This week Joan Hamburg welcomes Lorraine Bracco, Dan Buettner, Bernard Kerik, Kate Taylor, Chilena Kennedy, and Lauren Gelman to "The Joan Hamburg Show".
Kicking off "The Joan Hamburg Show" is Lorraine Bracco with her new book "To the Fullest: The Clean Up Your Act Plan to Lose Weight, Rejuvenate, and Be the Best You Can Be". Bracco's book is aimed at giving you tips to stay healthy as you start to enter the golden years of your life. While talking with Joan, Lorraine discusses how her decision to start living a healthier life after the death of James Gandolfini. Not only does Lorraine talk about her book but discusses her roles on 'Rizzolie and Isles', 'The Sopranos', and 'Goodfellas' with Joan. Lorraine will be at The Tribecca Film Festival in mid-April to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the film 'Goodfellas'.
Kate Taylor, education reporter for the New York Times, wrote a compelling piece titled 'At Success Academy Charter Schools, High Scores and Polarizing Tactics' giving an in-depth look at charter schools compared to other school options. Joan and Kate discuss how charter schools operate, why they are achieving higher standards, and what lies ahead for the future of the American education system.
Chilena Kennedy grabbed the title role in Beautiful- The Carole King Musical and sits down with Joan to discuss the play and her career on Broadway. Chilena talks about her debut role on Broadway as Mary Magdelene in Jesus Christ Superstar, her Canadian background, her singing career, and her coincidental pregnancy.
The second hour of 'The Joan Hamburg Show' is kicked off with former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik. Bernard talks with Joan how he was targeted, investigated and charged as a felon, with what all started over his failure to pay payroll tax on his children's nanny, explains his transformation from Police Commissioner to Inmate, opens up about "Losing Rudy," Giuliani, his former boss, partner and friend, and godfather to his children, and his involvement in the controversy. Joan also asks Bernard about what he thinks needs to change with the criminal justice system in America today.
Dan Buettner National Geographic fellow and longevity expert talks with Joan about his new book 'The Blue Zones Solution'. Dan who has committed himself to using his findings for a bigger purpose -- to help Americans get healthy, discusses The Blue Zones Solution's step-by-step guidelines on how to maximize health, build social networks and optimize your environment for well-being, his efforts to convince community leaders in the United States to try "Blue Zoning" their cities and the results of his work in American cities that have accepted the initiative thus far, and some of his more than 70 recipes gleaned from his research that showcase the foods and flavors of the world's healthiest people -- key aspects of every Blue Zone in the world.
Lauren Gelman, health director at Reader's Digest, joins Joan to tell about '7 Ways You Are Probably Cleaning Your Bathroom Wrong' which is an article that was published by Lauren in Reader's Digest. You will be surprised at what Joan finds out from Lauren about keeping a tidy bathroom.