Shanti Hershenson’s first two novellas were published when she was in the sixth grade, although her writing journey started long before then. Ever since she could hold a pencil, marker, or crayon, she was creating stories. They started from pictures, mere scribbles, and eventually, turned into captivating tales. She lives in California with her parents, sister, and furry friends. Besides writing, she enjoys skateboarding, Beyblading, free-running, falconry, and of course, reading. She writes in ...
Apr 28, 2022•1 hr
Richard H. Shultz is Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies and director of the International Security Studies Program. He has held three chairs: Olin Distinguished Professor of National Security, U.S. Military Academy; Secretary of the Navy Senior Research Fellow, Naval War College; and Brigadier General Oppenheimer Chair of War-fighting Strategy, U.S. Marine Corps. Since the mid-1980s, he has served as a security consultant to various U.S. government agencies concerned...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Gerardo Urias, author of the new book, Taking Back My Mind: My Journey Out of Depression with Psilocybin Mushrooms. He will share his story, one of deep, deep suicidal depression that was cured by psilocybin mushrooms. His story begins in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, where divorce, his dad's death, and several major health issues plunged him down the dark rabbit hole of depression. After ten months of intense suffering and falling victim to pharmaceutical drugs, Gerardo reached the brink of suicide...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 15 min
A 57-year-old woman was recently attacked on a New York subway by a man who smeared his own feces on her face, hair, neck, shoulder and back, in apparent retaliation for her not wishing to talk with him. The man, identified as 37-year-old Frank Abrokwa, was subsequently arrested and charged. As it turns out, he had an extensive record of 44 arrests on a variety of charges, some violent, including hitting two different men and spitting on another as he screamed anti-Semitic insults at him. When A...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr
Wrong side Of A Working Man is a ground-breaking modern-day adult illustrated fantasy novel set in the contemporary world, in which Alex Cides wakes to find his wife has disappeared, his daughters fear him, and a mysterious curse has thrown him out of balance with the universe. Set in the underbelly of Los Angeles, Alex discovers that ten challenging tasks stand between him and a new start, or total destruction. This modern-day mythic tale was written by author, filmmaker, and artist, Justin DiP...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Jack Dunn was devastated to discover Dan Brown had stolen the story from his novel The Vatican Boys to create the international bestseller The Da Vinci Code. The plagiarism was obvious. There were hundreds of similarities between the two books, including characters, settings, plot lines, and subject matter. The discovery changed the course of Jack’s life. He began an extraordinary fight for justice which pushed him to the depths of despair as he tried to prove his work had been copied by Dan Bro...
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Kara Nicole Bitar is an Optimization Coach and Kundalini Yoga Teacher. She helps her clients live the happiest, healthiest and most successful versions of themselves. She holds a J.D. from Duke University School of Law and worked in high-stakes corporate litigation at one of the largest law firms in the Southeast. She combines the dedication and commitment that it took to become a successful attorney, real-life training in what it takes to succeed at high-levels, and extensive research, experien...
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Mark Farner is the reason. As one of the founding members, lead singer, lead guitarist, and wrote more than 90% of the Grand Funk music catalog, Farner has always been known as the energetic driving force on stage, the engine that pulled the original Grand Funk Railroad to the top of the charts. From his soulful voice and power rock riffs, to fueling the Funk with his atomic stage presence. His story and his imprint on music starts with Flint and since 1969 from his humble beginnings and a blue-...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Chandler Bolt is an investor, the CEO of Self-Publishing School & SelfPublishing.com, and the author of 7 bestselling books, including his most recent book, Published. Self-Publishing School is an INC 5000 company, the last 3 years in a row, as one of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the US. Chandler is also the host of the 7 Figure Principles Podcast and the Self-Publishing School Podcast. Through his books, podcasts, YouTube channels, and Self-Publishing School, he’s helped t...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 2 min
STARLESS, STARLESS NIGHT, the debut novel by author Eric L. Guille, This imaginative sci-fi work centers around the character LD Starr, a twelve-year-old boy with extra-terrestrial roots who learns that tenacity and optimism can overcome even interstellar odds. Guille is a Vietnam veteran, wrote the story to show young adults (and older adults) how they can persevere with a mixture of imagination, ingenuity and tenacity. Eric and his Illustrator Andrew Zettler discuss such topics as: - How a you...
Apr 04, 2022•41 min
Brigadier General Peter B. Zwack (Ret.) is a U.S. Army veteran, having served over 34 years as a Military Intelligence and Foreign Area Officer in diverse command and staff postings such as Afghanistan, the Balkans, South Korea West Germany, and Russia. He served in Moscow as the Senior U.S. Defense Attaché to Russia during the pivotal years of 2012 – 2014 including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and is one of our nation's leading experts on Russia. Check out his book, Swimming the Volga: A U.S...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Shadan Kapri (pronounced Shadawn Capri) is an Attorney, Activist, and Author in the U.S. who has dedicated her life to learning more about human rights and environmental justice through awareness, advocacy, and actions. She was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar on Human Rights and Human Trafficking prior to becoming an international human rights attorney. We are in the midst of human rights and environmental crises. The death of George Floyd and the civil unrest that followed revealed the systemic nature...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 8 min
A Ukrainian rebel. Three generations of women bearing the consequences. A journey that changes everything. When Ivanna opens the door to uniformed officers, her tranquil life is torn to pieces - leaving behind a broken woman who must learn to endure cold, starvation, and the memories of a man who died in the quintessential act of betrayal. Using her thrift, ingenuity, and a bit of luck, she finds a way to survive in Soviet Ukraine, along with her daughter, Yevtsye. But the question remains, will...
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Sean Tyler Foley is an accomplished film and stage performer and has been acting in film and television since he was 6 years old after his father passed away suddenly in a motor vehicle accident. He has appeared in productions including Freddy Vs Jason, Door to Door, Carrie, and the musical Ragtime. Tyler is passionate about helping others confidently take the stage and impact an audience with their stories. He is currently the Managing Director of Total Buy In and author of the #1 best-selling ...
Mar 24, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Dr. David A. Salomon, PhD is director of undergraduate research and creative activity at Christopher Newport University, in Newport News, VA. He has been a professor of English for almost twenty years. His previous publications include An Introduction to the Glossa Ordinaria as Medieval Hypertext. What is "sin" in the morally ambiguous twenty-first century, and how did Western culture arrive at the present-day concept of it? In The Seven Deadly Sins: How Sin Influenced the West from the Middle A...
Mar 23, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Elke Scholz, MA, RP, REACE, Registered Psychotherapist, with the CRPO College of Registered Psychotherapist of Ontario, Certified EMDR Therapist in Canada and US, is a well-known author and internationally registered expressive art consultant/educator, and therapist. “For years ‘anxiety’ limited and thwarted my work and relationships. For years I did not know what ‘it’ was. I felt ‘anxiety’ as depression, panic attacks, procrastination, headaches, exhaustion and sometimes felt physically ill. I ...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Walter Zajac was born in 1950 in war-torn Kassel, Germany. Half of his city, and every German city, was still bombed-out shells of buildings and rubble from World War II American and British bombers. His brick-layer father was a mean wife-beating alcoholic. His mother was a homemaker, not married to his father. His parents did not tell him that his mother had terminal cancer. Shortly before his 6th birthday, Walter was told he was going on an exciting train ride, which ended up at a place called...
Mar 19, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Christopher Pellegrini cut his teeth in alcohol as a teen brewer at Otter Creek Brewing Company in Middlebury, Vermont. He discovered shochu and awamori after moving to Tokyo while he was a full-time professor at Waseda University. In 2014, he published the first ever English language guide to shochu and awamori, The Shochu Handbook. He also contributed to The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails, published in 2021. Christopher launched Honkaku Spirits in March 2020 (great timing, huh?) w...
Mar 18, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Maria Brito is an award-winning New York-based contemporary art advisor, author, and curator. A Harvard graduate, originally from Venezuela, her first monograph “Out There” published by Pointed Leaf Press in 2013, was the recipient of the Best Book Awards in both the Art and Design Categories. In 2015 Brito was selected by Complex Magazine as one of the 20 Power Players in the Art World and in 2020 she was named by ARTNEWS as one of the visionaries who gets to shape the art world. She has writte...
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Rich Davis is the writer and creator of the underground horror sensation Cult of Dracula from Source Point Press. In a short period of time, he's built a reputation in the comic book industry as an innovative marketer with a tireless work ethic. Rich came out of the gate strong with his first comic book.Cult of Dracula is widely acknowledged as one of the breakout horror hits of 2021. Rich will continue his Dracula saga with Rise of Dracula in December 2021 and Reign of Dracula in 2022 through S...
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Andy Baker , AKA Hack oddity, host of Another Fat Guy Cooks on Youtube (link below), takes Glenn Wool's sloppy seconds from Jamie, Carl Mann joins in to make a sloppy man pile of funny accents that will inspire your appetite. About Andy : "I am another fat guy who likes to cook. I release weekly videos showcasing recipes I love, or in some cases, that I try for the first time. I'm also lucky enough to have a pool of friends who are comedians, musicians, authors and artists who I interview and co...
Mar 12, 2022•28 min
RICH CELENZA specializes in helping people take a realistic approach on how to make improvements when it comes to making them look and feel their best.He is an expert when it comes to helping men and women discover their true potential, so they can become the person they always wanted to be and build the confidence and energy needed to go live the lifestyle that they want to live. he calls this "Working from The Outside In”. Rich Celenza’s main goal with MASTERING SELF CONFIDENCE program is to h...
Mar 12, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Once every generation, comes a book so revelatory and lucid, it reconnects us to our very souls. Stephen G. Post’s God and Love on Route 80 is such a book. Post was the perfect child and A-student until he took off in the family car, compelled by a persistent vision, his “blue angel dream.” Crossing America on Route 80, his unlikely adventure culminates in a shocking encounter that sets the stage for the rest of his life, a path connected by synchronicities which Post perceived as guidance from ...
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 28 min
John Ferrentino, Jeff Altman - on the Podathon for Andy Andrist. In the 27th hour my brain was too shot for magic and too weak to laugh at jokes. John Ferrentino carried me through and interview, Jeff Altman lived up to the challenge of doing magic via live stream ,Andy calls in and has more energy than I do.
Mar 10, 2022•1 hr
Glenn Wool takes Jaime's hosting interview virginity in public but he was gentle with him and there was a bit of cuddling afterwards. Glenn began his comedy career in his hometown of Vancouver in 1995. He moved to London in 1998 and quickly became an established star of the London comedy circuit before becoming a globally recognised name. His TV credits include John Oliver’s 'New York Stand-Up Show' as well as appearances on The Green Room with Paul Provenza, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Never Mind the Buz...
Mar 10, 2022•40 min
Auggie Smith had us laughing and started off the first evening of the podathon on a great note.
Mar 10, 2022•31 min
Almost everyone wants more out of their sex lives—single or partnered-- but what if you could improve nearly everything in your life by learning how to access and harness your sexual energy? That is the tantalizing premise of a newly released audio book from Dr. Elsbeth Meuth and Freddy Zental Weaver: Sexual Enlightenment: How to Create Lasting Fulfillment in Life, Love and Intimacy. This engaging couple--founders of the TantraNova Institute in Chicago--have assisted more than ten thousand coupl...
Mar 10, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Doug Stanhope bring the Funhouse to the Podathon for Andy Andrist. We get to meet Bingo and Tracey and argue about bidet's and other unimportant subjects. Carl and Jamie got to meet Stanhope and now I own their souls. Doug Stanhope is an American stand-up comedian, author, actor and podcast host. His stand-up material favors caustic and often obscene observations of life in the style of Bill Hicks and Bill Burr, which he delivers while consuming alcohol. He has a dedicated and loyal fanbase call...
Mar 09, 2022•58 min
Brett Erickson visits the Podathon for Andy Andrist. We talk about bidets, anal hygiene, comedy, Yellowstone, dead bodies and other assorted nonsense.
Mar 09, 2022•27 min
This segment from the Podathon features Brendon Walsh. One of the funniest highlights of the 40+ hour event. Brendon Walsh was fun as always and murdered us in the end with recital of his yelp reviews. The World Record Podcast is the third and final award winning podcast created and hosted by Brendon Walsh (The Bone Zone podcast & “Do You Know Who Jason Segel Is?”) Each episode Brendon explores an existing world record, then he sets or breaks a new world record live on the podcast. Sometimes...
Mar 09, 2022•47 min
