Matt MacIsaac | Irish Piper

May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Interview with Matt MacIsaac [11:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

After years competing solo and with pipe bands Matt now enjoys the best of both piping worlds as a professional touring musician In December 2004, Matt released his debut solo recording “Matt MacIsaac - The Piping Album”, and is currently working on his second album which will feature several different instruments, including the Irish high and low whistle, the guitar and banjo. http://nataliemacmaster.com/bios/mattmacisaac.htm

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Bea Fields | Gen Y & Success

May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Interview with Bea Fields [11:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Bea Fields - an internationally renowned leadership consultant and author - recently launched the second edition of her book: Millennial Leaders: Success Stories From Today’s Most Brilliant Generation Y Leaders Co-authored with Scott Wilder, Jim Bunch and Rob Newbold, the book presents the details of a socio-economic study of Generation Y and its potential economic and political power and highlights a number of Gen-Y leaders who have already made a name for themselves, including a 14 year-old political appointee to a finalist on “The Apprentice.” http://millennialleaders.com

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R.T. Jordan | Disney & Polly

May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Raised in Peabody, Massachusetts, R.T. Jordan moved to Los Angeles when he was nineteen and is only now beginning to look back. Although he believes that he has always been a writer, he first began to earn a living in this manner as the staff writer in the feature film marketing department of The Walt Disney Studios. “It was the best of times. It was he worst of times,” Jordan says of his nearly two decades in that position. “Although the deadlines were a horror, the writing and rewriting gave me discipline, and the understanding that there are many ways to spin a story,” Jordan says. “In retrospect, I see that those years were better than a Master’s program in creative writing because - by pumping out prose twelve hours a day and on nearly 400 films - I honed what little skill I had and developed what I hope is a breezy style of writing.” During those years, while still writing for Disney, Jordan found time to complete his first book, BUT DARLING, I’M YOUR AUNTIE MAME!, a nonfiction history of the famous character created by author Patrick Dennis. He went on to write four novels and three novellas (summer beach reading books written under a pen name he says he’d rather not acknowledge) for Kensington Publishing Corp. He then switched to the cozy mystery genre. http://www.pollypeppermysteries.com/ http://rtjordan.com/

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Jen Singer | Super & Slacker Mom

May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Interview with Jen Singer [12:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

For 21st century mothers, there seem to be just two choices: live up to the Super Mom or give up to be the Slacker Mom. One’s bad for you; one’s bad for your kids. So what’s a momma to do? In You’re a Good Mom (and Your Kids Aren’t So Bad Either), the Internet’s favorite momma, Jen Singer, tells all. Turns out you can raise perfectly good kids in that sweet spot between flash cards at breakfast and “donuts for dinner, kids!” You’ll find great tips like these: • Don’t answer the phone when the class mom calls. • Your kid’s birthday party isn’t your coming-out celebration. • Don’t treat fine restaurants like a McDonald’s PlayPlace. • You think you’re a “cool mom,” but they think you’re a pushover. YOU’RE A GOOD MOM is for every mom who’s pressured to be perfect yet lost under the laundry, wondering if she’s a bad mom. It’s for every mom to wants to enjoy—not endure—motherhood while still giving her kids what they truly need to succeed. Filled with “that happened to me, too!” stories and wrapped in the wit that could only come from the creator of ““Please Take My Children to Work Day,” this book offers giggles and a pat on the back for today’s moms, whether they’re deep in diapers or petrified by puberty. http://mommasaid.net/

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Don Rigsby | High Lonesome

May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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From remote Isonville, Ky., to an international following in Bluegrass music, Don Rigsby has remained true to his mountain roots and made his own marks as a powerful tenor and distinctive mandolin player. Rigsby has released three solo albums. His first, “A Vision,” won the Association of Independent Music’s “gospel album of the year” award and was nominated for an IBMA award. He received the 1999 Bluegrass Now Magazine Fan’s Choice Award for vocal tenor of the year and the 2001 Governor’s Kentucky Star Award. “Empty Old Mailbox,” the title track from his third album, won the 2001 Song of the Year award from SPGBMA. In 2005, Rigsby was awarded two IBMA awards for his role as producer of the Larry Sparks project “40” for Recorded Event of the Year and Album of the Year. He has recorded two albums with Dudley Connell, with plans for a third, and continues to perform and record with Midnight Call and Longview. http://www.donrigsby.com/

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Shel Horowitz | Grassroots Marketing

May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Shel Horowitz, Speaker, Author, Consultant is an Expert on Frugal, Ethical, Effective Marketing–and the World’s Leading Authority on Frugal Fun Frugal marketing is the art and science of getting the largest marketing results for the smallest expenditure. Copywriter, author, and frugal marketing consultant Shel Horowitz set up FrugalMarketing.com as a resource for marketers, entrepreneurs, small business owners, and others interested in getting great results while lowering their marketing costs. http://www.frugalmarketing.com/index.shtml http://shelhorowitz.com/

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James Carlson | Diet & Doctors

May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Dr. James E. Carlson holds a B.S. in biochemistry and cellular physiology from Cornell University, a medical degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, an M.B.A. from Regis University with an emphasis on healthcare economics/physician practice management, and a Juris Doctorate with an emphasis in healthcare law from Concord University School of Law. He also has nine years of clinical experience treating thousands of patients, which supports his passion for exposing the ignorance of the medical industry and saving millions of lives in the process. In lay terms, Dr. Carlson provides the biological proof behind why low-carb diets work while lowfat, low-protein diets cause millions of deaths each year - the equivalent of genocide. Genocide: How Your Doctor’s Dietary Ignorance Will Kill You is a life changing book for the American population

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Richard Guy | Receding Seas

May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Richard Guy is a Structural Engineer with forty years experience in England, The Middle East, The United States and The West Indies. He has been an engineering consultant for thirty years. During his career he has observed subtle behavioral patterns of earth expansion and receding seas. He writes and speaks extensively on these subjects and the development of ancient civilizations in the high mountains of the earth for which he has been recognized by the International Biographical Center in Cambridge England. The author is listed in their Centennial edition 2000 Intellectuals of the Twentieth Century.

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Paddy Moloney | Chieftans Legend

May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Interview with Paddy Moloney of the Chieftans: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

What an honor to speak to Paddy Moloney of the Chieftans on the show today! Six time Grammy winners, The Chieftains, are now recognised for bringing traditional Irish music to the world’s attention. They have uncovered the wealth of traditional Irish music that has accumulated over the centuries, making the music their own with a style that is as exhilarating as it is definitive. http://www.thechieftains.com

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Beth Feldman | Mommy Books

May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Yvette Manessis Corporon and Beth Feldman are the creators of Role Mommy, www.rolemommy.com, an online virtual coffee klatch where busy moms can get a quick fix of camaraderie and a laugh before getting on with their day. By day, the duo are rubbing elbows with celebrities and Hollywood heavyweights - Yvette is a red carpet and Fashion Week maven as a hard-driving producer for the syndicated entertainment show “Extra” and Beth has working on the publicity campaigns for dozens of hit television series, specials and movies for the CBS Television Network. Today, Beth is Vice President for the CBS Communcations Group where she spearheads publicity campaigns on behalf of the Network’s marketing, consumer products and entertainment divisions. On the home front, Beth, her husband Darin and their precocious kids Rebecca and Dylan, live in New Rochelle, NY - a few blocks away from the fictional classic fifties home of Rob and Laura Petrie. Yvette, lives with her husband, Dave, and two small children, Christiana and Nicholas in Bronxville, NY. They made the move from the city when they found a house they fell in love with a big backyard for the kids on a picturesque tree lined street. Suburban life got a bit more interesting when they found out they live down the street from Mommy Dearest. That s right the home where Joan Crawford lived when she was married to the president of Pepsico is just a few doors down. Whenever Yvette is working late and feels the guilt of absentee motherhood seeping in…she thinks of the parenting skills of her wire hanger hating former neighbor and instantly feels better. http://www.peeinginpeace.blogspot.com/

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Gretchen Neels | Gen Etiquette

May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Gretchen Neels has over ten years of experience recruiting and retaining top talent at a number of prestigious professional services firms, including Skadden, Baker & McKenzie, McDermott Will & Emery, Bain & Company, Bank of America and Gordon Brothers.

As a recruiter, Gretchen often saw excellent candidates who did not get jobs for which they were technically qualified because they lacked developed soft skills - the ability to connect personally with another.

She also observed that employers would sometimes overlook a lack of soft skills in a new hire, thinking their technical competence made up for whatever interpersonal shortcomings they had. Unfortunately, in today’s competitive marketplace, employers need every employee to have the ability to both do their work and connect with clients. As a result, employers now more than ever strive to hire people who excel in both technical (hard) and interpersonal (soft) skills.

She has found manners and interpersonal skills elements essential to success in todays business environment. An accomplished and sought-after public speaker, Gretchen enjoys developing young executives:

“Helping a young associate understand the intricacies of the corporate world brings immense satisfaction to me as a facilitator. Seeing them gain confidence and develop client relationships brings that same satisfaction to management.”

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Donald Ray Pollock | Knockemstiff

May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Donald Ray Pollock was born in 1954 and grew up in southern Ohio, in a holler named Knockemstiff. He dropped out of high school at seventeen to work in a meatpacking plant, and then spent thirty-two years employed in a paper mill in Chillicothe, Ohio. Currently, he is a graduate student in the MFA program at Ohio State University and still lives in Chillicothe with his wife, Patsy, a high school English teacher. He hopes to someday teach fiction writing. His work has appeared in, or is forthcoming in The New York Times, Third Coast, The Journal, Sou’wester, Chiron Review, River Styx, Boulevard, Folio, and The Berkeley Fiction Review. He is currently at work on a novel set in 1965, about a serial killer named Arvin Eugene Russell. http://www.donaldraypollock.com/

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