatives are terrible story tellers, but Kurt Schlichter destroys that stereotype in his new novel People’s Republic and issues a dire warning about the future of America.”

Chuck and Julie Show Guest, Ron Hanks November 18, 2024
Colorado State Representative

RON HANKS

Serving Our Country

  • Combat veteran - Ron served in the military throughout the world and across the United States.  He purchased land in Colorado in 2007 with the intent to retire and explore the Mountain West from the center of it all.  Out-of-control government forced him back into public service.

  • Ron retired from the U.S. Air Force at the end of 2017 after more than 32 years of active and reserve service, serving as an enlisted man and as a commissioned officer.  He worked as a linguist in Desert Storm and during multiple operations, including Northern Watch, Southern Watch, and Earnest Will.  During the Global War on Terror, Ron served as an intelligence officer, performing duties in Iraq, Kuwait, and United Arab Emirates.

  • Ron served in several other capacities during his career, to include as a treaty escort for foreign inspectors from Russia and other countries, as a counterdrug officer in Kazakhstan working to stop the flow of drugs out of Afghanistan that funded the Taliban and Al Qaeda, and as a badged, credentialed counterintelligence agent.

    When not deployed or in uniform, Ron worked in the oilfields of North Dakota, witnessing first-hand the benefits of American energy independence, the merits of hydraulic fracturing, and the spirit and know-how of blue-collar America.

Passion for Public Service

  • His passion for public service began in the mid-1970’s as he listened to Ronald Reagan articulate the differences between conservative and leftist policies.  Just like Reagan, Ron Hanks understands that at all levels, government is too big and spends too much, and that protecting personal liberty should be the main goal of any elected official.

  • Now a Colorado State Representative, Ron continues his life-long dedication to serving others, based on Reagan’s conservative principles, and motivated by the Democrat Party’s dangerous attempt to move our state and country towards the disastrous and failed models of socialism. Good people must stand up to stop the out-of-control liberalism that we are getting from Denver and Washington, D.C..

  • Recognized as one of our best conservative representatives in the Colorado House, Ron Hanks knows that he works for you. Your liberties must reign supreme - NOT the government’s powers.

Serving Our Community

  • Ron devoutly believes in our Bill of Rights and is an ardent, no-compromise defender of the 2nd Amendment.

  • Without The People’s full trust and confidence in the validity of our elections, all public policy decisions are irrelevant because they do not have ‘the consent of the governed.’  Secure, open, and fair elections must be the backbone of our elections if our country is to survive.

  • A strong social and fiscal conservative with a respectful live-and-let-live attitude toward others, Ron Hanks will keep fighting to protect Colorado taxpayers, grow our small businesses, and support and defend every law-abiding citizens’ God-given right to life, liberty, and property.

Breaking the Silence Guest, Becky Margiotta November 17, 2024
Cofounder and Owner of The Billions Institute, LLC, Author

Through the Billions Institute, Becky has trained thousands of government, philanthropic, and third sector leaders from every corner of the globe and from every sector of social change on how to design and lead large-scale change. Her workshops incorporate many of the training categories in the scope of work, including leadership, emotional intelligence, team building, and communications skills. Becky has been training and coaching executives and their teams since 2015, building upon her decades of experience in leadership and management, from nine years of service as a US Army Officer and 11 years directing programs in the human services sector.  

Career highlights include directing the 100,000 Homes Campaign for Community Solutions, which mobilized 186 cities to permanently house more than 100,000 people who had previously been living on their streets in just under four years. Becky’s work has been featured on 60 Minutes, in the New York Times, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, and the Harvard Business Review. She is a guest lecturer at Stanford University and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.

A graduate of West Point, Becky also served for nine years as an officer in the US Army, both in Special Operations and Special Mission Units. Becky received a Masters Degree in Organizational Change Management from the New School University. She received her coaching certification from the Hendricks Institute. Her awards include the White House “Champion of Change” award, the Schwab Foundation “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” award, and the National Conference on Citizenship’s “HOOAH” award.

Shadow Politics Guest, Alex Hinton November 17, 2024
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, UNESCO Chair on Genocide Prevention

Alexander Hinton is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, and UNESCO Chair on Genocide Prevention at Rutgers University. He is the author or editor of seventeen books including the award-winning Why did they Kill? Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide (California, 2005). His most recent books are It Can Happen Here: White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the US (NYU, 2021), Anthropological Witness: Lessons from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (Cornell, 2022), and Perpetrators: Encountering Humanity's Dark Side (Stanford, 2023).



 

Chuck and Julie Show Guest, Ted Trimpa November 15, 2024
CEO of Trimpa Group LLC,national political consulting, government relations, progressive public policy advocacy, political strategy

Information from Trimpa Group website: http://www.trimpagroup.com/

Ted Trimpa is the Principal and CEO of Trimpa Group LLC, a national political consulting and government relations firm that specializes in progressive public policy advocacy and political strategy.  With offices in Washington D.C. and Denver, Trimpa Group develops cutting-edge public policy strategies at the state and federal levels.  Trimpa also serves as a board member for numerous organizations, including the Democracy Alliance, ProgressNow, Third Way, Citizen Engagement Laboratory, and Tectonic Theater Project.

Trimpa is one of the country’s most sought-after advocates resulting from his deep understanding of the national and multi-state public policy, political, and nonprofit landscape.  Called “Colorado’s answer to Karl Rove” by The Atlantic, Trimpa is a nationally recognized Democratic strategist and operative.  He is considered a key architect of the political infrastructure that facilitated the Democratic Party’s resurgence in Colorado after decades of Republican dominance—a turnaround so dramatic National Review dubbed it the “Colorado miracle.” Campaigns & Elections recently named him one of the top five Democratic political players in the state. 

Read more on Ted Trimpa: http://www.trimpagroup.com/ted-trimpa/

Signs of Life Guest, Rebecca LoCicero November 14, 2024
Psychic Medium

I have been able to see and hear spirit since I was born, and I have been working as a Psychic Medium since 1994. I was born in Hartford, Connecticut and am now working worldwide as an expert in metaphysics with a focus on the field of spirit communication. Through Discernment of Spirit, I am able to hear spirit speak and receive these messages from discarnate souls in Heaven. My job as a medium is to share those messages with all of you! They want you all to know they are there, happy, healthy and full of love! Experience a Messages from Heaven™ gallery event and you will see accurately presented readings from souls with amazing validation, humor, boldness and with blunt expressions. I present verifying facts with compassion and with truly understood personality traits about your loved ones in spirit. Come and experience mediumship as I show you the amazing pathway to talking to the dead through my trademark presentation. All my events are listed on my events link on my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/MessagesfromHeavenTM

I am a Certified Medium through the www.ForeverFamilyFoundation.org an award winning non-profit organization that studies the science and mediumship and focuses on proving there is an afterlife. I am featured with them in a NETFLIX Documentary (episode #4) ‘Surviving Death’.

Currently you can watch Messages from Heaven™, a monthly Television show filmed at the Community Voice Channel in Bolton, CT for a Live Audience. You can watch on Roku or Firestick as well as on YouTube. I love to host this live show, Unedited and Uncut Real Mediumship alongside informative metaphysical information for everyone!

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