Gloria Minott Presents...: Recent Episodes
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Maurice Weeks the Co-Executive Director of ACRE(Action Center on Race & the Economy) talks about his new report on Amazon.
More info on Maurice Weeks and ACRE are available on Twitter at @mo87mo87 and https://www.acrecampaigns.org/.
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Loida Lewis talks about some of the great business achievements of her late husband TLC Beatrice founder & CEO Reginald F. Lewis.
More information on Reginald Lewis is available at https://reginaldflewis.com/
Also information on the documentary "Reginald F. Lewis and the Making of a Billion Dollar Empire" can be found at https://reginaldflewis.com/documentary/
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Roland Phillips (referred to as Ronald Phillips in podcast) talks about his latest book "A Spy Named Orphan: The Enigma of Donald MaClean" - The first full biography of one of the twentieth century’s most notorious spies.
** Podcast Opening/Closing music produced by Dadrian (https://soundcloud.com/dadrian-collins-457411779)
Deborah G. Plant is an African American literature & Africana Studies scholar and literary critic whose special interest is the life and works of Zora Neale Hurston. She talks about the 2018 New York Times bestseller "Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo", a book recently published and written by Zora Neale Hurston more than 87 years ago.
Karl A. Racine, Washington DC's first independently elected Attorney General, discusses some of his accomplishments and goals for the future.
More information about Attorney General Karl A. Racine is available at: https://oag.dc.gov/about-oag/our-structure-divisions/about-attorney-general Twitter: @AGKarlRacine Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcoag/)
** Podcast Opening/Closing music produced by Dadrian (https://soundcloud.com/dadrian-collins-457411779)
Brought to light in the Rebecca Skloot book "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" and the Oprah Winfrey produced HBO movie based on the book, Henrietta Lacks is known as the "mother of modern medicine."
The Lacks Family Attorney Christina Bostic and Ron Lacks talk about the sad story of Henrietta Lacks and the current litigation between the family and John Hopkins on overdue and proper compensation for the use of her body.
More info at https://www.biography.com/people/henrietta-lacks-21366671 https://www.bosticklawoffice.com/blog/family-of-henrietta-lacks-seeks-legal-redress-for-the-1951-theft-of-her-biology http://rebeccaskloot.com/the-immortal-life/ https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/16/health/henrietta-lacks-portrait-smithsonian-tmd/index.html
** Podcast Opening/Closing music produced by Dadrian (https://soundcloud.com/dadrian-collins-457411779)
Throughout his long career, Alex Blake has played with the greats Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Sun Ra, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, Lenny White, Stan Getz, Harry Belafonte, and the Manhattan Transfer --just to name a few. He talks about his journey from Panama City on this edition.
More information about Alex Blake can be found at https://www.alexblakebass.com/his-story.
** Podcast Opening/Closing music produced by Dadrian (https://soundcloud.com/dadrian-collins-457411779)
Sage Marie Spaeth, 3rd grader and former winner of the Roald Dahl's "Imaginormous Challenge", talks about this exciting challenge in which children from ages of 5-12 can enter their own imaginative story ideas up to 100 words. More info is available at www.imaginormouschallenge.com.
** Podcast Opening/Closing music produced by Dadrian (https://soundcloud.com/dadrian-collins-457411779)
Recorded from WPFW 89.3 FM's (www.wpfwfm.org) live broadcast from the National Council of Churches' Act 2 End Racism March and Rally hosted by Gloria Minott, Reverend Grayland Hagler, and Dr. E. Faye Williams marking the 50 year mark of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.' assassination. Ben & Jerry Ice Cream's founders Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield and actor/activist Danny Glover drop by to join in the discussion.
** Podcast Opening/Closing music produced by Dadrian (https://soundcloud.com/dadrian-collins-457411779)
Historian and former chief of staff to Democratic Leader/Speaker Nancy Pelosoi, John A. Lawrence, talks about the roots of polarization in American politics. His new book "Class of 74: Congress after Watergate and the Roots of Partisanship" is available now.
More information on John A. Lawrence's book is available at https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/content/class-74
** Podcast Opening/Closing music produced by Dadrian (https://soundcloud.com/dadrian-collins-457411779)
Former neo-nazi Christian Picciolini talks about his personal journey overcoming the grips of hate through "Life After Hate" - his peace advocacy organization (https://www.lifeafterhate.org/).
More information about Christian Picciolini can be found at https://www.christianpicciolini.com/book & https://www.facebook.com/officialchristianpicciolini/.
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** Podcast Opening/Closing music produced by Dadrian (https://soundcloud.com/dadrian-collins-457411779)
President & CEO of Free Press Craig Aaron returns with an update on net neutrality and its possible death.
More information about Craig Aaron is available at https://www.freepress.net/person/21/craig-aaron
Here is another one of my favorite interviews from the past in celebration of Black History Month.
Contemporary African-American soul singer and former Death Row artist Danny Boy (DB) talks to us about the National Geographic documentary "Facing Suge Knight".
Danny Boy was signed to Death Row Records when he was just 15. He will soon be releasing his upcoming book, "Stranded on Deathrow."
More information about Danny Boy is available at https://www.reverbnation.com/IAmDannyBoy
More information about "Facing Suge Knight" can be found at http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/
Enjoy this special edition of one of my favorite interviews in celebration of Black History Month.
When Dr. Maya Angelou's cookbook Hallelujah! The Welcome Table a Lifetime of Memories With Recipes was published I had this conversation with the renowned scholar. Please enjoy this culinary experience.
Enjoy this encore presentation of some of my favorite interviews in celebration of Black History Month.
I had the pleasure of talking to Dr. Maya Angelou a few times and she was one my favorite people to talk to. Here is one of the interviews I did with her May of 2013. Rest in peace Dr. Maya Angelou. --Gloria Minott
Legendary author Maya Angelou dies at age 86 (CNN) ---http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/28/us/maya-angelou-obit/
"Mom and Me and Mom." Dr. Maya Angelou's latest book took her decades to write. It's the heartwarming story of love and forgiveness. A stunning portrait of "Lady" , Vivian Baxter, her mother and a remarkable grandmother who instilled in her values that she cherishes. Here is my interview with Dr. Angelou. For more information on Dr. Maya Angelou: http://mayaangelou.com/
Abigail Disney, daughter of Roy E. Disney and granddaughter of Roy O. Disney, co-founder of The Walt Disney Company with her great uncle Walt Disney, discusses the Trump tax cuts.
Selected by Marvel Comics, novelist and award winning journalist Jesse J. Holland talks about working on the Black Panther novel and his excitement for the film.
More info on Jesse J Holland is available at http://www.jessejholland.com/.
Anthony Davenport shares a few tips on how to protect your credit score.
Follow Anthony Davenport on twitter @RegalCreditMGMT.
Author, historian,lecturer & professor Danielle McGuire talks about the story of Recy Taylor and her book "At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance- A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power"
More information about Danielle McQuire is available at http://daniellemcguire.com/
Documentary producers Harriet Gordon & Peter Getzels discuss their latest film about Czech harpsichordist Zuzana Ruzickova who recorded the complete keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
More information about Harriet Gordon & Peter Getzels as well as on the film "Zuzana: Music is Life" are available at http://www.getzelsgordon.com/about/.
Aaron Cohen talks about soul music artist Curtis Mayfield and his new book "Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Cultural Power" - which touches on the social, cultural, and political changes that shaped soul music in Chicago during the 1960s and 1970s.
President & CEO of Free Press Craig Aaron discusses net neutrality and the possible affect that an FCC decision against it may cause.
More information about Craig Aaron is available at https://www.freepress.net/person/21/craig-aaron
Just in time for the holidays, Richard L Chilton Jr. talks about finding that perfect wine and his new book "Adventures with Old Vines: A Beginner's Guide to Being a Wine Connoisseur"
Mary Hall Surface talks about her latest play "Color's Garden: An Adventure with the Elements of Art" - inspired by the art of Henri Matisse.
More information about the play can be found at https://www.nga.gov/education/families/performances.html More information about Mary Hall Surface can be found at http://www.maryhallsurface.com/Home.html
Eldest of the 11th Generation of the Brown Family, Sylvia Brown discusses her latest book "Grappling with Legacy" and the urge to do good.
More information about Sylvia Brown is available at http://grapplingwithlegacy.com/.
Author Martha Brokenbrough talks about one of America's founding fathers Alexander Hamilton- his accomplishments & his flaws.
Go to Martha Brokenbrough's website is http://martha-brockenbrough.squarespace.com/ for more information about her book Alexander Hamilton- Revoluntionary.
Terry Jastrow & Ann Archer join me to discuss the new book “The Trial of Prisoner 043" and the organization Artists For Human Rights.
More information on Terry Jastrow and his new book is available at http://www.terryjastrow.com/
More information about Ann Archer and her organization Artists For Human Rights is available at
http://annearcher.com/ http://annearcher.com/artistsforhumanrights.html
Comedian Patricia Williams aka Ms Pat talks about her inspirational book "Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms Pat"
More information about Ms Pat is available at http://www.mspatcomedy.com/ Follow her on twitter @ComedienneMsPat
Recorded the day before the events in Charlottesville,VA; Van Jones touches on a variety of different topics including about his 2017 We Rise Tour, his organization Dream Corps, working with Prince, his love of comics/sci-fi, and of course living in a Trump administration.
More information about Van Jones is available at http://www.vanjones.net/.
Award winning singer/songwriter/composer and judicial reform advocate Danny Tate talks about conservatorship an its impact on his life.
Follow Danny Tate on @thedannytate.
T.L. Williams joins me to talk about his new fictional spy thriller "Zero Day: China's Cyber Wars" which explores the national security issue of Cyberwarfare against the Homeland.
Find our more about (Terry) T.L. Williams at http://www.tl-williams.com/.
Richard A. Clarke talks about his latest book "Warnings: Finding Cassandras To Stop Catastrophes" and explains what a cassandra is.
More info on Richard A. Clarke is available at http://www.warningsbook.net/bio.php
The very hilarious and full of life author, actor, talk show host, and former 2006 New York Green Party gubernatorial candidate Malachy McCourt talks about his latest book "Death Need Not Be Fatal."
NY Daily News Article on Malachy McCourt's latest book: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/malachy-mccourt-death-not-fatal-reflects-life-article-1.3142080
In 1987, Ms. Hadjitofi was appointed Consul of Cyprus in The Netherlands. She was the youngest ever Honorary Consul appointed by Cyprus and the first female. Because of the absence of a Cypriot Embassy in the Netherlands at the time, Tasoula's activities as Honorary Consul covered all spheres, ranging from political, social, economic, cultural and the media. In the course of her service as Honorary Consul, she accommodated the needs of many Cypriots, Greeks and Turks. These included facilities for medical treatment, addressing personal or family problems as well as providing assistance for integration etc.
Tasoula was nominated for European Woman of The Year for her efforts in combating art trafficking. Since 1988, Tasoula has traced and retrieved countless artifacts of significant historical and cultural value to her native Cyprus in addition to the more than five thousand artifacts that were uncovered in the Munich case from all around the world.
http://www.tasoulahadjitofi.com/
From the publisher- The fusion of contemporary and historical adventure makes this a page-turner of the highest order. Steve Berry talks to me about his latest book "The Lost Order."
More information about Steve Berry is available at http://steveberry.org/.
"All By Myself Alone" is Mary Higgins Clark's latest book released this week by Simon & Shuster. I spoke with her when "Got You Under My Skin" was published. Please enjoy a repost of one of my interviews with this amazing author.
Mary Higgins Clark's books are world-wide bestsellers. In the U.S. alone, her books have sold over 80 million copies. She is the author of twenty-four previous suspense novels. Suspense Novelist Mary Higgins Clark comes on to promote and discuss "I've Got You Under My Skin", her new novel with me. From Oscar Wilde to James Joyce and beyond, Higgins Clark talks about the pantheon of great Irish storytelling and it's place in her books. More information can be found here: http://www.maryhigginsclark.com/
"All By Myself Alone" is Mary Higgins Clark's latest book released this week by Simon & Shuster. I spoke with her when "As Time Goes By" was published. Please enjoy a repost of one of my interviews with this amazing author.
Author, #1 New York Times Best Selling Author, & "Queen of Suspense" Mary Higgins Clark talks about her new thriller "As Time Goes By" More information about Mary Higgins Clark is available at http://maryhigginsclark.com/.
International best selling author David Baldacci talks about his most recent novel "The Width of the World" - the third novel in the #1 bestselling Vega Jane series.
More information about David Baldacci is available at https://davidbaldacci.com/.
Former CFO of Pixar/Silicon Valley lawyer Lawrence Levy talks about his book "To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs" and gives us a little taste of what is was like to work with Steve Jobs & the little known graphics company Pixar.
Here are a few reviews about Lawrence Levy's book "To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs" is available at https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/29/business/dealbook/review-to-pixar-and-beyond-plumbs-new-depth-in-oft-told-tale.html?_r=0
http://fortune.com/2016/10/20/pixar-book-review-lawrence-levy/
Joan Juliet Buck talks about her latest book "The Price of Illusion" and touches on her time at Vogue Paris & her controversial profile of Asma al-Assad- wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
More info about Joan Juliet Buck is available at:
http://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Joan-Juliet-Buck/436542627
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/fashion/joan-juliet-buck-vogue-paris-memoir-conde-nast.html?_r=0
Author & Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Glenn Frankel talks about his latest book "High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic"
More information about Glenn Frankel and his book are available at https://www.glennfrankel.com/.
Armit Narang, Regulatory Policy Advocate at Public Citizen, talks about Donald Trump's deregulation of standards and safeguards that protect American workers and families.
More information about the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards http://sensiblesafeguards.org/
Christopher Arndt talks about his new book "The Right’s Road to Serfdom: The Danger of Conservatism Unbound From Hayek to Trump"
More information about Christopher Arndt is available at http://christopherarndt.com/.
Private Investigator Karsten Von Hoesslin talks about "Lawless Oceans", a six episode National Geographic Channel series following him as he investigates multiple murders recorded in a viral video that took place on the high seas.
For more information on Karsten & the "Lawless Oceans" tv series: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/lawless-oceans/
Journalist Michael Ware discusses his new National Geographic series "Uncensored with Michael Ware" which investigates fascinating people, places, and cultures around the planet.
More information on "Uncensored with Michael Ware" is available at http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/uncensored-with-michael-ware/
http://www.mickware.info/
Leonard David discusses "Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet", the companion book to the six-part National Geographic Channel television series "Mars" executive produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard.
More information on Leonard David can be found on his website http://www.leonarddavid.com/.
Recorded on 11/19/16, I pay tribute to fellow journalist Gwen Ifill.
Gwen Ifill's Washington Week Profile http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/profile/gwen-ifill
Gwen Ifill, who overcame barriers as a black female journalist, dies at 61 (Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/gwen-ifill-journalist-who-became-staple-of-public-affairs-tv-shows-dies-at-61/2016/11/14/2ae4c106-aa91-11e6-977a-1030f822fc35_story.html?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.84ee20fcc56e
Steve Pincus talks about the electoral college and his latest book "The Heart of the Declaration: The Founders’ Case for an Activist Government".
More information about Steve Pincus is available at http://history.yale.edu/people/steven-pincus
Whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld talks about his book "Lucifer's Banker: The Untold Story On How I Destroyed Swiss Bank Secrecy"
Bradley Birkenfeld is a retired investment professional and the most significant financial whistleblower in history. For more on Bradley Birkenfeld and his book "Lucifer's Banker":
http://lucifersbanker.com/
Kelly Ripken, founder of the Kelly G. Ripken Program & National Co-Chair of A Woman's Journey talks about the award-winning annual Johns Hopkins women’s health conference- "A Woman's Journey."
For more information about A Woman's Journey go to http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney/
For more information about Kelly Ripken:
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney/about/national_chairs.html
http://thyroid-ripken.med.jhu.edu/index.html
Recorded originally on 3/29/2010, Mark Jaster talks about The Seven Ages of Mime-- a history of mime via the stage-- which was produced by Happenstance Theatre.
For more information about Mark Jaster:
http://www.markjaster.com/
Writer/Director Rod Lurie talks about "Killing Reagan" a National Geographic Channel movie based on the New York Times best selling book written by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard.
Rod Lurie wrote and directed the political thriller "The Contender" and created the tv series "Commander In Chief".
More information about "Killing Reagan" http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/killing-reagan/
More information about Rod Lurie can be found at:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0527109/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Twitter: @RodLurie
Eddie Slaughter gives an update on the plight of black farmers who demand justice for what they call unfair treatment by Department of Agriculture .
Information about the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association is available at
https://www.facebook.com/BFAA.org/about/?entry_point=page_nav_about_item
https://www.facebook.com/BFAA.org/about/?entry_point=page_nav_about_item
More information on the black farmers fight for justice can be found at http://www.blackenterprise.com/small-business/black-farmers-take-discrimination-protest-us-supreme-court/
A conversation with Jean Kwok about her book "Girl In Translation" and her early life as a Chinese immigrant living in NYC.
Jean Kwok is a New York Times and international bestselling author of the award-winning novels Girl in Translation and Mambo in Chinatown. Jean immigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn when she was five and worked in a Chinatown clothing factory for much of her childhood while living in an unheated, roach-infested apartment. In between her undergraduate degree at Harvard and MFA in fiction at Columbia, she worked for three years as a professional ballroom dancer. A television documentary was filmed about Jean and her work.
More information can be found at www.jeankwok.com www.facebook.com/JeanKwokAuthor www.twitter.com/JeanKwok
John Franklin, Director of Partnerships and International Programs at the NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE talks to us about the museum, a book about his ancestor Buck Colbert Franklin called My Life & Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin, and father- John Hope Franklin.
More info about the National Museum of African American History & Culture can be found at https://nmaahc.si.edu/
More info about the book is available at https://www.amazon.com/My-Life-Era-Autobiography-Franklin/dp/0807125997
Contemporary African-American soul singer and former Death Row artist Danny Boy (DB) talks to us about the National Geographic documentary "Facing Suge Knight".
Danny Boy was signed to Death Row Records when he was just 15. He will soon be releasing his upcoming book, "Stranded on Deathrow."
More information about Danny Boy is available at https://www.reverbnation.com/IAmDannyBoy
More information about "Facing Suge Knight" can be found at http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/
Dr. Dennis Carroll talks about Zika & other emerging viruses and the fight to detect, contain, & prevent outbreaks.
Dr. Dennis Carroll currently serves as Director of the USAID Global Health Security & Development Unit. He is one of the featured scientists in the PBS documentary "Spillover- Zika, Ebola, & Beyond."
Information about the PBS documentary "Spillover- Zika, Ebola, & Beyond." can be found at http://www.pbs.org/spillover-zika-ebola-beyond/about/featured-scientists/.
Retired Drug Enforcement Agent Javier Pena talks about his participation in the manhunt for one of world's most widely known drug kingpins Pablo Escobar.
More information about Javier Pena can be found at http://www.biography.com/people/javier-pena-111615#!
National Park Foundation President & CEO Wil Shafroth discusses the National Park Foundation efforts to reach minority groups and millennials, as well as 100th Anniversary Of The National Park Service Commemorative Coins being offered currently. The National Park Service turns 100 on August 25, 2016.
More information are available at http://www.nationalparks.org/.
Ben King talks about the Amish PAC's support for Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Ben King is the Outreach Director and a Co-Founder of Amish PAC. King is a former Amishman who is CEO of an Amish barn-building business. He was born and raised in Lancaster, PA. More information about the Amish PAC is available at http://www.amishpac.com/.
Sebastian Junger talks about his latest book "Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging"
Sebastian Junger is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of THE PERFECT STORM, FIRE, A DEATH IN BELMONT, WAR and TRIBE. As an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a special correspondent at ABC News, he has covered major international news stories around the world, and has received both a National Magazine Award and a Peabody Award. Junger is also a documentary filmmaker whose debut film "Restrepo", a feature-length documentary (co-directed with Tim Hetherington), was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
Website: http://www.sebastianjunger.com/
David Dailey talks about his new book "Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy" - an explosive book on The explosive account of how Republican legislators and political operatives fundamentally rigged our American democracy through redistricting.
David Daley is the editor in chief of Salon and the Digital Media Fellow for the Wilson Center for Humanities and the Arts and the Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Follow David Dailey on Twitter @davedaley3
Patricia Gucci, daughter of Aldo Gucci - the man responsible for fashion brand Gucci - talks about her new book "In the Name of Gucci: A Memoir".
Author, #1 New York Times Best Selling Author, & "Queen of Suspense" Mary Higgins Clark talks about her new thriller "As Time Goes By"
More information about Mary Higgins Clark is available at http://maryhigginsclark.com/.
Dr. Christina Vella talks about her book "George Washington Carver: A Life."
More information on Dr. Christina Vella is available at:
http://christinavella.com/bio_contact.html
An interview with the former US Senator/actor Fred Thompson who recently passed on November 1, 2015.
USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/11/06/fred-thompson-remembered-natural-actor-politician/75326200/
ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/fred-thompson-dead-34908399
Daily Herald http://columbiadailyherald.com/news/local-news/family-schedules-hometown-service-former-sen-fred-thompson
Boone Smith talks about his career in wildlife capture and touch on the recent killing of Cecil the Lion.
Boone Smith has provided safe and efficent wildlife capture across a variety of species. Internationally recognized for his skill and expertise, Smith has captured more than 650 cougars, collaring over 225 of them for research in the Western United States and South America. He has worked Jaguar captures in Brazil and the first Snow Leopard capture and collaring in Afganistan. Additionally, he has traveled to Africa, India, Russia and Australia on various wildlife-related projects.
For more information about Boone Smith
Boone Smith Wildlife Capture http://www.boonesmithwildlifecapture.com/
Secret Life Of Predators (National Geographic Channel) http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/secret-life-of-predators/articles/about-boone-smith/
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton talks about John Oliver's 17 minute segment which aired on HBO's Last Week Tonight Show with John Oliver Show on DC statehood, the voting rights act, and the first Republican debate.
Information on Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton: http://norton.house.gov/
John Oliver goes for the jugular on critics of D.C. statehood (Washington Post): http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/08/03/john-oliver-goes-big-on-d-c-statehood/
Former Nobel Peace Prize nominee and former head of the (geographically) largest diocese in Sudan, Bishop Macram Max Gassis talks about the problems in Sudan and touches briefly on President Barack Obama's recent visit to Africa.
Sometimes called the "bishop of the rebels", Bishop Gassis helped establish what is now known as the Sudan Relief Fund, a Virginia-based non-profit that has worked to support Catholic hospitals, a Catholic radio station, schools, water projects, food provisions and refugee kits. The organization also supports Catholic evangelization. The fund recently changed its name from the Bishop Gassis Sudan Relief Fund in order to express an “expanded mission” to partner with other bishops, religious orders, and Catholic organizations throughout South Sudan.
For more infomation: http://www.sudanreliefund.com/
Abraham Bolden, the first African American to serve on the White House detail guarding a president has a secret to share: Gross security lapses enabled President's John F Kennedy's murder in 1963.
More information about Abraham Bolden can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/abraham.bolden
http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKbolden.htm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thom-hartmann/after-45-years-a-civil-ri_b_213834.html
I talked to Preston Lauterbach about his book "Beale Street Dynasty".
Between Reconstruction and Prohibition, Beale Street thrived as a cauldron of sex and song, greed and race hatred--a strip with unique soul that inspired folk legends, scandalized Faulkner, and reshaped American politics. Lauterbach gives readers a street-level view of these historic events, telling the simultaneous stories of popular music, civil rights, and a community's commitment to and pride in their conflict-ridden city. Brilliantly researched and swiftly plotted, Beale Street Dynasty evokes a lost world of swaggering musicians, glamorous madams, and ruthless politicians on the fabled Memphis strip.
Preston Lauterbach is author of The Chitlin Circuit (W.W. Norton, 2011), a Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and NPR book of the year, and Beale Street Dynasty (W.W. Norton), a story of sex, song, and the struggle for the soul of Memphis, out in April of 2015.
More information about Preston Lauterbach and his book "Beale Street Dynasty" is available at http://prestonlauterbach.com/
Tavis Smiley talks about his personal friendship with Maya Angelou and his new book "My Journey with Maya."
http://www.tavistalks.com/
A conversation with Ron Nixon of the NY Times and few of the women firefighters who filed a complaint with the Department of Agriculture alleging that they suffered job discrimination, harassment and sexual abuse at the hands of male co-workers and that top agency officials failed to stop it.
Originally recorded Sept 2014.
Read the original Ron Nixon article here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/us/Women-Allege-Harassment-and-Abuse-on-Forest-Service-Firefighting-Crews.html?_r=0
I spoke with Christopher J Farley (Recorded Feb 2015) about his book for children "Game World."
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised in Brockport, New York, Christopher John Farley is a former music critic and senior editor for Time magazine, and a graduate of Harvard University, where he worked as an editor on the staff of the Harvard Lampoon. He’s currently a senior editor at the Wall Street Journal.
For more info on Christopher J. Farley: http://cjfarley.com Follow him on Twitter @cjfarley
I talk with Jason Mott whose poetry and fiction have appeared in various literary journals. He was nominated for a 2009 Pushcart Prize award and Entertainment Weekly listed him as one of their 10 “New Hollywood: Next Wave” people to watch. He is the author of two poetry collections: We Call This Thing Between Us Love and “…hide behind me…”
The Returned is Jason’s debut novel and has been adapted by Brad Pitt’s production company, Plan B, in association with Brillstein Entertainment and ABC. It airs on the ABC network under the title “Resurrection.”
The Wonder of All Things is Jason’s second novel. It will was published in October 2014.
More info on Jason can be found here: http://jasonmottauthor.com/
Derek Cheung (co-author) discusses his book called "Conquering the Electron: The Geniuses, Visionaries, Egomaniacs, and Scoundrels Who Built Our Electronic Age" which gives readers a true and engaging history of the world of electronics.
For more information on the book: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21483160-conquering-the-electron
Mid Atlantic AAA spokesperson John Townsend gives us some holiday traveling tips.
This was originally recorded on August 25, 2014.
On this episode, I chat with lawyer, international diplomat, and former Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations & the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Sir Shridath Ramphal (Sonny) about the release of his memoirs entitled, "Glimpse of a Global Life." "
More information about Sir Shridath Ramphal can be found:
http://www.ramphalinstitute.org/sir-shridath-ramphal.html
Here is also a recent article taken from the Jamaica Observer about "Sonny's" memoirs.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Sir-Shridath-Ramphal-launches-memoirs_17967426
I talk with Kris "Tanto" Paronto, who was part of the CIA annex security team that responded to the terrorist attack on the US Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya, September 11, 2012, helping to save over 20 lives while fighting off terrorists from the CIA Annex for over 13 Hours. His story is told in the book "13 Hours" written by Mitchell Zukoff and his five fellow surviving annex security team members.
For more information about the book "13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi" by Mitchell Zukoff with the Annex Security Team, go to http://twelvebooks.com/catalog/13hours/.
Kris "Tanto" Paronto has been involved in security operations in hostile environment for over ten years. He is a former Army Ranger from the 2nd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment and private security contractor who has deployed throughout South America, Central America, the Middle East, and North Africa. He also worked with the U.S. Government's Global Response Staff conducting low profile security in high threat environment throughout the world.
I have a conversation with Tavis Smiley on his current book "Death of a King" about the last few months Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and on some show called "Dancing with the Stars."
Tavis Smiley — broadcaster, author, publisher, advocate, and philanthropist — has emerged as an outstanding voice for change. Smiley is currently the host of the late-night television talk show Tavis Smiley on PBS, as well as The Tavis Smiley Show from Public Radio International (PRI).
More information on Tavis Smiley: http://www.tavistalks.com/
More information on Death of A King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Years can be found here:
http://www.littlebrown.com/deathofaking.html
In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking to former American Major League Baseball outfielder and now ordained Christian minister and author Darryl Eugene Strawberry and his wife Tracy about their new book: "The Imperfect Marriage: Help for Those Who Think It's Over."
More information on Pastors Daryl & Tracy Strawberry's ministries: http://www.strawberryministries.org/.
Reposting this great interview with Joshua Bell who recently performed at Union Station in Washington.
Check out the recent article in the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/09/30/joshua-bell-on-his-union-station-crowd-this-is-more-like-it/) and then listen to the interview here afterwards. (update 10/1/14)
He performs and records not only classical music but also contemporary, bluegrass, Gershwin, and Bernstein. He plays a 1713 Stradivarius, known as 'The Gibson'. Bell was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in May 2000. On January 12, 2007, with Washington Post Staff Writer Gene Weingarten, he pretended he was a violin street busker at a Washington, D.C. subway stop as an experiment to see if people would pay attention in their rush to get to work at 8 a.m. in the morning. In 2013 The Boston Symphony Orchestra opened its Tanglewood with Joshua Bell and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conducting Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D and Symphony No. 5 in E minor. Here is my interview with Joshua Bell. www.joshuabell.com, www.amazon.com, www.youtube.com/artist/joshua-bell
I talk to General Anthony Zinni about his latest book "Before the First Shots Are Fired: How America Can Win Or Lose Off The Battlefield".
For more information about General Anthony (Tony) Zinni and his latest book:
http://www.generalzinni.com/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1137279389/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1137279389&linkCode=as2&tag=nationalmemoc-20&linkId=U7SXVJ6I6KDX7UTJ
Attorney Willie E. Gary joins us in the studio to talk about his most recent case against the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in which the jury returned with the largest verdict ever at 23 billion dollars, his past, knowing our history, the importance of religion in his life, and more.
Attorney Willie E. Gary earned his reputation as “The Giant Killer” by taking down some of America’s most well-known corporate giants on behalf of his clients. He has won some of the largest jury awards and settlements in U.S. history, including more than 150 cases valued in excess of $1 million each. Gary’s amazing success has earned him national recognition as a leading trial attorney.
He is also motivational speaker, husband, and father.
For more information: http://www.blackpressusa.com/2014/08/willie-gary-the-24-billion-man/#sthash.vD2FZZFL.dpbs
http://williegary.com/
On this edition, we have a conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas- Greenfield about the United States-Africa Leaders Summit.
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a member of the Career Foreign Service, was sworn in on August 6, 2013 as the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs. In this capacity, she leads the bureau in the Department of State focused on the development and management of U.S. policy toward sub-Saharan Africa.
More information can be found here: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/189469.htm
Mary Higgins Clark's books are world-wide bestsellers. In the U.S. alone, her books have sold over 80 million copies. She is the author of twenty-four previous suspense novels. Suspense Novelist Mary Higgins Clark comes on to promote and discuss "I've Got You Under My Skin", her new novel with me. From Oscar Wilde to James Joyce and beyond, Higgins Clark talk about the pantheon of great Irish storytelling and it's place in her books.
More information can be found here: http://www.maryhigginsclark.com/
James Zogby discusses the life of Casey Kasem, but instead of focusing on his artistic career, he focused on his tireless advocacy work on behalf of Arab Americans, which Casey used his star power to promote.
Kemal Amen "Casey" Kasem was an American disc jockey, music historian, radio personality, voice actor, and actor, best known for being the host of several music radio countdown programs, most notably American Top 40, from 1970 until his retirement in 2009, and for providing the voice of "Shaggy" Rogers in the Scooby-Doo franchise from 1969 to 1997, and again from 2002 until 2009. Casey Kasem passed away on June 15, 2014.
James Joseph Zogby is the author of "Arab Voices" and the founder and president of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a Washington, D.C.–based organization which serves as a political and policy research arm of the Arab-American community. He is Managing Director of Zogby Research Services, LLC, specializing in research and communications and undertaking polling across the Arab world. Zogby is a lecturer and scholar on Middle East issues and a Visiting Professor of Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi.
Bishop T.D. Jakes takes a break from his busy schedule to chat with me about his book "Instinct: The Power to Unleash Your Inborn Drive." T.D. Jakes writes from the peak of his personal power about how to experience the satisfaction of a life well lived. If you long to conquer the jungles of life, INSTINCT offers the personal and professional tools needed to navigate your course successfully and according to God's design.
More information can be found here at http://instinctthebook.com/.
Rizwan Jaka is a leader and the former President of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS), in Washington, DC. He is also an active Member at Large of Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), serving on the ISNA National Convention, Youth Strategic Planning Committee, and Election Committee. He is also on the Board of Directors for the Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington.
Interview was recorded at WPFW on April 2014.
When Dr. Maya Angelou's cookbook Hallelujah! The Welcome Table a Lifetime of Memories With Recipes was published I had this conversation with the renowned scholar. Please enjoy this culinary experience.
I had the pleasure of talking to Dr. Maya Angelou a few times and she was one my favorite people to talk to. Here is one of the interviews I did with her May of 2013. Rest in peace Dr. Maya Angelou. --Gloria Minott
Legendary author Maya Angelou dies at age 86 (CNN) ---http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/28/us/maya-angelou-obit/
"Mom and Me and Mom." Dr. Maya Angelou's latest book took her decades to write. It's the heartwarming story of love and forgiveness. A stunning portrait of "Lady" , Vivian Baxter, her mother and a remarkable grandmother who instilled in her values that she cherishes. Here is my interview with Dr. Angelou. For more information on Dr. Maya Angelou: http://mayaangelou.com/
April 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. I chat with Paul Rusesesabagira, the man who inspired the film Hotel Rwanda, about his current life and his book "An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography."
http://hrrfoundation.org/ http://www.amazon.com/An-Ordinary-Man-Autobiography/dp/0143038605
30 years in the funeral industry – as a funeral director, and as the executive director of the world’s oldest and largest association of independent funeral homes – makes him uniquely qualified to understand and interpret the sometimes mystifying and intimidating challenges consumers face in the most trying of circumstances.
As a funeral director and assistant general manager of a high-volume, multi-location firm in Massachusetts, he personally helped more than a thousand families arrange the most appropriate services and tributes for loved ones, easing their path in the most difficult of times.
His book is "Nobody Wants to Talk About It".
website clarke-resources.com
Here is our interview.
Gloria Minott talks to Congressman Jim Moran representing the 8th District of Virginia.
For more info on Congressman Jim Moran:
http://moran.house.gov/
Internationally best-selling author Mireille Guiliano (Meer-ray Julie-ano) was a long time spokesperson for Champagne Veuve Clicquot and former President and CEO of Clicquot, Inc. (LVMH). Recognized as “an ambassador of France and its art of living,” by the French daily Le Figaro, USA Today further dubbed her “the high priestess of French lady wisdom.”
I chat with her about her book "French Women Don't Get Facelifts: The Secret of Aging with Style and Attitude" and she shares some of her secrets to looking and feeling great.
For more info on Mireille Guiliano and her book "French Women Don't Get Facelifts: The Secret of Aging with Style and Attitude":
http://mireilleguiliano.com/ http://mireilleguiliano.com/section/sub/4
Follow on twitter: @French_Women
Filmmakers Michele Stephenson & Joe Brewster, MD talk to me about their intimate documentary following a 12-year journey of two African-American families pursuing the promise of opportunity through the education of their sons. American Promise premieres on POV on February 3. (Check your local listings)
For more information:
http://www.americanpromise.org/#/intro
Follow on twitter: @PromiseFilm
Robert Mazur was a federal agent for 27 years. During 5 years of his law enforcement career he was a long-term undercover agent operating in deep cover within the underworld as a high-level money launderer for senior members of Colombian drug cartels. He not only dealt directly with cartel leaders, but also functioned as their counduit to corrupt international bankers around the world. He is court certified in both the U.S. and Canada as an expert in money laundering. Mr. Mazur has been a significant contributor to news and media outlets, including The New York Times, PBS, ABC and NBC.
For more information on his book, visit www.The-Infiltrator.com.
Timothy (Tim) English is the author of Sounds Like Teen Spirit: Stolen Melodies, Ripped-off Riffs, and the Secret History of Rock ‘n Rock, the winner of Independent Publisher’s Bronze Medal as one of the best non-fiction books of 2008. He has appeared on hundreds of radio and TV programs in the US, UK and Canada. His work has been featured on a wide range of shows including NPR’s All Things Considered, The Howard Stern Show, BBC Radio 2 (over 100 appearances), and in the Chicago Tribune.
Tim talks to me about his book "Popology: The Music of the Era in the Lives of Four Icons of the 1960s." It is the first book ever to examine how the music of the 1960s impacted the lives of the decade’s most inspirational figures: John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Robert F. Kennedy, and Thomas Merton.
Website: http://popologythebook.com/ Follow Timothy English on twitter @timenglishbooks