Episode 508 - A X Foster - GAVEL TO GAVEL and DOUBLE BLIND - THE SENECA COUNTY COURTHOUSE SERIES A. X. Foster was a prosecutor in Maryland for 20 years and then opened up his own law firm where he represented criminal defendants for an additional 15 years. As a prosecutor, he tried approximately 100 jury trials, including homicides, sexual assaults, domestic violence and animal cruelty cases. His work promoting increased protection for animals led to the legislature enacting the first felony ani...
Mar 05, 2025•45 min•Ep 508•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 507 - Richard Sparks - Richard Returns to Share His Next Project, to celebrate news about The Schoolmaster skit and Rowan Atkinson's creative license Richard Sparks One morning in 1979 I got a call from an understandably excited Rowan Atkinson. “John Cleese just called. He’s asked me to be in his new charity show – and can I do The Schoolmaster?” Er, yes. I’d written The Schoolmaster for Rowan the previous year, for a revue at the Hampstead Theatre (Rowan with Elspeth Walker and Pet...
Mar 03, 2025•56 min•Ep 507•Transcript available on Metacast BONUS - Celebrating 500 Episodes in 3 Years - We have hit a milestone and Dave shares some behind the scenes info on the podcast Thanks for checking out Living The Next Chapter! In the past 3 years we have crossed over 500 episodes with some of the most amazing authors and writers that you could ever assemble within a single podcast! Dave shares what happens in his pre-interview chats with guests in advance of our recordings, what he tells guests about this show and about you, the listener - Dav...
Feb 28, 2025•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 506 - Lisa F Rosenberg - Author of Fine, I’m A Terrible Person - a funny, heart wrenching, adult mother daughter story Lisa F. Rosenberg has a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley in Art History, a M.A. in Graduate Humanities and a MFA in Creative Writing from Dominican University of California. Her early professional career was in the blue-chip retail art world as a Gallerist for several prominent San Francisco art dealers including Crown Point Press and John Berggruen Gallery. She was most recently...
Feb 28, 2025•41 min•Ep 506•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 505 - Jordan Reed - Blue Handle Author, A writer who writes when able, with a dream of being a full time author Jordan is the second local addition to the Blue Handle library of authors. He grew up in Panhandle, Texas, and graduated from West Texas A&M University with a degree in Engineering Technology. He currently lives with his wife and child in Sanford, Texas, and works at Plemons-Stinnett-Phillips Consolidated Independent School District in nearby Stinnett. Reed has a black belt...
Feb 26, 2025•36 min•Ep 505•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 504 - Gwydhar Gebien - Writer, Artist, Filmmaker - Author of Enfant Terrible - A boozy, neon spiral of sex, drugs and rock and roll novel series Gwydhar Gebien is a writer, an artist and a filmmaker; originally from Chicago now transplanted in Los Angeles in pursuit of a career in film production. With a background in theatre from Illinois Wesleyan University and a master's degree in film production from University of Southern California she is putting her training to good use at Sk...
Feb 24, 2025•42 min•Ep 504•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 503 - Dr. Torkil Færø - The Pulse Cure - Take charge of your own health with measurable actions Torkil Færø Torkil has written the book Pulskuren and is the driving force behind the social website pulskuren.no. He is a general practitioner, emergency doctor, documentary filmmaker, author, photographer, and globetrotter. As a medical student, he was the first to go abroad for Norwegian Doctors Without Borders when he worked in war-torn Angola in 1996. For 25 years, he has been a freelance...
Feb 21, 2025•54 min•Ep 503•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 502 - Karen Nelson - The Sunken Town explores adoption, identity, and the lasting consequences of the choices people make Karen Nelson is the author of The Sunken Town and the co-founder of the nonprofit Writing By Writers. During her long career in nonprofits she has protected open space, funded cancer research, trained people to complete endurance events, and helped writers bring their work into the world. When not organizing writing workshops, she can be found hiking with her dog, rea...
Feb 19, 2025•52 min•Ep 502•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 501 - Doralyn Moore - From Social Services to Writer, Finding Faith in Stories and Belief Reading is a pleasure for me and there is seldom a time that I do not carry a book in my hand. I have even been known to take one to a major league baseball game, which put a big frown on my husband’s face. One day as I was reading a book, I thought to myself, “I can do this. I can write a book.” Little did I know then how challenging it is to write a novel. But the thought put a seed in my mind and...
Feb 17, 2025•40 min•Ep 501•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 500 - Dominick Domasky - A.I. and Authors, Publishing A Book in 2025, Celebrating A Milestone AI's Role in Content Creation David and Dominick discussed the role of AI in content creation, particularly in writing and podcasting. They expressed concerns about the reliance on AI tools, which they believe can lead to the production of "beige" content that lacks personal stories and deep connections. They emphasized the importance of human creativity and the value of personal ...
Feb 14, 2025•38 min•Ep 500•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 499 - Sonia Chand - Memoir Author, Dropped in A Maze and Host of On the Spectrum Are you you ready to shake things up and dive deep into a story that challenges conventional narratives? Meet Sonia Chand, a force to be reckoned with. She’s on the autism spectrum, an unapologetic mental health advocate and psychotherapist, a relentless runner, and the author of the soon-to-be-released memoir "Dropped in A Maze." Sonia's podcast "On the Spectrum with sonia" is anoth...
Feb 12, 2025•53 min•Ep 499•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 524 - Julie Riga - Stay on Course The Life and Legacy of Ennio Riga, Chef to the Stars When Ennio Riga passed away in February 2016, he left behind an incredible legacy. To his many admirers who enjoyed his delicious culinary creations, he was a world-renowned chef. To Julie Riga, he was a loving father who taught her the importance of leadership, perseverance, and determination. About the Author Julie Riga, Ennio’s daughter, continues his legacy as a leadership coach, trainer, speaker, ...
Feb 11, 2025•39 min•Ep 524•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 498 - Richie Billing - Fantasy Fiction, The Fantasy Writers’ Toolshed Podcast, and Discord communities About Richie Billing The formal spiel… Richie Billing writes all kinds of stories, but mostly fantasy fiction. His tales often explore real-world issues, zooming in on the characters and their troubles. Richie worked as a lawyer for a number of years before giving it all up to pursue writing. His short fiction has been widely published, with one story adapted for BBC radio. And in March...
Feb 10, 2025•47 min•Ep 498•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 497 - Jacob Lawson - Make It Extraordinary - 27 Life-Changing Lessons That Will Elevate You Beyond the Ordinary Jacob Lawson is an author, speaker, personal development mentor, and serial entrepreneur who has started multiple businesses over the years, including his flooring solutions company, Extraordinary Flooring, Inc. As a graduate of “the school of hard knocks,” Jacob knows firsthand how important life experiences are, and how early mentors can continue to impact us throughout our l...
Feb 07, 2025•44 min•Ep 497•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 496 - Sean Hagerty - Retired Special Operations Soldier and Author of JONES POINT About the author Sean Hagerty is a retired Special Operations Soldier with over 25 years of experience. He spent his younger years training and conducting combat operations with the 1st of the 75th Ranger Regiment. After nine years, in 2005 he was selected for and assigned to a Special Operations unit at Fort Belvoir Virginia. There he spent sixteen years and finished his military career, retiring as a Serg...
Feb 05, 2025•39 min•Ep 496•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 495 - Jodie Kennedy - Clumsy Beauty - Hear I love you in every little moment J. K. Kennedy has been serving up bite-size poetry to a rapidly growing audience since October, 2022. An accidental creative writer and incessant (over)thinker, she enjoys her quiet life in the country with her husband and two dogs. Her love of words comes from her beloved grandmother, who introduced her to the interdimensional art of storytelling. She also makes hearty greeting cards to help people express thei...
Feb 03, 2025•50 min•Ep 495•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 494 - Donny Young - The 4MIDABLES, Inspector Gadget, The Cannonball Run Movie and Putting Yourself Out There Writer for the iconic “INSPECTOR GADGET” cartoon series. Inspector Gadget: Volcano Island (Gadget Goes Hawaiian) Season 1, Episode 15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlb-BKVhS3g Extra in Cannonball Run The Cannonball Run Final Scene and End Credits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUOaxwA5Wic Excited to introduce 4 amazing Teens who solve major crimes anonymously! https://www.insta...
Jan 31, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep 494•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 493 - Phyllis Gobbell - PRODIGAL, a Southern novel that echoes an ancient Biblical story Phyllis Gobbell’s writing career spans four decades. Her history of publication includes both fiction and nonfiction, with a total of five novels and over thirty stories and articles in literary journals, anthologies, and magazines. One of her first stories appeared in the anthology, HomeWorks, in 1996, a collection of writings by Tennessee authors living at that time, including Alex Haley, Robert Pe...
Jan 29, 2025•38 min•Ep 493•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 492 - AJ Whitney - Sovereign, When Your Number is Up - Orphans Face A Dire Fate AJ Whitney is a young adult author living in the Kansas City metro with her husband of nearly 20 years and two teenagers. She is also a high school counselor, dubbed as “the punk rock school counselor.” Apart from books, which are her oldest love, she also enjoys making and listening to music, befriending every animal imaginable, playing board games, and getting sucked into D&D campaigns against her will....
Jan 27, 2025•52 min•Ep 492•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 491 - Steven Joseph - Fiction, Nonfiction Author, Possibly Cranky, Lawyer and Run-On Sentences Embracing the Culture, Celebrating Milestones, and Achieving Zen Steven Joseph is a first-generation American, veteran attorney, negotiator, prolific speaker, and a modern humorist. He’s a real New Yorker. A fully cured overweight person, Steven is a five times Boston Marathon runner and 16 times NYC Marathon runner – balancing it all perfectly through the art of Zen. Yet Steven believes he is ...
Jan 24, 2025•50 min•Ep 491•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 490 - Stacia Moffett - Lost and Found in Tennessee, set in rural Radford, Tennessee in the 1950s, Jim Crow “The Missing Girl” and “Jessa Is Back” explore the South’s cultural and racial legacies through compelling stories of friendship, resilience, and identity. Lost and Found in Tennessee, set in rural Radford, Tennessee in the 1950s, follows Jessa, whose days as an orphaned runaway undermine the carefully cultivated truce between the town’s Black and white communities. Jessa’s experien...
Jan 22, 2025•47 min•Ep 490•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 489 - Author Darlene Campos Shares the Amazing Story of Holocaust Survivor Pete Philipps Hello! Hola! I'm Darlene P. Campos, an Ecuadorian-American author who is also a proud Houstonian. I earned my BA in English-Creative Writing with a Medicine and Society Studies minor from the University of Houston (Go Coogs!) and my MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso (Go Miners!). I am the author of the young adult novels Behind Mount Rushmore, Summer Camp is Cancell...
Jan 20, 2025•48 min•Ep 489•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 488 - Mick Heyman - Reduce Your Anxiety, Mellow Your Money, and the Rule of 72 Mick Heyman, CFA and Founder of Heyman Investment Counseling, has a 40-year career in wealth management, helping individuals and institutions of all sizes to build and preserve wealth with his stress-free method for mellowing your money. Mick started his career at a small firm in Cincinnati before moving to Louisville to focus on equities with a team of top equity managers, managing billions in assets for clie...
Jan 17, 2025•51 min•Ep 488•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 487 - Kate Kennedy Author of Once Upon a School, building a school to serve children without housing I am a mom, a wife, a sister, and a daughter. I am a visionary and a dreamer of big dreams. I am a writer and a theology nerd. I am passionate about empowering others to share their stories through the sharing of my own. My study and research interests include identifying the places where the church meets the world and gathering the beautiful tapestry of stories that live quietly in our c...
Jan 15, 2025•46 min•Ep 487•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 486 - Steve MacBeth - No Names No Pack Drill - An Oral History of Canadians at War in Afghanistan Steve MacBeth, a three-tour Afghan war veteran, offers a compelling, first-hand account of Canada’s involvement in one of the most protracted and most complex conflicts of the 21st century. Through vivid and unfiltered interviews with 150 frontline soldiers, this collection captures the diverse experiences of those who served. These soldiers share their stories from the front lines of Afghan...
Jan 13, 2025•52 min•Ep 486•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 485 - Wendy Dale - Memoir Writing for Geniuses, Peru and Grandma's Pies About Wendy Dale "Wendy is the best instructor I've had, bar none. She continually pushes you and never lets you settle for good enough. She is knowledgeable, patient, helpful, and has an excellent sense of humor! I would take a class again with her anytime." -- Sandra Carpenter "Wendy is phenomenal! I've taken dozens of writing courses and completed an MFA in creative writing. Never hav...
Jan 10, 2025•51 min•Ep 485•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 484 - Zeeva Bukai - The Anatomy of Exile, A modern-day Romeo and Juliet story between a Palestinian and a Jew Zeeva Bukai is a fiction writer, born in Israel and raised in New York City. Her stories have appeared in OfTheBook Press, Carve Magazine, Pithead Chapel, The Master’s Review, jewishfiction.net, Mcsweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Image Journal, December Magazine, The Jewish Quarterly and elsewhere. Her honors include a fellowship at the New York Center for Fiction, residencies at Hed...
Jan 08, 2025•56 min•Ep 484•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 483 - Bob Johnson - Midwest Author - The Continental Divide explore the undertow of violence and sin along the St. Lawrence Divide in Northern Indiana Bob Johnson holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop. He took a disgraceful, extended break from writing short stories to follow several career paths, the most notable of which were an English professorship at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana, and Operations Manager at WSBT-TV in South Bend. He came to his senses in the last year and i...
Jan 06, 2025•42 min•Ep 483•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 482 - Bart Stark - Army Paratrooper, Combat Veteran, Prosecutor, Defense Attorney, Novelist Bart Stark is a U.S. Army paratrooper and a combat veteran, who later entered a life of crime as a prosecutor and defense attorney. Now, Bart is beginning the third act of his life as a novelist. After leading a vagabond life which took them across America and Europe, Bart and his wife settled in the highlands of Panama. His favorite pastime is hiking his dogs in the jungle and daydreaming dystopi...
Jan 03, 2025•41 min•Ep 482•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 481 - Grinelle Buzz Desjarlais - Saving KC, exploring the human condition through the lens of addiction The new re-released edition of “Saving KC” by Grinell “Buzz” Desjarlais offers readers a unique experience by presenting two alternate endings, allowing them to choose between a hopeful conclusion or a more somber, thought-provoking one. This historical fiction novel, set against the backdrop of post-Vietnam America, delves into the complexities of addiction, recovery, and redemption. ...
Jan 01, 2025•1 hr•Ep 481•Transcript available on Metacast 
