Please join Jeremy Lentz, the Executive Director of the Teaneck International Film Festiva in The Locher Room to learn more about the 2023 festival which runs from November 5th - November 12th. Jeremy has been with the festival for 15 years and under his direction the TIFF has been dubbed by a nationally recognized newspaper as the “film festival with a social conscience,” and is now considered one of the most prominent social justice film festivals in the nation. The Teaneck International Film ...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Fan favorite Kurt McKinney sat down for a one-on-one interview in The Locher Room to look back at his career working in television and film. Kurt made his film debut playing Jason Stillwell in the1985 martial arts film No Retreat, No Surrender. He also appeared in the film Sworn to Justice. He began his martial arts training at the age of 12. In addition to his film roles, Kurt had a number of guest starring roles on some hit prime-time series early in his career including; such Gimme a Break!, ...
Nov 03, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Emmy Award-winning writer Lisa Seidman sat down for a wide ranging intervew in The Locher Room to look back at her almost 40-year career as a television writer. Lisa has written for some of the hottest shows on primetime TV starting with Cagney & Lacey in 1984. She went on to write for Dallas, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing and Knots Landing: Back To The Cul-De-Sac to name a few. Lisa also spent five years in Russia writing nighttime soaps and won the equivalent of an Emmy for best show. In day...
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 3 min
My friend Jill Lorie Hurst will turn the tables on ME, Alan Locher as we get together to celebrate MY birthday in The Locher Room on Wednesday, October 18th. Joining Jill will be some friends, my husband Ray and the one & only Kim Zimmer. Don't miss this very special episode of The Locher Room.
Oct 26, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Emmy and Grammy Award-winning actor Michael Park sits down for a one-on-one interview in The Locher Room. Michael is well-known to daytime audiences for his role as the lovable detective, Jack Snyder on As the World Turns. Michael won back-to-back Emmy’s in 2010 and 2011. Michael recently starred in the Hulu drama series, Saint X and in 2022 appeared as Philip Abshire in the HBO series The Time Traveler's Wife. He also played reporter Tom Holloway in the third season of the uber popular Netflix ...
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 2 min
My heart aches deeply for what's happening in #Israel . Join me for a profoundly personal edition of Conversations with Alan. Scott Richman of the Anti-Defamation League will be shedding light on the recent terrorist attack Israeli men, women, and children that took place on October 7th. "Never Again" resonates even closer to my heart now. Let’s come together, learn, and find ways to combat hate.
Oct 17, 2023•55 min
Writer Julie Poll sits down to look at her 20 plus years as a writer for some of your favorite soap operas. Julie most recently wrote for Gregori J. Martin’s The Bay and was a script writer for As the World Turns. Daytime fans know and treasure Julie’s work from the three anniversary books she wrote for Another World, As the World Turns and Guiding Light. These three books have become collector’s items. Other soap opera credits include General Hospital A Daily Dose Of Your Favorite Soap calendar...
Oct 10, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Mind-body expert and former star of Guiding Light and One Life to Live Sonia Satra sits down to discuss the upcoming release of her debut book, WHAT IF IT WERE EASY: Using Movement & Mindset to Create Success in Life, Love, and Business. The book is available for pre-order now and will be released on October 17, 2023. The book breaks down her award-winning approach, the Mindset Reset, with easy-to-follow steps for setting and reaching personal attainable goals. It illustrates how her own rev...
Oct 03, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Don’t miss one of the world’s foremost psychic mediums, author and lecturer John Edward in The Locher Room. John tells us what it’s been like to help millions over the last four decades with his uncanny ability to predict future events and communicate with those who have crossed over to the Other Side. He will also share his and his mom’s deep connection to Guiding Light. In 2000, John pioneered the psychic phenomena genre with the television program Crossing Over with John Edward on the Syfy ne...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 8 min
One of the greatest dance artists of all time, Kristine W sat down for an interview in The Locher Room to look back at her nearly twenty-five years in music, where she has consistently delivered songs that touch hearts and souls and compel bodies to find the mighty groove out on the dance floor. She’s had 17 #1 singles, tying Mariah Carey for the sixth-most Billboard #1 dance hit. Kristine is lighting up dance floors again with her recent single, “By My Side”, the second soulful pop groove from ...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Activist, Author, and Pulse Nightclub Survivor Brandon J. Wolf joins me in The Locher Room to talk about his work as a nationally recognized gun safety and LGBTQ civil rights advocate and author of a brand-new memoir, A Place For Us. The memoir is out now. Brandon recently served as the Press Secretary for Equality Florida, the state’s LGBTQ civil rights organization. On June 12, 2016, life changed for Brandon. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, Brandon co-founded The Dru Project, a non...
Sep 19, 2023•58 min
Get ready for a powerful episode of the “Conversations with Alan” series. Please join me for a conversation with Dov Forman, an acclaimed social media creator, spokesperson, and author of the international bestseller, Lily’s Promise. Dov will join me from England to share the remarkable story of his great-grandmother, Lily Ebert, who on Yom Kippur 1944 made a courageous promise to herself while fighting to stay alive in Auschwitz during the harrowing days of World War II. She would survive the h...
Sep 12, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Please join us for a very informative and important mental health conversation in The Locher Room on We are at a unique time in history when more and more people are finally speaking up about their struggles with isolation, anxiety and depression, fear of death and losing loved ones to suicide. Helping to lead this conversation is Dr. Charissa Chamorro who left her career in acting to focus on a career in the mental health profession. Dr. Chamorro specializes in the evaluation and treatment of a...
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Actor and author Colin Egglesfield will join me in The Locher Room. Colin is well-known to daytime audiences for playing Erica Kane’s son, Joshua on ABC’s All My Children. His role on AMC led to roles on, ‘Rizzoli and Isles’, ‘Melrose Place,’ and the romantic comedy, ‘Something Borrowed’ with Kate Hudson. In 2014, with his passion for wanting to make a positive social impact and a desire to get into the world of real estate, Colin started his own real estate investment company, Stage 2 Propertie...
Aug 25, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Join us as we pay tribute to the beloved Kathryn Hays in The Locher Room. Kathryn joined the cast of As the World Turns as Kim Sullivan Reynolds Dixon Stewart Andropoulos Hughes in 1972 and remained with the show for 38 years until the world stopped turning in September of 2010. Her long-time co-stars and friends Larry Bryggman, Eileen Fulton and Don Hastings will help us celebrate the life of this beloved mom and actress. Joining Larry, Eileen & Don for this tribute are Kathryn’s real-life ...
Aug 25, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Actress Louise Sorel will sit down with me in The Locher Room to look back at her incredible career that spans over six decades on stage, television, and film. Daytime audiences know Louise for her role as Vivian Alamain in Days of Our Lives, Augusta Wainwright on Santa Barbara and Emily Tanner on Beacon Hill. In addition, Louise has appeared on All My Children, One Life to Live and Passions and Port Charles in smaller roles. Louise received theatrical training at the Neighborhood Playhouse in N...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr
Please join these two co-stars and friends Jen Landon and Wendy Moniz in The Locher Room. Jen and Wendy will stop by to discuss their roles on the hit Paramount Network series, Yellowstone. The two-hour premiere of Season 5 is set for Sunday, November 13th at 8 p.m. EST. Jen Landon attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where she studied Experimental Theatre but left early when her first audition landed her a three-year contract on the daytime soap opera As The World Turns (for which she subseq...
Aug 18, 2023•55 min
Actors Bradley Cole (Prince Richard / Jeffrey, Guiding Light) and Trent Dawson (Henry, As the World Turns) will join me live for a special episode of The Locher Room on YouTube and Facebook to discuss the 19th annual Daytime Stars and Strikes fundraiser weekend in New York City. Join Bradley and Trent to learn more about the upcoming October weekend. Don't miss a surprise visit from the one and only Kim Zimmer. This year there are four events at Port Authority’s Frames Bowling Center. An extrava...
Aug 17, 2023•33 min
Please join Yogi Roth, the Emmy award-winning Pac-12 football analyst, filmmaker, New York Times best-selling author and former USC Football assistant coach, in The Locher Room. Yogi is the co-author of a new self-help/advice book for 5-Star athletes and their parents titled 5-STAR QB. The book is a compilation of candid, as told to interviews with more than 50 quarterbacks of their respective high school & college experiences on the field, and features letters of advice and encouragement fr...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Don’t miss the chance to catch up with Jessica Dunphy (Alison Stewart) and Agim Kaba (Aaron Snyder) in The Locher Room as we look back at their time on As the World Turns. In addition to her role as Alison, Jessica portrayed Devin Pillsbury on the HBO hit series, The Sopranos and appeared on film in Storytelling and Pizza. After modeling for three years in NY and Milan, including a major campaign for Guess Jeans, Agim landed his first role on As the World Turns in 2002 and earned an Emmy nominat...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Author and former professional basketball player Dan Grunfeld joins me in The Locher Room for the 16th episode in the Conversations with Alan series. Dan will be here to share the story of his father, former Milwaukee Bucks player and general manager Ernie Grunfeld who is the only athlete in NBA history whose parents survived the Holocaust. As a longtime figure in the public eye, audiences knew very little about his background. His son, Dan, in his book By the Grace of the Game, details what the...
Aug 04, 2023•51 min
Three-time Emmy Award-winning actress Cady McClain returns to The Locher Room for a one-on-one interview. Cady will be here to tell us about her work as the Artistic Director of the Axial Theatre. Axial is a twenty-three-year-old not-for-profit institution dedicated to supporting the professional development of the independent voice through audience involvement and a commitment to presenting challenging, intelligent, and culturally relevant theatrical experiences. Cady is currently directing Axi...
Aug 04, 2023•52 min
Meet up and coming actress Dylan Ratzlaff in The Locher Room. Dylan is stopping by to tell us about her lead role of Rachel in Lifetime Television’s “An Amish Sin” airing on Saturday, October 29th. Inspired by true stories, the movie follows Rachel, an Amish teen who refuses to obey her parent’s command that she marry the man who abused her. She tries to escape the harshness of the 18th century lifestyle she has grown up in to find her voice and independence. Because of her spirited nature, her ...
Jul 28, 2023•51 min
Emmy nominated actor Michael O’Leary will join me in The Locher Room to talk about his latest role in Halloween Ends, the final installment of director David Gordon Green's reboot trilogy of the John Carpenter horror franchise. As daytime fans know, Michael played Dr. Rick Bauer on Guiding Light on and off from 1983 through the end of the series in 2009. Michael will share his memories of playing everyone’s favorite doc and getting to work with Jerry verDorn on Season 6 of Venice. He currently h...
Jul 28, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Please join award-winning filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau in The Locher Room. Laurent will be here to tell us about his new HBO documentary Mama's Boy. Mama’s Boy premieres on Tuesday, October 18th at 9 p.m. EST / 6 p.m PST on HBO. The documentary centers around the upbringing of the Academy Award®-winning screenwriter of Milk, Dustin Lance Black. Traveling back to the places where he grew up, Black explores his childhood roots, gay identity, and close relationship with his mother, who overcame chil...
Jul 21, 2023•57 min
Please join chart-topping jazz and R&B sax player Boney James in The Locher Room. Boney will be here to tell us about his 18th studio album, Detour via Concord Records. Detour was just released on September 23rd. Featuring the breezy current hit single “Coastin” with five-time Grammy winner Lalah Hathway on vocals, the new 10-song collection is a subtle stylistic turn that builds on the commercial success of 2020’s Solid, James’ highest charting release ever on the pop charts. Other standout...
Jul 21, 2023•40 min
Please join me for the 15th episode in the Conversations with Alan series in The Locher Room when Jane Clementi joins me live. Jane will be here to share memories of her son Tyler Clementi, to discuss National Bullying Prevention month and tell us about the upcoming Upstander Legacy Gala. Jane co-founded the Tyler Clementi Foundation to make sure that society learns the consequences of discrimination and bullying, as she learned all too personally through the loss of her son Tyler. At the young ...
Jul 14, 2023•56 min
Donato J. Tramuto, a well-recognized CEO, business leader, philanthropist, author, and a man I am lucky to now call my friend will join me in The Locher Room. Donato is the former CEO of Tivity Health and is widely recognized for his commitment to social change and transformational leadership in healthcare innovation that led the New York Times to deem him “a global health activist.” He is also the founder and chair of The Tramuto Porter Foundation which advances young people’s rights to educati...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr
Actor Tuc Watkins will join me to discuss his current role as Henry Wilcox in the West Coast premiere of Matthew López's Tony Award-winning The Inheritance which just opened at The Geffen Playhouse. Tuc will be appearing in The Inheritance through November 27th. Tuc also starred in the Tony Award-winning, The Boys in the Band on Broadway, and reprised his role in the Netflix film adaptation. He can currently be seen on HBO Max’s The Other Two and the Netflix hit comedy Uncoupled, opposite Neil P...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Calling all #crockfitters ! Come join Alex Crockford, an actor and founder of the fitness brand #crockfit , in The Locher Room. Alex will be here to tell us how his background in health and fitness has helped people around the world transform their bodies with his personal training programs and nutrition guides. Alex will also share tips, recent updates including the new coach mode in the #crockfit app, tell us how the September challenge is progressing and provide an update on his acting pursui...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 1 min
