THE BIGGER PICTURE with Timothy Spangler: Recent Episodes

THE BIGGER PICTURE with Timothy Spangler

Live radio talk show focusing on the absurd side of international events. KRLA 870AM in Los Angeles, Sunday 10pm to Mid (Pacific). Also with David C. Fisher & Phillip Sparks.

TIM, PHIL and DAVE say "That's all Folks!"

Friends and neighbors:

It's been an AMAZING run for our little radio show these past 6 1/2 years. Over the course of 275 live shows, we have been able to put together a little corner of great conversation on the AM radio dial that made us all proud.

But all thing come to an end - and this Sunday night (July 7) will be the last episode of THE BIGGER PICTURE on AM870 the Answer here in Los Angeles and syndicated nationally courtesy of Salem Radio Network.

We started the show in the early months of 2013 with a simple goal in mind - to put on the air every week a healthy sampling of the stories and insights and ideas that we thought would appeal to you - because quite frankly they appealed to us!

Great guests, great callers and a overarching sense of inquisitiveness if what drove THE BIGGER PICTURE forward for 275 episodes.

Although it goes without saying, I will of course say it - I couldn't (and wouldn't) have been able to either get the show started or keep it going without the loyalty and dedication of my two co-hosts, Phil Sparks and Dave Fisher. Their commitment to the show (and to me!) over our run is something I will always treasure...

So pick up a phone and help us celebrate the end of our journey on AM870 the Answer here in Los Angeles. Call us this Sunday night between 10pm and midnight Pacific during the final live broadcast of THE BIGGER PICTURE. Anything you'd like to talk about - as always!

Our caller number is 866-870-5752 (or 866-870-KRLA).

Thanks again for all of your support over the last 6 1/2 years!!

Cheers Tim

ALLAN J LICHTMAN (bestselling author) and MICHAEL HART (historian/radio host)

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - bestselling author, historian and Professor - Allan J. Lichtman!

Allan J. Lightman received his PhD from Harvard University in 1973 and is currently Distinguished Professor of History at American University in Washington, D.C. He specializes in American political history and the presidency. Dr. Lichtman has authored or co-authored nine books, and hundreds of scholarly and popular articles. His latest book, "The Case for Impeachment" (Dey Street books, 2017), was an independent bookstore best seller, an Amazon.com bestseller in several academic categories, and a Newsweek, best new book release.

Dr. Lichtman's book "FDR and the Jews" (Harvard, 2013, with Richard Breitman), won the National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish History. It was a 2013 New York Times editor's choice, and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History. His book, "White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American Conservative Movement" (Grove/Atlantic 2008), was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in non-fiction. The Teaching Company produced his video lectures on Great Presidents as part of their "Great Courses" series.

Dr. Lichtman is the co-developer of the Keys system that has successfully predicted the outcome of every presidential election since 1984. In September 2016, he defied the conventional wisdom to predict the election of Donald Trump. In early 2016, Rowman & Littlefield published the sixth edition of his Keys book series, "Predicting the Next President: The Keys to the White House 2016".

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - author, historian and radio host - Michael P. Hart!

Michael P. Hart is a speaker, writer, historian and host of the popular Conservative Talk Radio program The Michael Hart Show which originates out of Birmingham, AL on Super Station 101. Michael has been interviewed on hundreds of radio and TV programs and for hundreds of newspapers and magazines across the US. On his radio program, Michael delves deeply into the news of the day and infuses his commentary with historical perspective.

Many of the most important news stories of the day cannot be completely understood without knowing the history behind the headline. And every day Michael shares his thoughts on not only what is happening in the world, but why and often through the prism of the past.

In his book, "Unknown America: Myths and little known oddities about the greatest nation on Earth", a first in a series of books dedicated to setting history straight, Michael uses his love of research to reveal historical inaccuracies that have been falsely taught for decades - as well as little known oddities and bizarre trivia about the greatest nation on earth.

CLAY RISEN (New York Times Op-Ed Editor) and ROBERT HAASTRUP-TIMMI (serial entrepreneur and blockchain expert)

Clay Risen, the deputy op-ed editor at The New York Times, is the author of several popular American histories, including: "A Nation on Fire: America in the Wake of the King Assassination", "The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act", and the newly published, "The Crowded Hour: Teddy Roosevelt, the Rough Riders and the Dawn of the American Century".

Clay is also the author of "Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland" (October, 2018), and the spirits bestseller "American Whiskey, Bourbon & Rye: A Guide to the Nation's Favorite Spirit". Now in its sixth printing with more than 100,000 copies sold, his groundbreaking guide has quickly become the bible on American whiskey and placed Risen at the top of authorities on the history, business, and diversity of U.S. spirits. Risen has given numerous talks, appeared on television, and served as a judge on multiple spirit award committees. Risen has written widely about spirits for newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, Forbes, The Atlantic, and the Washington Post.

Clay grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two young children.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - award-winning serial entrepreneur and blockchain expert - Robert Haastrup-Timmi!

Robert Haastrup-Timmi is a serial Startup Entrepreneur with several years innovating and founding MVP's in a diversified media & digital asset portfolio.

As an early adopter of 4th IR Technologies, Robert founded Blockchain Company - http://www.blockchaincompany.info in April 2017 as a new ecosystem that aims to help bring blockchain, 4th industrial revolution technologies and cryptocurrencies closer to everyone as a unified media utility platform. The startup has identified up to 30 strong use case applications for roadmap development within its diversified portfolio. Blockchain Company consequently raised 2.5m Euros at a valuation of 25 million Euros, through a top Family Office investor in Spain.

Following his brief work experience as a Prime Broker at Merrill Lynch in London, Robert went on to work as an Equity Compensation Analyst for Macromedia in San Francisco, before the company was acquired by Adobe.

While working at Macromedia through web 1.0, Robert launched Blackworld.com as a media and technology platform aiming to connect the world with Africa. The site has run numerous media campaigns for Fortune 500 Companies and won an MBA proposal competition to help find a solution for the MasterCard Foundation Scholarship program, of US graduating students from Africa in December 2014.

In the same year, Robert's startup PromotedApp won a Top '3' Award out of 113 startups in the EU, competing through a 12 week programme called EMMINVEST. Robert enjoys helping and advising startups wherever he can.

JASON STUART ("Kindergarten Cop" and "The Birth of a Nation")

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - actor and comedian - Jason Stuart!

Born in the Bronx and raised in Los Angeles, Jason Stuart was a self-described insecure Jewish kid who turned to theatre and performing to mask his emerging sexual identity - he jokes about going to see Barbra Streisand in "Funny Girl" as a youth and falling in love with Omar Sharif. His talent and determination got him some early professional work in films like "Kindergarten Cop," "Vegas Vacation," and TV shows like "Murder, She Wrote" and "The Drew Carey Show." But by the early-90s, frustrated by years of living in the closet, Stuart chose to come out publicly on an episode of Geraldo Rivera's talk show focused on "Unconventional Comedians." With nearly 150 credits however, it was acting alongside Armie Hammer and Jackie Earle Haley as one of the brutal plantation owners in Nate Parker's searing drama "The Birth of a Nation" that showed the world Stuart's formidable talent.

Jason keeps evolving as a performer and as a human being hoping to make the world a better place.

LARRY SCHWEIKART (author and documentarian) and EVE BRANDSTEIN (theatre director)

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - author, professor, screenwriter and producer - Larry Schweikart!

Larry Schweikart, a native Arizonian, graduated from Arizona State University with a BA in Political Science, then went on the road with several different rock bands, opening for such 60s/70s acts as Steppenwolf. He abruptly decided he wanted to be a history professor, and received an MA from ASU in history, then a Ph.D. from University of California, Santa Barbara. From 1985 to 2016 he taught at the University of Dayton. Schweikart's best selling books include "Seven Events that Made America", "How Trump Won" with Joel Pollak (completed before the 2016 election), and his #1 NYTimes bestseller, with Mike Allen, "A Patriot's History of the United States". He has been on almost all media, from Glenn Beck to Tavis Smiley to Rush Limbaugh. Since 2009, he has been a film producer. His documentary, "Rockin' the Wall," appeared on PBS.

Author of over 25 books and numerous screenplays, his multi-year project, "Reagan: the American President", has just been released.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - director, producer, and writer - Eve Brandstein!

Eve Brandstein has helmed over 75 theatrical productions in Los Angeles and New York including Rain Pyror's "Fried Chicken & Latkes", which Eve will executive produce as a television series. She recently directed productions of "Miss America's Ugly Daughter" at both the Broad and the Greenway Court, as well as both the original production and recent revival of Monica Piper's "Not That Jewish". Other recent credits: off-Broadway productions of "Shut Up, Sit Down & Eat", a hit that ran for two years, "Voices of Swords", the N.Y. and L.A. premieres of "Revisiting Wildfire", Ronnie Spector's "Beyond the Beehive", "Waiting for Jack - A Beat Poetry Reunion", "Claiming Allen Ginsberg", and Suzanne Wang's "Cracked Open". For L.A.'s Jewish Women Theatre, Eve has directed "Stories from the Fringe", "Saffron and Rosewater" and "Hold Me, Heal Me". Eve has contributed to nearly every facet of the entertainment industry as a director, studio executive, producer, writer/creator, talent manager, casting director and author. She is currently producing "Poetry in Motion", a spoken-word at Beyond Baroque in Los Angeles and at the Cutting Room in New York City.

Eve will be discussing her latest directorial project, the U.S. premiere of "Anne, A New Play" - which reframes the Anne Frank story for what would have been Anne's 90th birthday.

SANDRO MONETTI (royal expert) and MARK BILTZ (author)

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - royal expert, author, producer and director - Sandro Monetti!

Sandro Monetti is the goto royal expert for CNN Headline News, and a Trustee of the Queen's Royal Society of St George. He knows all the latest from the palace and anything having to do with The Royal Family. Stories from history are another passion of his and as one of the authors of new book "D-Day 75th Anniversary: A Millennial's Guide", Sandro is on a mission to tell today's generation what made the greatest generation so special. He's also producing and acting in a new stage version of "The Seven Year Itch", the movie which made Marilyn Monroe a superstar (details at hollywoodfringe.org) and says the classic comedy of romantic misunderstandings has more relevance than ever in the Times Up/MeToo era. Sandro is also President of Acquisition and Development at Big Screen Entertainment Group - an LA media company with a global focus.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - pastor and author - Mark Biltz!

Mark Biltz is the founder of El Shaddai Ministries in Washington State and the best-selling author of “Blood Moons – Decoding the Imminent Heavenly Signs” - revealing a link between charts of solar and lunar eclipses from NASA’s website with Israel’s history, the Biblical feast days, and signs in the heavens - drawing clear similarities between them, as they line up through history. Mark is a well-known and popular commentator on the Feasts of the Lord and has produced a series of DVDs on the Feasts that have gone around the world. His research and theories have earned him guest appearances on both radio and television as well as the cover of magazines. He shows how the Messianic prophecies fulfilled 2,000 years ago when Messiah came the first time, happened to the very day of the spring Feasts. He then explains how the second coming events will also happen to the very day of the Fall Feasts. Yeshua died for our sins on Passover, was buried on the Feast of Unleavened Bread, resurrected from death on First Fruits, and then sent the Holy Spirit to indwell believers on the Jewish Feast of Pentecost (Shavuot). If Messiah fulfilled the spring Feasts to the day of His first coming He will fulfill the Fall Feasts to the day of His second coming.

Mark felt a real need to refocus on Hebrew Roots and to get back to an original understanding of the context and culture to have a correct understanding of the Bible. His wife, Vicki, bought him a book by a Jewish Rabbi named Moshe Braun called The Jewish Holy Days - Their Spiritual Significance. He saw such depth to the material and realized that Christians were missing so much by seeing themselves as cut off from the Jewish mindset and culture. He became a passionate student of literature written from a Jewish mindset and was humbled by the grace, wisdom and insight that poured forth. Mark realized the Jewish people loved the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and had been studying and mining the Tanakh for millennia looking for nuggets. So he started El Shaddai Ministries in 2001 to educate Christians from all different denominations on how anti-Semitism and replacement theology has crippled our understanding of God and the covenants He has made with His people – the Jews.

Now Pastor Mark leads tours to Israel every year as well as leading the local congregation El Shaddai Ministries that he founded in 2001.

CHRISTIAN HASKER (cryptocurrency expert) and ABBY ELLIN (author)

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - marketing and cryptocurrency expert - Christian Hasker!

Christian has two decades of experience in enterprise software in a variety of roles at startups and large companies, including marketing, product management, product marketing, and sales management, and is the Chief Marketing Officer for Hedera. He was previously the Vice-President of Marketing at DataStax, where he was responsible for developer education and open source Apache Cassandra community initiatives during a period of hyper-growth.

A Brit by birth, Christian has degrees from the University of Manchester and the London College of Music.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - journalist and author - Abby Ellin!

Abby Ellin will discuss her latest book, "Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married". "Duped..." investigates people who live secret double lives and is based on Abby's personal experience.

Abby is an award-winning journalist and the author of "Teenage Waistland: A Former Fat Kid Weighs In On Living Large, Losing Weight and How Parents Can (and Can't) Help". For five years she wrote the "Preludes" column about young people and money for the Sunday Money and Business section of the New York Times. She is also a regular contributor to the Health, Style, Business and Education sections of the New York Times. Her work has been published in The New York Times Magazine, New York, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Psychology Today, Time, Newsweek, the Village Voice, the Boston Phoenix, Salon, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Spy (RIP).

Abby has been a resident at Yaddo and Wildacres Retreat in North Carolina, and holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College and a master's degree in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University. As of this writing, her greatest accomplishments are summiting Kilimanjaro (with a broken wrist!) and naming "Karamel Sutra" ice cream for Ben and Jerry's.

CHRISTIAN KAMEIR (tech entrepreneur) and HUMBERTO FONTOVA (political commentator)

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - tech entrepreneur - Christian Kameir!

Christian Kameir is a Managing Partner at blockchain venture fund Sustany Capital. Christian has been a tech entrepreneur since the dial-up days and his current focus is tokenization strategies and smart-contracts and virtual asset investing. Christian led the merger of two of the earliest Internet service providers as general counsel for Nikoma, today part of the largest European ISP in 2000. After founding Yelp-predecessor Colizer in 2004, and selling the operation in 2008, Christian joined the board of several high-tech companies.

In addition to majoring in business, he is master-certified in NLP and a graduate of Muenster's School of Law. He is known for publishing one of the first law blogs in Europe and drafting laws for the open telecommunication market, specifically innovative services. Christian is an official member of Forbes Finance Council and seasoned public speaker on topics ranging from high-tech investing to blockchain technologies.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - author and political commentator - Humberto Fontova!

Humberto was born in Havana, Cuba in 1954 and fled Cuba in 1961 with his family to New Orleans while his father was Castro and Che's political prisoner. He has lived in the New Orleans area since 1961, earning a B.A. in Political Science from the University of New Orleans and a Master's Degree in Latin American Studies from Tulane University.

Humberto is the author of five books: "The Helldiver's Rodeo", "The Hellpig Hunt", "Fidel: Hollywood's Favorite Tyrant", "Exposing the Real Che Guevara and the Useful Idiots Who idolize Him" and "The Longest Romance: The Mainstream Media and Fidel Castro".

Humberto is a columnist for Newsmax, Human Events, Frontpage Magazine, and many others. Humberto was a regular guest on Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect, and has been featured on The O'Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, The Dennis Miller Show, Fox & Friends among many others.

DAVID BAHNSEN (financial advisor / author) and DAN SCHUR (political advisor)

David L. Bahnsen is the founder, Managing Partner, and Chief Investment Officer of The Bahnsen Group, a bi-coastal private wealth management firm with offices in Newport Beach, CA and New York City, managing over $1.5 billion in client assets. David is consistently named as one of the top financial advisors in America by Barron's, Forbes, and the Financial Times. He brought The Bahnsen Group independent in April 2015 after eight years as a Chairman's Club Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and seven years as a First Vice President at UBS Financial Services.

David is a frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business and is a regular contributor to National Review and Forbes. David serves on the Board of Directors for the National Review Institute and is a founding Trustee for Pacifica Christian High School of Orange County. He is the author of the book, Crisis of Responsibility: Our Cultural Addiction to Blame and How You Can Cure It (Post Hill Press). His new book, The Case for Dividend Growth: Investing in a Post-Crisis World (Post Hill Press), releases April 9, 2019.

David's true passions include anything related to USC football, the financial markets, politics, and his house in the desert. His ultimate passions are his lovely wife of 17+ years, Joleen, their gorgeous and brilliant children, sons Mitchell and Graham, and daughter Sadie, and the life they've created together on both coasts.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - professor and political advisor - Dan Schnur!

Dan Schnur is a Professor at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Communications, the University of California - Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies and Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy. He is the founder of the USC/LA Times statewide political poll. Dan is currently the director of the Sacramento Bee's "California Influencers" series, an election-year project in which he leads a weekly online conversation between 60 of the state's most respected experts in politics, government and public policy regarding the issues that are shaping the midterm elections (www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/influencers/).

Previously, Dan worked on four presidential and three gubernatorial campaigns as one of California's leading political strategists. He served as the national Director of Communications for the 2000 presidential campaign of U.S. Senator John McCain and was the chief media spokesman for California Governor Pete Wilson. In 2010, Dan was appointed Chairman of the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), where he implemented groundbreaking campaign finance disclosure requirements.

Dan's commentaries have appeared in several newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Sacramento Bee, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. In addition, he has been an analyst and political commentator for CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and National Public Radio.

LAWRENCE MEAD (professor and author) and MICHAEL TREVINO (The CW's "Vampire Diaries" and "Roswell, New Mexico")

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - Professor, author, and consultant - Lawrence M. Mead, Ph.D.!

Lawrence Mead is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at New York University and author of the new book, "Burdens of Freedom: Cultural Difference and American Power". He has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Wisconsin. He has also been a visiting fellow at Princeton and at the Hoover Institution at Stanford.

Mead and his work have appeared in influential publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Economist. He is an expert on the problems of poverty and welfare in the United States. He is also a leading scholar of the politics and implementation of welfare reform programs. He has written nine books and more than a hundred other publications on these subjects. These works have helped shape welfare reform in the United States and abroad. Mead has consulted with federal, state, and local governments in this country and with several foreign countries.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - teen heartthrob - Michael Trevino!

Michael Trevino has quickly established himself as a highly sought-after young actor in film and television. He is best known for playing "Tyler Lockwood," the Mystic Falls' star athlete-turned-werewolf-turned hybrid for 8 seasons on The CW's hit drama "The Vampire Diaries." He later brought this fan favorite character to the spinoff series "The Originals" with a memorable guest-arc. Michael is currently starring on "Roswell, New Mexico" as "Kyle Valenti," an intelligent young surgical resident for The CW Network. On the big screen, Trevino starred in the independent dramas Sunset Park and Out of Control. Prior to "The Vampire Diaries," Trevino was already a familiar face to television audiences, with a series regular role on "Cane," recurring roles on "90210" and "The Riches," and several guest starring roles across the small screen.

JARED COHEN (bestselling author) and DR. JOHN YORK (The Heritage Foundation)

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - bestselling author, businessman, and political advisor - Jared Cohen!

Jared Cohen is the founder and CEO of Jigsaw at Alphabet Inc. He also serves as an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to Alphabet, he was Google's first Director of Ideas and chief advisor to Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt. From 2006 to 2010 he served as a member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff and as a close advisor to both Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton.

Cohen is the New York Times bestselling author of four books, including "Children of Jihad", "One Hundred Days of Silence: America and the Rwanda Genocide", and "The New Digital Age: Transforming Nations, Business, and Our Lives", which he co-authored with Eric Schmidt. His new book, "The Accidental Presidents", examines the eight instances in American history when a president has died in office. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, LA Times, Washington Post, TIME Magazine, and Foreign Policy.

He has been named to the "TIME 100" list, Foreign Policy's "Top 100 Global Thinkers," and Vanity Fair's "Next Establishment." Cohen serves on several advisory boards, including Allianz, Stanford University's Freeman-Spogli Institute, Rivet Ventures, FluidMarket, ASAPP, and NCTC. he is a member of GenNext and a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - policy analyst - Dr. John York!

Dr. John York is a policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation. His work focuses on utilizing the precepts of the American political tradition to understand and critique modern concerns of federalism, the bureaucracy, money and politics, and political parties and interest groups. He has a particular interest in the Electoral College and what may happen with "The Compact" - which would eliminate the Electoral College without amending the Constitution.

John earned a bachelor of arts in Political Science at Kenyon College in Ohio, a Master's degree in Politics at the University of Virginia, and his Ph.D from the University of Virginia.

KEVIN "BLOODY" WILSON (World's Funniest Australian) and ANDREW CLARK (health care expert)

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - The World's Funniest Australian - Kevin Bloody Wilson!

Known internationally as "The World's Funniest Australian," Kevin Bloody Wilson is set to return stateside for his first US show in nearly 15 years! Kicking off his F.U.P.C. World Tour at LA's iconic, EL REY THEATRE on Tuesday, April 23rd, Kevin Bloody Wilson is armed and ready to show LA why he has become a favorite among Hollywood celebs such as: Elton John, Billy Connelly and Paul Hogan. Australia's Outback Outlaw is taking no prisoners with his one-of-a-kind "DILLIGAF" (Do I Look Like I Give A F&%$) attitude.

Kevin started his career writing and recording songs on a homemade cassette tape about his experiences living in the Outback and working as a part time musician and electrician in the gold mines in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Sales of this initial cassette took off to tens of thousands before it was transferred to vinyl, repeating more of the same numbers. Flash forward a few decades and Kevin now sits on 20 albums of self-penned "Bawdy Ballads," that quickly garnered gold-status globally, and others like "Kev's Back" have reached quadruple platinum. Kevin has come a long way from the days his comical and blunt take on the world would get him arrested to now, becoming Australia's go-to social commentator.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - healthcare and risk management expert at GDP Advisors - Andrew Clark!

Andrew is a veteran of several industries, combining his various experiences to provide advice and valuable insight as a licensed insurance agent - specializing in life, accident, health, and HMO. He provides research and analysis for his team at GDP Advisors, a healthcare brokerage in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Andrew hosts a podcast with GDP Advisors co-founder Seth Denson called "Somewhere in the Middle," a non-partisan take on topical issues. You can find them on iTunes or www.somewhereinthemiddlepodcast.com

Andrew is an avid contrarian, and enjoys political debate with his peers over fine Texas Whiskey.

CHARLES BRANDT (best-selling author) and GRANT WOODS (former Attorney General of Arizona)

Joining us on the show this week is attorney and best-selling author, Charles Brandt!

Born and raised in New York City, Charles Brandt is a former junior high school English teacher, welfare investigator in East Harlem, homicide prosecutor, Chief Deputy Attorney General of the State of Delaware and the author of 4 books including "I Heard You Paint Houses" - which is now a major motion picture titled, "The Irishman", directed by Martin Scorsese. The film stars Robert DeNiro as Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran and Al Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa, the Irishman's close associate and mentor. "The Irishman" is slated for release later this year, 2019.

In private practice since 1976, Brandt has been president of the Delaware Trial Lawyers Association and the Delaware Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has been named by his peers to both Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers in Delaware. He is a frequent speaker on cross-examination and interrogation techniques for reluctant witnesses. Brandt is also the author of a novel based on major cases he solved through interrogation, The Right to Remain Silent and co-author of Joe Pistone's Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business and of Lin DeVecchio's We're Going to Win This Thing: The Shocking Frame-Up of a Mafia Crime Buster.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - former Attorney General of Arizona, first Chief of Staff to John McCain, songwriter and playwright - Grant Woods!

Grant Woods served as Arizona's Attorney General from 1991-1999 and was one of the principal architects of the states' lawsuits against the tobacco companies and was a key negotiator in the resulting largest civil settlement in history with over $2 billion to Arizona health care so far. He was the first Chief of Staff to the late Senator John McCain and delivered the first eulogy at Senator McCain's memorial service. As a songwriter, Mr. Woods' songs have been recorded and performed by award-winning artists such as Francine Reed, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and E Street Band member Nils Lofgren.

Mr. Woods has written two plays, Dear Senator and most recently, the sex dramedy, "The Things We Do," which will have its West Coast premiere in Los Angeles in April, 2019. The play explores, "...the situation a lot of couples find themselves in when they reach a certain point in life - people who are in their 40s or 50s and have many years invested in their relationships, but who now must decide whether to go forward or make a change." For tickets to "The Things We Do" go to http://www.odysseytheatre.com .

DAVID DILLARD (KD College Prep founder) and MIKE PAUL (Reputation Doctor)

Joining us on the show this week to discuss the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal, is our Special Guest - co-founder of KD College Prep - David Dillard!

Along with his wife Karen, David developed a dream to make a positive impact on the lives of students. With thousands of students and families served over multiple decades, this dream has truly come to life with KD College Prep - the popular college admissions test prep program. A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin's Red McCombs School of Business, David's greatest motivation, "...is being a positive part of our students' success. Regularly, we hear about their many accomplishments, and what more can you ask for than to make a difference in someone's life?"

Find out more about KD College Prep at www.kdcollegeprep.com

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - Reputation Doctor - Mike Paul!

Mike Paul is president of Reputation Doctor® LLC. He is a top, strategic, public relations, reputation, corporate communications, crisis management and litigation-support PR expert known worldwide by the registered brand name, the Reputation Doctor®. With over 25 years' experience in public relations, Mike helps build, maintain and repair the leading reputations and brands of global and national corporations, governments, NGOs, as well as famous people & public leaders in both good times and bad. He is listed among the world's top crisis PR experts by PRWeek Magazine, called "the Master of Disaster" by Business Week, "Mr. Fixit" by Sports Illustrated and named one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior in the U.S. in both 2012 and 2013 by Trust Across America™.

MAJ TOURE (founder of Black Guns Matter) and MARK SERRITELLA (comedian)

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - Hip Hop artist and founder of Black Guns Matter - Maj Toure!

Maj Toure is a Solutionary Hip Hop artist turned 2nd Amendment activist from North Philly. His following began after he was featured on the cover of the Philadelphia Weekly as "the Prophet of Philadelphia." He founded the Black Guns Matter movement in 2015 and advocates for 2nd amendment education and information for urban communities.

Maj has been featured in the New York Times, Breitbart News, National Public Radio, Fox News, CNN, BET, Essence, and Vice News for his out of the box approach to 2nd amendment advocacy. Maj is on a 50 state tour educating urban Americans on their 2nd amendment rights and responsibilities.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - actor and comedian - Mark Serritella!

Mark Serritella has been acting and performing comedy for the past 12 years touring nationally and internationally. He regularly appears at The Hollywood IMPROV, Comedy Store, and The Laugh Factory.

His resume consists of features on Adam Devine's House Party on Comedy Central, AXS Gotham Comedy Live and appearances in more than 20 independent films, and national commercials with features on the front page of Funny or Die and in Byron Allen's Entertainers- to name a few. He toured with Adam Devine around the country as well and has developed friendships with all his fellow comedians from working the top venues in Hollywood.

He has recently been featured on Dave Smith's NBC sports all while having 3 live CDs with recordings of his work in regular rotation on Sirius and XM Radio. You can find Mark online at markscomedy.com/

AUTUMN REESER (Fox's "The OC" and E!'s "The Arrangement") and JOHN HANLON (TV and film critic)

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - actor, dancer, singer and director - Autumn Reeser!

Autumn Reeser saw her breakout role in 2005, as the quirky-cute and socially awkward Taylor Townsend on the final two seasons of popular Fox drama series "The O.C." In addition to leading the cast in numerous romantic comedies for Hallmark, she is also known for her roles as firecracker junior agent Lizzie Grant on HBO's "Entourage" and scientist Katie Andrew on ABC's "No Ordinary Family."

Raised in Southern California, Reeser fell in love with acting when she saw her first stage play at 6 years old. She begged her parents to let her audition for a role in her local community theater, where she grew her talent and passion backstage in various musicals over the next decade of her childhood. At 17, she was accepted to UCLA's prestigious musical theatre program, where she spent the next few years immersed in voice, dance and acting technique. Her career quickly progressed to numerous stage productions and guest-starring roles on sitcoms such as "The George Lopez Show" and "Grounded for Life," as well as dramas such as "Cold Case" and "CSI."

In addition to her film and television career, she has appeared in "For the Record: Tarantino" at Rockwell, "The OC Musical" at the Montelban, numerous cabarets, and she is a member of The WorkJuice Players, best known for the ongoing radio play series at Largo, "The Thrilling Adventure Hour." Most recently, she directed two new musicals in concert: 'City of Light' at Feinsteins 54 Below in New York and 'Modern' in USC's LiveRead program.

Also stopping by the Sunday night is television and film critic, John Hanlon.

John's work is syndicated on radio station websites across the country, including AM870 TheAnswer.com and AM590 TheAnswer.com.

He began writing about television and films in late 2009 and has been published on Townhall.com, CNN.com, and USAToday.com. He has also written for WheretoWatch.com. Hanlon has also been featured on the national radio shows "The Dennis Miller Show" and "The Hugh Hewitt Show." He has also appeared on the Reelz television program, "Mark at the Movies."

He can be found on Twitter @johnhanlon. His work online can also be found at johnhanlonreviews.com.

March 3, 2019 - PETER HYATT (deception detection expert) and MICHAEL WALSH (NY Times best-selling author)

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - deception detection expert - Peter Hyatt!

Peter Hyatt is a deception detection expert working for and with law enforcement, military intelligence and the private sector. He has appeared on television and radio, including Crime Watch Daily and ABC's "20/20", and was featured in several documentaries including "Embedded Confession", the story of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and "Taken Too Soon: The Katelyn Markham Story."

Hyatt teaches deception detection at HIDTA, (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area), works on cases around the country and his "Complete Statement Analysis Course" is popular with Investigators around the world. He has authored "Wise As a Serpent; Gentle as a Dove: Detecting Deception" and meets with analysts monthly to work on cases requested by police departments.

Hyatt holds seminars for business executives, social service professionals, private investigators, and human resource hiring, protecting companies from fraudulent claims, and specializing in detecting deception during the hiring process. His website is www.hyattanalysis.com and his Statement Analysis blog, www.statement-analysis.blogspot.com, covers current public cases.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - NY Times best-selling author, journalist, concert pianist, and screenwriter - Michael Walsh!

With six critically acclaimed novels, multiple works of non-fiction, a record setting TV movie, and several motion-picture scripts in the production pipeline, author and screenwriter Michael Walsh has achieved the writer's trifecta: two New York Time best-sellers, a major literary award, and the Disney Channel's then-highest-rated show - Cadet Kelly, starring teen idol Hilary Duff of "Lizzie McGuire" fame.

His most recent book, The Fiery Angel (Encounter Books, 2018) continues his cultural and literary study of the heroic principle in western civilization, functioning as a sequel to The Devil's Pleasure Palace (Encounter Books, 2015), which was a surprise breakout hit upon publication. Examining the nature of good and evil via such analytical tools as Milton's Paradise Lost, Goethe's Faust, the Frankfurt School, and the music of Richard Wagner, the work made multiple best-seller lists.

Michael, a foreign correspondent during the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, will discuss the recent talks between President Trump and Kim Jong-Un and how the media is portraying the outcome.

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - conservative activist and president/founder of the American Conservation Coalition - Benji Backer!

Benji Backer founded the American Conservation Coalition (ACC) as a nonprofit focused on bringing conservative voices back into environmental discussions. Currently a junior at the University of Washington, Benji also serves on the Wisconsin Conservative Energy Forum's Leadership Council and is a fellow at the Chapman Center in Seattle. He previously served as the co-chair for Young Americans for Mitt Romney in Wisconsin and was named one of RedAlert's top "30 Under 30" conservatives in 2015.

Benji has contributed to publications such as CNBC, Townhall, Daily Caller, RedState, and TheBlaze. Benji has also spoken at events across the country, including CPAC in 2014 and 2016. Through ACC, Benji is excited to be helping unite Americans on pro-environmental reforms and change the narrative when it comes to the environment.

Also joining us on the show this week to discuss the Jussie Smollett case is our Special Guest - Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Wendy M. O'Connor!

Dr. Wendy is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, with a Doctorate in Psychology in Marriage & Family, and maintains offices in Brentwood & Encino, California. She is also a Relationship Coach, treating issues related to Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, & Technology Addiction. Dr. Wendy is also a Media Consultant for News, TV and Radio regarding the impact of life experiences and relationships.

Dr. Wendy hosts a Podcast on iTunes called The Relationship Show with Dr. Wendy & Miss Jenni - two therapists having informal and fun conversations on current topics. She specializes in teaching Secure Attachment Technology IRL (in real life) & Cyberspace. Dr. Wendy has worked in various settings with over twenty years of experience in the community. She also provides Global Life Coaching around the world via Skype & FaceTime.

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - the brilliant actor, Julian Sands!

Julian Sands trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. After starring in the Merchant Ivory film as George Emerson, Julian is pleased to be back in A Room with a View recording this wonderful work for LATW. His further work in film includes: The Killing Fields, Boxing Helena, Impromptu, Leaving Las Vegas, Oceans 13, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Television credits include 24, Smallville, Dexter, and Gotham.

He has appeared in various productions with L.A. Theatre Works, the Mark Taper Forum, Odyssey Theatre and Geffen Playhouse. Currently, he is touring his one-man shows, A Celebration of Harold Pinter and a meditation on the Romantic Poets, Keats, Shelley, Ghosts, and Lovers.

Julian has just wrapped The Medici and What/if both for Netflix, and upcoming is a Bollywood Dance movie filming in Mumbai. He likes to spend time in the mountains when not working.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - Hypnotherapist and Heartbreak Healer - Kevin Cole!

Known as "The Hypnotic Heartbreak Healer", Kevin Cole has been helping individuals heal from the pain of a breakup faster than most would think is possible. For over 22 years, utilizing methodologies such as Hypnosis & Neurolinguistic Programming, Kevin has been helping people all over the world with private sessions and group trainings, and in recent years has launched a revolutionary online program entitled "Get Over A Breakup Fast!" that continues to gain rave reviews.

Kevin lived through a dysfunctional childhood which included being raised by a mother who suffered from schizophrenia and passed away when he was only 12 years of age. Kevin developed severe depression which pushed him to the point of attempting to end his life on two separate occasions. In the search to heal himself, Kevin discovered how to help others get to the other side of traumatic situations and chronic conditions - and even thrive - with a new perspective and outlook.

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - former Oakland Raider Super Bowl Champion, Entrepreneur, and Conservative Best Selling Author - Clarence Burgess Owens!

Clarence Burgess Owens is a retired safety who played ten seasons in the National Football League for the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders. He attended the University of Miami, where he was a 1st-Team All-American defensive back, Most Valuable Defensive Player of the North-South All Star Game, and MVP of the Coaches All-American Game. He was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall Of Fame in 1980, and its Orange Bowl "Ring of Honor" in 1999.

Burgess grew up in a segregated, successful, family-oriented, and entrepreneurial 1950s/60s Black community. As a proud descendant of a former slave turned entrepreneur, he was one of the first three Black Americans to play football at the University of Miami. Burgess earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology/Chemistry and was simultaneously selected as a 1st team College All-American. As a first round draft pick, he played for the Jets and later the 1980 Super Bowl XV Champions, the Oakland Raiders. His post-football-career life included a business failure, highlighting for him the American Way, which allows for second chances. Burgess is now Executive Director for the Utah Chapter of The One Heart Project, a prison reform model designed to give juvenile offenders a "true" second chance to be proud, productive, and contributing American citizens. Visit www.oneheart.com for more information.

Owens is the author of "Liberalism or How to Turn Good Men into Whiners, Weenies and Wimps" (2016) which offers a history and analysis of the Black experience in the United States with suggestions for moving past conventional ideas of moving the Black community forward. In 2018, Owens released "Why I Stand," which discusses socialism as the driving force behind modern American socio-political movements.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - Workplace Etiquette Guru & Author - Rosalinda Randall!

Rosalinda Randall focuses on helping workplaces and individuals communicate and interact more effectively and respectfully so they can find greater success with a lot less drama.

Rosalinda is a workplace civility and social skills expert based in Northern California. Through her speaking and training experience, research, industry associations, continued professional development training and certifications including business etiquette, sexual harassment, and cultural communication, she has twenty years of experience listening to people from all walks of life.

Her book, "Don't Burp in the Boardroom: Handling Uncommonly Common Workplace Dilemmas", complements her signature style and humor. Like her presentations, she addresses everyday topics from communication techniques, personal presence, handling coworker quirks, catching the boss in a compromising situation, gender concerns to working with an ex-con.

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - ALEX MORRIS from FX's "Baskets," together with his co-stars in August Wilson's "Two Trains Running" - Dorian Missick and Terrell Tilford!

The team behind last year's acclaimed Ovation, LADCC and Stage Raw award-nominated production of August Wilson's King Hedley II returns to the Matrix with another installment of Pulitzer Prize winning August Wilson's "American Century Cycle," the playwright's decade-by-decade exploration of the black experience in 20th century America.

In this installment, "Two Trains Running", it's 1969 in Pittsburgh's Hill District, where the regulars of Memphis Lee's restaurant struggle to cope with the turbulence of a world that is rapidly changing around them. With compassion, humor and a superb sense of place and time, Wilson paints a vivid portrait of everyday lives in the shadow of great events.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - Men's Strategic Life Coach & visionary - Arnie Fonseca, Jr.!

Arnie Fonseca, Jr. is a Men's Strategic Life Coach, an interventionist, speaker, and consultant. He is the visionary behind Hands of Hope Coaching, a company that is making lasting change a possibility for anyone that is committed to creating positive, happier, healthier and more fulfilling experiences in their life, love and work.

Arnie started The Next Step Foundation, a 501c(3) organization to help individuals, families and other "Heart Centered" programs that aspire to his "The Hands Of Hope" vision. Arnie is also a pioneer in the field of aging and exercise. His DVD; "A Fitness Experience" was developed years ago to allow anyone including those whom are challenged physically to have a place to start. Over the past 20 plus years thousands have started and maintained a healthy lifestyle because of "A Fitness Experience."

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - actor, screenwriter, and director - Barra Grant!

Barra Grant studied acting at the Drama Centre in London, where she went on to star in the BBC series Take Three Girls. She appeared in several plays at the Mark Taper Forum and was a featured actress in both comedic and dramatic television. As a screenwriter, Barra wrote Slow Dancing in the Big City and Misunderstood, which stars Gene Hackman. She wrote and also directed the features Life of the Party and Love Hurts with Carrie-Anne Moss, Janine Garafalo and Jenna Elfman. She produced the Dirty Dancing television series and wrote various daytime television shows including the Emmy award-winning The Tap Dance Kid. Her play, A Mother, A Daughter, and a Gun, starring Olympia Dukakis, has been produced in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. She wrote and directed her play Spa at the Coast Theater in Los Angeles. She is a storyteller who has told her stories throughout the city. Grant has received Director's Guild and Humanitas nominations as well as winning the Writers' Guild award.

Grant's latest project, Miss America's Ugly Daughter: Bess Myerson & Me written by Grant and performed by Grant and Monica Piper, opens at the Greenway Court Theatre, Feb. 8, and runs through March 24.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - entertainment industry thought leader - Vicangelo Bulluck!

Vicangelo Bullock has over 20 years experience creating content and initiatives focused on the ever-emerging multicultural audience. He was an executive producer of the 2016 Democratic National Convention, the NAACP Image Awards for ten years, and he is an executive producer on the long-running hit series The Judge Mathis Show, now in its twentieth season. He recently produced the indie feature film Windows on the World starring Edward James Olmos and Ryan Guzman.

For his latest project, Vic directs the West Coast premiere of Paradise by Laura Maria Censabella, running Jan. 26 through Feb. 17 in a visiting production at the Odyssey Theatre. With Paradise, Vic is returning to his first love - the theater.

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - Steven Weber from HBO's "Ballers" and Netflix's "Get Shorty!"

Steven made his NYC stage debut opposite Geraldine Page in Clifford Odets' "Paradise Lost" and soon made it to Broadway in Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing." After a stint on "As the World Turns" he went on to appear in "The Flamingo Kid," "Hamburger Hill," "Single White Female," "The Temp," "Jeffrey" and "Dracula: Dead and Loving It!"

On TV, Steven played the young JFK in the miniseries "The Kennedy's of Massachusetts," and Jack Torrence in ABC's remake of "The Shining," but it was the NBC sitcom "Wings," where Weber gained national attention, and again in Aaron Sorkin's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" where he received wide critical acclaim.

Returning to the stage, Steven played 'Leo Bloom' in the hit Broadway production "The Producers," starred in "National Anthems" at London's Old Vic, and again on Broadway opposite Matthew Broderick in "The Philanthropist" as well as appearing the last two summers at The Hollywood Bowl in acclaimed productions of "Mamma Mia" and "Annie."

He has recently starred in TNT's "Murder in the First," ABC Family's "Chasing Life," The CW's "iZombie" and guested as 'The Shucker' in HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm." He can currently be seen on HBO's "Ballers," and in the Netflix series' "13 Reasons Why" and "Get Shorty."

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - Author, Motivational Speaker & Coach - Gina Gardiner!

Gina Gardiner is a bestselling author, motivational speaker, empowerment and relationship coach and transformational leadership trainer with well over 30 years of experience helping people experience happiness, success and fulfillment. She is the founder of the Thrive Together Tribe membership and 'Thriving Not Surviving,' personal and spiritual development program.

Gina has learned to walk twice as an adult. For over 20 years, she ran her award-winning school, for the most part from a wheelchair. The gift of this experience was the development of a unique approach to life and the development of leadership which is the foundation of her work today.

Gina is passionate about supporting people to live a truly happy, successful and fulfilling life. Her mission is to positively impact a million people within the next five years.

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest Anne Kenney, writer/executive producer for the first three seasons of the highly-acclaimed historical/fantasy/romance series "Outlander" for STARZ.

Anne has written her first play, which is a semi-autobiographical dramedy about a successful television writer who must deal with aging parents

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - conservative commentator and radio talk show host - Larry Fedewa, Ph.D.

Dr. Larry is a former international technology executive, business owner and college president and currently writes a weekly column for the Richfield Press, LLC, and hosts "The Dr. Larry Show" on Wednesdays 7-8pm at www.BlogTalkRadio.com/BatchelorPadNetwork. A frequent guest on radio and television, he has written more than 150 Washington Times online columns and is the author of three books, including his memoir, "Inside: The Early Years, A young Catholic's search for his place in the sun" (Richfield Press, 2017) (available from Amazon Books).

Dr. Larry is known as an early interpreter of the Donald Trump phenomenon as well as fiscal, racial, and religious trends of the day. He speaks for average people who do not have the time or resources to delve deeply into topics such as the political turmoil Americans are facing, our failing schools, and contemporary cultural movements. He has become a trusted voice for many fans seeking common sense analysis of the events, people and trends of our times. His website is a running analysis of American life in the 21st century.

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - world renowned mentalist - The Amazing Kreskin!

The Amazing Kreskin is the world renowned mentalist who has a showman's flair, comedic wit and amazing mind-reading skills. Over the past six decades, Kreskin has had twenty published books, a television series and his own board game. The Amazing Kreskin has become a part of pop culture and inspired the 2009 film - "The Great Buck Howard" produced by Tom Hanks. At the end of the movie it is announced that the inspiration for the main character is The Amazing Kreskin. That character is played by the star of the movie, John Malkovich. John Romero, a leading gaming authority quotes in his book, "Las Vegas The Untold Story" - "Kreskin is the most dangerous person in the world with a deck of cards. The casinos would rather deal to Willie Sutton."

Through the years Kreskin has received worldwide recognition for extraordinary predictions, often dealing with international affairs, and sports. On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Kreskin predicted the 2012 United States Presidential Election, 18 months before Election Day. As revealed on Fox television for the 2016 Super Bowl, Kreskin made three predictions. He foresaw the deciding quarter of the game, the winning team, and their final score. In March 2016 Kreskin released his 20th book entitled, "In Real Time," featuring his major predictions for the next several hundred years. The day after Donald Trump was elected to the Presidency, Fox Television News revealed that Kreskin predicted Trump's election 11 months ahead of time, Live on December 9th, 2015 on FOX 5 Good Day DC Show in Washington, D.C.

Kreskin now offers the sum of 1 Million dollars to anyone who can prove that he employs paid secret assistants, or confederates, or utilizes hidden, secret, electronic devices to accomplish his mental presentations.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - DJ and Synthpop Icon - Rusty Egan!

Rusty started his career at the early age of 16 as a drummer playing in various bands while being a runner for recording studios and record labels. Auditioning for Clash in the summer of 1976 he met Sex Pistol Glen Matlock who invited him to join him in the band Rich Kids with Midge Ure. Rich Kids toured extensively, however the overpowering influence of German Electronica eventually split the band, with Midge and Rusty forming Visage with various members of Magazine and Ultravox. Visage released their first album with the world wide # 1 "Fade to Grey", spearheading the onset of the Synthpop 80's movement.

In 1979, Rusty and Steve Strange started a small, once a week night in Soho at The Blitz in London, spawning a series of clubs that shaped European nightlife. At The Blitz, Rusty introduced German (Kraftwerk), Japanese (Yellow Magic Orchestra) and British (Eno, Ultravox, Landscape) Electronic/Synthpop to the British club scene, almost single-handedly putting together the soundtrack for the New Romantic movement.

Rusty discovered and featured many talented emerging artists at his club and various parties. He promoted the early shows of many top groups including: Ultravox, Spandau Ballet, Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, and mixed Madonna's debut single http://www.madonna-decade.co.uk/everybody.html.

In 2004, Rusty was enticed back to DJing and glamour parties as well as more remix requests, including La Roux and Moby. Rusty recently wrote and produced 13 tracks for his debut solo album, "Welcome to the Dancefloor" earning 5 star reviews from various music sites.

Rusty is currently working on various music projects awaiting release plus a possible film soundtrack with co-writer Chris Payne. Rusty also hosts a weekly radio show where he features new electronic artists that echo the classic synthpop of the early 80's. He is also involved with various new technologies to help emerging artists become self-financing using Blockchain / Ethereum platforms.

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - Arthur J. Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Hastings School of Law - Robin Feldman!

Robin Feldman received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. Professor Feldman served in the Articles Department of the Stanford Law Review. After graduation, she clerked for The Honorable Joseph Sneed of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Professor Feldman has published three books, Drug Wars: How Big Pharma Raises Prices & Keeps Generics Off the Market (Cambridge 2017), Rethinking Patent Law (Harvard 2012) and The Role of Science in Law (Oxford 2009). The upcoming Drugs, Money, & Secret Handshakes: The Unstoppable Growth of Prescription Drug Prices will be released soon. She has authored more than 50 articles in including at Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, in the New England Journal of Medicine, and in the American Economic Review. Her work has been cited extensively by the White House, numerous federal and state agencies and members of Congress. Her IP/Antitrust work was cited by parties on both sides during a recent Supreme Court case. She has appeared frequently before committees of the US House & Senate, the California legislature, and federal agencies such as the FTC, DOJ, USPTO, and the National Academy of Sciences. She participated in the GAO's report to Congress on Artificial Intelligence and in the Army Cyber Institute's threatcasting exercise on weaponization of data.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - economic advisor and forecaster - Christopher Thornberg, Ph.D.!

Christopher Thornberg is founding partner of Beacon Economics, LLC, and one of the nation's leading economists - with expertise in regional economics, labor markets, economic policy, and industry and real estate analysis. Dr. Thornberg famously predicted the sub-prime mortgage market collapse and the global economic recession of 2008.

In 2015, he was named to California State Treasurer John Chiang's Council of Economic Advisors, the body that advises the Treasurer on emerging strengths and vulnerabilities within the state's economy. Dr. Thornberg has presented to hundreds of leading business, government, and nonprofit organizations across the globe including Chevron, The New Yorker, Colliers International, the California Chamber of Commerce, City National Bank, the California State Association of Counties, State Farm Insurance, the City of Los Angeles, the California and Nevada Credit Union League, and the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, among many others.

A well-known media commentator, Dr. Thornberg has appeared on CNN and NPR and is regularly quoted in major national dailies including the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. Originally from upstate New York, Dr. Thornberg holds a Ph.D in Business Economics from The Anderson School at UCLA, and a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Joining us on the show tonight is our Special Guest - award-winning playwright - Wendy Graf!

Wendy Graf's plays have been produced throughout the country and internationally. Recent plays include: UNEMPLOYED ELEPHANTS - A LOVE STORY (Stage Raw Recommended Top Ten; L.A. Times Pick of the Week, multiple Critics Choice) PLEASE DON’T ASK ABOUT BECKET (prod 7-9/16 "Graf’s emotionally astute drama peels away layers of pathology with surgical skill”-Los Angeles Times); ALL AMERICAN GIRL (Stage Raw Recommended Top Ten/2015 nom Playwriting and Solo performance; LA Times Pick of the Week; LA Weekly “GO!” StageSceneLA 2015 Outstanding Solo Performance Production; Bitter Lemons 2015 Ten Best); CLOSELY RELATED KEYS (dir by Shirley Jo Finney; NAACP win/nominations); NO WORD IN GUYANESE FOR ME (2012 GLAAD Award Outstanding L.A. Theater, HELEN HAYES AWARDS Recommended); BEHIND THE GATES; LESSONS (L.A. production dir by Gordon Davidson); LEIPZIG (LADCC nomination; Garland award/Playwriting; Dorothy Silver finalist); THE BOOK OF ESTHER (San Fernando Valley Artistic Directors nominations including Best Play; ASK Theater Projects Grant Award); BETHANY/BAKOL (Attic Theater One Act Winner, produced September 2009)and her newest, EXIT WOUNDS.

Also joining us on the show tonight is our Special Guest - renowned conservative literary publicist - John Ekizian!

JOHN G. EKIZIAN is a New York based marketing and media relations consultant who has worked on a diverse range of projects in areas including book publishing, technology, entertainment, science, politics, advertising, consumer brands, food and design. Prior to forming The J.G. Ekizian Agency in 1998, he was a marketing and publicity director in book publishing for companies including Simon & Schuster/Free Press/Pocket Books, William Morrow and Harper Collins/Regan Books. Ekizian is also a freelance journalist writing about television and pop culture for The New York Post and other national outlets.

Ekizian managed all aspects of publicity and marketing for THE BELL CURVE by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray. One of the most successful and controversial social science books of all time, the book was the subject of cover stores in Newsweek, National Review, New York Times Magazine, New York Times Book Review and Village Voice. His publicity and marketing campaign received coverage

in the The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. He also provided the marketing strategy and all aspects of publicity for THE TYRANNY OF THE MAJORITY by Lani Guinier.

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - best-selling author and entrepreneur - Stephen E. Strang!

Stephen is CEO of Charisma Media, founder of Charisma magazine and the best-selling author of "God and Donald Trump". After interviewing Donald Trump, he was involved with other Christian leaders who campaigned for Trump's election.

Stephen's new book, "Trump Aftershock", released November 6, 2018, explores the "President's seismic impact on culture and faith in America" and will uncover unreported facts while objectively helping readers understand what the nation's most unlikely and unconventional President has accomplished, including a featured section on these advancements called "500 Days of American Greatness."

"My book deals with the many positive accomplishments after Trump's election that will not go away just over one election resulting in losing Republican control of the House," Stephen said. "I call these 'Aftershocks.' For example, taxes will still be cut; the embassy will still be in Jerusalem; Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh will still be on the Supreme Court; regulations are still cut; and America is still respected in a way it wasn't internationally. None of these things will change."

Stephen was voted by Time magazine as one of the most influential Evangelicals in America. He has traveled to more than 50 countries, has interviewed four U.S. presidents, and has been featured on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, CBN, Dr. James Dobson's "Family Talk" and The Daily Caller.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - Pharmaceutical Expert and groundbreaking researcher - Dr. Josh Bloom!

Josh is the Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science at The American Council on Science and Health, and a recognized expert on the opioid crisis. He was the first journalist to write a nationally published opinion piece about the unintended consequences of a governmental crackdown on prescriptions opioids. Since that time he has published more than a dozen op-eds in regional and national newspapers on different aspects of the crisis. In that same year, he testified at an FDA hearing and was the only speaker to note that fentanyl was the real killer, something that would be proven years later.

In 2016, Josh was also the first writer to study, dissect and ultimately debunk the manipulated statistics used by the CDC to justify its recommendations for opioid prescribing, which have resulted in draconian requirements for prescribing pain medications as well as government-mandated, involuntary tapering of patients receiving opioid treatment, both of which have caused great harm and needless suffering to chronic pain patients. His 2016 article, "Six Charts Designed to Confuse You," is the seminal work on CDC deception and has been adopted by patient advocacy groups and individuals and has been sent to governors and state legislatures.

Josh joined the American Council on Science and Health in 2010 as ACSH's Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and has since published 50 op-eds in numerous periodicals, including for The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, New Scientist, The New York Post, National Review Online, The Boston Herald, and The Chicago Tribune, and given numerous radio and television interview on topics related to drugs and chemicals.

Joining us on the show this week is our special guest - actor, producer, screenwriter, director, and author, Patrick Kilpatrick!

Patrick's career has spanned more than 170 films and television shows - including "Minority Report" with Tom Cruise, "Dark Angel" with Jessica Alba, "24", "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" and all "CSI". He has, in his own words, "...been killed, beaten up or jailed by nearly every leading actor on Earth and in outer space."

Graduating from University of Richmond with a BA in English/History/Teaching, he attended New York University's Professional Film and Television Graduate Program. He emerged as a journalist for such major publications as: Rolling Stone, Playboy, TIME Magazine, and was also an on-air reporter for 11 - time Emmy-winning "What's Happening America". Patrick then served from '78 to '80 as a foreign correspondent in Columbia and Venezuela. While on sabbatical from TIME to write a novel, he transitioned to playwriting, directing, and acting. He directed /assistant directed off and on Broadway, the West End of London, and was a founding member of Divine Theater in New York City. His appearance in "Linda Her and The Fairy Garden" at NYC's prestigious Second Stage catapulted him into mainstream TV and film beginning with Nicholas Roeg's masterpiece "Insignificance", and the global cult film "Toxic Avenger. He went on to teach and coach: acting, auditioning, directing, and producing.

Kilpatrick is currently appearing in theaters, stores and NETFLIX in "American Violence" and "Assassin X", "Cops and Robbers" with UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quentin Rampage Jackson, and "Black Water" with Jean Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren.

His memoir of 30 years, "Dying For Living: Sins and Confessions of a Hollywood Villain and Libertine Patriot", was recently released in September 2018.

Also joining us on the show this week to discuss his new book, "The Gospel in Every Book of the Old Testament", is our special guest - Joseph Farah!

Joseph is the founder and chief executive officer of WND.com or WorldNetDaily, the very first independent, alternative online news service - way back in 1997. He is also the founder of WND Books and WND Films. Before launching WND.com 21 years ago, he directed the editorial operations of major-market daily newspapers in Los Angeles and Sacramento. He also served as an investigative reporter, foreign correspondent and has won awards for reporting, headline writing, integrity in journalism and newspaper design. Joseph is the author of more than a dozen books including his latest, "The Gospel in Every Book of the Old Testament".

Joining us on the show this week is our special guest - RNC California National Committee member Shawn Steel!

Shawn's Republican activism dates back to his teenage days when he served as High School State Chairman for Ronald Reagan when Reagan first ran for Governor. Thereafter, he was elected as Chairman of California Young Americans for Freedom (YAF).

He is a past Chairman of the California Republican Party, and is published in numerous professional journals, newspapers and books, including: the National Review, San Francisco Chronicle, San Diego Union, Los Angeles Daily Journal, California Policy Review, the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily News, Daily Breeze, Washington Times, the Orange County Register, the Weekly Standard, Sacramento Bee, San Jose Mercury News, and the Wall Street Journal. Shawn has also appeared on numerous local, national, and international networks and shows including: Tucker Carlson, Chris Matthews, Larry Elder as a syndicate regular, Dennis Prager as a syndicate regular, CNN-International as a regular for almost two years, I-24 News, Fox, NTD-TV (worldwide), and NPR both locally and nationally.

Also joining us on the show this week is award-winning author and investigative journalist Liz Crokin!

Liz began her journey at the University of Iowa where she received a bachelor's in journalism and political science. She took advantage of living in the first-in-the-nation caucus state to work on John Kasich and George W. Bush's presidential campaigns. Her experience landed her an internship working for Bill O'Reilly at Fox News Channel in New York and then to Washington DC where she interned for the State Department's White House Correspondent which planted her in the White House daily.

After 9/11, Liz moved to Chicago to cover crime and politics as a reporter for the City News bureau at the Chicago Tribune. In 2003, Liz debuted her own column, Liz in the Loop, in the RedEye Edition of the Chicago Tribune. She covered several high-profile politicians and celebrities - including Barack Obama and Oprah - and broke dozens of scandalous stories that made national headlines for the next seven years.

In 2010, Liz moved to Hollywood to work full-time as a reporter for Us Weekly. She found herself traveling the world to cover celebrities such as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Ecuador - to Alaska to cover former Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin. She regularly appeared on local and national TV and radio shows talking about her work.

In 2012, she landed a gig as an investigative journalist for the National Enquirer where she spent six months covering then-Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Unfortunately, right before Election Day, Liz found herself hospitalized with a potentially fatal illness that prevented her from working full-time for the next few years.

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - National Security Expert and Pentagon Advisor, Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Robert "Bob" Maginnis!

Colonel Maginnis graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, the Naval Postgraduate School, the Command & General Staff College, the Defense Language School and the Army War College's strategy course. He is an Airborne-Ranger infantry officer with service in four infantry divisions on three continents. Once retired from the U.S. Army he joined the Family Research Council where he rose to be the Vice President for Policy before returning to the Pentagon 16 years ago. He continues his association with FRC by serving as the Senior Fellow for National Security.

He is the Vice President for his contracting firm with duties at the Pentagon where he supervises a team of national security experts and serves as a security cooperation expert for the Department of the Army as well as instructing a course at the Army War College.

Colonel Maginnis has decades of media experience as a columnist, a Fox News military analyst and as an on-air commentator for multiple radio programs and networks.

He is the author of nearly a thousand articles and five published books. His latest book was released in August 2018, Alliance of Evil: Russia, China, and the United States and a New Cold War.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - author, editor, and historian, Jeffrey B. Miller!

Miller has been an author, editor, and historian for more than 40 years. His career includes starting six magazines, being editor-in-chief of five in-flight magazines, and director of communications for AAA Colorado. He is also the author of Behind the Lines (Milbrown Press, 2014), which detailed the chaotic beginnings of WWI Belgium food relief and was included in Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2014.

Jeffrey's latest book WWI Crusaders - set for release 11/11/18 - the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I (and Veteran's Day) - describes the incredible heroism of the American-led Commission for Relief in Belgium. For nearly 10 million Belgians and Northern French facing imminent starvation behind German lines in World War I, the CRB was life-saving. With the indomitable help of young, idealistic Americans, the CRB was responsible for initiating, organizing, and supervising the largest food relief the world had ever seen. WWI Crusaders will be available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and wherever books are sold beginning November 11, 2018.

Learn more about Miller's work at wwicrusaders.com.

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - Executive Director of the Climate Science Coalition of America, Steve Goreham!

Steve is the author of three books on energy, climate change, and sustainable development, with his latest book, "Outside the Green Box: Rethinking Sustainable Development," released in May of last year. Steve is an independent scholar, researcher, and futurist in the fields of energy and environmental policy, as well as a former engineer and business executive with 30 years of experience at Fortune 100 and private companies. He's a frequent guest on radio and TV, including Dennis Miller, Sean Hannity, and Fox Business Channel.

He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BS/MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois.

Also joining us on the show this week are our Special Guests - the award-winning actors Katy Sullivan and Tobias Forrest, appearing in the West Coast premiere of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Cost of Living" by Martyna Majok!

Katy Sullivan is an actress, producer, writer, athlete and bilateral above-the-knee amputee. As an actress, Katy created the role of Ani in the world premiere of "Cost of Living" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, reprising the role for the Manhattan Theatre Club's Pulitzer Prize winning off-Broadway production - for which she received a Theatre World Award as well as Lucille Lortel, Drama League and Outer Critic's Circle award nominations. Other acting credits include "The Long Red Road" at the Goodman Theatre, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and television shows and independent films including the award-winning documentary, "Walk On." Sullivan has been seen on NBC's "My Name is Earl," ABC's "Last Man Standing" with Tim Allen, FX's comedy "Legit" and CBS' hit "NCIS: New Orleans" to name a few.

After experiencing a spinal cord injury, Tobias Forrest bounced back with a positive sense of humor and a passion to create. He began acting a few years later by winning the Christopher Reeve Acting Scholarship. His first theatre experience was being cast in "A Night at The Black Cat" at Edgemar Center for The Arts in Santa Monica. Tobias recently had a recurring role on "Wisdom of the Crowd" which featured his original song "Lizard People". He also plays "Mac" in the action/comedy feature "Special Unit" which includes his song "Invisible Man". Other credits include "Queen Sugar", "The Sessions", "Weeds" and "The Defenders" as well as national commercials for "Walmart" and "Petco". His band, Cityzen, performed at Hard Rock Cafe Las Vegas Strip for NYE, and won first place at Universal Studios Hard Rock Rising's Battle of the Bands. In addition, he has done voice over audio description for "Modern Family", "The Real O'Neals" and "Halo: Fall of Reach".

Joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - Tim True, from HBO's "Big Little Lies" and Netflix's "American Vandal!"

As an actor, Tim has performed in regional theater across the country, including the Oregon Shakespeare, Festival, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Portland Center Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Intiman Theatre and many others. He's starred on "Scandal," "Big Little Lies," "American Vandal," "Modern Family," "Workaholics," "Agent Carter," "Grimm" and "Criminal Minds," among others. Tim is in preproduction to direct the feature drama, "Anna," which he co-wrote with his producing partner, Door Number 3 board president Csaba Mera.

In 2005, Tim True and a group of New York transplants who had settled in Portland, Oregon founded Third Rail Repertory Theatre. Their inaugural production, Recent Tragic Events by Craig Wright, garnered the company major recognition by Portland's Theatre awards, The Drammies, including one for outstanding production.

Tim is thrilled to continue the work in Los Angeles with the new and exciting company, Door Number 3.

Also joining us on the show this week is our Special Guest - founder of StudentLoanJustice.org, Alan Collinge!

Alan has written numerous articles and editorials on the topic of Student Loans and is the author of, "The Student Loan Scam: The Most Oppressive Debt in U.S. History - and How We Can Fight Back (Beacon Press 2009)". He has been featured in Rolling Stone, on Fox News, Vice News, 60 Minutes and CNBC, and was selected as one of seven "Financial Heroes" by CNN/Money Magazine in December 2008.

Alan's website is http://www.studentloanjustice.org/

Joining us on the show this week is media analyst, political advisor and author, John Heubusch!

John has had an extensive career in writing, philanthropy, politics, public service and the Fortune 500. He is presently the executive director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute and has extensively analyzed many angles of media bias. John is also the author of "The Shroud Conspiracy" (2017) and "The Second Coming" (2018).

He served as the first president of the Waitt Institute, a nonprofit research organization dedicated to historic discovery and scientific exploration. There, he helped lead to the discovery, authentication and preservation of the famed lost Gospel of Judas. In 2007, he spearheaded the organization's first deep-sea exploration to solve one of the last great American mysteries: the 1937 disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Cited often by the New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times, John has been a contributing writer for the Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, Forbes, San Diego Union-Tribune and other leading publications.

Joseph Farah, the founder and chief executive officer of WND.com or WorldNetDaily, is our featured guest this week!

WND.com was the very first independent, alternative online news service - way back in 1997. He's also the founder of WND Books and WND Films. Before launching WND.com 21 years ago, he directed the editorial operations of major-market daily newspapers in Los Angeles and Sacramento. He also served as an investigative reporter, foreign correspondent and has won awards for reporting, headline writing, integrity in journalism and newspaper design.

He is the author of more than a dozen books including his latest, "The Gospel in Every Book of the Old Testament."

TANA GOERTZ, "The Apprentice" finalist and Trump campaign advisor, is our featured guest this week!

TANA is an American business strategist, international keynote speaker, executive coach and author. She became a household name TV personality when she was a finalist on the NBC hit shows, "The Apprentice" and "Reality Stars Fear Factor." As one of the first hires upon his announcement for running for President during his famous descent of the Trump Tower escalator, TANA served as a Senior Adviser to the Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., campaign where she played a critical role as the key strategist for the battleground state of Iowa and as a national spokesperson. In this capacity, TANA advised President Trump and the Trump Campaign on strategic initiatives, external communications, media and all Trump Campaign staffing within the critical battleground state. Due to her leadership, trusted advisory and forward-thinking tactics, the President won Iowa, one of the nation's most important battleground states, by 9.5%, the largest margin since Ronald Reagan in 1980. He also won 93 of the Hawkeye State's 99 counties.

At the 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC), TANA acted as the main liaison to U.S. Governor's attending and participating in the historic swearing in events and ceremonies. She maintains a close working relationship with The White House and Trump Administration. TANA is finishing up her new book, "Born for the Storm, Lessons learned from the Basement to the White House."

Also joining us on the show Sun night is RODNEY TO, from FX's "Wilfred" and NBC's "Parks and Recreation."

RODNEY's television and film credits also include "Redliners," "Corporate," "You're the Worst," "NCIS," "Modern Family," "New Girl," "Rosewood," and "Vice Principals." His theater credits include work with Victory Gardens, Steppenwolf, La Jolla Playhouse, Northlight, Center Theatre Group, South Coast Rep, Hartford Stage, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, East West Players, Playwrights' Arena, Echo Theater Company and Ma-Yi among others.

RODNEY is currently starring in the Los Angeles premiere of "American Hero," a Pasadena Playhouse guest production at the Carrie Hamilton Theatre. A franchise-owned sandwich shop becomes a microcosm of recession-era America in this sharply comedic commentary on the struggles and perseverance of the American working class.

JOHN SAFA, cybersecurity guru and ex-hacker, is our featured guest this Sunday night!

JOHN is an accomplished entrepreneur and founder of multiple technology companies including BitArts, Inc. - a pioneer in the Digital Rights Management activation space and licensed to Microsoft. He has been granted over 30 patents and raised over $70 million in venture funding.

JOHN founded Pushfor in 2013. Pushfor protects business critical content, of any size or format, with absolute confidence when sharing across all platforms. Pushfor is underpinned by its patented "push" technology that enables any digitized content to be securely disseminated, viewed and tracked - regardless of device or location. Our key differentiator is that when content is 'pushed' - nothing is ever sent and the content remains secure at source removing the risk of data leakage. Pushfor is available for iOS, Android, Desktop and Browser.

Also dropping by this Sunday night is STEVE SPIRO, actor and dog-lover!

STEVE is originally from London, England and has appeared in both film and on stage. He is excited to be performing "UK Underdog" at the Zephyr Theatre, where he last appeared in the award-winning play "The Caretaker."

He has written several screenplays, including the life and times of early 20th Century fighter Sam Langford, who was regarded as the greatest fighter never to fight for the title. He is also co-writer of a thirty-minute dark comedy, "Unleashed," about the world of animal rescue, which will begin shooting later this year - Unleashedtvshow.com.

STEVE is one of the original founders of START Rescue, a nonprofit transport and spay/neuter group. Since its inception in 2011, START has transported over 10,000 dogs and cats from high kill California shelters to loving "forever homes" in the Pacific Northwest and funded over 5,500 spay/neuter surgeries for low-income households. He lives in Los Angles with his wife and 3 rescue dogs.

JOHN PLESHETTE, star of "Knots Landing," "Murder One" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

JOHN is best-known for his role as Richard Avery in "Knots Landing," but he's most proud of his Oswald in the 4-hour ABC mini-series "The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald;" for his Gary Blondo on two seasons of "Murder One," and as Larry's thong-wearing shrink on "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

Although he is most familiar to audiences for his work on film and television, his first love was theatre. Before moving to Hollywood in 1975, he spent ten years in New York, appearing Off-Broadway with Marsha Mason in "It's Called the Sugar Plum" by Israel Horovitz; with Stacey Keach and William Devane in "MacBird!," in "The Revue" at the Manhattan Theatre Club; "Love's Labour's Lost," "Measure for Measure" and "Richard III" with Shakespeare in the Park, and on Broadway in "The Zulu and the Zayda" with Menasha Skulnik; as Dustin Hoffman's standby in Murray Schisgal's "Jimmy Shine" and a starring role in the ill-fated "Leda Had a Little Swan."

JOHN is now appearing at the Matrix Theatre in the play "Jews, Christians and Screwing Stalin," part of an ensemble cast of an outrageous new comedy inspired by a true story about "family dysfunction, atonement and matzo balls."

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is TED MONTE, actor, producer and writer.

TED's feature film work includes direction from Jonathan Demme, David Mamet and James Ponsoldt. He has worked in films with Jodie Foster, Alison Janney, Cuba Gooding Jr., Christian Slater, Roddy McDowall, Joe Mantegna, Paul Sorvino and Tom Berringer. In television, he has worked with J.J. Abrams: Undercovers, The Young and the Restless, Melrose Place, Homicide: Life in the Streets and numerous Lifetime TV and SyFy movies of the week, including the indie hit Circus Kane.

His stage credits include performances at Lincoln Center, the National Theatre in D.C and off-Broadway.

TED is currently the starring in the world premiere of "Infidel," a suspense thriller that explores religious superstition and terrorism in the name of Islam versus unscrupulous Western imperialism and war mongering, at the Whitefire Theatre. TED plays John Norton, a specialist in early literature and writing whose purchase of an ancient Sumerian clay tablet from the Baghdad Museum is interrupted by the appearance of Islamic extremists.

ROGER STONE, the legendary American political consultant and strategist who played a role in the election of Republican presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump, is our featured guest this Sunday night!

Along with being America's most notorious political operative, ROGER is the New York Times bestselling author of a number of books including "The Man Who Killed Kennedy," "The Making of the President 2016," and now - "Stone's Rules."

ROGER, a freedom fighter to his admirers, a dirty trickster to his detractors, the flamboyant, outrageous, articulate, and extraordinarily well-dressed operative and pundit lays out Stone's Rules-the maxims that have governed his legendary career as a campaign operative for four American presidents, including Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Donald Trump.

As a raconteur, pundit, prognosticator, and battle-scarred veteran of America's political wars, ROGER shares his lessons on punking liberals and playing the media, gives an inside look at his push to legalize marijuana, details how much "linen" to show at the cuff of an impeccably-cut suit, lays out how and why LBJ orchestrated the murder of JFK, and reveals how to make the truly great marinara sauce that is the foundation of ROGER's legendary Sunday Gravy.

Along the way, ROGER dishes on the "cloak and dagger" nitty-gritty that has guided his own successes and occasional defeats, culminating in the election of the candidate he first pushed for the presidency in 1988, Donald J. Trump.

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is RILEY PEREZ, author and former California prison inmate.

On January 22, 2004, Darnell Riley - known as RILEY PEREZ to his friends - broke into the home of Girls Gone Wild founder, Joe Francis. Throughout the night he filmed a blackmail video, and arrange for payment so that the video didn't go viral.

"What Is Real: The Life and Crimes of Darnell Riley" explores the nine years he spent in the custody of California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. On his journey from facility to facility, we see how RILEY had to adjust to the reality that the rules inside the walls are not perfect, but if followed, they would allow you to survive. From county lockup to the historically violent Corcoran State Prison, where he shared facilities with Charles Manson and the gang leaders whose influence extend beyond the confines of the walls, the author confronts the question of which version of himself is real - the young, mild-mannered kid from Los Angeles, known to his friends and family as RILEY PEREZ, or the man who pleaded guilty to robbery and attempted extortion, known to the State of California as Darnell Riley.

With neither self-pity nor self-aggrandizement, this memoir takes a cold hard look at a life of crime, the toll it takes, the reality of life inside California's prisons, and the price paid by an inmate's friends, family, and loved ones.

ARMIN SHIMERMAN, star of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

ARMIN is a highly regarded actor, best known to television audiences as Quark, on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." In addition he has had over 80 80 different guest star roles, including Antaeus the Nox on "Stargate," Principal Snyder on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," Judge Hooper on "Boston Legal" and, recently, on "CSI," "Castle," and "Franklin and Bash."

As a voice-over artist, he was the long running voice of General Skarr on three different animated shows, over two dozen games, and is acclaimed for his voicing of Dr. Nefarious in the "Ratchet and Clank" franchise as well as Andrew Ryan in the "Bioshock" series.

Currently, ARMIN is starring in the West Coast premiere of "Three Days in the Country" by Patrick Marber, a fresh, breezy update of Ivan Turgenev's classic comedy "A Month in the Country" at the Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center in Glendale, where performances continue through Aug. 26.

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is KIANA LYZ RIVERA, actress and YouTuber.

KIANA is Miss San Diego Plus America 2019 and her reign begins officially on Aug 1st, 2018. She is also a beauty YouTuber with her YouTube channel "Kindly Kiana" where she does reviews, tutorials and vlogs on beauty products on her channel. Her makeup looks can be seen on the red carpet, in magazines and in prom pictures across southern California. Her first magazine cover was on her client, actress Ava Cantrell.

She is also an actress seen as "Rosa" on the Hispanic network for "Una Palabra." She can also be seen on her guest appearance on the hit TNT series "Major Crimes."

MEGAN KETCH, from CBS's "American Gothic" and The CW's "Jane the Virgin," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

MEGAN is a screen and stage actress, writer and producer based in Los Angeles. Her movie credits include "Remind Me," "The Incredible Jessica James," "Louder Than Bombs," "The Big Wedding," "The Affair," and "Tremors." Her TV credits include "Jane the Virgin," "American Gothic," "Under the Dome," "The Good Wife," "Blue Blood," "Gotham" and "Law & Order: SVU."

She is currently starring in the play "Cry It Out," a hilarious and deeply moving "comedy with dark edges" that takes an honest look at the absurdities of being home with a baby, the power of female friendship, the dilemma of going back to work and the effect class has on parenthood in America. The performances are at the Atwater Village Theatre, located at 3269 Casitas Ave in Los Angeles.

Also dropping by the show on Sunday night is GEORGE CHRISTIE, former Hells Angel leader.

For nearly 40 years, GEORGE reigned as the head of the Los Angeles Hells Angels, then the Ventura Chapter and eventually the entire west coast. For more than three decades, he was hunted and hated; prosecuted and persecuted, until finally walking away from the Hells Angels in 2011 and starting a new life as a writer, consultant and family man. His History Channel six-part series, "Outlaw Chronicles" has been seen all over the world.

GEORGE now brings his new one-man, autobiographical show to the stage at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks. Through words, images and music, the one-man show "Outlaw" explores how the son of poor Greek immigrants in Southern California rose to become one of the most controversial leaders of the world's most notorious biker organizations. "Outlaw" reveals the personal side of a man most people have long considered a criminal, but whose life is so much more complex, surprising and redemptive.

MAURY STERLING, from Showtime's "Homeland," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

Best known for playing "Max" in the hit TV show "Homeland," MAURY's other credits include: "Homeland," "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce," "Extant," "Masters of Sex," "NCIS: New Orleans," "Coherence," "Veronica Mars," "Smokin Aces" and numerous others.

MAURY is currently starring in the world premiere of "Mayakovsky and Stalin," Murray Mednick's newest play at the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood. It is a dramatic character study incorporating historical footage and photos to explore two distantly connected relationships: that of Soviet poet Vladimir Mayakovsky and his married lover and "muse," Lilya Brik, and of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and his wife Nadya.

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Alexis Sterling and a coterie of pets. MAURY received a B.A. in Theater from UCLA. Go Bruins!

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is AARON DAVID ROBERTS, emerging TV producer.

AARON is now shooting his second series at the mere age of 24. Entitled "Chartered," it is a mockumentary starring Nick "Parks and Rec" Offerman, Dean "Breaking Bad" Norris along with Claire Engler and Jonathan Joss about the unconventional goings on in this suburban High School.

Just before "Chartered," at the age of 22, AARON created the world of "The Cast Members" in early 2017 and released in June of this year to much acclaim from fans on "The Cast Members" Facebook page and beyond which received almost 100,000 views in a mere month.

RYAN MCCARTAN, star of Fox's "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

Today's young audiences know RYAN as Diggie from Disney Channel's "Liv and Maddie." Adults know him from his lead role of Brad Majors in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" remake for Fox which aired in 2016. New York audiences know him from his critically acclaimed original performance as JD in the premiere of "Heathers: The Musical" off-Broadway.

He is currently heading the cast of a fun and furry musical tale for animal lovers of all ages. The world premiere of the musical "Mutt House" will play at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City from July 15 through Aug. 5. Previews begin July 10. RYAN will star as quirky outsider Eddie Corbin. Bullied all his life, Eddie has finally found a place to call home in a neglected downtown animal shelter. When the city threatens to close the shelter, Eddie must do something he's never done before - stand up for himself and fight for what's right. With the help of six zany mutts, he faces his fears and makes an unexpected human connection in the process.

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is MAHKENNA, singer and DJ.

An amazing 16 year old known for her incredible voice and stage presence when she performs, she sounds like a vocal mix of Rihanna and Alessia Cara.

Born in Ireland and raised in Southern California, MAHKENNA spent her early years learning and performing music for family and friends. She spent her summers playing fast pitch softball and riding horses, but eventually, began to also watch the Disney channel as well as musicals and became fascinated by acting and performing on stage.

She loves to ride horses in her spare time and is always looking to rescue stray animals.

GREGG OPPENHEIMER, "I Love Lucy" historian and playwright, is our featured guest this Sunday night!

GREGG, son of "I Love Lucy" creator-producer-head writer Jess Oppenheimer, got his start in comedy at the tender age of four, when his father introduced him to Lucille Ball on the set of "I Love Lucy." Kneeling down, a smiling Lucy asked GREGG, "Where did you get those big brown eyes?" Gregg's deadpan reply: "They came with the face." Lucy nearly fell over laughing.

In 1996, he left a successful career as partner in the international law firm O'Melveny & Myers in order to complete his late father's humorous memoir, "Laughs, Luck...and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Popular Sitcom of All Time," which was published by Syracuse University Press. That book, which went through eight printings, became the inspiration for Gregg's comedy play, "I Love Lucy: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Sitcom."

From 2000 to 2007, he produced the award-winning "I Love Lucy" DVD Series for CBS and Paramount. Gregg has lectured on broadcasting history at the University of Southern California, Brown University, Hofstra University, Northwestern University, Emerson College, University of Rhode Island, and the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago.

Also dropping by the show this Sunday night are MARK and MATT HARRIS, from AMC's "Storage Wars."

The HARRIS BROTHERS travel the globe attending luxury / lifestyle / celebrity events. Through their main business WOW! Creations, they interact with the rich and famous from Cannes to Las Vegas and Palm Beach. They also star in A&E's number one rated show "Storage Wars" and also spend their time Judging Beauty Pageants including: Miss California, USA, Miss Nevada, USA, Miss Illinois, USA, Miss Maryland, USA and Miss New Jersey, USA.

They have provided gifting for the Kentucky Derby, ABC's "The Bachelor," the Oscars, the Emmys, the Grammys, Sundance Film Festival, Miss America, Miss Universe, Miss USA, TBS Comedy Festival, Soul Train Music Awards, TV Land Awards, William Shatner Charities and many more. Along the way they have met some incredible celebrities including President Bill Clinton, Mexican President Vicente Fox, Prince Albert of Monaco, Michael Jordan, Quintin Tarantino, Dewayne Wade, Donald Trump, Tim Allen, Kurt Russell, Gene Simmons, Eva Longoria and many, many more.

PETER BOWES, BBC news correspondent, is our featured guest this Sunday night!

A native of County Durham, England, PETER moved to the United States in 1996 and became a US citizen in 2008. Based in Los Angeles he covers news, hosts radio shows and makes documentaries. He can been seen and heard regularly on BBC television, radio and digital services covering news from around the United States. In addition, PETER is creator and host of Live Long and Master Aging (LLAMA), a weekly podcast which explores the science and stories behind human longevity.

A member of the British film and television academy, BAFTA, PETER has interviewed many Hollywood celebrities, including Cher, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman. He has covered every Oscars ceremony since 1996.

In 2011 PETER interviewed the country music legend Glen Campbell, at his home in Malibu. Campbell discussed his final tour and reflected on coping with Alzheimer's disease. In 2016 PETER sat down with Harrison Ford to discuss the veteran actor's role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Ford gave a candid assessment of ability to keep on working into old age and talked about his lucky escape from a plane crash in 2015.

Also dropping by the show this Sunday night is FRANCESCA MANZI, actress and voice-over artist.

FRANCESCA is currently making a name for herself in the voice over world, particularly in the games arena. She voiced the character of Teenage Kelly 0-87 in the Netflix animated feature "Halo: The Fall of Reach", which was released as part of the "Halo 5: Guardians" game, and also voiced the main character of Phaedra in Insomniac Games popular VR game for Oculus Rift, "The Unspoken". She is currently working on a top-secret VR game for a major network, doing both VO and motion capture for the project.

FRANCESCA's voice can also be heard in an upcoming episode of the hit YouTube series from toy company Mattel, Enchantimals, playing the South African character, Zelena Zebra. You can also hear her in various commercials and advertising campaigns, notably as the voice of the South Park's "The Fractured but Whole" video game, and the voice of Comcast XFinity's Rio Olympics campaign in 2016. She has also lent her vocal talents to companies such as Marriott International, Mastercard, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, SBE Hotels, Accenture, Facebook, Volkswagen, BNP Paribas, Pfizer and Unilver, to name a few.

AARON HENDRY (ABC's "Marvel's InHumans") is our featured guest this Sunday night!

AARON is an actor, writer, swordsman, horseman, choreographer and father. He was born in Indiana, moved at a young age to Alaska, then arrived in Los Angeles as a teen to attend UCLA. He has been a performer and story teller of all varieties. He can be seen on television in "Marvel's InHumans," "Walt Disney's "Bizaardvark," MTV's "Teen Wolf," heard as the voice of a supernatural menace on "Sleepyhollow," and many other wonderful programs.

He has been with the "Lysistrata Unbound" project since its inception at the Getty Villa classical theater lab in 2013. He is thrilled to see this inspired play come to fruition here in Southern California. Aaron is a member of Not Man Apart - Physical Theater Ensemble, the Theatricum Botanicum classical company, and a former member of DIAVOLO Dance Theatre.

Also dropping by the show this Sunday night is RACHEL MCCORD, model, entrepreneur, and TV personality.

"Master of branding" (Daily Mail) and "Hollywood 'IT' girl" (Mogul Magazine), RACHEL is "One of the hottest models in the world right now" according to Daily Star. In 2017, she released her sassy self-help and how-to on social media: "Slay the Fame Game." Featured in outlets like Vogue, Forbes, and Glamour, she is an investor/judge on "Elevator Pitch" and the star/producer of "Slay with Rachel McCord" on Focus TV.

RACHEL is a renowned speaker on social media, branding, and female entrepreneurship at UCLA, USC, LMU, FIDM, and StyleCon. Labeled the "influencer of influencers", she founded The McCord List network of influential women in media, to connect them with brands and events to succeed as entrepreneurs.

From trailer parks to red carpets, she inspires millions of women that "no matter where you grow up, you are born to slay."

DAVID DESANTOS (CBS's "SEAL Team") is our featured guest this Sunday night!

DAVID is a native of Southern California, having grown up in a post production family. His father was a film editor, his grandfather was a chemist at the film lab CFI, and his grandmother, before becoming one of Hollywood's most famous film librarians, was an editor on TV's first western, "Gunsmoke."

David currently recurs on CBS's "SEAL Team" and co-stars in the upcoming feature "Windows On The World" starring Ryan Guzman and Edward James Olmos. Other TV/film credits include "Castle," "Red Road," "CSI," "Famous In Love," "When the Game Stands Tall," and "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip."

He is a member of Antaeus Theatre Company in Glendale and spent numerous years as a company member of the Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He currently stars in William Shakespeare's "Coriolanus," a tragedy based on the life of legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus, at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum. An allegory for today's tumultuous times, Shakespeare's searing tragedy is a cautionary tale of political manipulation and revenge. Rome, a city where the one-percenters rule, is led by a populist general who has nothing but contempt for the common people and is unable to reconcile his disdain for the citizens with his love of country.

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is SEAN STONE, actor and filmmaker.

SEAN has grown up in the film-world, having acted since childhood in his father Oliver Stone's films, including "The Doors," "JFK," "Natural Born Killers," "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" and "Savages," before making his directing debut with the documentary-style psychological horror "Greystone Park."

SEAN majored in American History, studying at Oxford and Princeton University, graduating from Princeton in 2006 after completing his thesis on the New World Order, which he converted into a book in 2016, available from all major booksellers.

He has appeared on international television, including The O'Reilly Factor, Piers Morgan Tonight, Follow the Money on Fox Business News, Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano, CNN, RT, and Press TV. SEAN is currently the co-host of the RT news show "Watching the Hawks," which airs internationally. He also hosts the interview show "Buzzsaw" for Gaia. Stone's shows investigate the real world's 'X-Files', taking an unflinching look at the esoteric and hidden agendas behind world politics, popular culture and news events.

Most recently SEAN wrote, produced and starred in the martial arts comedy "Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece," with Danny Trejo, Michael Dudikoff, Don 'The Dragon' Wilson, Bill Goldberg, Tommy Davidson, Richard Grieco, released by Comedy Dynamics. Synopsis and trailer can be seen at http://www.furyofthefistmovie.com.

THOMAS BIRD (producer of award-winning doc "Dear America, Letters Home from Vietnam") is our featured guest this Sunday night!

THOMAS is a Vietnam War veteran who served with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regime, 1st Cavalry Division in 1965-66. He was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with palm, and all Vietnam Service Medals. On his return to the United States, THOMAS resumed college and his football career, but soon found that his post-war persona responded better to the arts. He studied theater - acting, writing and directing - and ultimately felt that his greater role in life was to give arts experience to other Vietnam Veterans. He created VETCo, the Vietnam Veteran's Ensemble Theatre Company, and, as the company's artistic director, presented 26 plays off and off-off Broadway, including the highly acclaimed "Tracers" at the Public Theatre, for which the company won a Drama Desk Award for "giving voice to the trauma of Vietnam."

THOMAS is perhaps best known for his work co-producing the Peabody, Ace and Emmy Award-winning documentary "Dear America, Letters Home from Vietnam." At HBO, hedeveloped a number of film scripts, as well as created further programs to give Vietnam Veterans a voice in society mand to help less fortunate veterans deal with life after war.

His newest play, an autobiographical one man show, "Bearing Witness," premiered at the Global Peace Film Festival in Orlando, Florida on September 21st, 2016, the United Nations' acclaimed "International Day of Peace." They play is currently having its West Coast premiere at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles.

Also dropping by this Sunday night is ANTHONY PEDONE, independent filmmaker.

ANTHONY was born in Texas but spent the formational years of his life on a ranch in Clayton, New Mexico. At 16 he moved back to Texas and played in multiple musical projects while studying music at Texas State University.

In 2015, ANTHONY produced "The Strongest Man", written and directed by Kenny Riches, the film had its world premiere at Sundance and was released theatrically and on VOD by Film Buff in North America and Sundance Global internationally. He recently directed his first narrative feature, "An American in Texas." Produced by ANTHONY, "An American in Texas" is a semi-autobiographical account of he and co-writer, Stephen Floyd's time growing up in small town Victoria, Texas.

STEFANIE BLACK, NBC's "This Is Us" and Netflix's "Disjointed," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

Originally from Allentown, Pennsylvania, Stefanie is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Playwrights Horizons Theater School, an alumna of The Williamstown Theater Festival and American Conservatory Theater.

In addition to "This Is Us" (NBC) and playing opposite Kathy Bates' on the new NETFLIX comedy, "Disjointed," STEFANIE he has recurred on such shows as "Scandal" (ABC), "Making History" (FOX), "House of Lies" (SHOWTIME) and "How I Meet Your Mother" (CBS); as well as appeared on "Casual" (HULU), "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC), "Bones" (FOX), "Mike and Molly" (CBS), "Private Practice" (ABC), "Rizzoli and Isles" (TNT), and many others.

STEFANIE is co-artistic director of the IAMA Theatre Company, where this week is opening the world premiere of the play "Cult of Love," at the Atwater Village Theatre. In "Cult of Love," the Dahl family has gathered to celebrate Christmas in their rural Connecticut home. Raised as strict Christians and overachievers, the four adult children (along with their partners) have grown into varying degrees of belief and success. Their initially joyful reunion quickly reveals an American family riddled with competition, xenophobia and mental illness.

Also dropping by the show this Sunday night is DANNA SCHAEFER, writer-actress.

DANNA grew up in New York and Los Angeles, and her daughter Rebecca was born in Eugene, Oregon in 1967, and, when Rebecca was 14, the family moved to Portland. At age 16, Rebecca struck out on her own for New York, where she soon landed acting jobs, starting with a role on a soap and ultimately a role on the sitcom "My Sister Sam" alongside Pam Dawber, which took her to Los Angeles.

DANNA brings her uniquely Hollywood story - an intimate, harrowing, often funny and ultimately joyful story of loss, memory and hardwon wisdom - to the Hollywood Fringe Festival. On July 18, 1989, the blooming Hollywood career of her daughter Rebecca was cut tragically short when she was murdered on her front step by an obsessed fan. The one-woman show "You In Midair" is DANNA's spell-binding story.

PHELIM MCALEER, veteran investigative journalist and filmmaker, is our featured guest this Sunday night!

He is the author of "Gosnell - The Untold Story of America's Most Prolific Serial Killer," published by Regnery. His "Gosnell" movie was the most successful movie project ever on Indiegogo. It raised $2.3 million in just 45 days. "Gosnell" is a ripped from the headlines story about a respected doctor who ran a medical clinic in an impoverished Philadelphia neighborhood. But behind the doors of his clinic the smiling, avuncular Kermit Gosnell was also America's most prolific serial killer.

PHELIM caused a storm when his play "Ferguson," about the police shooting of Michael Brown,was staged in Los Angeles. Although the play was based entirely on verbatim transcripts of eyewitness testimony to the Grand Jury actors objected to the script and nine of the 13 cast walked out before opening night. They were upset that the eyewitness testimony did not match their idea of how the shooting actually happened. Alternative newspaper LA Weekly said "Ferguson" was "divisive, but riveting" and "an incendiary night of theatre".

Now, his new play "The $18-Billion Prize" - about the shocking and at times farcical tale of how an environmental lawsuit turned into the world's biggest fraud - has its world premiere of May 19 at the Phoenix Theatre in San Francisco, where performances continue through June 3. A "verbatim theater production," the play is based on a true story and the trial and deposition transcripts from the court case "Donziger v.Chevron Corp." The claim: the Amazonian rain forest has been polluted by evil oil giant Chevron. But all is not what it seems. Stories of sex-obsessed Hollywood celebrities let loose in the jungle and the private diaries of the lead attorney submitted into evidence are just some of the plot twists in this wild and crazy tale.

Also dropping by the show this Sunday night is MAUREEN HUSKEY, playwright. Her work has been presented in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Vienna, Austria, Vancouver, and Los Angeles. She has received a Princess Grace Award, a Bessie Award, and NAACP OVATION nominations for her directing work. She's been awarded by the Creative Capital Foundation and Voice & Vision’s ENVISION award for women theater artists (NYC), among others. MAUREEN co-founded Red Dive, a vanguard company in the site-specific and immersive theater movement in NYC which she directed until 2006. She holds a Diploma in Dramatic Playwriting with Merit from the University of Kent at Canterbury, England as a Rotary Scholar and an MFA in Theater Direction from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).

FRENCH STEWART, from NBC's "3rd Rock from the Sun," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

A fan of silent films, FRENCH is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts. Best known for his work on the classic TV series "3rd Rock From The Sun," FRENCH has also appeared on "Seinfeld," "The Larry Sanders Show," "Just Shoot Me," "The Drew Carey Show," "News Radio," "NCIS," "Trial and Error," "Community," "Psych," "Bones," "The Closer," "Castle," "Pushing Daisies," "Private Practice," "Roseanne," and in recurring roles on "The Middle" and Chuck Lorre's hit comedy "Mom."

In "Forever Bound," a play with a May 11 opening at Atwater Village Theatre, where performances continue through June 16, FRENCH takes on the role of a rare book dealer desperately trying to avoid bankruptcy. The play is an homage to David Mamet's "American Buffalo" as well as to George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion."

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is TESSA ESPINOZA, Disney actress!

In spite of her youth, TESSA is already an accomplished actress and performer who has been recognized as a Best Child Actress in several award programs. She began acting at age three and has over 35 credits in film, television and theater. She will soon be starring in a new Disney pilot that is currently filming, which has been picked up by the network. She has been recognized for her guest starring roles on Disney's "Bizaardvark" and on Nickelodeon's "The Thundermans."

Tessa is active in the SAG-AFTRA Looking Ahead Leadership Program and has spoken to student groups such as Global Glow about the challenges and perks of being a child actor. In her 'spare' time she trains in dance and advanced tumbling, singing, piano, flute and American Sign Language.

She is also a world traveler who has already been to Argentina, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Mexico, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Africa (Zambia Zimbabwe, South Africa) and the Caribbean (Neevis).

VICTORIA PLATT, from CW's "Star-Crossed" and NBC's "Marlon," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

VICTORIA is an actress, singer and producer, born to a West Indian mother and Polish father in Queens, New York. Her film credits include the upcoming "The Gleaner," a film with Angus MacFadyen directed by Harry Lennix; the sci-fi apocalyptic film "Eruption;" "Winchell" (as Josephine Baker); "Jonah Hex;" "The Baytown Disco;" and she gender-bended as the chief justice in the film adaptation of "Henry IV," entitled "H4," which she co-produced. Other TV credits include "Major Crimes," "Bones," "The Mentalist," "Criminal Minds," "The Gates" and "Castle," as well as contract roles on both "All My Children" and "Guiding Light." She will also be appearing soon in CW's "Lucifer. "

VICTORIA is currently starring in a visceral, groundbreaking stage adaption of Richard Wright's racially charged novel, "Native Son," for Antaeus Theatre Company. The play centers on Bigger Thomas, suffocating in rat-infested poverty on Chicago's South Side during the 1930s. When a job as the family chauffeur brings him into the white world of wealthy Mrs. Dalton, her freethinking daughter, Mary and Mary's Communist boyfriend, Jan, circumstances spiral out of control.

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is BRANDEN GARRET, physicist-actor.

Born in Sempeter pri Gorici, Slovenia, BRANDEN studied electrical engineering and physics and achieved a Master's degree in physics. After few years of working in the field of science, education and electronics he started to study acting technique of Lee Strasberg. His first professional experience in filming were commercials followed with roles an extra in films.

Auditions brought him new roles. He was cast in various Slovenian indie films such as "The Last Man: Mangata," directed by Predrag Radulović and "Suplje Price: Zdej te je, a zdej te ni," directed by Samir Bajrić and produced by Slowlywood. In spring 2014 he was invited to play a supporting role in the film "We Will Be World Champions" directed by Darko Bajić. In spring 2015 BRANDEN was cast for the trilogy "Winnetou," to star alongiside Wotan Wilke Möhring, Nik Xhelilaj and Lazua Larios as a Polish worker who moves to the Wild West.

BRANDEN relocated to Los Angeles and soon signed with an agent in Beverly Hills. Currently, he is filming "Mesopatamia" with Ron Ely and is in production of the feature film "Portman," with more opportunities every day.

GEOFFREY AREND, from CBS's "Madam Secretary," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

A native New Yorker, GEOFFREY is a graduate of New York City's LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts. He is a series regular and directs for the hit CBS drama, "Madam Secretary" opposite Téa Leoni. He was also a series regular on ABC's drama "Body of Proof" for three seasons along with the TNT drama, "Trust Me." Geoffrey has appeared in numerous other roles on television, beginning with the iconic animated series "Daria," along with Judd Apatow's "Undeclared."

GEOFFREY got his start in a breakout role in the cult-stoner-comedy "Super Troopers." Notable features include a lead role in M. Night Shyamalan's "Devil" for Universal, "500 Days of Summer" opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, "Save The Date" which premiered at Sundance with Allison Brie, "Garden State" and "The Ringer." Animated work includes "Angry Birds" for Columbia Pictures and lead voices in MTV's "Chicks On A Bench" and "Backspace" for the Cartoon Network.

GEOFFREY is currently starring in LA Theatre Works' production of Ayad Akhtar's controversial Pulitzer Prize and Obie Award-winning drama, "Disgraced." Amir Kapoor is a brilliant, successful Pakistani-American attorney who has turned his back on his childhood faith in order to thrive in America. On the surface, he has it all: a beautiful wife, a swanky apartment and a lucrative career. But the charmed life he so artfully constructed is put in jeopardy when a dinner party turns tumultuous and the guests' ideals of culture, marriage, career and family collide.

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is GAVIN MAGNUS, actor and YouTube sensation!

GAVIN is now a series regular in the web series "Reckless Juliets," where he plays the role of Parker Bennett. He has created and produces his own YouTube series "Magnutizers," which has over 7,420,700 views and 28,300 subscribers. He has also been working on the DreamWorks TV series "When Sports Collide" and you can also see him on the series "Minor Renovations" on HGTV playing alongside Eric Stromer.

He is a gymnast in his spare time, practicing flips and training 2 -3 hours a day. He also helps his mom rescue animals, mostly Weimaraners.

JON CHAFFIN, from OWN's "The Haves and the Have Nots," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

A native of Stone Mountain Georgia, JON is a prolific and gifted actor. In addition to Tyler Perry's "The Haves and the Have Nots," one of the most popular series on the Oprah Winfry Network, JON has numerous film and television including "Snowfall," "Hawaii Five-O," "Stitchers," "Army Wives," "House of Payne," "The Red Road," "Blindspotting," "96 Minutes" and "Altered."

JON was recently seen in the critically acclaimed production of King Hedley II at the Matrix Theatre, which received a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle nomination for Best Ensemble.

He is currently starring in a visceral, groundbreaking stage adaption of Richard Wright's racially charged novel, "Native Son," for Antaeus Theatre Company. JON plays Bigger Thomas, suffocating in rat-infested poverty on Chicago's South Side during the 1930s. When a job as the family chauffeur brings him into the white world of wealthy Mrs. Dalton, her freethinking daughter, Mary and Mary's Communist boyfriend, Jan, circumstances spiral out of control.

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is POL ATTEU, host of "Gown and Out in Beverly Hills," available on Amazon Prime.

POL has over 25 years of knowledge and experience in the modeling and acting and fashion industry. He has been interviewed on "Entertainment Tonight," "Extra," "E News Daily," "The Insider," "Access Hollywood," "Showbiz Tonight," "Greta Van Susteren," and "Larry King Live." He has made guest appearances on the following shows: "New Money" (E! Television), "Living with the Enemy" (Lifetime TV), "Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis" (Bravo), "Beverly Hills Pawn" (Reelz), "That Sex Show" (Logo), "Race to the Scene" (Reelz), "The True Hollywood Story: Anna Nicole Smith," "Hollywood Hillbillies" (Reelz) and "Raising Fame" (TLC).

He currently produces, directs and stars in "Gown and Out in Beverly Hills" which is available on Amazon Prime and coming to a major network shortly!

NIOUSHA NOOR, from HBO's "Here and Now," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

NIOUSHA currently plays the mysterious character "Donya" on HBO'S new critically acclaimed series from Alan Ball, "Here and Now." This prolific series explores the challenges of a multicultural family starring Holly Hunter and Tim Robbins - the family appears to be a model for society until one of the sons begins having strange visions, threatening the stability of the group. NIOUSHA's character Donya is impacted by the 11:11 phenomenon which is seen by numerologists as an auspicious and synchronistic sign. As more unexpected events unfold, the family is faced with challenges that can't be explained by mere chance or coincidence

"Here and Now," which premiered on HBO February 11th, locates itself in the multi-racial America we live in, with an intentional and purposeful voice from a diverse writing staff and cast. The show has had a profound impact in 2018 especially with recent social and political events.

NIOUSHA is an engaging actress, dancer, singer, and producer, and uses her multiple talents to inspire positivity in whatever she is a part of. She is in the midst of producing a second video for her show #PERSIANIZE. In 2017 she released the first, a hilarious music video where she takes over a Hip-Hop dance class as an Iranian teacher and dancer.

Also joining us on the show this Sunday night is EMIN EMINZADA, Azerbaijani singer-songwriter.

Born and raised in Baku, EMIN has performed in various singing and drama classes as a child. At the age of thirteen, his music career has shined because he performed with famous Italian singer Robertino Loreti on "Jamaica" and "O sole mio" and has participated in classic and pop master-classes in Italy. At first he sang Italian-Neopalitan songs, but those who have heard EMIN know that he has a vocal range for popular songs. He has won several international song contests in different countries to date in Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan, as well as Baku-Azerbaijan.

His first single in English "Bubble Dreams" aroused great interest across Europe with the song played on popular radio stations such as BBC1, Jango, iHeart Radio and others.

JOHN GETZ, from Amazon Prime's "Bosch" and "Transparent," is our featured guest this week!

JOHN has appeared in numerous feature films including "Blood Simple," "The Fly," "Zodiac," "Nanking," "Social Network," "Trumbo" and "Certain Women." His recent TV appearances have included "Bosch," "Timeless," "Transparent," "Ghosted," "Grace and Frankie," "Better Call Saul" and "Homeland."

He has been seen in New York in Broadway productions of "M. Butterfly" and "They're Playing Our Song," at the New York Shakespeare Festival in "Macbeth" and "Measure for Measure," and at the American Place Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club.

Currently, JOHN is starring in Echo Theater Company and Circle X Theatre Company's joint production of "An Undivided Heart" by Yusuf Toropov, directed by Chris Fields and running March 16 through April 22 at Atwater Village Theatre. Set in 1992 Massachusetts against the backdrop of the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal and a toxic drinking water scandal, "An Undivided Heart" is part thriller and part spiritual mystery. A series of otherworldly visions and an unlikely encounter with a Zen priest propel Father Mike Cleary into a collision course with his Archdiocese, while Lynne Callahan, a young widow, struggles to make sense of her life in a town whose water has been polluted with deadly chemicals. The two confront a universal problem: How do victims of suffering caused by others find a way to go on?.

Also dropping by the show this Sunday night is SAVANNAH LILES, star of science fiction psychological thriller film, "Prodigy"!

SAVANNAH dominates the screen with her brilliant performance as she takes on the starring role as "Ellie", a dangerous young sociopathic genius with supernatural powers, matches wits with an unconventional psychologist where they engage in a mind-bending psychological chess match, as the girl's fate hangs in the balance.

"Prodigy" premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival in March of 2017, which kicked off a nine festival run last year. The film took home Best Narrative Feature honors at the Santa Cruz Film Festival, was a finalist for several other awards and received an overwhelmingly positive response at screenings around the country. It capped of the run with a closing night screening at the Other Worlds Austin Festival in December.

She has also appeared on FX's "American Horror Story" and Nickelodeon's "Henry Danger."

JULIAN SANDS, best known for films "A Room with a View," "Warlock" and "Boxing Helena," is our featured guest this Sunday!

JULIAN was born in Otley, West Riding of Yorkshire and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He has starred in some of the most memorable films of the last thirty years, including "A Room with a View," "The Killing Fields," "Boxing Helena," "Impromptu," "Leaving Las Vegas," "Oceans 13" and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." His high-profile television credits include "24," "Smallville," "Dexter" and "Gotham." He has also just wrapped "The Medici" for Netflix and "Walk Like a Panther" - a ton of fun, blood, sweat, and spandex movie about a wrestling team!

He is currently starring in LA Theatre Works world premiere of "Daniel Deronda," an adaptation, of George Eliot's 1876 novel exploring the place of Judaism in British Victorian society. Daniel Deronda is an intelligent, handsome young man who has been raised by his guardian, Sir Hugo Mallinger, but knows nothing of his true origins. Deronda's search to find his identity leads him into the world of 19th-century Zionism and the Jewish mystical tradition known as Kabbalah, a discovery that will alter the course of his life.

Also joining us on the show this Sunday night is OLIVIA OOMS, a young, emerging country singer.

OLIVIA, 15, is from Huntington Beach, and has been seen performing her blend of pop-country in many places such as Coastal Country Jam opening for Lady Antebellum and Old Dominion, the Troubador in London, the Hard Rock Café in LA, Surf City Nights, The Gaslamp, The Queen Mary, the OC Fair and in front of over 4000 military families at the Snowball Express in Dallas, Texas.

Her first EP, "Thoughts of You," was recently recorded in Nashville and is scheduled to be released in the spring.

PATRICIA RAVEN, from Discovery Channel's "Married with Secrets," is our featured guest this Sunday!

PATRICIA scored her first big role in 2007 as a young Mary Hatchet in the horror flick "Blood Night." Born on June 8th, 1995 in Philadelphia, she attended the Baldwin School, a girls-only college preparatory private school for 9 years before moving to LA. While living on the East Coast, she made the transition from auditioning in her hometown, to tackling the tough acting world of New York.

She has appeared on the hit show "Glee" and recently starred in the featured length documentary "Queen Mary of Scots: From Beginning to End."

Also joining us on the show this Sunday night is FRANK FORD, author of "Happy Accidents: The Transformative Power of 'Yes, And' at Work and in Life."

FRANK has had a successful career in the entertainment industry for the last 25 years and is one of the founding members of Four Day Weekend, a comedy institution in Texas. He has also studied at the renowned Second City Conservatory in Chicago and taught advanced improvisation classes at the Four Day Weekend Training Center, 4U.

As a professional actor, FRANK has appeared in numerous commercial spots, television shows and films. In addition, he has received critical-acclaim for his original sketch comedy revues, comedy album, short films and various acting roles.

He also published his first book entitled, "Happy Accidents: The Transformative Power of 'Yes, And' at Work and in Life," which teaches people how use the philosophy of improvisation, in a positive way, to enrich their lives and businesses.

DUSTYN GULLEDGE, from HBO's "Silicon Valley," is our featured guest this week!

DUSTYN is an Austin, TX native, and just as weird as the city. He originated the role of "Dino Tortorrici" in Norah Ephron's Broadway production of ""Lucky Guy" opposite Tom Hanks, as well as created the recurring role of 'Evan' in the first three seasons of HBO's Emmy winning TV show, "Silicon Valley." Other credits include "Person of Interest" (CBS) and "Forever" (ABC).

He is thrilled to be given the opportunity to reconnect with his theater roots playing "the best friend" in trip's West Coast premiere of "4Play: Sex In A Series," a delightful romcom that blurs the lines between art and life, between gay and straight, while referencing everything from quantum physics to the Infield Fly Rule, William Shakespeare and Cole Porter. Performances will take place in The Actor's Company flexible "Other Space," where the theater seats will be removed and replaced with cocktail tables to create a heightened experience.

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is BRAD SHERWOOD, from ABC's and CW's "Whose Line is it Anyway?"

BRAD continues to headline across the country on his sold-out national tour "Scared Scriptless." He is one of the quickest comedic minds on the scene - we all remember his witty performances and brilliant moments on "Whose Line is it Anyway?" He brought improv out into the mainstream and continues to be an inspiration and role model for young improvisers.

He has been living and working in Las Vegas with his wife Seana. He loves cooking, travelling, and of course dancing, singing, and creating new projects - including his brand-new Instagram account.

KAMIL MCFADDEN, star of Disney Channel's "KC Undercover," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

KAMIL is known and recognized for his role as a series regular on the Disney show "K.C Undercover" and his TV family recently presented at the Radio Disney Music Awards. He plays Ernie Cooper, brother of Zendaya, on the hit show. He has starred in the Columbia Pictures Box Office Hit "Grown Ups 2" and the voice of Claude in the family animated feature film "Rise of the Guardian." He has also starred on Nickelodeon's "AwesomenessTV" and the popular TV Series "House of Pain."

KAMIL is currently working on the 2018 "Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors" and plays Elijah Bradley / Patriot. "Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors" will launch first as a series of six four-minute digital shorts, with the full film coming to the screen in 2018.

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is WHITNEY BOWERS, actress and comedian.

WHITNEY is well known for her performances at Carnegie Hall and in Broadway musicals, as well as her stand-up comedy.

An accomplished actress, model and performer, she has trained in the art of Muay Thai which she uses in the action movie "Sleight," with Storm Reid and Seychelle Gabriel.

She also stars in the film "School for Gods" and "Perrenea," premiering in theaters in late 2018.

IRIS ALMARIO, starring in TV Land's "Nobodies," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

IRIS is known as an accomplished and prolific actress, social media influencer and model, currently starring on the new hit TV Land series "Nobodies" with Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcon. She has recently guest starred on CW's popular Series: "Jane the Virgin" as Soledad Goldberg, CBS' "Code Black" as Detective Carmody, CBS' "NCIS" as Natalie Tupperman, ABC's "Switched at Birth" as Felicia, FX' Series: "American Crime Story," CW's "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" and many more.

She is also recognized for her memorable recurring roles "The Young and the Restless" as Jessica Sinclair and "General Hospital" as Adela. And many fans still remember her as Terry on HBO's "Sex and the City" from the Atlantic City episode.

IRIS is also recognized as Miss Latina USA and Queen of the popular National Puerto Rican Day in NYC which happens annually in June.

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is RHONDA SHEAR, actress, comedian and entrepreneur.

RHONDA's big break came in 1991 when she became the sultry-smart hostess of late-night movie show "USA: Up All Night," a gig that lasted until 1999, made her nationally famous, and delighted foot fetishists from coast to coast. After "Up All Night" ended, Rhonda pursued her love of comedy and quickly became a headliner in Las Vegas and at top comedy clubs like The Laugh Factory and the Improv.

Her latest chapter began when she appeared on the Home Shopping Network to sell women's intimates. Her appearance was a sensation, and she started a company, Shear Enterprises, LLC, to design, manufacture and sell RHONDA's own line of women's intimate wear. Today, that company has grown to more than $100 million in annual sales, and RHONDA has won numerous entrepreneurship awards-though she still refers to herself as a "bimbopreneur."

Her new book, UP ALL NIGHT, is available at all good bookstores!

AMY PIETZ, from DirectTV's "Hit the Road," is our special guest this Sunday night!

AMY received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series nomination for her role as "Annie Spadaro" in the NBC sitcom, "Caroline in the City." She has appeared in over 300 episodes of television, and can currently be seen opposite Jason Alexander in the musical comedy "Hit the Road" for Direct TV. The previous year she starred on the People's Choice award nominated romantic comedy for the CW, "No Tomorrow." Other series regular roles include: "The Nine Lives of Chloe King," and the critically acclaimed "Aliens in America." She has had recurring roles on: "The Office," "Trust Me" and "Ally McBeal."

Her films have included Disney's "Prom," "The Pact II," "Autumn Leaves," "Rudy" and "The Whole Ten Yards."

AMY is currently starring in the title role of "The Goodbye Girl," when L.A. Theatre Works records Neil Simon's screenplay for the 1977 Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning romantic comedy. Known as "The Goodbye Girl" because of all the live-in boyfriends who have left her, Paula and her young daughter must make room in their cramped quarters for a new roommate. But can they make room in their hearts for another man who may just walk out that door again?

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is NEWTON MAYENGE, a pro basketball player turned model and actor.

NEWTON's parents are of African descent from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Formerly Zaire). He speaks fluent Lingala and has a basic proficiency in French. With a passion for basketball, he played all through his younger years and received scholarships and played in college. After graduating from the University of North Carolina, he played professional basketball in Germany. After a car crash ended his dreams of playing in the NBA, he turned to his next love, performing!

He currently stars in the dramatic movie, "Night Shift," produced by Viola Davis and currently in the Sundance Film Festival Tour. He is recognized for many print campaigns, runway modeling, hosting and presenting on the red carpet.

ED BEGLEY, JR, actor from hit TV show "St. Elsewhere," is our special guest this Sunday night!

Inspired by the works of his Academy Award-winning father, ED became an actor. He first came to audiences' attention for his portrayal of Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the long-running hit television series, "St. Elsewhere," for which he received six Emmy nominations. Since then, ED has moved easily between feature, television and theatre projects.

ED can be seen in "Ghostbusters" with Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy and a number of Christopher Guest films, such as "Mascots," "A Mighty Wind," "Best In Show," and "For Your Consideration." He has also appeared in the Woody Allen movie "Whatever Works" with Larry David, as well as the Seth Rogan/Judd Apatow film, "Pineapple Express." On television, ED is currently shooting "Future Man" for Seth Rogen, and can be seen on "Better Call Saul" with Bob Odenkirk, the Judd Apatow series "Love" and two seasons of "Lady Dynamite" with Maria Bamford.

He has starred in two HBO movies: "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" with Christopher Plummer, Danny Glover and Frank Langella, as well as "Recount" with Kevin Spacey, Tom Wilkinson and Laura Dern. He has also had recurring roles on "Six Feet Under," "Arrested Development," and "Portlandia."

ED is supporting a free press with celebrity reading of "All the President's Men" at Los Angeles City Hall. The special, one-night only reading of William Goldman's screenplay, presented by the award-winning Fountain Theatre in partnership with the City of Los Angeles and with exclusive permission from Warner Bros Entertainment and Simon & Schuster. The free event will be hosted by Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell and will take place in the John Ferraro Council Chamber of Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m. A catered reception will follow in the City Hall Rotunda.

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is GENE LIM, executive producer at Barajoun Entertainment, a leading animation and visual effects studio based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. His passion for storytelling inspired him to produce the animation feature film "Bilal," which tells a story about faith, hope, and courage.

"Bilal" has drawn enormous applause and gained recognitions and awards worldwide since its first launch in 2016. Bilal has won "The Best Inspiring Movie" on the Animation Day during Cannes Film Festival in 2016 and an official selection at the Annecy Film Festival in the same year. "Bilal" was also nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the region's highest accolade for film and was screened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, last March 2017.

For GENE, "Bilal" is an eye-opener realization of his ultimate goal in life which is to inspire other people through the power of storytelling. His work paved a way to pursue this advocacy by directing his own masterpiece of art and producing stories that impart values, inspirational and brings life-changing experience that will appeal to different generations of all mankind.

HEATHER TOM, Emmy Award winning actress from "The Bold and the Beautiful," is our special guest this Sunday night!

When HEATHER was only 16, she won an Emmy Award for her portrayal of the tempestuous, troubled and oft-married Victoria Newman on "The Young and the Restless." She has won the Emmy award twice (1993, 1999). She currently stars as Katie Logan on "The Bold and the Beautiful." In the past she has appeared on several prime-time television shows, including "Lucifer," "Unforgettable," "Criminal Minds," "The Mentalist" and "Ugly Betty."

HEATHER is devoted to helping people who do not have the opportunities or options that she has. Recently she was named Regional Ambassador for Childhelp USA, a national non-profit organization that assists abused children. She also works very closely with several AIDS service organizations such as Caring for Babies with AIDS, Project Angelfood, Tuesday's Child and AIDS Project Los Angeles. She has volunteered in the kitchen at Project Angelfood helping to prepare meals for those who are disabled by AIDS many times as well as appearing and working at fund-raisers for many organizations.

HEATHER loves to discuss politics, but she does more than "talk the talk." In the Congressional elections, she worked very closely with Congressman Loretta Sanchez' campaign as well as with "Rock the Vote" to help get out the younger voters. She also spends hours reading plays, scripts and classical literature. She is also an avid art collector who has amassed an impressive collection of sculpture, painting and prints.

Also dropping by the show this Sunday night is SERENA SCOTT THOMAS, star of "Inherent Vice" and "The World is not Enough."

SERENA was born in Nether Compton, Dorset, the younger sister of actress Kristin Scott Thomas.

She is the niece of Admiral Sir Richard Thomas, who was Black Rod in the House of Lords, and a more distant grandniece of Capt. Robert F. Scott, who was the ill-fated explorer who lost the race to the South Pole. Her last name is an amalgam of the last names of those two families.

She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of the character Dr. Molly Warmflash in the 1999 James Bond film "The World Is Not Enough." In addition she has recently appeared in the Thomas Pynchon novel-based film, "Inherent Vice." She has also appeared in numerous hit TV shows over the years, including "Scorpion," "Rizzoli & Isles," "Nip/Tuck," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Nash Bridges."

BRIAN WHITE, from Showtime's "Ray Donovan," is our special guest this Sunday night!

BRIAN just wrapped a recurring role on Showtime's "Ray Donovan," and NBC's "Taken." He previously held down three major recurring roles on three of TV's hottest shows at the same time: NBC's hit show "Chicago Fire," ABC's hit show, "Scandal" and ABC's "Mistresses." Before that he starred in CBS' "Hostages" opposite Dylan McDermott and Toni Collette; the independent feature, "Walter," with Neve Campbell, Peter Facinelli, Virginia Madsen, and William H. Macy; and the hit CW show, "Beauty and the Beast" opposite Kristen Kreuk.

BRIAN returns this year to co-host the 58th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration, the largest multicultural holiday celebration in the county. The performance takes place on Sunday, December 24 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles.

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is TODD SAVVAS, modern spiritualist.

Originally from Australia, TODD has taught his brand of modern spirituality in Sydney, London, New York and Los Angeles, with clients from all over the world. He is known for blending ancient techniques and wisdom with modern savvy and energy.

A media darling for his natural gift for translating complex spiritual concepts into easy to understand content, TODD is a "Good Day LA" regular, has appeared on "Young Hollywood" and was a regular on Australia's #1 Morning Show.

TODD currently teaches the only spiritual circle at The Den Meditation. He was also the Soho House West Hollywood's go-to Mystic for nearly two years. TODD was referred to as their 'in-house spiritual teacher' during his time there. Whilst there, he curated spiritual events such as meditations, actor's workshops, worked on brand partnership events and more.

ALBIE SELZNICK, from Amazon's "The Last Tycoon" and "Goliath," is our special guest this Sunday night!

ALBIE is an accomplished actor, recently seen in "How To Get Away With Murder," "Code Black" and "My Crazy-Ex Girlfriend," and recurring this summer in both Amazon series "The Last Tycoon" and "Goliath."

He is also a life-time member of the Magic Castle, and creator/performer of "Smoke and Mirrors," the hit theatrical magic show that ran in L.A. and N.Y. for five years (Los Angeles Times "Critic's Choice"). In response to the enormous enthusiasm of Los Angeles audiences to that show, ALBIE drew on his many friends in the magic community to create "Magic Monday," a weekly variety show hosted by Albie and featuring new and different acts every Monday. He is now hosting "A Very Merry MagicMania," celebrating the season with a festival of 35 different magic and variety acts over the course of nine shows and two weekends at the Santa Monica Playhouse.

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is CASEY BURKE from ABC's hit comedy, "The Middle."

Born in New York to Australian parents, she has lived in New York, London, Sydney and now Los Angeles. CASEY has also entertained audiences with her comedic antics on Nickelodeon's "Big Time Rush," the Netflix comedy series "Bad Samaritans," the popular Youtube aeries "Astrid Clover." Her dramatic prowess as an actress is featured in the A24 Production of "Twentieth Century Women" with Elle Fanning, Annette Bening and Greta Gerwig.

AVA CANTRELL, from Nickelodeon's comedy "The Haunted Hathaways," is our special guest this Sunday night!

AVA has been successfully working in Hollywood since 2008 appearing in commercials, music videos, films, television and television pilots. She started her acting career at age eight booking commercials, short films, features, web series, and television, guest starring many times on Nickelodeon's "Haunted Hathaways" from 2013 to 2015.

More recently she co-stars as supernatural antagonist "Diana" in New Line Cinema's horror feature "Lights Out", and stars in the Stan Lee recommended indie sci-fi feature film "One Under the Sun."

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is WOODROW CLARK, Nobel Peace Prize winning scientist.

WOODY is an internationally recognized, respected expert, author, lecturer, public speaker and consultant on global and local solutions to climate change. During the 1990s, he was Manager of Strategic Planning for Technology Transfer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) with University of California and U.S. Department of Energy. At LLNL, he was contributing scientists for United Nations Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change (IPCC), awarded 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

MARIA RUSSELL, from MTV's "Teen Wolf," is our special guest this Sunday night!

MARIA is a self-proclaimed Mexiuanian - Mexican and Lithuanian - and a proud native Angeleno. She is best known for MTV's "Teen Wolf," recurring as Deputy Vargas and the hit horror movie "Lights Out." She has also appeared in "General Hospital," "The Bold and the Beautiful," "Major Crimes," "CSI," "Criminal Minds" and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."

She is currently appearing in "The Latina Christmas Special," a play bursting with laughs, more laughs, music and scandal, at The Los Angeles Theatre Center. The production runs December 1 through January 7.

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is Oscar nominated / Emmy winning director STACY SHERMAN. Her new short film is "The Chute," and is available on IndieVue, a new streaming site for indie films, docs and animated films.

STACY is best known for have co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed the documentary "God Sleeps In Rwanda," which chronicles the story of five survivors, whose lives were irrevocably altered, 10 years after the Rwandan genocide. Sold to HBO, "God Sleeps in Rwanda" was nominated for an Academy Award and won an Emmy. She also co-wrote the screenplay, "One for the Money," based on the best-selling book series by Janet Evanovich. The feature film stars Katherine Heigl and was released by LakeShore Entertainment and Lionsgate.

REIKO AYLESWORTH, from the hit TV show "24," is our special guest this Sunday night!

REIKO has had recurring roles on "ER," "Lost," "Damages," "Hawaii 5-0" and "Scorpion," and has been seen on such other TV shows as "NCIS," "Elementary," "Person of Interest," "The Good Wife," "Revolution," "CSI," "The West Wing" and "Law & Order: SVU." She is best known for her role as "Michelle Dessler" in the hit TV show "24."

She is currently starring at the Antaeus Theatre in a production of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses." Set among the decadent ruling class of pre-revolutionary France, the play is a seductive and unsettling tale of sex, deceit, cruelty and the struggle for power in an all-too recognizable world. Former lovers, the Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont now compete in games of seduction and revenge. Merteuil incites Valmont to corrupt the innocent Cécile de Volanges before her wedding night, but Valmont has targeted the peerlessly virtuous and married Madame de Tourvel.

Also dropping by the show Sunday night is JAMES CAVLO, best known as the lead role of "Larry" in "A Haunting of Silver Falls" and (coming to theatres soon) "A Haunting of Silver Falls 2." His TV roles include "Rasing Hope," "Deception & Lies," "iCarly" and "Wizards of Waverly Place."

He has also appeared in films including "Mansion of Blood," "The Extra, "The Vistor From Planet Omicron" and "Valentina" which is coming to theaters soon.

SEAMUS DEVER, actor from ABC's fan favorite "Castle," is our special guest this Sunday night!

Best known to television audiences as Detective Kevin Ryan on ABC's "Castle," SEAMUS has previously appeared as a series regular on "General Hospital" and "Army Wives," as well as appearances on such iconic shows as "CSI," "Mad Men," "NCIS" and "JAG."

An alumnus of Carnegie-Mellon University and the Moscow Art Theatre, SEAMUS is currently starring in L.A. Theatre Works production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Between Riverside and Crazy." Ex-cop "Pops" Washington and his ex-con son Junior are barely holding on to one of the last great rent stabilized apartments in Manhattan. Pops has his hands full as he navigates a steady stream of sketchy houseguests and sweats out the impending verdict on his law suit against the police department. A celebration of the glorious contradictions that make up human nature, this rowdy dark comedy looks at the slippery nature of justice and the grit it takes to finally move on.

Hear our live interview with SEAMUS DEVER this Sunday evening!

JASON PAIGE, singer of the iconic "Pokemon" theme tune, is our special guest this Sunday night!

JASON's career as a vocalist is accomplished and varied. He toured for a year as the lead singer for legendary band Blood Sweat & Tears. He shared the stage with Michael Jackson as the rap soloist for the hit song "Black or White" in Michael Jacksons 30th Anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden aired on CBS. He can be heard on Foreigner's "Can't Slow Down." Meatloaf's "Bat Outta Hell 3," the Scorpions "Hour 1," Frankie Valli's "Romancing the '60s" and on "The Art of McCartney" tribute CD behind Billy Joel, Roger Daltrey, Kiss, Smokey Robinson and more. His singing is featured in the films "Jersey Boys," "Annie," with Kermit and Miss Piggy in the last two Muppet movies, and a character or four in "Sausage Party." On TV he can be heard in "Phineas & Ferb," "Son of Zorn" and HBO's "Animals."

But JASON is best known for the Billboard #1 original "Pokemon" theme tune which, until 2005, scored #1 most viewed/imitated video of all time on YouTube.

He is currently starring in a hilarious production of "deLEARious" at the Atwater Village Theatre. Tragedy meets hilarity and Shakespeare's King Lear gets a happy ending in a madcap musical romp à la Mel Brooks and Monty Python.

Hear our live interview with JASON PAIGE this Sunday evening!

CHRISTINE WOODS, from HBO's "Hello Ladies" and AMC's "Walking Dead," is our special guest this Sunday night!

CHRISTINE is best known for her wide-ranging work on television. She was recently on the HBO series and television movie "Hello Ladies" starring opposite Stephen Merchant. She was featured in this season of AMC's "The Walking Dead" as well as NBC's "About a Boy," which co-starred David Walton and Minnie Driver. Previously, CHRISTINE recurred opposite Matthew Perry on NBC's "Go On" and was a regular on NBC's "Perfect Couples" and ABC's "Flash Forward." Other television credits include "The Odd Couple," "Bad Teacher," "The Closer," "House M.D," "NCIS," "Cold Case," "Necessary Roughness," "Castle" and "In Plain Sight."

She is now staring in the IAMA Theatre Company's production of the new play, "Sinner's Laundry." The residents of Newport Women's Correctional Facility have all mysteriously vanished. Only two inmates remain - and they are locked in Rec Room No. 4 with nothing but some crappy board games and their imaginations. "Waiting for Godot" meets "Orange is the New Black" meets "The Book of Revelations" as they navigate their way towards salvation in this unique, funny and poignant exploration of the power of redemption and the divinity within us all.

Hear our live interview with CHRISTINE WOODS this Sunday evening!

JAMES ECKHOUSE, star of the original "Beverly Hills 90210" and PBS's "Murder of a President," is our special guest this Sunday night!

Best known to TV audiences as "Jim Walsh" on the original "Beverly Hills 90210," JAMES has starred in over 50 episodes on shows including: "Major Crimes," "NCIS: New Orleans," "The Good Wife," "Southland," "Criminal Minds," "Nip/Tuck," "Medium," "Boston Legal," "CSI," "West Wing," "Once and Again," "Without A Trace" and "Ally McBeal." His notable film credits include: "The Avengers," "S.W.A.T.," "Guess Who," "One True Thing," "Junior," "Defending Your Life," "84 Charing Cross Road," "Fat Man and Little Boy," "Fatal Attraction," "Cocktail," "Big," "Trading Places," "Leaving Normal," and the voice of "Potiphar" in the Dreamworks animated film, "Joseph - King of Dreams."

JAMES has performed in dozens of productions on and off-Broadway as well as at many of the country's regional theaters. Most recently he starred opposite Bryan Cranston in the Tony award winning hit, "All The Way," He stars in the PBS drama, "Murder of a President" and as arch villain Doctor Knotts in the new Warner Brothers web series, "High and Mighty," premiering this fall.

JAMES currently stars in the IAMA Theatre Company production of the play "Redline," where engines and heart rates explode on a journey towards redemption in a profoundly intimate theater-going experience. He is "Raymond," whose moment of road rage along a frigid eastern Sierra highway shattered his relationship with his family forever. The impact of this event ripples through the years until his estranged son returns to test the limits of forgiveness.

Hear our live interview with JAMES ECKHOUSE this Sunday evening!

CAMILLE SPIRLIN, from Fox's "Rosewood" and Nickelodeon's "Marvin Marvin," is our special guest this Sunday night!

CAMILLE recently guest starred on the ABC web series American Koko. Previously she was a series regular in Nickelodeon's "Marvin Marvin." In 2016, she had a recurring role on the FOX TV series "Rosewood."

She is currently starring in a powerful, funny and deeply moving mother-daughter story - the world premiere of the play, "Runaway Home." Three years after Hurricane Katrina, the unhealed wounds of New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward continue to fester. CAMILLE plays 14-year-old runaway Kali. Rhyming, stealing and scamming her way through the still destroyed neighborhood, she embarks on a journey to pick through the wreckage of what used to be her life. While the rest of the country's attention drifts, the neighborhood's residents are left to repair the damage from the inside out. As their attempts at renewal leave a path of destruction in their wake, Kali bears witness to what the floodwaters left behind.

Hear our live interview with CAMILLE SPIRLIN this Sunday evening!

SUSAN SULLIVAN, star of "Castle," "Dharma & Greg" and "Falcon Crest," is our special guest this Sunday night!

SUSAN starred for seven successful seasons as "Martha," Nathan Fillion's outrageously entertaining mother, on the hit ABC series "Castle." She also recurred alongside Martha Plimpton and Jay R. Ferguson on ABC's "The Real O'Neals." SUSAN is well known to television audiences for starring roles in the long running hits "Dharma & Greg" and "Falcon Crest," and she has made innumerable recurring and guest appearances on shows including "Two and a Half Men," "The Nine" and "Judging Amy," to name a few. In addition to her series roles, SUSAN has starred in numerous features and television movies, including "My Best Friend's Wedding," "The Incredible Hulk," "Midway," "A Perfect Stranger" and the classic miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man."

SUSAN currently stars In LA Theatre Works radio production of "Watch on the Rhine." Set in Washington, D.C. on the brink of U.S. involvement in World War II, this suspenseful drama is a timely reminder to keep our eyes open, to remain vigilant and involved. As the clouds of war gather in Europe in the late 1930s, a leader in the German resistance arrives in Washington DC, accompanied by his American wife, Sarah and their children. The Müllers stay at the home of Sarah's wealthy mother, Fanny Farrelly (played by SUSAN), who, like most Americans at that time, is unaware of the storm brewing in Europe.

Hear our live interview with SUSAN SULLIVAN this Sunday evening!

WILL BRADLEY, from ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars" and HBO's "The Normal Heart," is our special guest this Sunday night!

WILL was raised in the rural southern community of Sautee-Nacoochee, Georgia. After graduating with a degree in theatre from Brenau University in Gainesville, he worked extensively on the stage. His first film work was as the young naval ensign William H. Flood, in Scott Free's production of "Killing Lincoln" on the National Geographic channel, starring Tom Hanks as narrator and Billy Campbell as Abraham Lincoln.

He is perhaps best known for the role of Jonny Raymond in ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars." He also played Marion in HBO's "The Normal Heart" with Mark Ruffalo and Jonathan Groff.

WILL currently is starring in the world premiere at Atwater Village Theatre of "Walking To Buchenwald," a comedy about learning what it means to be American in a world that no longer admires the U.S. Cultural, national and gender identity; politics; marriage; death; and the mutability of theater are some of the many motifs that run through this play, in which a soon-to-be-married couple, Schiller and Arjay, take Schiller's parents on their first trip to Europe.

Hear our live interview with WILL BRADLEY this Sunday evening!

WADE ALLAIN-MARCUS, from HBO's "Insecure" and the new FX drama "Snowfall," is our special guest this Sunday night!

WADE is an accomplished writer, director and actor. His most recent feature, "French Dirty," which he co-wrote, directed and starred in, premiered at the 2016 Los Angeles Film Festival and was released on Netflix. As an actor, he has had significant roles in the studio films "Brooklyn's Finest" (with Antoine Fuqua and Don Cheadle), "Beyond the Lights" (with Gina Prince Bythewood and Minnie Driver) and "Take Me Home Tonight" (with Anna Farris and Topher Grace).

He can currently be seen recurring as "Derek DuBois" in HBO's "Insecure" and as "Diego" in the new FX drama "Snowfall."

WADE is currently starring in the world premiere of "Fixed," a new play set in the heart of L.A.'s Historic Filipinotown. Miracles Malcañang is a ladyboy masseuse who "walks" for Filipinotown's infamous House of Malacañang. When Miracles' forbidden love affair sparks tensions between the city's hottest political family, two families must come together to understand the power of desire, identity, and honor.

Hear our live interview with WADE ALLAIN-MARCUS this Sunday evening!

ROS GENTLE, actress from “American Crime Story: The People Vs OJ Simpson” and Australian shows “Neighbours” and “Home and Away,” is our special guest this Sunday night!

In Australia, ROS worked predominantly in television appearing in such shows as “Neighbours,” “Home and Away,” “GP,” “Mother and Son,” “A Country Practice,” “Land of Hope,” “Mother and Son,” “Carson’s Law,” and, most notably, as a multiple personality in “Prisoner.”

In the United States, ROS recently appeared in a recurring role in “American Crime Story: The People Vs OJ Simpson.” Other TV includes HBO’s “Hello Ladies,” “Agent X,” “Santa Sent Me to the ER,” “Tabloid,” “LAX,” “Outrageous 911 Calls,” Tattoo Nightmares” and more. Films include “Suing the Devil” (alongside Malcolm McDowell), as well as “Remember When,” “Sienna’s Choice,” “The Method,” “Discarded” and the award-winning Australian film “Winning Formula.”

She is currently starring in L.A.’s Australian Theatre Company presentation of “Grey Nomad” by Australian playwright Dan Lee in a visiting production at the Skylight Theatre. Two couples, a wet T-shirt competition — and one vast country. As a growing number of Australian retirees choose to continuously circumnavigate the world’s largest island in their caravans and RVs, a new comedy captures their unique spirit and sense of camaraderie. Directed by Iain Sinclair, “Grey Nomad” opens on Monday, September 11.

Hear our live interview with ROS GENTLE this Sunday evening!

KELSEY SCOTT, Emmy-nominated actress from "Fear the Walking Dead: Passage," is our special guest this Sunday night!

KELSEY is also a writer and producer best known for her role as Anne Northup in the OSCAR-winning "12 Years A Slave" and as Wes Gibbins' mother, Rose, on "How to Get Away With Murder."

"Fear the Walking Dead: Passage" is a 16-episode short form program spin off that follows Sierra (played by KELSEY), a formidable survivor of an undead apocalypse, who takes an injured woman under her wing during her search for sanctuary. Passage is nominated for an Emmy in a new category called Short Form Video. Additionally, KELSEY has been nominated for an Emmy as best actress in a short form video.

Hear our live interview with KELSEY SCOTT this Sunday evening!

EARNESTINE PHILLIPS, actress recently seen in "Speechless" and "The Mindy Project," is our special guest this Sunday night!

Originally from Dallas, Texas, EARNESTINE has appeared in a number of the most popular TV shows in recent years, including "NCIS: Los Angeles," "Southland," "Desperate Housewives," "Glee, Bones," "ER" and "The Shield." Most recently she has appeared in "Speechless" and "The Mindy Project."

EARNESTINE is a longtime member of Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum repertory company and is a three-time NAACP Theatre Award winner for her performances in "The Tempest," "As You Like It" and "To Kill A Mockingbird." She is currently starring in "Trouble in Mind," the scathingly funny backstage drama about interracial politics by pioneering African American playwright Alice Childress. The groundbreaking 1955 satire follows an integrated theater company in rehearsal for a "progressive" anti-lynching drama. The play-within-a-play, entitled Chaos in Belleville, marks the first opportunity for gifted African American actress Wiletta Mayer (portrayed by ERNESTINE) to play a leading lady on Broadway. But what compromises must she make to succeed?

Hear our live interview with EARNESTINE PHILLIPS this Sunday evening!

ALAN BLUMENFELD, actor from fan-favorite TV shows "Heroes" and "Gilmore Girls," is our special guest this Sunday night!

As a professional actor for the past 40 years, ALAN has a long history of work in film, television and theater. On the small screen, he has had more than 300 guest starring roles including "Shameless," "Murder in the First," "Arrested Development," "Castle,' "Parenthood," "Dirty Sexy Money," "Grey's Anatomy," "CSI" ad ER," in addition to memorable recurring roles on "Heroes" and "Gilmore Girls." On the big screen, he has appeared in "The Interview," "Righteous Kill," "In Her Shoes," "The Ring" and "Heartbreakers."

A frequent and accomplished stage actor, ALAN will be taking the lead role of Shylock the Jew in William Shakespeare's comic tragedy "The Merchant of Venice" at the Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga.

Hear our live interview with ALAN BLUMENFELD this Sunday evening!

BILLY HAYES, author of the bestselling Turkish prison memoir "Midnight Express" is our special guest this Sunday night!

BILLY has been writing, acting, and directing since his bestseller "Midnight Express" was published in 1976. The memoir about his arrest and time in Turkish prisons was quickly adapted into the Academy Award-winning motion picture released in 1978. He followed up with two sequel books, "Midnight Return," about his experiences after escaping, and "Letters from a Turkish Prison--1970-1975."

In 2010 the British TV series "Locked Up Abroad" gave BILLY a chance to retell his story in his own words in interviews as well as theatrical re-enactment. The overwhelming response to this program attracted producer Barbara Ligeti, who developed and premiered "Riding the Midnight Express with Billy Hayes" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2013. Since then the show has played Off-Broadway in New York twice, London, Edinburgh, Melbourne and Beirut as well as other American cities. Additional international engagements are being planned. The documentary, "Midnight Return-the Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey," has recently screened at the Santa Barbara, Newport Beach and Cannes Film Festival.

Hear our live interview with BILLY HAYES this Sunday evening!

DAISUKE TSUJI, actor from "Brockmire" and "The Man in the High Castle," is our special guest this Sunday night!

DAISUKE (pronounced Dice-Kay) was born in Kuwait, then moved to Japan, but mostly grew up in Sacramento, and eventually ended up with a B.A. in Theater Arts from UCLA. In addition to stage acting, he was also on tour with Cirque du Soleil.

His film and TV credits include "Brockmire," "The Man in the High Castle," "The Blacklist," and Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima." He is currently working on a video game, which he can't really talk about yet!

DAISUKE is currently starring in the Antaeus Theatre Company's production of Shakespeare's "As You Like It" at Kiki and David Gindler Performing Arts Center in beautiful downtown Glendale.

Hear our live interview with DAISUKE TSUJI this Sunday evening!

SHANNON LUCIO, actress from "The OC," "American Horror Story" and "Roots," is our special guest this Sunday night!

Shortly after receiving her BA in Theater from the University of Southern California, SHANNON landed her breakout role on "The O.C." Recently, she recurred on "American Horror Story" and the mini-series "Roots." Her other past notable television credits include "Prison Break," "True Blood," "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." and "Grey's Anatomy." Some of her noteworthy films are "Grounded" opposite Aaron Paul and Lena Olin, "Fireflies in the Garden" with Julia Roberts and Ryan Reynolds, and "Feast of Love" directed by Robert Benton.

She is currently in Los Angeles appearing at the Atwater Village Theatre in "The Cake," a play by Bekah Brunstetter.

Hear our live interview with SHANNON LUCIO this Sunday evening!

DEBRA JO RUPP, star of Fox's hit comedy "That '70s Show," is our special guest this Sunday night!

DEBRA has performed in well over 300 roles in film and television. She is probably best known for her 8 seasons playing Topher Grace's beloved mother 'Kitty Forman' on "That '70's Show." She is also very well known for her recurring roles as Phoebe's (Lisa Kudrow) sister-in-law 'Alice' on the hit series "Friends" as well as Jerry Seinfeld's booking agent 'Katie' on "Seinfeld". Equally adept with comedy or drama, her many other television appearances include "Better With You" (ABC); "From Earth to the Moon" (HBO); "The Office" (NBC); "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC); "The Jeff Foxworthy Show," (ABC); "ER," (NBC); "Hart of Dixie" (CW); "The Tracy Morgan Show" (NBC); and "Elementary" (CBS) just to name a few.

Her numerous film appearances include "She Wants Me" with Josh Gad, Hilary Duff and Charlie Sheen; "She's Out of My League" with Jay Baruchel; "Kickin' It Old Skool" with Jaime Kennedy; "Clockwatchers" with Toni Collette, Parker Posey and Lisa Kudrow; and more recently "The Opposite Sex". DEBRA has also performed many voiced characters in films such as "Air Buddies", "Super Buddies", "Spymate", and "Garfield". She has enjoyed working with a number of iconic film directors including Robert Zemekis in "Death Becomes Her'; Jonathan Lynn in "Sgt. Bilko"; and Stephen Gyllenhaal in "A Dangerous Woman". Ms. Rupp memorably made her film debut working with director Penny Marshall and star Tom Hanks in "Big."

DEBRA's career started in the theater, and working on stage remains her first love. She received nominations for New York's Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her portrayal of well known radio and television sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer in "Becoming Dr. Ruth" at the Westside Arts Theatre. She performed on Broadway in a major revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" with Kathleen Turner and Charles Durning.

She is returning to Los Angeles to appear at the Atwater Village Theatre in "The Cake," a play by Bekah Brunstetter.

Hear our live interview with DEBRA JO RUPP this Sunday evening!

BO FOXWORTH, actor from HBO's "All The Way," is our special guest this Sunday night!

BO has numerous film and television credits including most recently an appearance on HBO's "VEEP," and the role of Robert McNamara in the HBO movie "All The Way" starring Bryan Cranston.

He is a member of the prestigious Antaeus Theatre Company, where he appeared in "Cloud 9," garnering both Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle and Stage Raw Awards for his role as Betty/Edward, as well as in "Henry IV," "The Liar," "The Crucible" (Ovation nomination for Best Lead Actor), "Macbeth" (in the title role), "The Seagull" and "The Malcontent."

BO is currently starring in the world-premiere of the play "Building the Wall" at the Fountain Theatre. Written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan (who also wrote "All the Way" and "Hacksaw Ridge"), this play sees the Trump administration carrying out his campaign promise to round up and detain millions of immigrants. As a writer interviews the former supervisor of a private prison, it becomes clear how federal policy has escalated to a terrifying, seemingly inconceivable, yet inevitable conclusion.

Hear our live interview with BO FOXWORTH this Sunday evening!

DOMINIC BOGART, from AMC's "Fear the Walking Dead" and critically-acclaimed film "Birth of a Nation," is our special guest this Sunday night!

DOMINIC first gained widespread-recognition in the 2012 Sundance film "I Am Not a Hipster," which featured his band Canines. He has appeared in a number of TV shows, including NBC's "FlashForward" and HBO's "The Chris Rock Show."

Recently, he appeared in Nate Parker's Nat Turner biopic, "The Birth of a Nation," which won top prizes at Sundance, and sci-fi features "400 Days" and "Pandemic." In June, DOMINIC can be seen in several episodes of season three of "Fear the Walking Dead" and in August he will appear in "The Glass Castle" with Brie Larson and Woody Harrelson.

Hear our live interview with DOMINIC BOGART this Sunday evening!

ELLEN GEER, accomplished actress from the cult classic film "Harold and Maude," is our special guest this Sunday night!

ELLEN got her start performing in regional theaters across the country, including the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre of San Francisco and the Old Globe in San Diego. She has worked continuously for 46 years in television and motion pictures since making her debut in Richard Lester's "Petulia "in support of Julie Christie and George C. Scott. Probably best remembered for her turn as the committed actress who is lined up as the third (and last) date for Harold by his mother in the cult classic film "Harold and Maude." ELLEN has played character and supporting parts in scores of movies and television shows. Some of her other film credits include "Hard Traveling," "Patriot Games," "Clear and Present Danger," "Phenomenon" and "The Odd Couple ll."

Since 1978, ELLEN has been the artistic director of her father Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum, where she helped the theater develop from a Sunday afternoon workshop performing Shakespeare to a professional repertory theater company now in its seventeenth season with a negotiated Actors Equity Contract. She has produced and directed over 50 Theatricum productions, including plays by Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, Chekhov and Thornton Wilder, as well as Greek classics. ELLEN was an associate professor at U.C.L.A. teaching Shakespeare to graduate students in the theater department for 15 years.

Hear our live interview with ELLEN GEER this Sunday evening!

RICH SOMMER, star of AMC hit series "Mad Men," is our special guest this Sunday night!

Best know to television audiences as Harry Crane for seven seasons on the AMC series "Mad Men," RICH has also recurred on Season 2 of "Wet Hot American Summer," on Judd Apatow's "Love" (for Netflix), and on Jenji Kohan's "Glow," which will debut on Netflix in June. Other TV credits include "Masters of Sex," "The League," "The Office," "Elementary" and the upcoming TV movie "The Sackett Sisters." His film credits include "Girlfriend's Day," "My Name is Doris," "Fairhaven," "The Devil Wears Prada," "Celeste and Jesse Forever," "The Giant Mechanical Man," "LBJ" and the upcoming "A Crooked Somebody."

For the stage, RICH has appeared on Broadway in "Harvey" and in off-Broadway in productions of "Buried Child" and "The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin." He is currently starring in an all-star cast set for world premiere docudrama "The Tug of War." With the world on the brink of war, the judgment of an untested president is called into question. What kind of intellectual and emotional stamina does it take to make the right decision? As Soviet nuclear missiles move ever closer to Cuba, President John F. Kennedy must parse his inner circle's conflicting counsel to prevent nuclear annihilation. Five performances only, May 25-28, at UCLA's James Bridges Theater.

Hear our live interview with RICH SOMMER this Sunday evening!

VALENTE RODRIGUEZ, series regular on ABC's "George Lopez" and TV Land's "Happily Divorced," is our special guest this Sunday night!

VALENTE was born in south Texas in 1964, the youngest of eight in a family of migrant farm workers. He put himself through college by doing children's theatre in south Texas. After graduating college in 1987, he went to Los Angeles to become an actor.

His first acting job was in a feature film called "Salsa - The Motion Picture" in 1988. Since then, VALENTE has appeared in numerous film, TV and theatre productions. On the big screen, he was in "Blood In, Blood Out." "Mi Familia," "Rooster," "Erin Brokovitch," "Deep Blue Sea," "Volcano," "The Ugly Truth," "It's Complicated" and "McFarland, USA." On TV, he has appeared in "Golden Girls," "Mad About You," "X·Files" and "ER." He was a regular on the "George Lopez" show playing the part of Ernie, and a regular on "Happily Divorced" with Fran Drescher, playing the part of Cesar.

VALENTE has performed on numerous stages in L.A. and throughout the United States. He is currently starring in the world premiere of "The Sweetheart Deal" which opens May 12 at The Los Angeles Theatre Center, presented by The Latino Theater Company in association with El Teatro Campesino. In the play, a woman finds her calling while volunteering for an underground political newspaper during the early years of the United Farm Workers movement.

Hear our live interview with VALENTE RODRIGUEZ this Sunday evening!

TOM AMANDES, actor featured in "Parenthood," "Scandal" and "Arrow," is our special guest this Sunday night!

A species native to Illinois, TOM came of age in Chicago acting ensembles at the Body Politic, Court and Victory Gardens Theaters. He's a graduate of the Goodman School of Drama, now the Theatre School at DePaul.

TOM is known for his work on such series as "Everwood," "Parenthood" and "Scandal." Notable film work includes "The Long Kiss Goodnight" and "Saving Lincoln." His recent credits include roles on "The Magicians," "Arrow" and in the upcoming indy thriller, "Next Door."

Currently, TOM stars in the world premiere of "Species Native to California," a deceptively gentle comedy about family, land, labor and loss playing at Atwater Village Theatre.

In his free time TOM enjoys getting hands dirty with the Hollywood Orchard, a neighborhood non-profit that picks fruit, plants trees and shares its harvest with folks in need.

Hear our live interview with TOM AMANDES this Sunday evening!

DARRELL LARSON, accomplished film and TV character actor, is our special guest this Sunday night!

DARRELL is an actor, director, writer and teacher. His film credits include: "Mike's Murder," "Twice in a Lifetime," "Stepmom," "Frances" and "Rachel Getting Married." On TV, DARRELL has a long history of work dating back to 1970. Some highlights include "Law and Order." "Law and Order: SVU," "Heartbeat," "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza" and "LA Law."

As a stage actor he may be best known for the role of Coyote in Murray Mednick’s "Coyote Cycle" at Padua Playwright’s Festival. Since returning to Los Angeles in 2013, he has appeared in "Paternus" at Rogue Machine, "The Hillary Game" for Padua Playwrights, "Shades of Disclosure" at the Skylight; "Liana & Ben" at Circle X; and "Crazy Underneath the Trees," a collaboration written and performed with Rob Sullivan.

Hear our live interview with DARRELL LARSON this Sunday evening!

MARK L TAYLOR, star of ABC's "How To Get Away With Murder" and TNT's "Saving Grace," is our special guest this Sunday night!

MARK, a native of Houston, Texas has spent over 42 years pounding the Hollywood pavement, acting on stage, appearing on the big and small screen, doing commercials, animation voice overs and directing. Television appearances span from "MASH" to a recurring role in "How To Get Away With Murder." Films include "High School Musical 2," "Arachnophobia" and "Innerspace." He has also directed the web series "Flip and Glib" and a Disney Channel movie, "Den Brother."

MARK is currently starring in "The Furniture," a dark comedy about the ways we hurt the ones we love, at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks. Sex, lies and upholstery! Old rivalries come to the fore and secrets are revealed when three sisters gather to divvy up the family furniture.

Hear our live interview with MARK L TAYLOR this Sunday evening!

ROSS PHILIPS, star of CW's "Hart of Dixie" and AMC's "Halt and Catch Fire," is our special guest this Sunday night!

ROSS was born to two British parents in the small mountain town of Stowe, Vermont. He is a dual citizen and still has many family members in and around Bristol, England. After a break-through run in CW's "Hart of Dixie," most recently ROSS has been seen as Davey on FOX's "Making History" a James Bosworth on AMC's "Halt and Catch Fire."

Antaeus Theatre Company inaugurates the newly completed Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center, the company's new home in Glendale, with a production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams, in which ROSS stars. Set in the 1950s, this explosive, rich and timeless portrait of a dysfunctional Southern family explores many taboos of mid-century America, including sexuality and greed. Cotton tycoon Big Daddy is dying of cancer. When family members gather at their patriarch's Mississippi Delta plantation to celebrate his 65th birthday, they hide the truth about his diagnosis from him and Big Mama in their scramble to secure their part of the estate. The ensuing stormy confrontations bring to light secrets, raw emotions and unexpected demons that threaten to rip the family apart forever.

Hear our live interview with ROSS PHILIPS this Sunday evening!

JOSH HELMAN, actor featured in "X-Men: Apocalypse," "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and "Mad Max: Fury Road," is our special guest this Sunday night!

Originally from Australia, JOSH has lived and worked in the United States since 2010. His film credits include "X-Men: Days of Future Past;" "X-Men: Apocalypse," "Mad Max: Fury Road," "Jack Reacher" and the classic Australian crime drama "Animal Kingdom. On the small screen, he has starred in "The Pacific" (HBO) and "Flesh and Bone" (Starz), as well as "Wayward Pines" (Fox). His debut feature as director, "Kate Can't Swim," recently won a special jury prize at its world premiere at this year's Slamdance Film Festival.

Also an accomplished stage actor, JOSH is currently appearing in "Rules of Seconds," an edgy, intense and darkly comic new play by John Pollono, in a Latino Theater Company production, opening March 23 at The Los Angeles Theater Center. JOSH heads the cast of Pollono's highly dramatic and very funny play set in 1855 Boston, where the local citizenry mingle, love - and fight with regularity.

Hear our live interview with JOSH HELMAN this Sunday evening!

JAMIE HARRIS, British actor most recently seen in TV hits such as "Turn: Washington's Spies" and "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," is our special guest this Sunday night!

Born in London, England, JAMIE comes from one of Britain's most prolific artistic families. He is the youngest son of renowned actor Richard Harris. His brother Jared is also a successful actor, and other brother Damien is a top film director. He got his first film role opposite Daniel Day Lewis in "The Name of the Father," directed by Jim Sheridan. Since then he has performed in over forty movies and worked with many top directors including studio movies such as Terence Malick's "The New World" opposite Colin Farrell, Brad Silberling's "Lemony Snicket's: A Series of Unfortunate Events" with Jim Carrey and Meryl Streep, "Made" with Vince Vaughn, and Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" opposite Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman.

Recent theatrical releases includes his star turn as Pop Eye in "The Green Hornet" directed by Michel Gondry with Cameran Diaz, Seth Rogen and Christophe Waltz, which was released nationwide by Sony/Columbia. He also played Patrick Lane in British film "Mr Nice," directed by Bernard Rose, with Rhys Ifans, Chloe Sevigny, and David Thewlis. He also played a lead as Roy in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" with James Franco and Freida Pinto, directed by Rupert Wyatt for Fox Studios. Other recent indie film work includes Terrence Mallick's "Knight Of The Cups" and "Two Jacks" with Sienna Miller, Danny Huston, Jack Huston and Jacqueline Bissett.

In addition to his regular roles as Will Robeson in the AMC series "Turn," playing Terry in DirecTV series "The Kingdom" and No Eyed Gordon on "Marvel's Agents of the S.H.E.I.L.D.," JAMIE has appeared as a guest star or recurring in several top TV shows including "Castle," "CSI Miami," "NCIS LA," "Life," "CSI," "White Collar," "The Mentalist" and "American Horror Story."

Also an accomplished stage actor, JAMIE is currently appearing in "Rules of Seconds," an edgy, intense and darkly comic new play by John Pollono, in a Latino Theater Company production, opening March 23 at The Los Angeles Theater Center. JAMIE heads the cast of Pollono's highly dramatic and very funny play set in 1855 Boston, where the local citizenry mingle, love - and fight with regularity.

Hear our live interview with JAMIE HARRIS this Sunday evening!

AMY BRENNEMAN, Emmy-nominated actress from hit shows “Judging Amy” and “NYPD Blue,” is our special guest this Sunday night!

AMY created, executive produced and starred in “Judging Amy” (3 Golden Globe nominations, 3 Emmy nominations, SAG nomination, People’s Choice nomination, Producer’s Guild nomination, two TV Guide awards). She first came to wide attention in the break-out hit “NYPD Blue” (SAG Award, 2 Emmy nominations). In addition to “Frasier” (Emmy award for writing), “Reign,” “No Tomorrow” and “Veep.” She played “Violet Turner” for six seasons in Shonda Rhimes’ “Private Practice” and currently stars in “The Leftovers” (Critic’s Choice nomination) created by Damon Lindelof.

On the big screen, her memorable performances include “Heat,” “Friends and Neighbors,” “Casper,” “The Jane Austen Book Club,” “Daylight,” “Bye-Bye Love,” “The Face of Love” opposite Ed Harris and “Words and Pictures” with Juliette Binoche and Clive Owen.

Also an accomplished stage actress, AMY is currently appearing in “Rules of Seconds,” an edgy, intense and darkly comic new play by John Pollono, in a Latino Theater Company production, opening March 23 at The Los Angeles Theater Center. AMY heads the cast of Pollono’s highly dramatic and very funny play set in 1855 Boston, where the local citizenry mingle, love — and fight with regularity.

Hear our live interview with AMY BRENNEMAN this Sunday evening!

PETER HOOK, founding member of legendary bands Joy Division and New Order, is our special guest this Sunday night!

PETER's first taste of critical and popular success with Joy Division left a lasting legacy with the classic song "Love Will Tear Us Apart," still vibrant and familiar after more than three and half decades. Following the tragic death of Joy Division's lead singer Ian Curtis on the eve of their first US Tour, PETER and the remaining members resurrected themselves into what would become one of the most influential bands of the eighties - New Order.

New Order's distinctive sound - a fusion of post-punk and ground-breaking electronica - inspired and paved the way for the dance music revolution. Throughout their career, the band scaled the heights of success with huge hits including "Bizarre Love Triangle," "Perfect Kiss," "Regret" and "Blue Monday" - the biggest selling 12-inch single of all time.

Yet despite their renown, the band was entrenched in a battle between the visionary and the volatile, and their relationships were often fraught with tensions. PETER's new book -"SUBSTANCE: Inside New Order" - is packed with outrageous anecdotes and is a no-holds barred, comprehensive history of New Order.

PETER currently DJs internationally as well as touring both bands' music with his band Peter Hook & the Light. He also promotes The Hacienda and recent Hacienda Classical concerts all around the world.

Hear our live interview with PETER HOOK this Sunday evening!

STEPHEN TYLER HOWELL, actor in the series "Gunslingers" for the American Heroes Channel, is our special guest this Sunday night!

A Texas native from the Dallas area, STEPHEN moved to California after college to in 2011 to pursue an acting career. In addition to "Gunslingers," he has appeared in leading roles in a variety of TV programs on channels such as Discovery, The Science Channel, and ID.

He is currently staying in a local production of "Disinherit the Wind," a play of ideas that asks us to view the wonders of science through a different lens. The play opens March 3 at The Complex on Hollywood's Theater Row.

Hear our live interview with STEPHEN TYLER HOWELL this Sunday evening!

WOODROW CLARK, Nobel Peace Prize winning scientist, is our special guest this Sunday night!

WOODY is an internationally recognized and respected expert, author, lecturer, public speaker and consultant on global and local solutions to climate change. His core advocacy is in the economics for smart green communities. During the 1990s, he was Manager of Strategic Planning for Technology Transfer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) with the University of California and the U.S. Department of Energy. While at LLNL, he served as one of the contributing scientists and experts for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He chaired the first Research Team for the UN FCCC.

In 2004, WOODY founded Clark Strategic Partners (CSP), a global environmental and renewable energy consulting firm using his political-economic expertise to guide, advise and implement sustainable, smart green communities with academic, shopping, government and office buildings. WOODY has published eleven books and over 70 peer-reviewed articles, which reflect his concern for global sustainable communities.

Hear our live interview with WOODROW CLARK this Sunday evening!

DEL WILBER, counter-terrorism expert, is our special guest this Sunday night!

DEL has over 35 years as an Intelligence and Counterterrorism professional with the CIA, DoD, and in private industry. He has served as the Senior Counterterrorism Adviser to the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as three years in Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. DEL served as a Counterterrorism Advisor and instructor to the security forces of the United Arab Emirates, and as a contract intelligence officer with the Department of Homeland Security on the southwest border, working closely with state and local law enforcement.

His articles now appear regularly in Townhall.com and The Hill. He is a member of the Special Operations Education Fund (www.OPSECteam.org), appearing in the video 'The Truth About Benghazi'. DEL also appeared as a panel member for two seasons on NRA-TV's program "Defending Our America."

Hear our live interview with DEL WILBER this Sunday evening!

ALEX LYRAS, star of Spike TV's series "Tut," is our special guest this Sunday night!

ALEX has starred in two independent features: "Heterosexuals," a comedy concerning three couples in three disparate stages of love, starring Natasha Lyonne, Ashley Williams, Tovah Feldshuh, and Kevin Meaney; and "Mona," a modern day "Jules & Jim," starring Adrian Martinez and Neal Jones, which won Best Picture at the Malibu Film Festival. He was most recently seen as General Yuya in the TV mini-series "Tut." Other TV credits include "Captain Blackout" and "Californication."

ALEX has written and performed three previous solo performances that have been produced in New York and Los Angeles. "Desperelics," his first, addressed the hyperventilation 20-somethings experience trying to find their place in a post-graduate world. "Unequalibrium" forced five unlikely characters together in a post 9/11 botched murder robbery. The play was selected for publication in "New Playwrights: Best Plays" and "Best Men's Monologues For the Twenty First Century." "The Common Air," linking 6 characters during an airport delay due to a possible security breach, was developed in Los Angeles, where it was nominated for numerous Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, LA Weekly Ovation awards, and ran off-Broadway. Most recently, he performed Mike Daisey's "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," also on both coasts.

In his latest play, "Plasticity," a comatose man re-emerges into consciousness in a multilayered, multimedia theatrical event about the miraculous power of the brain to re-wire and heal itself. The world premiere of "Plasticity" opens January 28 for an eight-week run at the Hudson Guild Theatre.

Hear our live interview with ALEX LYRAS this Sunday evening!

NORBERT WEISSER, featured actor in such hit films as “Schindler’s List,” “The Thing” and “Midnight Express,” is our special guest this Sunday night!

Born and raised in Germany, NORBERT has acted in over a hundred movies and television shows including “Midnight Express,” “The Thing,” “Android,” “Three Amigos,” “Walker,” “Chaplin,” “Hocus Pocus,” “The Road to Wellville,” “Schindler’s List,” “Pollock,” “Around the Bend,” “Amelia Earhart,” “Riders of the Purple Sage,” “My Antonia,” “The Incident,” “From the Earth to the Moon,” “Alias,” “The Agency,” “NCIS,” “ER” and “Breaking Bad.”

NORBERT is a founding member of the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, The ProVisional Theatre and the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival, and has appeared onstage throughout the United States including on Broadway where he played Rode opposite Ed Harris in Ronald Harwood’s “Taking Sides” at the Brooks Atkinson Theater. He is the recipient of multiple LA Weekly and Ovation Awards and several LA Drama Critics nominations for his work.

This month, NORBERT will be performing the title role in Samuel Becket’s “Krapp’s Last Tape” at the Odyssey Theatre.

Hear our live interview with NORBERT WEISSER this Sunday evening!

GREGORY ITZIN, Emmy Award-nominated star of Fox's hit show "24," is our special guest this Sunday night!

As an actor, GREGORY has achieved accolades on the small and large screens, as well as on stage. Perhaps best known for his Emmy Award nominated role as President Logan on the hit television show "24," he has also been seen in "Mob City," "Covert Affairs," "Big Love," "The Mentalist." His film roles have included "Lincoln," "Ides of March," "The Change Up," "Law-Abiding Citizen," "Original Sin," "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas."

On Broadway, GREGORY received Tony and Drama Desk nominations for his roles in "The Kentucky Cycle," and he also played the disgraced financier Ken Lay in "Enron - the Musical" on Broadway.

This month, GREGORY will open in a new play here in Southern California, "The Found Dog Ribbon Dance," a romantic comedy about a woman trying to return a lost dog to its owner, put on by the Echo Theater Company at the Atwater Village Theatre.

Hear our live interview with GREGORY ITZIN this Sunday evening!

BURT YOUNG, actor best known for "Rocky" and all five sequels, is our special guest this Sunday night!

BURT is a burly, talented character actor who has remained consistently busy playing "rough around the edge" types, often on the wrong side of the law. He first gathered notice playing tough thugs in such films as "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight," "Across 110th Street," "Chinatown" and "The Gambler." Fiery director Sam Peckinpah cast BURT as the getaway driver / assassin, "Mac," in "The Killer Elite," and BURT came to the attention of newcomer Sylvester Stallone, who cast him as future brother-in-law "Paulie" in the 1976 sleeper hit "Rocky." Young received an Oscar nomination for the role, which he has gone on to reprise in all five "Rocky" sequels to date.

He has also appeared in numerous major productions, including "Once Upon a Time in America," "The Pope of Greenwich Village," "Last Exit to Brooklyn," "Mickey Blue Eyes," "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" and "Win Win."

Recently, BURT won the Best Actor Festival Prize from the Atlantic City Cinefest and was nominated for Best Actor awards by the Queens World Film Festival and the Maverick Movie Awards for his role in the short film "Tom in America" (2014). Last year, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hoboken International Film Festival.

This month he takes on the role of an aging mob boss in a new comedy, "The Last Vig," which opens January 14 at the Zephyr Theatre on Melrose for a six-week run.

Hear our live interview with BURT YOUNG this Sunday evening!

BRIAN WHITE, star of NBC's "Chicago Fire" and ABC's "Scandal," is our special guest this Sunday night!

Most recognizable to television audiences as Detective Tavon Garris on the award-winning FX crime drama "The Shield," 2015 was a break-out year for BRIAN. He held down three major recurring roles on 3 of TV's hottest shows, all at the same time: NBC's hit show "Chicago Fire" as Taylor Kinney's new partner, Chief/Captain Dallas Patterson; ABC's hit show, "Scandal," as Kerry Washington's new love interest; and heating up the screen with Rochelle Aytes on ABC's "Mistresses."

Previously, BRIAN starred in CBS' "Hostages," opposite Dylan McDermott and Toni Collette; the independent feature, "Walter," with Neve Campbell, Peter Facinelli, Virginia Madsen, and William H. Macy; and the hit CW show, "Beauty And The Beast" opposite Kristen Kreuk.

On the big screen, BRIAN has starred in Tyler Perry's romantic drama "Good Deeds," the Joss Whedon/Drew Goddard horror film "The Cabin in the Woods," and Tyler Perry's "I Can Do Bad All by Myself." He also appeared opposite Channing Tatum and Terrance Howard in "Fighting" and alongside World Wrestling Entertainment superstar John Cena in the film "12 Rounds." Previously, he starred alongside Jason Statham in the fantasy-adventure epic "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale," in the musical-drama "Stomp the Yard" and opposite Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in Disney's box office hit "The Game Plan." Other notable film credits include the box office hit "The Family Stone" and Independent Spirit Award-nominated film "Brick."

A Boston native and son of a licensed financial consultant mother and professional basketball player father (legend JoJo White of the Boston Celtics), BRIAN was instilled with the importance of both sports and education throughout his childhood. He played football and lacrosse throughout his college years and upon graduation was signed by both an NFL (New England Patriots) and NLL (Boston Blazers) team. In 2000, due to an injury, BRIAN made the transition from professional athlete to investment broker and eventually actor.

BRIAN will be hosting the Emmy® Award-winning "57th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration" at the Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles on Saturday December 24.

Hear our live interview with BRIAN WHITE this Sunday evening!

JAMES KYSON, star of NBC's cult favorite TV show "Heroes," is our special guest this Sunday night!

Voted by TV Guide as one of "Hollywood's 25 Hottest," JAMES is a very busy Hollywood actor. He recently finished filming "NCIS:LA" (CBS), the new HBO show "Animals," the new sitcom "School of Rock" (Nickelodeon), and the FX drama "Justified." He is currently filming FOX's hit series "Sleepy Hollow," recently appeared in "Hawaii Five-O" on CBS, and is beloved to many for his four-year run on NBC's "Heroes" as "Ando." Other TV credits include "CSI," NBC's "Las Vegas," "The West Wing," "Heist," as well as ABC's "Threat Matrix" and CW's "All About The Andersons."

JAMES also stars in two recent feature films: the romantic comedy "Another Time" and a thriller, "The Livingston Gardener." He also recently wrapped the feature "Banana Season," for which he spent six weeks training as a mixed martial arts fighter.

A world traveler and adrenalin-junkie, JAMES once bungee jumped 8 times in one day in Cairns, Australia, slid down waterfalls in Queenstown, New Zealand, scuba dived into caves in Maui, Hawaii, and deep water solo'ed at the island of Ko Phi Phi, Thailand - where he back-flipped for the first time 50 feet high off a limestone cliff.

He is currently starring in the critically acclaimed play, "Blood," about the Japanese tainted blood scandal in the 1980s, at the Complex in Hollywood.

Hear our live interview with JAMES KYSON this Sunday evening!

VICTORIA SUMMER, elegant and alluring actress from "Saving Mr Banks" and "Transformers: Age of Extinction," is our special guest this Sunday night!

Raised in the small town of Wokingham, Berkshire in rural England, VICTORIA was involved in the arts from the young age of three, performing in pantomimes and singing in her church choir. When she arrived in Los Angeles in 2012, she had two suitcases with all of her belongings inside, and knew one person. With not much money in her pocket, she found a nanny gig and started personal training on the side to make ends meet, while navigating the world of auditioning in LA.

Luckily, VICTORIA landed her first theatrical audition, starring as Kristina in the indie musical "How Sweet It Is" opposite Erika Christensen. Next up, her indie bookings continued appearing in the sci-fi film "Ratpocalypse" opposite Casper Van Dien. After learning the ropes on a few indies, she made the jump to the big leagues.

VICTORIA soon appeared as the iconic 'Julie Andrews' in Walt Disney's "Saving Mr Banks" opposite Tom Hanks and shortly after won a supporting role in Paramount Pictures' "Transformers: Age of Extinction," directed by Michael Bay. Most recently, she plays the lead role of British nurse Eleanor in "Game of Aces" opposite Chris Klein and Werner Daehn.

Hear our live interview with VICTORIA SUMMER this Sunday evening!

SANDRO MONETTI, a Journalist of the Year nominee for his work on CNN International, is our special guest this Sunday night!

An ultimate Hollywood insider who has interviewed all of the biggest stars in Hollywood, this LA-based Brit is a showbiz expert for CNN and other major media outlets around the world who, now in the midst of Tinseltown's awards season, is busy moderating Q&As with movie stars.

His latest venture is as Managing Editor of ENTITY magazine (www.entitymag.com) a fast growing new digital brand for, and about, aspirational millennials which aims to inspire, educate and inform. Previously he was the multi-award winning Managing Editor of the Los Angeles Business Journal and has been a long time contributor to the BBC, for whom he co-host's Radio 5's Oscars coverage each year.

But SANDRO doesn't just report on entertainment, he creates it as well and enjoyed huge success this year as the writer and director of hit international touring stage play "Marilyn & Sinatra." The show about the little known romance between Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra was a sell-out success in London's West End, Off Broadway in New York as well as in Los Angeles and at the Edinburgh Festival. He is now developing a TV series set in the same era, 1950s Hollywood. Sandro also tours his autobiographical one man show, "Clooney, Cruise, Pitt and Me."

At CNN International SANDRO covers entertainment, business and pop culture and his reports for the global news giant have seen him nominated as Journalist of the Year at the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards to be held Dec. 4 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.

Hear our live interview with SANDRO MONETTI this Sunday evening!

JENNY O'HARA, featured actress in such modern TV classics as "The King of Queens," "The Mindy Project" and "Transparent," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

JENNY has been a regular sight on American television screens for years. Starting off with appearances in such landmark fan-favorites as "Streets of San Francisco," "Rockford Files," "Barnaby Jones," "Starsky & Hutch" and "Charlie's Angels," she has turned up again and again in much-loved programs including "Facts of Life," "Quincy ME," "My Sister Sam," "Beverly Hills 90210," "ER," "party of Five" and "Big Love." Her feature film credits include "Devil," "30 Nights," "Mystic River" and "Matchstick Men."

Her stage credits are also extensive and include Broadway starring roles in "The Fig Leaves Are Falling" and "Promises, Promises," as well as appearing in "The Odd Couple," "The Kid" and "The Iceman Cometh" after making her debut opposite Alec Guinness in "Dylan."

JENNY is currently back on the LA stage in the play "Bakersfield Mist" at the Fountain Theatre. She stars as Maude Gutman, an unemployed, chain-smoking ex-bartender living in a run-down California trailer park, who believes the painting she bought in a thrift store for $3 is really an undiscovered masterpiece worth millions. When stuffy New York art expert Lionel Percy arrives to evaluate the work, the result is a fiery and often hilarious debate over class, truth, value and the meaning of art.

Hear our live interview with JENNY O'HARA this Sunday evening!

GEOFFREY RIVAS, star of "CSI - Crime Scene Investigation," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

A hard-working film and TV actor, his big-screen credits include "La Bamba," "Born in East L.A.," "Pow Wow Highway," "Above Suspicion," "Notes From Underground," "Eye for an Eye" and "The Right To Remain Silent." Best known for his nine year run as Dectective Vega on the TV juggernaut "CSI - Crime Scene Investigation," GEOFFREY has also featured on a large number of modern classics such as "The District," "L.A. Law," "E.R.," "Relativity," "Chicago Hope," "Early Edition," "Numb3rs," "Lost," "Prison Break," "Saving Grace" and "The Closer."

An accomplished stage actor, GEOFFREY has performed at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in "Luminarias" (which was made into a feature film), "I Don't Have To Show You No Stinking Badges" for Luis Valdez and "Piano" by Anna Devere-Smith. At South Coast Rep he appeared in "Man of Flesh" by Octavio Solis and in the 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Anna in the Tropics" by Nilo Cruz.

Currently he is directing "The Latina Christmas Special" at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, which opens next week for a four-week run.

GEOFFREY is a native Californian, originally from the San Joaquin Valley, and a graduate of UCLA (Go Bruins!!).

Hear our live interview with GEOFFREY RIVAS this Sunday evening!

PAMELA DUNLAP, actress featured in HBO hit shows "Girls" and "Mad Men," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

PAMELA recently completed filming 2017 feature releases "Wetlands" opposite Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and "Suburbicon" for the Coen Brothers. Other film credits include the soon to be released "The Wedding Party," filmed entirely in one take; "Changeling," directed by Clint Eastwood, "I Am Sam;" "War of the Roses," "The Holiday," "Mothers of the Bride," "Sixteen to Life," "Bloody Mama" and "Mind the Gap," among others.

"Mad Men" fans will recognize PAMELA as Pauline Francis, Betty Draper's new mother-in-law with the questionable baby sitting skills; as Diane in "Doll and Em," Barb in "Girls," Carol in "Maron," and Gilda Rockwell in "Commander In Chief." She plays Ma in the in the popular web series "Kittens In A Cage" and has guest starred on "Blue Bloods," "Castle," "The Millers," "Major Crimes," "How I Met Your Mother," "Law and Order," "Austin and Alley" and "Hannah Montana."

Last season, PAMELA created the role of "Agnes in Love" and Money by A.R. Gurney for the Signature Theatre in New York, and starred in "Roe" at the Arena Stage in Washington D.C. She created the roles of Lana in "The Early Girl" at Circle Rep and Marjorie Baverstock in "Musical Comedy Murders of 1940" for both Circle Rep and on Broadway. Other New York theater credits include "Redwood Curtain," "Coyote Ugly," "Sacrifice To Eros," "Yerma," "Green Card" and "The King Of Mackie Street."

Currently she is starring in the award winning comedy "Waiting for Grace" at the Odyssey Theatre.

Hear our live interview with PAMELA DUNLAP this Sunday evening!

RAY LEONARD JR., sports entrepreneur and public speaker, is our featured guest this Sunday night!

RAY, the oldest son of boxing legend, Sugar Ray Leonard, is a member of several governance and advisory boards. He is also Co-Founder of Launch Team Consulting and the CEO of Leonard Sports & Entertainment, a full service sports and entertainment management company specializing in pairing celebrities with corporations.

Growing up in a high profile celebrity family allowed RAY the opportunity to travel the world and engage with top leadership officials, billionaires, athletes, and entertainers. The experiences provided a worldly perspective on cultural diversity, personal conduct and effective management.

RAY has over twenty years domestic and international experience as a professional manager and organizational consultant in the sports, entertainment and finance industries, and has a unique ability to direct complex projects from concept to fully operational status. Charitable work and community development is also a major passion. He is currently on the board of directors for Walking Miracles and he served as Co-Executive director for the Youth Recreation association of Philadelphia, and has been a mentor for the Magic Johnson foundation, Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, First Book, and The Walking Miracles Foundation.

Hear our live interview with RAY LEONARD JR. this Sunday evening!

Making headlines around the world this week:

A New Zealand professor successfully submitted a paper on nuclear physics written only using auto correct to a scientific conference.
A team of robots designed by Texas researchers defeated a squad of Australian bots in soccer for the RoboCup Challenge championship in China.
Police in Spain rescued a man from a garbage bin after he became trapped while searching for old clothes.
A feud between an apartment resident in China and his property management office escalated to the point where a bulldozer was summoned to smash the man's van.
A Vietnamese animal lover has been dubbed "the cat lord" after a viral video showed him riding a motorcycle with four feline passengers.
A trip to a drive-through eatery in the Philippines went viral for an unusual reason -- the vehicle was a cart pulled by a water buffalo.

CAYTHA JENTIS, award winning independent filmmaker, is our special guest this Sunday night!

CAYTHA who has written four features, produced three and directed two. Her features include "Bad Parents" starring Janeane Garofalo, "And Then Came Love" starring Vanessa Williams and Eartha Kitt, and "The One" starring Jon Prescott.

Her latest project is "The Other F Word," a comedic coming-of-age series about four women friends who deal with the highs and lows of mid-life as they reinvent themselves now that their kids are grown. Starring Steve Guttenberg and Judy Gold, the series is available online on Amazon Prime.

Hear our live interview with CAYTHA JENTIS this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week:

A 7-year-old Australian boy who spent two years raising $2,285 by selling lemonade shed tears when he finally achieved his ultimate goal -- owning a pony.
A London man recorded video when he spotted something unusual in the River Thames -- a man casually floating on the water in a giant inflatable ball.
A burglar in Canada rappelled into a sporting goods store to steal hundreds of hockey sticks worth more than $100,000.
A kitten became an unexpected guest on a morning news program in Turkey after wandering into the studio.
A 700-year-old banknote was found inside an ancient wooden Chinese sculpture at an Australian auction house.
A pair of Chinese tourists returned a stolen toilet seat to a Japanese hotel with an apology and explanation that they didn't realize it belonged to the facility.

GLENNE HEADLY, star of classic films such as "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and critically acclaimed TV shows such as HBO's "The Night Of...," is our special guest this Sunday night!

GLENNE's other film work includes "Dick Tracy," "Mr. Holland's Opus," "Mortal Thoughts," "2 Days in the Valley," "What's The Worst That Could Happen," "Breakfast of Champions," "Around The Bend," "The Amateurs," "The Comeback Season," "The Joneses" and "Don Jon." She can next be seen opposite Bill Paxton and Emma Watson in James Ponsoldt's "The Circle," featuring Tom Hanks. She just wrapped Katherine Dieckmann's "Strange Weather."

Television roles include the live theatrical presentation of "On Golden Pond" for CBS as well as recurring roles in "ER," "Monk" and "And The Band Played On." She was nominated for an Emmy for two different mini-series: "Lonesome Dove" and "Bastard Out of Carolina." GLENNE is currently filming "Villa Capri" with Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones.

On stage, she recently appeared on stage in Larry David's Broadway show, "Fish in the Dark," opposite Larry David and then Jason Alexander. Prior to that she starred in the 2013 New Group production of The "Jacksonian," with Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Bill Pullman, which was originally presented at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.

GLENNE is currently appearing in the play "Blood" at The Complex in Hollywood. Inspired by true events, the play is a political thriller with music about the 1980s 'Japanese Tainted Blood Scandal' in which 2,000 people died of AIDS after the U.S. knowingly sold contaminated blood to Japan. Over a dozen rave reviews for the production when it premiered last spring include the Los Angeles Times ("dazzling... a formidable display of small-theater invention").

Hear our live interview with GLENNE HEADLY this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week:

A crow was identified at a crime scene in Australia after police found a bag of methamphetamine at a local gas station.
A famous tattoo artist offered his services free of charge in London -- but customers were not allowed to see the design until it was finished.
A German slingshot enthusiast took his hobby to the next level with a giant wooden slingshot capable of flinging a bowling ball more than 300 feet.
Organizers of a pet fair in Thailand set out to resolve the millennia-old grudge match between the tortoise and the hare -- and the race had a surprising outcome.
A Domino's in England has begun testing delivery by canoe to homes along a local river.

ERIN GAVIN, starring as the one-and-only Marilyn Monroe in a new film, "Marilyn: The Last Investigation," is our special guest this Sunday night!

At age seven, ERIN landed the role of Molly in the theater production of Annie and her career was launched in the United Kingdom. She went on to do several other shows throughout Scotland and England. She was still in high school when she landed her first television role in the popular television series, "Taggart."

Upon graduation, she moved to London and landed a role in the hit television series, "Footballers' Wives," which led to the launch of her successful career within acting and modeling.

ERIN's career has spanned over motion pictures, television series, theatrical productions, print and live-action commercials. She's worked with a remarkable list of directors and actors, including David Schwimmer, Michelle Pfeiffer and Elijah Jordan Wood. Her most recent film credits include the thriller, "Dread," directed by Anthony DiBiasi, "Play On," directed by David Story and the comedy, "Junk," directed by Kevin Hamedani.

She is currently starring as the one-and-only Marilyn Monroe in a new film, "Marilyn: The Last Investigation."

When not cultivating her career, ERIN spends her past time sharpening up her karate skills... as a black belt in Shotokai karate!

Hear our live interview with ERIN GAVIN this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week:

Teams reached for the sky during the weekend in Spain as they competed to try to construct the tallest "human tower," or castell.
A British puzzle enthusiast shared video of his successful attempt to solve what he bills as the "world's smallest Rubik's cube."
A group of 430 ballerinas gathered in Greece to break the world record for the largest simultaneous stand en pointe.
A statue honoring a local cat who became famous for lounging casually on a set of stairs was unveiled in Istanbul.
A British man uncovered a novel use for the country's new plastic five-pound bills -- playing a vinyl record.
A Taco Bell location in Canada is offering fast-food enthusiasts the chance to spend a night inside the restaurant.

ELLIOT HADDAWAY, star of the critically-acclaimed film "THE LOVE ADDICT," is our special guest this Sunday night!

A French - Lebanese actor, ELLIOT earned a scholarship to engineering school in Paris, France where he graduated with honors and earned a subsequent scholarship to one of the country's top business schools. During this period ELLIOT continued to pursue his interest in theatre and acting and starred in several French plays and musicals as well as taking roles in feature productions, including the French remake of Notre Dame de Paris ("Paris la Belle") that performed across France and played in the famous Bataclan theatre in Paris.

Awarded the Los Angeles Comedy Award and featured at the Cannes Film Festival, the film "Love Addict" is the story of Owen Maxwell (played by ELLIOT), a successful businessman and chronic womanizer whose ways are changed after a hypnotherapy session gone hilariously wrong. ELLIOT is also in the FOX Network series, "The Seraph", and the TV series "ChiRaq", where he plays a dark, violent, deep and dramatic recurring role. Future roles include the powerful drama, "The Opera of Little Hans," where ELLIOT is playing one of the main roles as a WWII Nazi General. He is also starring in an upcoming movie centered around the true story of the oldest American outlaw and gunfighter, John Wesley Hardin, entitled "The Hour of Gun," which will be ELLIOT's first western. He will also be a part of the long-awaited biopic of jazz extraordinaire Miles Davis, which to be directed by Denzel Washington.

Hear our live interview with ELLIOT HADDAWAY this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week:

Drivers dealing with heavy winds in Scotland found themselves stunned by an additional morning commute obstacle -- a giant inflatable duck rolling down the road.
A team of Turkish engineers are turning science fiction into science reality by building a real-life "Transformer" that morphs from a car to a giant robot.
Nissan has used its autonomous technology to create a self-driving chair, which promises to make waiting in line more comfortable.
An online tech vlogger tested the durability of the iPhone 7 by dropping it from the world's tallest building.
A New Zealand man won a $1 million lottery prize after being skipped in line by another customer while purchasing his ticket.
A Chinese tourist location has opened semi-transparent glass bathrooms for guests not overly concerned with their privacy.

KEN LEVINE, Emmy Award-winning TV writer and sportscaster, is our special guest this Sunday night!

In a career that has spanned over 30 years, KEN has been the head writer of "MASH," producer of "Cheers," creative consultant of "Frasier" and "Wings," and has co-created three of his own series. He has won one Emmy, two Writers Guild Awards and has had Peabody and Humanitas recognition. He was twice was named "Best Sports Talk Host" by the Southern California Sportscasters Association for his work on "Dodger Talk."

As a screenwriter KEN and his partner David Isaacs have written over two hundred episodes of network television. In addition to scripts for "Cheers," "MASH," "Frasier" and "Wings," they have also written for "The Simpsons," "The Jeffersons" and "Becker," among others. Screenplays include "Volunteers" starring Tom Hanks and John Candy as well as non-credited rewrites for "Jewel of the Nile" with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner and "Mannequin."

As a sportscaster, KEN hosted "Dodger Talk" on the Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network for eight years. For the last 20 years, KEN has done radio/TV play-by-play for the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres and has contributed pieces for ESPN and Fox Sports.

Next month, KEN's new play "Going... Going... GONE!" will be opening at the Hudson Guild Theatre in Hollywood for its world premier. Set in the press box of a major Los Angeles baseball stadium, "Going... Going... GONE!" tells the story of four sports journalists whose lives are changed during the course of one game. At once poignant and hilarious, the play is grounded in rich characterizations.

Hear our live interview with KEN LEVINE this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week:

The son of a Chinese billionaire bought eight newly released iPhone 7s for his pet dog Coco the Alaskan malamute.
The "Hamdog" a combination between a hot dog and a hamburger created by an Australian man will soon come to the United States.
A pop-up version of fast-food restaurant In-N-Out in London drew hundreds of customers, but limited stock left many disappointed.
Doctors at a Chinese hospital said a baby boy born with a total 31 fingers and toes will receive a series of surgeries free of charge.
Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund and his brother Oakley played a round of golf together at a local course in Canada.

ROBERT BELTRAN, star of the classic films "Eating Raoul" and "Lone Wolf McQuade," is our special guest this Sunday night!

ROBERT's career in film, television and the theater now spans 36 years. After finishing high school in Bakersfield CA, he attended Fresno State University, graduating with a degree in theater arts. he landed his first film role in Luis Valdez's "Zoot Suit." He then landed the role of Raoul in Paul Bartel's comedy cult classic "Eating Raoul" and Ahbleza in the ABC miniseries, "The Mystic Warrior." He then went on to star in "Night of the Comet," the Chuck Norris action classic "Lone Wolf McQuade," "Gaby: A True Story," "Nixon," "Bugsy," "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills," the BBC mini-series "Runway On," among many other starring and guest-starring roles, including series regular on "Star Trek: Voyager" and HBO's "Big Love."

He has appeared in productions for Luis Valdez's El Teatro Campesino, the Los Angeles Theatre Company, Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, and the California Shakespeare Festival. ROBERT founded and served as co-artistic director of East LA Classic Theater Group. At the Actor's Gang he played "Hamlet" and served as co-producer as well as director.

ROBERT is currently starring in the play "A Mexican Trilogy," at the Los Angeles Theatre Center. Travel with the Morales family through decades of the Mexican-American experience, from a remote mining town in Arizona during World War II, to the Phoenix family home during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and, finally to Los Angeles following the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005.

Hear our live interview with ROBERT BELTRAN this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week:

A British art group raised more than $30,000 to replace every advertisement in a London subway station with pictures of cats.
A woman in Australia paid hundreds of dollars to save her pet goldfish's life after it swallowed a pebble. Brisbane Bird and Exotics Veterinary Services shared photos of the goldfish and detailed the $372 surgical procedure that involved applying an anesthetic agent to dislodge the pebble.
A train conductor in Spain left more than 100 passengers stranded as he abandoned the train because his shift had ended.
Human park visitors are often encouraged to clean up after their dogs, but some canines apparently consider it their duty to return the favor.
Shocked commuters in China captured video of a giant inflatable moon rolling through traffic when it was carried away by powerful winds.
A robot with a history of going rogue was detained by police at a political rally in Russia.

CRAIG ROBERT YOUNG, recently seen in Michael Bay's 'The Last Ship' on TNT and now starring in Amazon's 'different for girls,' is our special guest this Sunday night!

CRAIG was born in Nottingham, England and started acting at the age of 10. A chance audition for a pop band steered him off into the music business for a few years. The group 'Deuce' scored four top 30 British hits, a top twenty album and appearances on acclaimed show 'Top of The Pops' seven times. He left the band in 1996 to become the new face of MTV in the UK, hosting the hugely successful show 'TRL.'

A move to LA relaunched his acting career and a role on 'Lost' soon followed which was the first of many J.J. Abrahms shows he has appeared in. CRAIG has been busy in the last few years with movie roles in Horror classic 'Slaughter' for Lionsgate, and 'A Numbers Game' alongside Steven Bauer. Starring turns in the TV Shows 'What about Brian' (JJ. Abrahms), David Mamet's TV show 'The Unit,' the remake of 'Melrose Place,' and the fan favorite character 'Alfred Hoffman' in the SyFy hit 'Fringe.' CRAIG also played a recurring role on ABC Family's '10 Things I Hate About You.'

CRAIG now stars in the new series 'different for girls' for Amazon UK after starring in Michael Bay's 'The Last Ship.' He is perhaps best known for his roles as 'Dracul Comescu' on both 'Hawaii 5.0' and 'NCIS: Los Angeles,' and Rose Macgowan's boyfriend Dave, in 'Charmed.'

Hear our live interview with CRAIG ROBERT YOUNG this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week:

A Chinese dad who runs a factory used his resources and nearly $70,000 to build a 13-foot-tall working mecha robot suit for his son.
An Australian man had his car impounded after police discovered he was using a frying pan in place of a steering wheel.
A musical group in South Korea repurposed rubber chickens as instruments to create a rhythmic dance beat.
A group of Spaniards were caught attempting to smuggle more than 250 reptiles through a Dutch airport.
A beer company in Northern Ireland posted an advertisement in a local newspaper seeking a 'beer taster.'

ADAM SHELL, documentary filmmaker known for "Put the Camera on Me" (2003) and "Finding Kraftland" (2007), is our special guest this Sunday night!

The gap between our desire for happiness and our failure to find actual examples of happiness was the impetus for ADAM's current documentary, "Pursuing Happiness," which has earned audience and critical acclaim at film festivals and will be released in theatres later this year. Over the course of nearly two years, he put the pieces of the film together from interviewing over a dozen experts in the fields of psychology, spirituality, mindfulness, and the arts, to going on the road to track down America's happiest people. The people ADAM finds are as diverse and complex and as ordinary as one might imagine - street artists, public officials, parents - just regular folks who for whatever reason are a center of joy and meaning for everyone around them. The end result is a documentary that is not only uplifting and affirmative as ADAM intended, but also poignant and brutally honest in examining the delicate balance between profound happiness and mournful sorrow.

Hear our live interview with ADAM SHELL this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week:

A daredevil unicyclist scaled an 840-foot tall chimney in Romania and performed balancing and juggling tricks from the dizzying altitude.
Besides the typical matryoshki and vodka, visitors to Moscow can now pick up a Kalashnikov machine gun as a gift to take back home
A New Zealand library is testing an unusual method to deter fight-happy teenagers from loitering -- a sonic device designed to repel mosquitoes.
A cow escaped an Australian slaughterhouse and ran wild through the streets of a Queensland city before being stopped by police.
A Buddhist monk living in a monastery in Thailand won a nearly $175,000 lottery jackpot thanks to a "lucky" number revealed to him by a tree.
A Japanese fisherman called upon his martial arts skills after being attacked by a large bear near a local river.

TANNA FREDERICK, star of indie classic films "Hollywood Dreams" and "Queen of the Lot," is our special guest this Sunday night!

TANNA is an accomplished actress of stage and screen, who gained nationwide praise for her starring role in Henry Jaglom's film, "Hollywood Dreams." She was described as a "young Bette Davis on crack" and compared favorably to legends like Lucille Ball, Judy Garland and Fanny Brice. "Hollywood Dreams is driven by Ms. Frederick's no-boundaries commitment to her broken character," wrote the New York Times, "a performance that is startling as it is touching."

TANNA's relationship with Jaglom was extended to "Irene in Time" in which TANNA was reunited with "Hollywood Dreams" co-stars David Proval, Zack Norman and Karen Black. Later she starred in Jaglom's romantic comedy "Queen of the Lot" opposite Noah Wyle. The film picked up "Hollywood Dreams" Maggie Chase character three years later, where Chase, now an action-movie star, is under house arrest for multiple DUIs. Other projects with Jaglom include the film "Just 45 Minutes From Broadway" (in which she starred opposite Judd Nelson), and "The M Word" (with Corey Feldman and Michael Imperioli). Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times said of her performance in "The M Word," "Ms. Frederick's gift for juggling farce, fantasy and raw emotion remains impressive."

TANNA can now be seen starring this summer in Jaglom's romantic mystery "Ovation" opposite James Denton. The story is set in the backstage world of theatre where the cast struggles to keep their play afloat while they search for a murder suspect amongst themselves. She is also producing and starring in the virtual reality series "Defrost." Directed by Randal Kleiser, series cast members include Bruce Davison, Harry Hamlin, Christopher Atkins and Carl Weathers.

Hear our live interview with TANNA FREDERICK this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week:

Domino's New Zealand teamed up with drone delivery company Flirtey to complete the first ever drone pizza delivery.
The leader of Norway's Liberal Party is facing criticism from colleagues after she was seen playing Pokemon Go during a Parliamentary hearing.
A woman in Vietnam paid a friend to cut off her foot and part of her arm so she could collect an insurance payout, police said.
A fisherman in the Philippines had what is believed to be the world's largest natural pearl hidden underneath his bed for 10 years.
An 8-pound gold nugget valued at about $190,000 was discovered by a seasoned prospector in Australia.
British Olympians returning from Rio found themselves faced with a challenge as daunting as the Games themselves -- identifying their luggage....

MEGAN CAVALLARI, celebrated film and television composer, is our special guest this Sunday night!

MEGAN has a musical resume that is lengthy and divers - more than a 100 film scores as performer, arranger, conductor, or composer; 25 television shows; 16 stage musicals; and hundreds of songs, jingles, and assorted musical offerings have earned her respect, acclaim, multiple professional awards. On top of this, she was the official composer of the L.A. Kings for ten seasons!

Her first high-profile gig was alongside Danny Elfman as he composed and recorded the now-classic score from Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas," which lead to work on several subsequent Elfman scores. She then worked with legendary film scoring artists Jerry Goldsmith and Edward Shearmur, and artists such as Johnny Mathis.

Currently, MEGAN is hard at work on a new animated musical film project called "Jacob Marley" with director Russ Francis, with several other high-profile film gigs in development. She's also begun a relationship with Grammy-nominated pop producer Eric Robinson, and is working with music supervisor/film producer Jonathon McHugh on a new opera about WWII hero Irena Sandler (who rescued 2500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto), which will debut with the Angel City Chorus.

Hear our live interview with MEGAN CAVALLARI this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

MEGAN CAVALLARI, celebrated film and television composer, is our special guest this Sunday night!

MEGAN has a musical resume that is lengthy and divers - more than a 100 film scores as performer, arranger, conductor, or composer; 25 television shows; 16 stage musicals; and hundreds of songs, jingles, and assorted musical offerings have earned her respect, acclaim, multiple professional awards. On top of this, she was the official composer of the L.A. Kings for ten seasons!

Her first high-profile gig was alongside Danny Elfman as he composed and recorded the now-classic score from Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas," which lead to work on several subsequent Elfman scores. She then worked with legendary film scoring artists Jerry Goldsmith and Edward Shearmur, and artists such as Johnny Mathis.

Currently, MEGAN is hard at work on a new animated musical film project called "Jacob Marley" with director Russ Francis, with several other high-profile film gigs in development. She's also begun a relationship with Grammy-nominated pop producer Eric Robinson, and is working with music supervisor/film producer Jonathon McHugh on a new opera about WWII hero Irena Sandler (who rescued 2500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto), which will debut with the Angel City Chorus.

Hear our live interview with MEGAN CAVALLARI this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week:

Emergency responders in China cut through concrete to rescue an 8-year-old girl whose head became trapped between two sections of a barrier.
A woman unexpectedly gave birth on an airplane while flying from Dubai to the Philippines.
China sentenced seven members of an international tortoise smuggling ring to prison after they tried to transport more than 300 critically endangered radiated tortoises on a plane from Madagascar into China to be bred for the international pet trade.
Competitors gathered at a water park in Norway to compete in an annual "belly flop" diving competition.
A Canadian man has set out to break a Guinness World Record and raise money for charity by playing a video game for 55 consecutive hours.
More than 100,000 bees were removed from a hospital in Wales after honey began dripping from the ceiling.

JOHN PROSKY, featured actor in ABC's hit show "Scandal," HBO's "True Blood" and NBC's "Medium," is our special guest this Sunday night!

JOHN has been a favorite on our television screens for many years! In addition to his most recent recurring roles on such shows as "Scandal," for which he recently completed a five episode arc, "Major Crimes," "True Blood," "The Closer," "Touch," "Medium" and "The Practice," and guest starring roles on shows including "Fringe," "Criminal Minds," "Revenge"and "The Mentalist." He has appeared in 45 films including such movies as "The Devil Inside," "The Hulk," "Nutty Professor," "Bowfinger" and "Straight Outta Compton."

In addition, JOHN has taught in the juvenile prison system of Los Angeles County for the past 15 years and is head of the education outreach wing of Antaeus, where he is one of the creators and the lead teacher of the Odyssey Artist's Workshop, a Shakespeare and dramatic writing program for the incarcerated and underserved young people of Los Angeles.

This summer, JOHN is starring in a brand new play by Tennessee Williams, "Baby Doll," adapted from the 1956 Academy Award-nominated film of the same name. Darkly comic and crackling with sexual tension, Baby Doll is the story of 19-year-old married virgin "Baby Doll" Meighan, who must consummate her marriage in two days, on her 20th birthday - as long as her middle-aged husband, Archie Lee (played by JOHN), upholds his end of the bargain to provide her with a comfortable life. When Archie Lee burns down his neighbor's cotton gin to save his failing business, his rival, Sicilian immigrant Silva Vacarro, arrives to seek revenge. What ensues is a complex mix of desire and desperation, with Baby Doll as both player and pawn.

Hear our live interview with JOHN PROSKY this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week:

A passenger who missed his flight's departure from the gate at a Madrid airport was filmed jumping from the gangway to the tarmac and running to his plane.
Several Olympic competitors and spectators were baffled after the water in the diving pool mysteriously turned green.
An Olympic fencer from France dropped his cellphone in the midst of a competition after leaving it in his pocket.
Pokemon fans in a small Norwegian village erected a statue to Pokemon Go in the hopes of convincing the game's makers to correct their lack of Pokestops.
Security camera footage aided in the arrest of a man who stole a pair of rare Japanese maple trees from in front of a restaurant in Canada.
A security camera was rolling in a Chinese city when a bike thief foiled the owner's lock by cutting down the tree where the bike was secured.

JOHN FLECK, featured actor in HBO's "True Blood" and "Carnivale" and ABC's "Murder One," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

JOHN is an accomplished screen and stage actor. In addition to appearances in movies such as "Waterworld," "Falling Down" and The Naked Gun 2 1/2," he has featured in several on the most memorable television programs in recent decades, including "Criminal Minds," "Anger Management," "True Blood," "Weeds," "The Closer," "Nip/Tuck," "Carnivale," "Star Trek Enterprise," "Seinfeld" and "Murder One."

He is also known as one of the "NEA 4" whose case went to the Supreme Court in defense of freedom of expression.

JOHN is currently starring in Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presentation of the West Coast premiere of his meta-theatrical comic romance, "Go Back to Where You Are." In this tender comedy, a forgotten chorus boy from the theater of ancient Greece (played by JOHN) is sent back to Earth on a mission from God. When he finds himself summering among a makeshift family of theater artists on Long Island - and able to witness their innermost thoughts and feelings - he is caught off-guard by his re-discovered ability to feel love.

Hear our live interview with JOHN FLECK this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week:

China's first traffic-proof elevated bus was taken for a test drive over a highway in the port city of Qinhuangdao.
Atheists in Australia have been urged not to register "Jedi" as their religion to prevent results from a national census from being skewed to make the country appear more religious.
A jump-roping team from Hong Kong set a double-dutch world record at the 2016 World Rope Skipping Championships in Sweden.
A woman whose iPhone was washed out to sea at a British beach said the device turned up a month later -- and it still works.
A Dutch man waited in an airport for 10 days after flying to China to meet up with a woman he met on an online dating app.
A group people dressed as Pokemon mascot Pikachu sought revenge on Pokemon Go players in Basel, Switzerland, as the city hoped to use the game's popularity to attract tourists.

RODNEY TO, featured actor in FOX's hit detective show, "Rosewood," is our special guest this Sunday night.

Prior to "Rosewood," RODNEY had starred in such fan-favorite TV shows as "Parks and Recreation," "Modern Family," "Wilfred," "New Girl," "The Whole Truth," "The American Mall" and "Ironside," as well as the upcoming HBO Danny McBride series "Vice Principals".

An accomplished stage actor, RODNEY is currently starring in Echo Theater Company's production of "One of the Nice Ones" by Erik Patterson, staged at the Atwater Village Theatre. The play is a cringe-worthy black comedy about sexual politics in the workplace that will leave audiences howling with laughter in spite of their better selves.

A Chicago native and a former New Yorker, RODNEY currently resides in Studio City, CA.

Hear our live interview with RODNEY TO this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week:

A gang of 100 monkeys paid a visit to a polling place in Thailand and destroyed several pages of voter lists and other documents, police said.
A group of cricket fans in England piled up various bits of trash and other objects on top of a man who fell asleep during a match.
Movie monster Godzilla put in a bizarre performance at a Japanese soccer game, attempting -- and failing -- to make a penalty shot using its tail.
An off-duty Swedish police officer arrested a pickpocket who approached her as she was sunbathing with a group of friends.
The British Treasury has joined Downing Street and the Foreign Office in naming a rescue cat to the office of Chief Mouser.

HAMID MOSLEHI, formerly the official photographer for Michael Jackson, is our special guest this Sunday night!

Born in Iran and raised in Italy, HAMID finished high school in Rome, and found his permanent home in the United States at the age of 19.

A Los Angeles based music, fashion and portrait photographer, HAMID photographs and works with some of the most celebrated musicians and artists, and has done his most in-depth work while photographing Michael Jackson over an 8 year period, traveling all around the globe. From Neverland to New York, Paris to the Middle East, HAMID was given unprecedented access to the King of Pop, his family and his world.

He has also made several documentary movies, including "Blue Roof," in which he gives the viewer a rare inside look into the lives of the homeless population of Los Angeles by actually living among them on the streets.

Today, HAMID shoots musicians, artists and spends time working with fashion designers and their new lines. He is commissioned to do portrait work, adverting and editorial assignments.

Hear our live interview with HAMID MOSLEHI this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week:

An Australian burger chain is offering a lifetime supply of its wares to anyone who formally changes their last name to "Burger."
A car crashed while traveling on the Autobahn in Germany after police say it slipped on slime produced by a group of snails.
London designers have created a new 'paparazzi-proof' scarf that gives the wearer a virtual invisibility in front of flash photography.
Police in Sweden shared a heartfelt message for a police dog, who has retired from the force after 10 years of service.
An elephant in Thailand was fitted with a special prosthetic leg after losing the appendage during a land mine accident.

RUSTY EGAN, former drummer for the British new wave band Rich Kids.

Rich Kids were founded by former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock, with RUSTY, Steve New and singer Midge Ure. After the band broke up, RUSTY continued working with Ure, and later collaborated with The Misfits, Skids, Shock and Visage.

He was the DJ at Blitz, the influential New Romantic nightclub in London. While there, he introduced German (Kraftwerk), Japanese (Yellow Magic Orchestra) and British (Eno, Ultravox, Landscape) electronic/synthpop to the British club scene, almost single-handedly putting together the soundtrack for the New Romantic movement. RUSTY also owned The Cage, a New Romantic-era record store on London's King's Road. As the club grew in popularity, RUSTY began to be recognized as a central figure in London's nightlife. In 1982, he opened the Camden Palace nightclub in London, where he continued to spread and influence the development of electronica in the UK. RUSTY has also produce records for many of the bands he used to DJ, including Spear of Destiny, Shock, Visage and The Senate.

RUSTY is still active on the festival scene as a DJ and is producing new music for release later this year.

Hear our live interview with RUSTY EGAN this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week:

More than 1,000 people participated in the world's largest shaving-cream pie fight during a festival in the U.K.
A Russian woman gave birth in a remote Siberian forest as authorities worked to protect her and her family from surrounding bears.
KFC launched a new meal combination in India that includes a box equipped with a portable cellphone charging station.
Audible flatulence resulted in one Swedish soccer player being ejected early during a lower-league match.
A group of helpful Irish soccer fans quickly worked to repair the damage caused to a parked car after their celebration got out of hand.
Perplexed traffic police in China pulled over a semi truck after they noticed it was missing some important components -- its front wheels.

BEAU BRIDGES, acclaimed and beloved television and movie actor, is our guest for this special podcast-only edition of THE BIGGER INTERVIEW.

BEAU has appeared in over fifty feature films, including “The Other Side of the Mountain,” “Norma Rae,” “Heart Like a Wheel,” “Sordid Lives,” “Max Payne,” “The Descendants” and “The Fabulous Baker Boys”, opposite his brother Jeff for which BEAU received the Best Supporting Actor Award from the National Society of Film Critics.

In television, BEAU has received fourteen Emmy nominations and won three, along with two Golden Globes, for “Without Warning: The James Brady Story,” “The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom,” and “The Second Civil War.” BEAU is about to start his third season of Showtime’s “Masters of Sex”, for which he received an Emmy nomination last year. He can also be seen currently in Netflix’s “Bloodlines”.

On Broadway, he appeared in “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”. He won a 2009 Grammy for Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” in the category of Best Spoken Word Album.

BEAU and his son Ezekiel will be starring in a dramatic reading from Dalton Trumbo’s classic anti-war work, “Johnny Got His Gun,” at the historic Mountain Mermaid in Topanga on Saturday June 25th at 6:30pm. All proceeds from this special fundraising event will benefit the artistic and educational programming at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum.

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DUF SUNDHEIM, recent Republican challenger for the US Senate, is our special guest this Sunday night!

DUF is a political reformer with a history of taking on some of the most powerful forces in politics and succeeding. He played a key role in the recall of Governor Davis; took on then Speaker Nancy Pelosi to effect statewide redistricting reform and took on the public employee unions to effect pension reform in San Jose.

DUF is a federal court approved mediator and state court settlement judge. In 2016 he was the leading Republican candidate in the US Senate race receiving 60% more votes than any other Republican. President Reagan's Secretary of State George Shultz has praised DUF for his "Integrity, passion and resolve" and the Sacramento Bee said what distinguishes DUF is his "temperament, philosophy and vision."

Hear our live interview with DUF SUNDHEIM this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Making headlines around the world this week:

McDonald's locations in Austria have begun a promotion that offers customers free six-packs of beer in celebration of the 2016 European soccer championship.
A French tattoo artist who lost his right arm 22 years ago shared video of his unusual prosthetic arm, which has a working tattoo needle instead of a hand.
A Russian robot reportedly escaped from its laboratory in the city of Perm and caused a traffic jam by rolling out into the street.
A British woman has taken retailer H&M to task for "unrealistically small" clothing in a Facebook posting that went viral and prompted an apology from the company.
A Polish inventor came up with a way to take his roller blades "off road" by powering the wheels with an electric motor.

NATHAN SAPSFORD, from TNT's "The Last Ship" and Discovery's "Gunslingers," is our special guest this week.

NATHAN, originally from Sydney, Australia, has had several leading roles in American film and television productions. He plays an Arkansas outlaw lead on the series "Gunslingers" on Discovery Network's American Heroes Channel, and also hit TV screens in TNT's "The Last Ship," as a cheeky trigger-happy British Commando. On the big screen he plays a desert convenience store owner with an enthusiastic storytelling meth habit in the sexy road movie "What Lola Wants," which featured at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival.

Prior to his Los Angeles move, NATHAN had another life in Australia. He was one of Australia's most loved TV hosts, on Australian televisions and bedroom walls since 2006. He was a proud and popular MTV VJ for 3 years, hosting everything from TRL, MTV News, MTV Screen and everything in between. He also conceived, produced and hosted the Australian Cable TV award-nominated international travel show "QT: Quality Time," among several others. He was also the male voice of MTV Australia and its sister VH1, for all on-air promotion. After this he became the much loved host of "Video Hits," Australia's most popular, highest rating music, entertainment and pop culture show on Network TEN Australia, traveling the world for special events and high profile interviews.

This month, NATHAN is on stage at the Matrix Theatre in a production of the play "Ruben Guthrie," which takes an affecting and darkly comic look at alcoholism and the impact of Australia's drinking culture. A heady cocktail of fizzy humor and touching revelation about a Sydney adman who spirals high, then crashes hard, it's the story not only of his battle with the bottle - but also of the city that won't let him put it down.

Hear our live interview with NATHAN SAPSFORD this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Given the despairing nature of American politics lately, anyone wanting an upbeat story involving politicians is forced to look abroad.

This week, the left wing Spanish political party Podemos gained international attention when it published its manifesto in the style of an Ikea catalogue. Rather than pages and pages of small-font texts of arcane terminology and general mumbo-jumbo, this manifesto is organized on a room-by-room basis, with the party's candidates pictured at home in the kitchen, on the sofa, in the garden or working at their desks.

Interestingly, the photos correspond with policies. So the policy on social land use is illustrated by a Podemos party leader sitting next to pot plants on his terrace. Other party members are depicted feeding their fish, hanging out washing, making the bed and brushing their teeth.

According to a party spokesman, they chose the Ikeas format because they wanted it to be "the most-read manifesto ever produced."

Makes one wonder if our Presidential candidates let their creative juices flow, what might their Convention manifestos potentially look like? For Hillary, perhaps a Goldman Sachs IPO prospectus? For Donald, maybe a stack of high school composition books, filled in tiny methodical writing - Unabomber-style - with his unique solutions to the world's problems?

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

McDonald's Japan is using a Hamburglar-like McNugget thief to promote a contest offering a five-piece box of 18-karat-gold nuggets.
A flock of about 1,000 sheep were seen freely roaming about the streets of a Spanish city after escaping from their shepherd.
A Polish nightclub owner practicing tank driving for a planned party crashed the Howitzer into the front of his club during a Facebook live-stream.
The Russian Ministry of Sport has included virtual games in the register of official sports of the country.
A British TV host tested the strength of China's new glass-bottom bridge, said to be the world's highest, by slamming it with a sledgehammer.

Call us this Sunday night between 10pm and midnight during the live broadcast of THE BIGGER PICTURE on 866-870-5752 (or 866-870-KRLA). Let us know what you're thinking about the state of the world we live in today!

MATT PASSMORE, star of the A&E fan-favorite 'The Glades' and USA's 'Satisfaction,' is our special guest this Sunday night!

Since graduating from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2001, MATT has worked both on stage and screen in Australia and the United States. His starring television credits in Australia include 'Underbelly 2,' 'McLeod's Daughters'' 'The Cooks,' 'Last Man Standing,' 'Always Greener,' 'Blue Heelers,' 'The Cut,' 'Backberner' and 'Playschool.'

Here in the US, MATT starred in 'The Glades' on A&E and 'Satisfaction' on the USA network. Film credits include the edgy horror film 'Come Back To Me' and the comedy 'Is That A Gun In Your Pocket' (co-starring Cloris Leachman).

This month MATT is back in Southern California at the Matrix Theatre working with the Australian Theatre Company on their production of Andrew Bovell's noir psychological thriller, 'Speaking in Tongues.' In this theatrical jigsaw puzzle of parallel stories, two couples set out to betray their partners... a lover returns from the past... a husband doesn't answer the phone... and a neighbor is the prime suspect when a woman disappears. 'Speaking in Tongues" is a winner of the Australian Writers' Guild's AWGIE Award for Best Stage Play and called 'clever, provocative, elliptically resonant; by The New York Times.

Hear our live interview with MATT PASSMORE this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Remember, always hire the Australian for any job opening you're looking to fill. They work hard, and you don't have to worry about them calling in sick every time they get a little cough.

Case in point - an Australian man recently slashed his face open with a chainsaw while working on a farm in Ballarat, Victoria, and rather than sitting down and whinging about it, he simply tied his head up with cloth and drove himself to a nearby hospital.

Some might ask, why didn't he just call the local equivalent of 911? Well, he was unable to call for an ambulance because he had sliced his tongue in half!

When Bill Singleton, 68, reached the hospital, doctors discovered that when he had lost control of his chainsaw, it cut through his face as far back as his wisdom teeth, yet just missed his carotid artery and larynx.

Fortunately, Bill has said that his accident had not put him off working with chainsaws in the future.

And that's why you always hire the Australian!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

A Chinese fire department freed a man whose head became stuck inside a washing machine while he was attempting to repair the appliance.
A real estate agent in Canada gained Internet notoriety for her unique ad campaign that featured a photo of her appearing to shoot lasers from her eyes.
A Chinese driver was caught on video holding his IV drip stand out the window with one hand and drinking what appears to be a beer with the other hand.
An Indian man whose hair measures 62 feet long said he is applying to be recognized by Guinness World Records.
A student driver in London managed to add to the cost of their gold-plated Maserati supercar by earning a ticket with a poor parking job.

Call us this Sunday night between 10pm and midnight during the live broadcast of THE BIGGER PICTURE on 866-870-5752 (or 866-870-KRLA). Let us know what you're thinking about the state of the world we live in today!

ELLEN GEER, accomplished actress from such films as "Harold and Maude," "Clear and Present Danger" and "Phenomenon," is our featured guest this Sunday night.

ELLEN has worked continuously for 46 years in television and motion pictures since making her debut in Richard Lester's "Petulia" in support of Julie Christie and George C. Scott. Probably best remembered for her turn as the committed actress who is lined up as the third (and last) date for Harold by his mother in the cult classic "Harold and Maude," ELLEN has played character and supporting parts in scores of movies and television shows. Some of her other film credits include "Hard Traveling," "Patriot Games," "Clear and Present Danger," "Phenomenon" and "The Odd Couple ll."

Her television roles have been regular and plentiful, including recurring roles on classic shows such as "The Jimmy Stewart Show," "CHiPs," "Falcon Crest," "Dallas," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Desperate Housewives," and guest appearance in such recent hits as "CSI," "NYPD Blue," "Nip/Tuck," "Charmed," "7th Heaven," "Supernatural," "The Mentalist," "Criminal Minds" and "Castle."

Since 1978, ELLEN has been the artistic director of Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum, where she helped the theater develop from a Sunday afternoon workshop performing Shakespeare to a professional repertory theater company now in its seventeenth season with a negotiated Actors Equity Contract. She has produced and directed over 50 Theatricum productions, including plays by Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, Chekhov and Thornton Wilder, as well as Greek classics. She created the Academy of the Classics for Theatricum in 1976, which now houses an intensive Shakespeare seminar, scene study classes, teen classes and the popular Youth Drama Camp. She helped develop School Days, a field trip educational program for young people now in its 30th year, which brings over 10,000 Los Angeles school children to Theatricum each spring and fall, and co-developed Classroom Enrichment, which brings actor/teachers and programs into the classroom to work with English teachers.

ELLEN was an also associate professor at U.C.L.A. teaching Shakespeare to graduate students in the theater department for 15 years.

Hear our live interview with ELLEN GEER this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Next time you hear a parent or boss talk about how rough they had it growing up, take a moment to reflect on the walk to school that students from Atuler village in Sichuan province in China must do every day.

These brave students must descend an 800-meter rock face, scrambling down rickety ladders and clawing their way over bare rocks as they go. The journey takes 90 minutes, and entails 17 vine ladders, but the most dangerous part is a path on the cliff without a vine ladder.

The perilous trek is not for the faint of heart. If you make a mistake, you will fall straight into the abyss.

According to village elders, their ancestors picked this isolated and dangerous location to avoid wars. And, no doubt, tax collectors, and process servers and Jehovah's Witnesses!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

A Japanese man constructed a giant Lego castle that folds into two pieces before rising into an upright position like a pop-up book.
Dozens of cars were consumed by a massive sinkhole that opened up on an Italian street Wednesday morning.
Officials from a city in South Wales are warning that a group of sheep could have ingested cannabis causing them to stir up trouble in nearby towns.
An Australian brewing company has incorporated rare and expensive "whale vomit" into a special new beer.
Some viewers are decrying a new detergent commercial from China as racist.

Call us this Sunday night between 10pm and midnight during the live broadcast of THE BIGGER PICTURE on 866-870-5752 (or 866-870-KRLA). Let us know what you're thinking about the state of the world we live in today!

TONY AMENDOLA, actor from ABC's hit show "Once Upon a Time" and SyFy's fan-favorite, "Continuum," is our special guest this Sunday!

TONY began his acting career almost exclusively in the theatre, appearing Off-Broadway in an acclaimed production of "Filumena" and in leading roles on the stages of America's top regional theatres, including the Mark Taper Forum, American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Jolla Playhouse and the Old Globe. Hoping to expand his craft and career, TONY moved to Los Angeles to seek work in film and television.

His film work as been varied and rewarding, including appearances opposite Susan Saradon in "The Meddler," Johnny Depp in "Ted Demme's Blow," Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas in Martin Campbell's "The Mask of Zorro" and Chris Cooper in John Sayles's "Lone Star."

TONY has enjoyed long-running roles on "Stargate SG-1" as Master Bra-Tac; ABC's "Once Upon a Time" as Geppetto; SyFy's "Continuum" as Kagame; and the voice of Khadgar in the videogame "World of Warcraft." His numerous TV guest star roles include "NCIS LA," "CSI," "CSI NY," "CSI Cyber," "New Girl," "Being Mary Jane," "West Wing," "The Practice," "Judging Amy," and "X-Files."

He has four feature films awaiting release, including "Dragon Slayer" opposite John Rhys Davis, "Club Dread" with Bill Paxton, "Shade" with Gabriel Byrne and Sylvester Stallone, and a wonderful part as a blind sorcerer in "Forbidden Warrior" directed by Jimmy Nickerson.

TONY is currently starring in an Antaeus Theatre Company production of "Hedda Gabler," Henrik Ibsen's classic drama of passion and desperation, in North Hollywood.

Hear our live interview with TONY AMENDOLA this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

It is a scorcher this week in north-west India!

Residents of Phalodi, in the desert state of Rajasthan, have called for government action as temperatures reached 123.8 degrees. This represents the highest temperature ever recorded in India.

The local government hospital has seen patient numbers double in the last few days as people report more heat-related illnesses. Children are particularly vulnerable to sunstroke, and the hospital has seen a rise in the number of cases of diarrhea and vomiting.

For the last few weeks, severe heatwaves have swept across India, and temperatures are expected to stay high in June. Last year, more than 1,500 people died in India because of heatwaves.

Across the border, Pakistan is approaching this challenge with the same level of optimism and can-do attitude we have come to expect - namely, adding more hospital beds, consulting clerics about religious fasting guidelines that can be waived during the holy month of Ramadan, and - of course - digging more graves!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

A New Zealand man put on a high-speed marriage proposal as he had the ring delivered to his table through a pneumatic tube at a local cafe.
Spanish National Police discovered more than 300 pounds of cocaine hidden in boxes of plastic bananas at the Port of Algeciras.
An English fitness company is set to offer people the opportunity to exercise while traveling on a bus.
A Canadian beer company plans to have an eagle deliver its product to a lucky contest winner as part of a promotional campaign.
A group of 100 Italian chefs in the city of Naples cooked up a 6,082-foot-long pizza to break a Guinness World Record.

Call us this Sunday night between 10pm and midnight during the live broadcast of THE BIGGER PICTURE on 866-870-5752 (or 866-870-KRLA). Let us know what you're thinking about the state of the world we live in today!

JOANNE BARON, accomplished actress from such films as "This is 40," "Valley Girl," "Real Genius" and "Spider-Man 2," is our featured guest this Sunday night!

JOANNE is a premiere actress, producer and acting teacher. For over 30 years, she has been co-owner and artistic director of the Joanne Baron/DW Brown Studio in Santa Monica, CA. Her past students include Halle Berry, Jeff Goldblum, Robin Wright, Mariska Hargetay, Patrick Dempsey and Leslie Mann.

Her own acting credits includes the films "This is 40," "Valley Girl," "National Lampoons Joy of Sex," "Real Genius," "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge," "Drag Me to Hell," "Spider-Man 2," "The Prince and Me," "Allie & Me," "Universal Soldier," "Someone to Watch Over Me." Her many TV appearances include "Mad Men," "Rake," "Law & Order," "The Shield," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Lovers and Other Strangers" and the Netflix original series "LOVE."

JOANNE has 5 Best Actress Dramalogue awards for her lead roles in theater and is currently developing a web series called "Joanne Brown is Here," co-starring Jeff Goldblum.

She is currently starring in the play "Blood From A Stone" at the Electric Lodge in Venice. A gut wrenching story of dysfunction and destruction, the play is a sadly relatable dark comedy that shows the most difficult trap to escape from may be our own family. An unflinching and darkly comic depiction of life in blue collar Connecticut, "Blood From a Stone" zeroes in on a working class family wrestling to keep it together.

Hear our live interview with JOANNE BARON this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

As much of the international community has been shaking their heads in collective disbelief of Donald Trump's campaign for the US presidency, there have been pockets of foreigners around the globe that welcome Trump and support his worldview whole-heartedly.

One such group are certain Hindu nationalists of India.

They are drawn to the Donald in large part because of his hardline, uncompromising stance against Islamic terror. India remains a tinderbox of potential violence due to lingering animosity between the Hindu majority and the Muslim minority.

Hindu nationalists are already promising to stage rallies in support of Trump in India and to encourage Americans of Indian descent to vote for him. They seem to be willing to disregard Trump's repeated attacks on outsourcing, which have been an important contributor to the Indian economy for over 20 years.

Another plus for Hindu fans who hold the cow as a sacred embodiment of the divine? Well, there won't be any more "Trump Steaks" on sale at least for the foreseeable future!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

A baseball game in Japan was temporarily delayed due to something other than rain falling out of the sky -- a half-digested fish.
A university in Thailand cancelled its entrance exams after a small group of students were found using high-tech devices to cheat.
An Indian couple who are both in their 70s have had their first child after undergoing two years of fertility treatments.
A Burger King in Finland has made the idea of enjoying a Whopper in a sauna a reality by opening the world's first Burger King spa.
A couple in the African country of Tunisia won a live cow as a prize for their performance in a mobile game.
A Spanish soccer team has unveiled a set of shocking new uniforms meant to resemble the musculature of a human body.

Call us this Sunday night between 10pm and midnight during the live broadcast of THE BIGGER PICTURE on 866-870-5752 (or 866-870-KRLA). Let us know what you're thinking about the state of the world we live in today!

STEVEN BERKOFF, film villain extraordinaire from "Beverly Hills Cop," "Rambo" and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," is our special guest this week.

STEVEN was born in Stepney, London. After studying drama and mime in London and Paris, he formed the London Theatre Group in 1968. "East," his first original stage play, was presented at the Edinburgh Festival in 1975. His plays and adaptations have been performed internationally and translated into many languages.

In addition to an extensive and highly successful career on the stage, STEVEN has appeared in wide range of feature films including "A Clockwork Orange," "Barry Lyndon," "McVicar," "Outlands," "Beverly Hills Cop," "Rambo," "Revolution," "Under the Cherry Moon," "Absolute Beginners," "The Krays," "Legionnaire," "Forest of the Gods," "44 Inch Chest," "The Tourist" and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."

STEVEN is directing a rare production of Eugene O'Neill's 1922 expressionist play "The Hairy Ape," opening May 14 at West L.A.'s Odyssey Theatre.

Hear our live interview with STEVEN BERKOFF this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Kim Jong-un, North Korea's soul-brother-number-one, is throwing a party!

Well, not so much a party, as a party congress. The Leninist-style Korean Workers' Party, which basically serves as the instrument of totalitarian control and oppression, is having a once-in-a-generation meeting of its members.

Kim will use the get-together as an opportunity to further secure his grip on power and send a few messages to the international community by way of 130 foreign journalists who have been invited into the country in order to cover the proceedings.

Of course the media will not be able to conduct any unauthorized meetings with ordinary, everyday North Koreans. These journalists will be closely watched and followed around the clock by "minders" who will make sure that they see only what Kim wants them to see.

With Kim being Kim, though, it's hard not to think there might be some attention-grabbing surprise to cap off the party congress. Perhaps another nuclear bomb test? More rocket launches? Been there, done that!

I think a surprise guest appearance is the way to go. My money is on presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to jump up onto the stage, joining Kim at the podium and saying, "Now this guy here knows how to build a beautiful wall!"

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

A motorist in China captured footage of a man using a most unusual form of slow-speed transportation -- a small cart pulled by a tiny dog.
A French beer company is set to open a pop-up bar in London staffed entirely by dogs.
Chinese live-streaming video websites announced female broadcasters are being banned from "seductively eating bananas" as part of a crackdown on pornography.
A joint investigation between Canadian law enforcement and a local prison found that methamphetamine-laced Christmas cards were being sent to inmates.

Call us this Sunday night between 10pm and midnight during the live broadcast of THE BIGGER PICTURE on 866-870-5752 (or 866-870-KRLA). Let us know what you're thinking about the state of the world we live in today!

JEFF WARD, star of the Lifetime film, "Manson's Lost Girls," is our special guest this Sunday night.

JEFF's most high-profile role to date was his portrayal of iconic cult leader, Charles Manson. The latest adaptation about the notorious killer brings a new take on the girls who worshipped Manson and lived with him on Spahn Ranch. Of course, JEFF is no stranger to the small screen with his guest roles on "The Mentalist," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "Rosewood" just to name a few. He is also set to star alongside Zosia Mamet in the upcoming film "The Boy Downstairs."

An accomplished stage actor, JEFF joined the world premiere of "Marjorie Prime," a production by Jordan Harrison, a writer on Orange is "The New Black." He played, Walter Prime, the new technological incarnation of Marjorie Prime's late husband. The play, a runner up for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize, was presented by the Mark Taper Forum.

JEFF is returning to the stage again in a poignant and darkly comic tale about love, pain and friendship opens May 13 at the Hudson Backstage in Hollywood. "Gruesome Playground Injuries" is a hilarious and heartbreaking love story about the intimacy between two people who allow their defenses to drop and their wounds to show. Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at the most bizarre intervals, leading the two childhood friends to compare their scars from the physical and emotional calamities that keep drawing them together.

Hear our live interview with JEFF WARD this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

The Large Hadron Collider on the outskirts of Geneva is the world's most powerful particle accelerator. It was designed to recreate in miniature fireballs similar to the conditions that prevailed at the birth of the universe, and occupies a 17-mile tunnel beneath Switzerland.

Unfortunately, it stopped working this week. After double-checking that it was still plugged in and that the electricity bill was paid up, scientists looked further afield for the source of the problem.

That was when they discovered that a small weasel, known as a fouine, had chewed through some wiring.

The collider, which discovered the Higgs boson in July 2012, is expected to be out of action for a week while the connections to the transformer are replaced.

A similar problem occurred in 2009, when the power was cut to one of the LHC's cooling plants. That incident was blamed on a bird dropping part of a baguette on a capacitor where the mains supply entered the LHC from the ground.

We should start to consider if the animals know something about the LHC that we don't. Is this all part of a larger scheme by the rest of the animal kingdom to stop our investigations into high energy particles?

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

A mother decided to give her baby a unique name after giving birth aboard a flight on an Asian airline...
Russia's Kremlin has allocated more than $1 million toward technology that will guarantee good weather in the country's capital city for its May 1 festivities.
An Australian brewery is mixing up a unique malted beverage for an upcoming festival: a beer brewed using yeast from belly button lint.
A woman in New Zealand returned a book that she had checked out from a library more than 60 years ago.
A British inventor constructed a metallic hover bike that uses propellers to allow it to float a few inches off of the ground.

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TONY ABATEMARCO, accomplished character actor who has appeared in "How to Get Away with Murder, "The L Word," "ER" and "Frasier," is our featured guest this week.

TONY has been appearing on our television screens for many years, initially in shows such as "One Day and a Time," "Scarecrow and Mrs King" and "Hunter," and more recently in fan-favorite "How to Get Away with Murder." His feature film credits include "Beverly Hills Ninja 2," "Town & Country" and "Sleeping with the Enemy."

Along the way, he has had a successful career in theatre. He has portrayed real-life figures Judge Francis Biddle in "Trying" and painter Mark Rothko in "Red." His plays Forever House and Beautified premiered at Skylight Theatre Company, where he is co-artistic director. TONY also founded two LA theaters: The Accident Theatre and The Night House. He is a three-time Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Award nominee for lead performance (including for "Red").

This month, TONY will be staring in "A Walk in the Woods," a brilliant and funny play of ideas by playwright Lee Blessing at the International City Theatre in Long Beach. Winner of the prestigious American Theatre Critics/Steinberg New Play Award, and nominated for both the Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award, this dramatic comedy was inspired by historic conversations between a pair of arms negotiators during the Cold War. In the play, TONY plays a cynical career Soviet diplomat who meets an idealistic American negotiator in the woods outside Geneva to explore the obstacles their countries face on the path to peace.

Hear our live interview with TONY ABATEMARCO this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM.

President Xi Jinping has a dream. He wants to see China become one of the great soccer countries in the world. This month Beijing unveiled plans to completely revolutionize the way the global game is played in China.

The country already has the world's largest football academy, and in a mere 5 years will have 20,000 specialist football academies and more than 30 million students regularly playing soccer.

The ultimate goal is that by 2050, China would be able to host the World Cup tournament, and perhaps even make a run at winning the competition.

There is - ahem! - some substantial improvement necessary in order for China to reach these goals. The country is currently ranked 81st in the world in soccer.

Not to worry - the short-term solution for Chinese soccer clubs is easy. Import a LOT of Brazilian players who will help the locals learn how to really play the "jogo bonito," or beautiful game!

Always nice to see globalization in action!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

An unusual street fight in China involved rival construction firms using bulldozers and front-end loaders to do battle in the middle of an urban street.
British police busted a bungling burglar who officers said left a trail of white paint footprints from the scene of the crime to his own front door.
The Australian owner of a dog thought to be the world's oldest at 30 years of age announced the canine died peacefully in her sleep.
A resident of an apartment building in Colombia was recorded climbing out of his 13th story balcony to rescue a dog dangling from a ledge.
A woman in Spain was thanked by a local train station after finding and returning a bag containing more than €8,000 in cash.

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RICHARD AZURDIA, featured actor on the critically-acclaimed Hulu TV show "East Los High," is our special guest this Sunday night!

A true Angeleno, born and raised in L.A., RICHARD has gained widespread notice for his role as Ramon on the drama, "East Los High." He has also appeared on other popular TV shows such as "Gracie and Frankie," "Southland" and "Weeds," in addition to well received Spanish film "Ladron Que Roba A Ladron," released by Lionsgate.

An accomplished stage actor, RICHARD has appeared in a variety of productions across the country, including "Just Like Us" (Denver Center Theatre Co. - Broadway World Awards Nominee for Supporting Actor), "American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose" (Denver Center Theatre Co.- Henry Award Nominee for Supporting Actor), "Living Out" (Mark Taper Forum), "La Posada Magica" (Odyssey Theater) and "Stranger" (Bootleg Theater-5 LA Weekly Awards Noms/3 LADCC Awards Noms).

He's a recipient of the Andrew W. Mellon Artistic Leaders Fellowship and was named one of L.A. Weekly's "People Issue" of 2015.

RICHARD is now back in Los Angeles for the premiere of "My Mañana Comes" at the Fountain Theatre. Just beyond the elegant dining room of an Upper East Side restaurant, service workers angle for shifts, pray for tips and cling to dreams of life beyond their daily back-of-house grind. The minimum wage crisis and rights for undocumented workers lie at the center of this funny and powerful new play.

Hear our live interview with RICHARD AZURDIA this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM.

Venezuela may be facing the near-complete collapse of its economy, but this week President Nicolas Maduro single-handedly escorted his country into a brighter future.

Breaking with a decision made almost a decade ago by his charismatic predecessor Hugo Chavez, Maduro has decided to move every clock in Venezuela forward 30 minutes.

The purposes of this DIY time travel is to add a little more daylight in the evening when energy consumption is at its peak.

So stop worrying about the frequent water and electricity cuts, the world's highest inflation and a deep recession.

At least now you can look enjoy a little more sunlight on your walk home in the evening from a job that doesn't pay you enough to buy anything at the stores that often don't have anything left on their shelves!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

An octopus at a New Zealand aquarium took advantage of a narrow opportunity to escape from his tank into the Pacific Ocean.
Customs agents at a Vietnamese airport said a man was hiding 18 live songbirds in his pant legs and checked bags in an attempt to smuggle them to Taiwan.
A couple in the UK are in negotiations wth several buyers after finding a valuable lump of whale vomit, or ambergris, on a local beach.
Teenager Alexei Romanov plays the piano despite what would seem to be a debilitating disability for a musician: He has been handless since birth.
A hotel in New Zealand implemented a new dress code that prohibits customers from wearing Lycra bicycle shorts.

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DIANE CAREY, best-known for her starring role in the cult TV series, "V," is our Featured Guest this Sunday night.

DIANE has guest starred on dozens of television series and pilots, including "Alien Nation," "Alf," "Voyagers," "Fame," "Quail Lake," "LA Law," "Tales from the Crypt," "The Young and the Restless," "Cold Case," "The Starter Wife," "Defying Gravity" and "Ugly Betty." She was a series regular on both the pilot and mini-series of "V," as well as on the NBC cult series "Misfits of Science." She has appeared in several feature films, including the Academy Award- nominated "El Norte," "Heart Condition," "Strawberry Road," "Haraka" and "American Fango." Most recently, DIANE starred as "Rebecca" in the thriller feature film "Kantemir."

An accomplished theatre actress, DIANE is starring in the world-premiere of the pitch-black comedy, "Dinner at Home between Deaths," opening this month at the Odyssey Theatre here in Los Angeles. Inspired by the Bernie Madoff scandal and other Ponzi schemes before and since, the comic thriller examines the American dream and American identity in the face of eroding ethics.

Hear our live interview with DIANE CAREY this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Madonna is at it again!

The 57 year old pop star and scandal magnate is currently on tour in Australia, and local legal experts now claim she could be facing charges of sexual harassment.

Her troubles stem from a concert this week in Brisbane, Queensland, where she pulled down the top of a teenage fan who had been brought on stage, thereby exposing the young girl's left breast to the audience.

With typical Madonna-bravura, she said the attractive 17 year-old was "the kind of girl you just want to slap on the" = ahem, bottom - "and pull." Then she quickly pulled down the girl's top to give the crowd a brief - but unobstructed - view of her half-rack.

Consent for this sexually-motived contact was neither asked for nor given ahead of time.

Afterwards, fortunately, the teenager said she had no intention of pursuing criminal charges against the aging singer.

Lucky for Madonna! It not clear how well she would do in prison, although she could liven up the next series of "Orange is the New Black" - if she isn't shanked first for having wandering hands...

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

The Israel Antiquities Authority announced a woman hiking in Galilee stumbled upon a nearly 2,000-year-old gold coin from the Roman Empire.
A racehorse modeled the first Harris Tweed suit designed specifically for a horse before England's Cheltenham Festival.
A woman in China who sealed her eyes shut when she mistook super glue for eye drops avoided damage to her eyes thanks to her contact lenses, doctors said.
A baby in China might be headed for a bright future of Iditarod competition after the child's father rigged up a stroller to be pulled by several small dogs.
A Western Australia family found a garage-invading snake had already been captured by one of nature's perfect traps -- a redback spider's web.

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BARBARA TARBUCK, from hit FX TV show, "American Horror Story," is our special guest this Sunday night!

BARBARA has made literally hundreds of TV appearances over the years, including most recently as Mother Superior Claudia on "American Horror Story - Asylum," as well as "Mad Men," "Cold Case" and "ER," but she is best known as Australian Jane Jax on "General Hospital." She's been seen in feature films such as "Walking Tall," "Curley Sue" and Peter Greenaway's "Tulse Luper Suitcases."

Trained on a Fulbright Grant to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, BARBARA's New York theater work includes the American premiere of Harold Pinter's "Landscape and Silence;" David Mamet's "The Water Engine" at the Public Theater; the Broadway production of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and the national tour of his "Broadway Bound;" and the Signature Theatre production of María Irene Fornés' "Enter the Night."

This month, BARBARA brings her funny, touching solo show, "Stopping By" to the Atwater Village Theatre here in Los Angeles. The play tells the story of an older woman's encounter with the vast open space, violent dust storms, glowing night skies and uninhibited joy of thousands at the Burning Man festival.

Hear our live interview with BARBARA TARBUCK this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Russia's Defense Ministry is looking to acquire five bottle-nosed dolphins for its "killer dolphin" unit in Crimea, according to a formal tender posted this week on an official government site.

The requirements are exacting - between three and five years old, and between 2.3 and 2.7 meters long - but a tidy sum of over $5,000 per dolphin is available for those that fit the bill.

Russia has operated a "killer dolphin" unit since the Cold War. With the fall of the Soviet Union, the Crimea-based program was inherited by Ukraine, but it fell on hard times during those years.

Fortunately, when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, Moscow regained control of the dolphin program and is committed to expanding it in the years to come.

Only one other country currently train military dolphins - not North Korea, Iran nor China, but.... the United States!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

One of the world's most popular skiing competitions - Sweden's Vasaloppet - is adding a twist to its formula by giving participants the option to complete the race at night.
Motorists on a busy stretch of highway in the capital of Qatar were shocked to discover an unusual traveler in traffic -- a tiger.
A pair of fraternal twins born in Vietnam have been found to have different fathers according to local scientists.
A family in Australia were excited to see the end of a drought in the area, but got more than they bargained for when fish began falling from the sky.
A Norwegian daredevil set out to break an unusual world record when he took his snowmobile for a 131-mile trip on the surface of a river.

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BILL BROCHTRUP, from TNT's hit show, "Major Crimes," and ABC's Emmy Award-winning police drama, "NYPD Blue," is our special guest this Sunday night.

BILL is a stage, film, and television actor, best known for playing "John Irvin," the cheerful administrative aide on the iconic police drama, "NYPD Blue." He is currently appearing as child psychologist "Dr. Joe" on TNT's "Major Crimes," following recurring roles on Jon Avnet's web-series "Kendra" and Showtime's "Shameless."

His film work includes "Life As We Know It," "He's Just Not That Into You," "Duck," "Ravenous," "Space Marines," and the upcoming "Mind Puppets."

BILL is also the Co-Artistic Director of The Antaeus Company, Los Angeles' acclaimed Classical Theatre ensemble. This month, he will be starring there in the play "Cloud 9," a modern classic, fractures the conventional comedy in a wickedly funny, take-no-prisoners carnal romp. In the wilds of 19th century Africa, the colonizers are restless in more ways than one. Friends and family flirt and fumble with power, gender and sexuality, hilariously pushing against the boundaries of Victorian imperialism. Fast forward 100 years to the concrete jungle of London, where the Victorian legacy finally explodes in a blast of sexual awakening, self-acceptance and delectable humor.

Hear our live interview with BILL BROCHTRUP this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Putin seems to be a firm believer in the "my house, my God" school of theology.

This week, a Russian man was charged with insulting the feelings of religious believers, and now faces up to one year in jail, for posting on the Internet that "there is no God". This 2013 law was introduced after punk art group Pussy Riot was jailed for a lewd performance in Moscow's leading Orthodox church.

Viktor Krasnov's remark offended another online poster so much that they filed a complaint against him accusing him of "offending the sentiments of Orthodox believers".

Putin clearly doesn't play when it comes to trash talking about Comrade Numero Uno in the Big Dacha in the Sky!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

A 4-year-old Australian boy learned a valuable lesson from his first experience with a vending machine when his arm became stuck for nearly six hours.
A farmer in China said one of his chickens escaped being slaughtered when he discovered the bird was born with an extra set of legs and feet.
A Swedish musician created a machine that makes music by having 2,000 marbles traveling along its tracks.
A pair of Canadian plumbers literally struck gold after finding a $50,000 gold brick while renovating a client's bathroom.
The Swedish arm of fast food chain McDonald's is testing out a specially designed Happy Meal box that folds into a virtual reality viewer.

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ROBERT ALLAN ACKERMAN, award winning Broadway director who has worked with Al Pacino, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon and Meryl Streep, is our special guest this Sunday night.

ROBERT's New York directing credits include the Tony-nominated Broadway production of Martin Sherman's "Bent" starring Richard Gere and David Dukes; "Slab Boys" starring Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon and Val Kilmer; Oscar Wilde's "Salome" starring Al Pacino; "Legs Diamond" starring Peter Allen; and William Mastrosimone's "Extremities" starring Susan Sarandon, for which he received the Outer Critics Circle Award.

As a resident director of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival, he directed Thomas Babe's "A Prayer for My Daughter" (Obie Award for direction); "Taken in Marriage" starring Meryl Streep and Colleen Dewhurst; "Fathers and Sons" starring Richard Chamberlin and Dixie Carter; "Salt Lake City Skyline" starring John Lithgow and Fred Gwynne; "O'Neill and Carlotta" starring Jason Robards, Colleen Dewhurst and Madeline Kahn; and David Henry Hwang's "Family Devotions."

London credits include West End productions of "Strangers On A Train;" "Extremities" starring Helen Mirren; "Torch Song Trilogy" starring Sir Antony Sher; "A Madhouse in Goa" starring Vanessa Redgrave; "Burn This" starring John Malkovich and Juliet Stevenson; "Our Town" starring Alan Alda and Robert Sean Leonard; "When She Danced" starring Vanessa Redgrave; and the world premiere of Manuel Puig's "Mystery of the Rose Bouquet" starring Gemma Jones at the Donmar Warehouse.

In Los Angeles, ROBERT directed "Holiday" starring Kevin Kline, Sally Kellerman and Maurice Evans (Ahmanson Theatre); "Mystery of the Rose Bouquet" starring Anne Bancroft and Jane Alexander and "Scenes from and Execution" starring Frank Langella and Juliet Stevenson (Mark Taper Forum); and Noel Coward's "The Vortex" starring Rupert Everett (Doolittle Theatre).

This month, he in in Los Angeles directing "Blood," a world premier political thriller about the Japanese tainted blood scandal, at the Complex on Hollywood's Theatre Row.

Hear our live interview with ROBERT ALLAN ACKERMAN this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Soccer fans around the world rejoiced this week when FIFA, the governing body of the beautiful game, selected its new grand poobah.

Swiss-Italian Gianni Infantino won in the second-round of voting, which took place in Zurich. He managed to purchase - ah, I mean, earn! - 115 of the 207 eligible votes, leaving his opponent Sheikh Salman of Bahrain in the dust.

FIFA's reputation has been badly tarnished since allegations of corruption emerged involving the former leader, Sepp Blatter.

Those wishing to congratulate Infantino may want to do so in the traditional FIFA manner - which would of course be small brown paper bags full of cash (preferably high-denomination bills)!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

A village in India imposed a ban on unmarried women and minor girls from owning cell phones.
An elephant at a Thailand sanctuary showed off her art skills by using her trunk to pick up a brush and paint a self-portrait.
An Australian man set the world record for the loudest burp by producing a belch that reached over 110 decibels.
A French village celebrated its annual Bear Festival in a traditional-yet-unusual way -- with a man dressed as a bear mock-battling pretend hunters.
A University of London researcher shared video of penguins walking on treadmills to test their ability to balance while walking after putting on weight.
Members of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, otherwise known as Pastafarians, registered their first official marriage celebrant in New Zealand.

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JACK STEHLIN, actor from the Showtime fan-favorite TV show, "Weeds," is our special guest this Sunday night!

JACK is an award-winning actor/director and founding artistic director of the New American Theatre, but is probably best known for his television role as DEA captain Roy Till on the Showtime series "Weeds" (SAG Award nomination). His many guest-starring roles on countless hit TV shows, include "NCIS Los Angeles," "Without a Trace," "Monk," "The Practice," "Crossing Jordan," "ER," "NYPD Blue" and the Fox pilot "Hieroglyph." JACK can be seen on the big screen in "Wilde Salome" with Al Pacino.

An accomplished stage actor, his New York stage credits include "Salome" (with Al Pacino), numerous productions at New York's Public Theater including "Richard II" (with Steven Berkoff), "Henry V" (with Kevin Kline), "Casanova (with Ethan Hawke), "Henry IV" (with Mandy Patinkin) and "Julius Caesar" (with Al Pacino and Martin Sheen).

He is currently starring as Prospero in an imaginative retelling of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" at the Odyssey Theatre.

Hear our live interview with JACK STEHLIN this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

An anti-smoking poster in Moscow featuring a picture of US President Barack Obama went viral this week. The ad shows Obama with a cigarette in his mouth.

The caption of the poster made the case against smoking very clearly - "Smoking kills more people than Obama, although he kills a lot of people. Don't smoke - don't be like Obama."

Ouch!

Obama, previously a regular smoker, has significantly limited his tobacco use since moving to the White House, although he admits he has occasionally "fallen off the wagon."

No official confirmation yet as to whether the President has developed a preference for "vape-ing" or if he is simply an old-school stand-outside-in-the rain cigarette man.

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

People traveling home at the end of China's Spring Festival holiday led to a traffic jam in Beijing stretching six and a half miles with thousands of vehicles.
A British man discovered a strange road hazard while driving home from work one night - a 25-foot model triceratops.
A zoo in China marked Valentine's Day by holding a wedding ceremony for a pair of orangutans.
The island of Cape Breton in Canada is encouraging Americans to relocate if Donald Trump is elected president.
The head of the Russian Orthodox church took time to walk with penguins during a visit to the only permanent church in Antarctica.
After Renato Bialetti, 93, died last week his children decided to honor his life's work by placing his ashes in a container that symbolized his family's legacy - a replica of the Moka coffee pot, which his father, Alfonso, invented.

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JOHN POSEY, star of hit TV shows, "How to Get Away with Murder" and "Teen Wolf," is our special guest this Sunday night!

JOHN first came to the attention of network casting executives who discovered him on stage with the Atlanta-based comedy group, "Comedia," a group Posey co-founded in the 1980s, and brought him to Los Angeles.

Since then, JOHN has compiled a long list of credits that includes recurring roles on "How to Get Away with Murder" and "Teen Wolf" and guest starring appearances on "Criminal Minds," "24," "Boston Legal," "NCIS," "Scorpion," "ER," "Seinfeld," "Manhunter," "From the Earth to the Moon" and "Newsradio" among others.

He wrote, produced and starred in "Legendary," a coming-of-age drama with Patricia Clarkson and Danny Glover that was released in 2010. His original script, "Gorgeous George," has been set up at WWE Film Studios. JOHN wrote for the TV series "Doc" from 2001-2004 and created the syndicated radio series "A Lighter Look at Sports" for CNN radio.

This month, JOHN returns to L.A. with an all-new revival of his critically acclaimed comedy about a former small-town football star who attempts to live vicariously through his son. Welcome to Tupelo County, Georgia, where even the local Easter egg hunt takes on legendary, Super Bowl proportions. In "Father, Son & Holy Coach," Friday night football is the motif that illuminates a father/son journey gone hilariously off the rails. Over the course of 85 minutes, JOHN, who confesses he was shaped by a complex and conflicted relationship with his own father, seamlessly portrays over two dozen different characters - the entire town of Tupelo. "Father, Son & Holy Coach" opens at the Odyssey Theatre on February 13.

Hear our live interview with JOHN POSEY this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Money. As Pink Floyd once sung "Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash."

EU finance ministers, however, are now having second thoughts about their decision over a decade ago to issue €500 notes, one of the highest value denomination in general circulation. It seems there is growing concern that these notes are making life easier for terrorists, money launderers and drug barons.

Steps have already been taken in France, the site of two bloody terrorist attacks last year, to limit the ability of extremists to use cash to fund their operations. Since September, French citizens can only make cash payments of €1,000. If in any given month someone either withdraws or deposits more than €10,000, they are automatically checked by money-laundering authorities.

Only the Swiss have a higher value note in circulation - the Swiss 1,000 franc note (worth $975 or £707). But then that shouldn't be too surprising. They are Swiss after all!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

Education officials in Japan have announced that new guidelines regarding human pyramids in schools will be drafted by the end of March.
Guinness World Records confirmed a British resort broke a world record with a 3-foot, 4-inch tall stack of pancakes.
A town in Slovenia announced it is moving forward with plans to build a nearly $400,000 fountain that dispenses drinkable local beers.
A tourist visiting the Great Wall of China took a speed run down the attraction's alpine slide and crashed when he reached the end of the track.
A seal dubbed Sammy by residents of an Irish town was recorded engaging in his daily ritual: crossing a road to beg for fish from a seafood restaurant.

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ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH, star of critically acclaimed films "Chi-Raq," "Dope," and "Birth of a Nation," is our special guest this Sunday night.

ROGER has essayed memorable roles in "Do the Right Thing," "Malcolm X," "He Got Game," "Get on the Bus," "Summer of Sam," Deep Cover" and "King of New York." He also adapted his Obie Award-winning solo performance of "A Huey P. Newton Story" into a Peabody Award-winning telefilm. His "Rodney King," developed locally at Bootleg Theater, has toured internationally, and was recently distinguished with the Bessie and OC Weekly Awards.

He studied at Yale University and Occidental College, and has taught at both institutions. He directs his Performing History Workshop at CalArts.

ROGER is currently directing "The Mountaintop" (an imagining of events on Dr. Martin Luther King's final night before his assassination) at the Matrix Theatre.

Hear our live interview with ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

We always appreciate young actors who fully commit themselves to their roles, especially in small avant-garde theatre productions where attendance is sometimes - ahem! - a bit light.

But thespian enthusiasm went a bit too far in Pisa, Italy this week when an Italian actor was left in a coma after he accidentally hanged himself during a live theatre performance.

Raphael Schumacher, just 27, was performing in a production of a six-scene "immersive performance" staged in different parts of a theatre. Audience members were required to walk from one scene to another.

Schumacher was reciting his monologue alone in a courtyard in front of just one spectator, when he decided to change the ending of the scene. Instead of using a gun to kill himself at the end of a scene, he placed his head in a noose. The initial spectator departed unknowingly and the actor was discovered unconscious by a second spectator, who rushed to his aid. An investigation has been launched into the theatre's safety procedures.

Acting is a tough business. Our message to all of you young thespians out there is, "Stay safe." Any immersive theatre production you can walk away from is a good immersive theatre production!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

Police in Japan are investigating a series of thefts involving more then 400 hand straps taken from public commuter trains.
A Swedish website is allowing users to "trump" Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump by blasting him with a virtual trumpet.
A British museum said the mousetrap that caught an invading rodent recently wasn't there for pest control, it was a 155-year-old piece on display.
An Australian man who found something "vile" when he bit into a piece of KFC fried chicken likely received a "kidney or lung," the chain said.
A group of naturists in Canada have traded in wetsuits for birthday suits and begun a series of nude scuba diving events -- despite the fact that it's still wintertime.

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JOHNATHAN McCLAIN, from AMC’s critically acclaimed drama, Mad Men, is our featured guest this week.

Previously, he was the lead in TV Land’s comedy, Retired at 35, starring alongside George Segal and Jessica Walter. Before that, he was seen in series regular roles on UPN’s The Bad Girl’s Guide starring Jenny McCarthy.

His television work includes a recurring role on 24, and guest appearances on The Glades, Scoundrels, Medium, CSI, Law & Order: SVU, Without a Trace, CSI: Miami, and Happy Family with John Larroquette and Christine Baranski, amongst others. On film, he appeared in the Academy Award nominated Far From Heaven.

At the age of 21, JOHNATHAN moved to Chicago where he wrote and began performing his critically acclaimed one-man show, Like It Is. The Chicago Reader proclaimed, “If we’re ever to return to a day when theatre matters, we’ll need a few hundred more artists with McClain’s vision and courage.” On the heels of its critical and commercial success, the show subsequently moved to New York where JOHNATHAN was compared favorably to solo performance visionaries such as Eric Bogosian, John Leguizamo, and Anna Deavere Smith.

JOHNATHAN recently joined up with friend and former DAMAGES writer Adam Stein to write, produce and act in a series of satirical short films. The videos are available for viewing on funnyordie.com. On the radio, he has been a writer and on-air contributor to the Public Radio International series Fair Game, on which he tried his best to make light of political issues, having occasional success. In his spare time JOHNATHAN is active in the world of Slam Poetry; and with his unique style which he describes as “e.e. cummings meets Eminem,” has competed in and won dozens of poetry slams around the country.

A Norwegian nursery cancelled its traditional carnival celebration this year. The reason was not lack of funding or religious sensitivities, but instead concern that the event would encourages gender stereotypes.

Specifically, teachers were worried because boys typically dressed up as superheroes and girls tend to wear frilly princess dresses.

Norwegians have a long history in promoting women's rights. For example, both their prime minister and finance minister are women. But some parents feel that the pursuit of equality may be going too far.

Who didn't like dressing up as a kid? I think let them get it out of their system then, when they're young. Otherwise they might grow-up to be goths, or have odd uniform fetishes, or worst of all dress up as Elmo or Iron Man and hang-out on Sunset Boulevard hassling tourists for $5 photographs!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

The British Board of Film Classification on Tuesday gave an official rating of "U" to a 10-hour film that features paint drying.
A vulture that flew across the border between Israel and Lebanon was captured on suspicion of being a spy.
Police in Amsterdam mistakenly kicked in the door of a local opera singer after residents called in reports of a man screaming.
A New Zealand drone hobbyist said his device was shot out of the sky over a wooded area by a hunter with a high-powered rifle.
A Swedish sled dog was able to win a gold medal in the national championships despite taking time to relieve itself seconds before crossing the finish line.
Nestle Japan announced it is preparing to roll out a new variation on a popular candy: Kit Kat flavored with sake, Japan's popular rice wine.

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BRIAN TICHNELL, star of HBO's hit comedy, "Silicon Valley," is our special guest this Sunday night.

Originally from South Mississippi, BRIAN attended the University of Mississippi and California Institute of the Arts. A prolific TV and stage actor, he recurs as Jason on "Silicon Valley" and has also been seen in "Castle," "The Newsroom," "Body of Proof" and "Happy Endings" among others.

BRIAN's stage credits include playing Benjamin Braddock in "The Graduate" (L.A. Theatre Works national tour); "Peace In Our Time," "The Curse of Oedipus" and "Macbeth" (Antaeus Theatre Company); and "Hamlet" (Oxford Shakespeare Festival).

He is opening this week in a production of "Dream Catcher" at the Fountain Theater here in Los Angeles.

Hear our live interview with BRIAN TICHNELL this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

It may be good to be the king, but "president-for-life" isn't too bad either!

This week, Tajikistan's parliament backed a constitutional amendment that would allow the current president, Emomali Rahmon, to run for office without any limits on number of terms. Rahmon has led the central Asian country since 1992 and won a seven-year term in 2013.

Tajik lawmakers also backed changing the constitution to allow candidates to stand for president from the age of 30, down from 35, supposedly to allow Rahmon's son, Rustam Emomali, 27, to potentially stand for president in 2020.

Unsurprisingly, given its preference for a "president-for-life," Tajikistan is the poorest of the five central Asian countries that emerged from the USSR.

On the plus side, of course, Tajiks don't have to sit through the deluge of political ads that fill the airwaves in the months leading up to an election, so that's nice....

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

A mosque in Turkey has gained attention for showing hospitality to it's feline neighbors by allowing local cats inside the house of worship.
A resident of a Spanish village donned the traditional costume of the Jarramplas, or scapegoat, and submitted to being pelted with turnips while beating a drum.
A Chinese taxi driver seeking to save money on a tow truck used a wrench to drive his vehicle to the repair shop without a steering wheel.
Scottish company Macsween has created the world's most expensive haggis containing Wagyu beef, white truffle, tellicherry black pepper and edible 24-karat gold.

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PETE KLISMET, one of the original FBI "psychological profilers," is our special guest this Sunday night!

PETE served his country with two tours in Vietnam on submarines. Following military service, he earned a college degree, then worked for the Ventura Police Department in Southern California. While there, he attended graduate school, earning two master's degrees. He was offered and accepted an appointment as a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

In 1985, a small cadre of FBI Agents were hand-picked to receive training in what was then called "Psychological Profiling." PETE was fortunate to have been chosen to be a part of this elite group of original profilers. Extensive training followed, and in addition to his regular investigative responsibilities, PETE was the Profiling Coordinator for the Omaha Division and worked with agencies in the Midwest on violent crime cases, in addition to training hundreds of officers in the newly-implemented "Psychological Profiling" program.

In a twenty-year career with the FBI, PETE was highly-decorated, served with distinction in three field offices, and received numerous awards and recognition from the FBI. Before his retirement, he was named the National Law Enforcement Officer of the Year.

Hear our live interview with PETE KLISMET this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Never underestimate the power of a very good selfie!

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's far-right National Front, is suing a dancer for taking an unflattering selfie of him. Le Pen claims the picture, which features him sleeping on an airplane, was to blame for the party's poor election results recently.

Brahim Zaibat, an ex-boyfriend of superstar Madonna, spotted Jean-Marie Le Pen snoozing in a seat ahead of him on an airplane, and posted the unflattering photo on social media the day before important elections last month.

Le Pen alleges in the law suit that the selfie was responsible for the National Front not winning any of France's 12 regions, despite early predictions that victory was within their grasp.

Expect a new wave of anti-Trump and anti-Hillary campaigners armed with selfie sticks stalking the candidates in the weeks and months ahead!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

A German meals-on-wheels charity apologized after three senior citizens were mistakenly served high-end dog food instead of human food.
Runners in Scotland's 10k "Great Glasgow Wineathlon" will be given wine instead of water to quench their thirst.
India's Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar, imposed a 13.5 percent tax on "luxury items" - including samosas and mosquito repellent - during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
A New Zealand town has banned the use of "mermaid tails" in pools and leisure facilities, calling the novelty swimming products dangerous.

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ERIC SIEGEL, author of the award-winning book, Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die, is our guest this Saturday night.

ERIC makes the how and why of predictive analytics understandable and captivating. He is the founder of the Predictive Analytics World conference series and executive editor of The Predictive Analytics Times.

A former Columbia University professor who used to sing to his students, and a renowned speaker, educator, and leader in the field, ERIC has appeared on Al Jazeera America, Bloomberg TV and Radio, Business News Network (Canada), Fox News, Israel National Radio, NPR Marketplace, Radio National (Australia), and TheStreet. He and his book have been featured in Businessweek, CBS MoneyWatch, The Financial Times, Forbes, Forrester, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, The Huffington Post, The New York Review of Books, Newsweek, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and WSJ MarketWatch.

Hear our live interview with ERIC SIEGEL this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

A Thai cosmetic company landed in a hot mess this week when it launched an ad campaign for skin-whitening pills with the slogan "whiteness makes you win."

The commercial featured a Thai celebrity, Cris Horwang, attributing her success to her pale complexion. Across Asia, skin-whitening products are popular, and Thailand is no exception.

Unsurprisingly, internet outrage ensued, along with accusations of racism. The company - Seoul Secret - quickly apologized and removed the video after it went viral.

Interesting slogan - "whiteness makes you win." Two people might not agree? John McCain and Mitt Romney.

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

A Chinese Christian congregation has dedicated its new church, which measures more than 120 feet high and is shaped like a giant violin.
A fan of British heavy metal band Motorhead is petitioning to have one of four newly discovered periodic elements named after deceased frontman Lemmy Kilmister.
A woman in India suffered a shoulder injury when she was struck by a falling ball of frozen matter believed to be human waste from an airplane toilet.
An Australian family taking a Gold Coast vacation ended up detained by police for five hours when their Airbnb rental turned out to be a marijuana grow house.

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DANIEL LANSBERG-RODRIGUEZ, weekly political columnist for the Venezuelan newspaper, El Nacional, is our special guest this Sunday night.

A regular contributor to Foreign Policy Magazine, the Financial Times, the New York Times, and The Atlantic, DANIEL's analyses have also appeared in Harpers, the Washington Post, the New Republic, the Economist, the Boston Review and the Los Angeles Review of Books (among others). His academic publications likewise include articles in the UCLA Law Review, the International Journal of Constitutional Law, the Indian Journal of Constitutional Law, and POLITAI.

From 2005-2007, DANIEL worked at Fundación Eugenio Mendoza where he specialized in urban micro-finance, and from 2009-2010 he was the division chief for entrepreneurial development at the Sucre Municipal Government in Caracas, Venezuela. Other work experience includes the private wealth management division of Goldman Sachs, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. A frequent public speaker for television and radio, he has likewise been invited to guest lecture at Harvard University, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, New York University Stern School of Business, and IESA Business School in Caracas.

Hear our live interview with DANIEL LANSBERG-RODRIGUEZ this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Times are tough for those Syrians who have remained in their war-torn country. As Bashar al-Assad continues to cling to power in Damascus, he is looking for new revenue streams to keep his government afloat.

This week, he launched a new money-making effort - a shawarma tax!

The shawarma is a popular Middle Eastern dish of grilled meat cut into thin slices and served in a pita. A 10% "reconstruction tax" is now being imposed on each sandwich in order to make up for money lost due to sanctions and ISIS expansion.

After four years of civil war, much of the country's infrastructure and economy is in shambles.

Without the valuable oil revenues landing in government coffers, it will be up to each Syrian shawarma-eater to dig deeper into their pocket for a few more coins to keep what remains of Assad's government at least maintaining the pretense that it is functioning.

Bon appétit!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

Author J.K. Rowling commented on comparisons between Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and a villain from her popular Harry Potter book series.
Yorkdale Mall in Toronto has put a twist on the traditional mall Santa by offering guests the opportunity to take a selfie with Fashion Santa.
Nightclubs in an Irish county are attempting to prevent guests from participating in shouting and other disruptive behavior by handing out free lollipops at the end of the night.
Moscow's government has decided to provide free Wi-Fi services at certain funeral homes in 2016.
An Australian woman attempting to rent an apartment in Scotland was rejected by a landlord in the capital who branded Aussies "drunks and racists."
Fans of a Bulgarian soccer team put on an elaborate display in celebration of the upcoming Star Wars film.

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PIPPA HINCHLEY, former series regular on the classic British television soap, "Coronation Street," is our special guest this Sunday night.

In Britain, PIPPA is best known as a series regular in "Coronation Street," as well as dozens of BBC series and movies including, "The Bill," "Eastenders" and Michael Palin's hit film "East Of Ipswich." She also played Fergie in NBC's royal flick, "Fergie and Andrew," many years ago, although she tries not to mention it.

Since moving to LA, PIPPA has been in film festival hit "Barracuda," Fox series "Touch" and Dreamworks' "People Like Us," directed by Alex Kurtzman, as well as performing at the LA Comedy Festival and stand-up at The Comedy Store and the Improv.

She is currently producing a feature film, "London 7/7," based on her own screenplay, about ten people who's lives interact and change on the day of the fateful terrorist attack in central London on July 7, 2005.

Hear our live interview with PIPPA HINCHLEY this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

A Norwegian newspaper kicked-up a controversy this week when it published a funeral announcement for Santa Claus on its website.

Bah, humbug!

The notice listed his age as 227 years old, and said that the funeral ceremony would be conducted at the North Pole Chapel.

When word of Father Christmas' demise began to spread, Aftenposten took down the advertisement from its obituary page and apologized profusely for allowing the notice to slip through its internal review systems.

I know who is getting a lump of coal in their stocking this year!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

Champion strongman and "Game of Thrones" star Hafthor Bjornsson chucked a 33-pound beer keg more than 24 feet into the air to break a world record.
Racially charged insults on social media aimed at a Brazilian broadcaster inspired a group of activists to place billboards with offenders' Facebook comments near their homes.
A championship soccer match in Mauritania ended early, some say because the country's president deemed the game too boring.
A fan of Australian musical duo Peking Duk found a creative way to gain backstage access to the group's performance in Melbourne Wednesday night.
Organizers of Russia's Festival of Chocolate said this year's event will feature life-sized chocolate sculptures of Vladimir Putin and his dog.
A Hong Kong toilet manufacturer is drawing attention to its products in an unusual way with an outdoor installation featuring cartoon poop characters sitting on commodes.

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WOODY CLARK, Nobel Peace Prize winning scientist, is our special guest this week. . WOODY is a globally recognized and respected expert, author, lecturer and consultant on the global and local solutions to climate change. His core advocacy is in the economics for smart green communities. During the 1990s he was Manager of Strategic Planning for Technology Transfer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) for the University of California and the U.S. Department of Energy. While at LLNL he served as one of the contributing scientists and experts to the work of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

His current work generates responses to climate change from governments and businesses, using public policy, science and technology, and their economics and finance methods. In 2004 he founded Clark Strategic Partners (CSP), a global environmental and renewable energy consulting firm using his political-economic expertise to guide, advise and implement public and private projects advancing sustainable, smart communities as well as colleges and universities, shopping malls, office buildings and film studios. In 2014, building on his mass media background, he founded Clark Mass Media Company (CM2C), which specializes in documentary, education and dramatic social issues.

Recent authored and edited books are "The Next Economics" (Springer, 2012) and" Global Sustainable Communities Handbook" (Elsevier, 2014). His latest coauthored books, with Grant Cooke, are "The Green Industrial Revolution" (Elsevier, 2014), "China's Green Industrial Revolution" (in Mandarin, 2015) and "Smart Green Cities" (Gower, late 2015).

Hear our live interview with WOODY CLARK this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

A group of hackers associated with the Anonymous online activist community took their "war" on Islamic State up a notch this week when they took control of an ISIS website and replaced it with an ad for Prozac.

Previous ISIS websites on the "open" internet in common usage have been attacked by Anonymous over the past year. This week's attack represents the first time a site on the so-called Tor darknet has been targeted by the hacktivists.

Cybersecurity experts commented that ISIS online security leaves much to be desired and did not provide much resistance to the Anonymous splinter group GhostSec which claimed responsibility for the Prozac ad.

Perhaps the next stage in the internet "war" on ISIS is to hack their credit cards and then use them to hit gas stations up and down the 405 freeway with low value "signature only" charges.

Boy, wouldn't that cheese them off!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

The skull of the bear that inspired popular children's book character Winnie-the-Pooh was put on display for the first time at a museum in London.
The former holder of Zimbabwe's Mr. Ugly title says the winner of this year's pageant should not have received the title because his ugliness is not "natural."
Nestlé Japan announced a new flavor of the popular chocolate Kit Kat that will be covered in real gold.
A famous Canadian clown helped save two women from a violent attacker in downtown Toronto on Sunday.
Entertainers dressed as Christmas elves were attacked by a group of teenagers during a Christmas lighting ceremony in England.
The largest Australia state has banned the possession of blueprints for 3D printed guns.

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ATUL SINGH, founder and editor-in-chief of "Fair Observer," a journal on world affairs, is our special guest this Sunday night!

"Fair Observer" examines the deeper issues behind the news, provides context and brings together perspectives from around the world, with 1,500 contributors from over 40 countries, including Nobel laureates and Gaza teenagers. Its advisers include John Bruton, the former Irish Prime Minister who began the Northern Irish Peace Process, and Donald Marron, a former member of the US President's Council of Economic Advisers.

ATUL studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford on the Radhakrishnan Scholarship and did an MBA at the Wharton School. He has worked as a corporate lawyer in London for the law firm of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and served in the border states of Nagaland and Kashmir as an IPS officer. He has also been a poet, playwright, sportsman, mountaineer and a founder of many organizations. Currently, he teaches at the University of California, Berkeley and at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar.

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The immortal words of country star Kenny Rogers - "You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em" - are clearly on the mind of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev this week. He is reportedly calling on public servants in his country to retire after 25 years in the job in order to make way for fresh blood.

Interestingly, though, he has not yet announced any personal plans to resign from office. You see, he has been in office for 25 years and shows no signs of stepping down. Nazarbayev first came to power in 1989 when Kazakhstan was still a part of the Soviet Union.

A local media outlet has reported that he regaled his cabinet with the claim that there should be no "jobs for life" in the Kazakhstan government and that after 25 years, "it's time to go."

Ahhh - pot, kettle, black?

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

A Moscow sports center is offering a self-defense class centered around combat with an unusual brand of dangerous weapons: Selfie-sticks.
Police in Australia said they are investigating photos and video of a group of men enjoying some beers while driving through traffic on a pair of motorized picnic tables.
Firefighters in China's Anhui Province responded to an intersection on a report of a drunk man practicing his martial arts move atop a traffic light.
A Swedish artist is attempting to send a message about smartphone usage by placing several traffic signs, depicting two pedestrians looking down at their smartphones, around the streets of Stockholm.
A 7-year-old Rubik's cube enthusiast solved his puzzle in 8.72 seconds at a championship event in Porto Algegre, Brazil.
The Indian Department of Posts announced residents will soon be able to send mail featuring their own faces with stamps made from customers' selfies.

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TOM CRIDLAND, the celebrity British menswear designer, is our special guest this Sunday night.

TOM has been designing clothing since the age of 18, when he sold nearly £3,000 worth of "SWINE 09" t-shirts in a single week of school and donated all the profits to Médecins Sans Frontières. In January 2014, aged 23, he founded his eponymous menswear brand upon the simple principle of making truly luxurious clothing and selling it direct to customer online. TOM is half Portuguese and it is in Portugal that all his clothing is made.

Celebrities spotted in "TOM CRIDLAND" clothes include Leonardo DiCaprio, Hugh Grant, Stephen Fry, and Daniel Craig, as well as Ben Stiller, Jeremy Piven, Rod Stewart, Brandon Flowers, Robbie Williams, Nile Rodgers, Michael Portillo, Stephen Merchant and Frankie Valli. The rock star drummer, Nigel Olsson, in the Elton John Band since 1969, is such a fan of TOM's trousers that he had the Tom Cridland brand made an official sponsor of Elton's concerts.

This year, TOM launched "The 30 Year Sweatshirt," a sustainable fashion project in the form of a premium organic cotton crewneck backed up with a 30 Year Guarantee. The Times of London saluted the sweatshirt as "a campaign against planned obsolescence in the fashion industry."

A "TOM CRIDLAND" flagship store is opening on the King's Road in London in January 2016.

Hear our live interview with TOM CRIDLAND this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

"Welcome home, Murod!"

One of the world's longest serving political prisoners, Murod Juraev, was released after over 20 years in an Uzbekistan jail.

Originally sentenced to nine years in jail in 1994, Juraev had his term repeatedly lengthened because of petty infringements. His prison sentence was extended four times - in 2004, 2006, 2009 and 2012 - after authorities found he had broken prison rules for crimes, including "peeling carrots incorrectly."

Just goes to show that there is "hard time" and there is "not peeling your carrots correctly hard time!"

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

London police shared video of a would-be Porsche thief breaking into a car by cutting through the roof and fleeing after being unable to steal the vehicle.
Two Spanish men are facing a fine for a stunt involving driving a green Ford Focus with a large white van stacked on top of it.
Officers in Middleton responded to a 999 call from an elderly couple who claimed they were lonely by going to their house and sharing a cup of tea.
Traffic on a Chinese highway was brought to a halt by a common problem, geese crossing the road, in an uncommon quantity -- there were 1,300 of the animals.
A member of Britain's Parliament has been nicknamed "Shoebacca" after using House of Commons letterhead to complain about missing out on Star Wars shoes.

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ROBERT MORROW, author of the new book, "The Clintons' War on Women," is our special guest this week.

Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, ROBERT graduated with a BA in American History from Princeton University and an MBA from the University of Texas in 1990. He soon established himself as a political researcher and historian with specialties in the JFK assassination, the Clintons and the Bushes.

His most recent book - co-written with legendary political operative and New York Times bestselling author Roger Stone - lays out shocking and stunning allegations about Bill and Hillary Clinton: they have spent a lifetime abusing and violating women.

ROBERT reveals details about their actions in Arkansas, during Bill Clinton's time in the White House, about who really ordered the deadly attack on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, during Hillary's tenure as secretary of state, about their time at the Clinton Foundation, and during Hillary's current campaign for president.

Hear our live interview with ROBERT MORROW this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

"I'm lovin' it!"

After a heart-breaking 10 month absence, French fries have returned to McDonald's restaurants across Venezuela. Unfortunately, they now come with a hefty price, as well.

So it's a not-so-Happy Meal now, I guess...

At the official government exchange rate, the problem is jaw-dropping. An order of fries currently costs the Venezuelan equivalent of $78.75, more than the price for a burger and drink.

Despite the initial enthusiasm that greatest the initial news reports, the bitter reality is that the supply problems related to French fries demonstrates the serious structural problems with the Venezuelan economy.

So much for the "Super Size Me" official exchange rates!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

A bootleg KFC opened in the Iranian capital was shut down by officials with some reports citing its U.S.-inspired decor as the reason.
The Guinness Brewing company announced fish bladders are being eliminated from the brewing process to allow vegans and vegetarians to enjoy the company's beer.
Officials at a Brazilian prison said they captured a trained mouse used by prisoners to shuttle drugs and other contraband between cells at the facility.
Finland has rolled out its own set of emoji to reflect "important things" associated with the country including a man and a woman enjoying a sauna, an "unbreakable" Nokia 3310 smartphone and a head-banger reflecting a Finnish appreciation for hard rock.
A job posting by British supermarket Tesco is seeking a part-time worker with a very specific set of skills: A "Christmas Light Untangler.

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SUANNE SPOKE, actress from ABC Family's hit TV show "Switched at Birth" and Academy Award winning film, "Whiplash," is our special guest this week.

SUANNE has an extensive career in theater, television, film and the classroom. She has appeared in over 100 television episodes and feature films. She was last seen recurring on ABC Family's "Switched at Birth" and in the Academy Award winning film, "Whiplash." She will be seen upcoming in Christopher Guest's new film "Mascots"and the soon-to-be released "Wild Prairie Rose."

In theater, SUANNE has been recognized for her work as both an actress and as a producer, re-envisioning classic works and helming West Coast and national premieres. She has been seen on innumerable stages including Deaf West Theatre, Company of Angels, Inside the Ford/Fountain Theatre, Road Theatre and many others. She has won every major acting and producing award given in Los Angeles, including three Ovation Awards for Lead Performance by an Actress, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award for both Best Production (Producer) and Best Actress, the LA Weekly Award for Best Production (Producer/Actress), the Backstage Garland Award for Best Actress and many other nominations, honorable mentions and acknowledgements over her 30-year career on the stage.

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You would be wrong if you thought that the reason Australians speak the way they do is because they are drunk all the time. Wrong, but not entirely wrong...

Apparently, Australians speak the way they do because their ancestors, the first British settlers who set foot on the red dirt down under, were drunk all the time!

Dean Frenkel from Victoria University in Melbourne claims that the unique Australian accent is derived in part from the well-established fact that early Australians frequently got drunk together and their alcoholic slurs shifted national speech patterns. Eventually the slurring pronunciations were so widespread that they were handed on naturally from parents to children.

Interestingly, despite its alcoholic origins, a recent survey confirmed that the Australian accent is one of the most attractive in the world.

Fair dinkum!!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

A cracker that survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 sold for about $23,000 at a British auction, earning it the title of "world's most valuable biscuit."
A man dressed as Star Wars character Chewbacca was arrested in Ukraine for allegedly violating campaign laws with his support of Darth Vader.
An Italian man made the most of flood waters in Sicily by donning his Speedo trunks and taking a swim down the street.
A Chinese panda sanctuary shared a video of people performing "the happiest job in the world" -- a panda nanny.
A British man put his yoga skills to use in a bowling alley by having a friend roll a ball down his back for a slow-rolling strike.

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JOY PICUS, former Los Angeles City Council Member, is our special guest this week.

JOY represented the West San Fernando Valley from 1977-1993, and was successful in implementing her agenda to create a "family friendly" workplace These efforts culminated in the creation of a Civic Center Child Care Center, now known as the Joy Picus Child Development Center. She is known nationally for her aggressive efforts to promote opportunities for women. She was honored by MS Magazine as a 1985 "Woman of the Year" for her work on Los Angeles precedent setting pay equity agreement.

Currently, she is an active member of the Los Angeles League of Women Voters, a non-partisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

JOY will be speaking to us about the new Focus Features' film, "SUFFRAGETTE," which celebrates the passage of 19th Amendment giving American women the right to vote.

Hear our live interview with JOY PICUS, this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

"A long time ago, in a Ukraine far, far away..."

With the new trailer for "Star Wars - The Force Awakens" dropping the week to universal acclaim and fanboy hyperventilation, an artist in Odessa, Ukraine finally gave the world what it really needed - a statute commemorating Darth Vader.

But instead of starting from scratch, Alexander Milov decided to "repurpose" an existing Soviet-era statue of communist leader Vladimir Lenin!

And rather than being punished for vandalism, Milov was actually complying with a recent law that requires all communist symbols to be removed.

The artist - and no doubt the local tourist board - hopes that the statue will attract hard-core Star Wars fans from around the world.

And as an extra incentive, Milov has included a wi-fi internet hotspot in Darth Vader's head!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

Falling water levels in a Mexican reservoir resulting from low precipitation revealed the ruins of a 16th century church submerged for decades.
Visitors at the Milan World Expo 2015 World's Fair watched history in the making Sunday and chomped on a sweet surprise to boot.
A hummus cafe in Israel is seeking to foster understanding amid a series of violent incidents by offering a discount for Jews and Arabs who sit together.
German doctors said a man who was without oxygen for 15 minutes later began having seizures -- but only while playing Sudoku.
Welsh police said they are investigating a video that appears to show a motorist walking his dog from behind the wheel by holding a leash out the window.
An animal charity shared video of 450 dogs at a cage-free sanctuary in Serbia running free and playing with each other and human volunteers.

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LAWRENCE PRESSMAN, the prolific actor best known as a series regular on ABC's hit TV show, "Doogie Howser, M.D.," is our special guest this week.

LAWRENCE has more than 150 television and film credits, including his role as Dr Benjamin Canfield on the much beloved fan favorite, "Doogie Howser, M.D.," as well as such seminal shows as "Kojak," "Hawaii Five-O," "The Bob Newhart Show," "Rich Man, Poor Man," "MAS*H," "Hart to Hart," "Dynasty," "Moonlighting," "LA Law," "Murder She Wrote," "NYPD Blue," "Law and Order," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "Profiler," "The X-Files," "Judging Amy," "Crossing Jordan," "Boston Legal" and "Mad Men."

Currently, he can be seen in Amazon's ground-breaking show "Transparent" and the CW's hit drama "Hart of Dixie."

In addition to LAWRENCE's work on the screen, he is a prolific stage actor, whose Broadway credits include Woody Allen's "Play It Again, Sam" and "Man in the Glass Booth," both directed by Harold Pinter. His theatre nominations and awards include Ovation, Drama-Logue, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, Garland, Maddy, LA Weekly, GLAAD and Broadway's Theatre World Award. This month, he will be featured in the Antaeus Theatre Company's production of Anton Chekhov's classic "Uncle Vanya."

Hear our live interview with LAWRENCE PRESSMAN, this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Chinese police arrested three people this week on charges of stealing a woman's corpse. You wouldn't think that there would be much of a market for human remains in China, but apparently they intended to sell their recent acquisition as a possible bride.

We'd heard that men outnumbered women in China but we had no idea it was THIS bad!

However, things aren't so bad, at least yet. Further research discovered that there in an ancient Chinese rite known as the "ghost wedding." Basically, single people who have died can be given a belated marriage so they can insure that they won't have to endure the stigma of being single in the afterlife.

The chief body thief heard about the death of a young woman in a nearby village, and realized it could be readily sold to the family of an unmarried dead man. They were able to get the man's relatives to agree to a price of approximately $4,000 for the body, but unfortunately were caught by villagers when they tries to excavate the young lady's corpse. Well, a ghost wedding does have one benefit. At least the bride doesn't have to worry about the "something borrowed" - it's her!

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

Lodging website Airbnb announced a contest to win a spooky Halloween stay with six million deceased roomies in the Catacombs of Paris.
A Chinese airline said it is investigating allegations of female flight attendants being forced to climb into overhead luggage compartments as part of a hazing ritual.
A Japanese swordsman dubbed a modern-day samurai sliced a 100 mph fastball in half 30 feet away from where it was launched by a pitching machine.
A Norwegian police department is looking to attract gullible criminals with a Facebook post asking, "Is anyone missing their hashish?"
Police in Finland are asking pizzeria customers to report eateries offering pies for less than $6.81, as such restaurants are likely dodging taxes.
A petition with more than 15,000 signatures calls on Australian officials to raise the value of their currency by changing the name to "Dollarydoos."

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ARYE GROSS, featured actor on ABC's hit crime drama, "Castle," is our special guest this week.

ARYE has had an extensive film and television career over the years, appearing in a number of memorable projects over the years, including "Soul Man," "Tequila Sunrise," "The Couch Trip," "For The Boys," "A Midnight Clear," "Minority Report," "Big Eden," "Harvest" and "Grey Gardens," as well as "The Practice," "Ellen," "Friends," "Law & Order," "CSI," "Six Feet Under," "The Riches" and "Criminal Minds."

He is probably best known though for the recurring role of Sidney Perlmutter, M.E., on ABC's "Castle."

A prolific stage actor, ARYE appeared in the Broadway production of "Brooklyn Boy," as well as a number of regional shows, including ) "Above The Fold" (Pasadena Playhouse), "Parfumerie" (The Wallis), "Coney Island Christmas" (Geffen), "Circle Mirror Transformation," "Our Mother's Brief Affair," "Brooklyn Boy" (South Coast Rep), "Three Sisters" (LATC) and "M. Butterfly" (East/West Players).

This month, he will be playing the lead in the Antaeus Theatre Company's production of Anton Chekhov's classic "Uncle Vanya."

Hear our live interview with ARYE GROSS, this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

Danish parents worn down by their bored and jaded children will have at least one event they can take their children to next week that will cause them to put down their phones and tablets, at least for a little while.

The Odense zoo in central Denmark has announced that it will dissect a lion in public, and boys and girls are welcome!

Stressing the educational importance of the dissection, zoo officials run the risk of an international media outrage erupting, as was the case last year when a zoo in Copenhagen took a carving knife to a giraffe, ostensibly for "educational purposes" as well.

The dissection of the lion, who has been kept in a freezer since being culled earlier this year, is intentionally scheduled for a week that students will be out of school on vacation.

Someone should keep an eye out, though, for the awkward young boy standing by himself in the front row who repeatedly asks the zookeepers a number of increasingly technical questions about knife technique...

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

A Japanese man live-streaming his video game session online purportedly set fire to his apartment by accident as his webcam continued to broadcast.
A Montreal man said "ominous and creepy" election ads inspired him to plaster the city with fake election posters bearing his face a tongue-in-cheek message.
A British man whose legal name is Something Long and Complicated said Facebook suspended his account and refused to believe his driver's license.
A Saudi woman could face jail time for defamation after posting a discreetly filmed video of her husband allegedly cheating on her.
Drone footage from a Chinese toll road near Hong Kong shows thousands of cars at a standstill in a traffic jam spanning the 50-lane road.

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CHELSEA ROACH, producer and star of hot new online TV show, "That Reminds Me...," is our special guest this week.

"That Reminds Me...," a series about the things that "just happen" when you're with your family, will premiere on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 9 pm/8 pm CST. Think "Modern Family" meets "Arrested Development," with a healthy dose of classic sitcom. The series will launch in partnership with Wix.com, one of the world's leading drag-and-drop website editors.

Hear our live interview with CHELSEA ROACH this Sunday evening on KRLA 870AM!

"So its like 'Red Dawn' but with lots of pickled herring and reindeer meatballs..."

The Norwegian thriller "Occupied" - which recounts a future Russian invasion of the country - premiered this week and is already being condemned by Moscow. With a Russian flag flying over the capital building in Oslo and the prime minister a prisoner of the Kremlin, Norwegians must decide whether to accept the occupation or take up arms and fight for their freedom.

Russian spokesmen have condemned the TV series as an example of "the worst traditions of the cold war." Unfortunately, Russia's recent annexation of Crimea and the continuing civil war in Ukraine make it difficult for Moscow to dismiss "Occupied" as pure fantasy.

Concern over Russian adventurism is growing in the region. Nordic governments have been ramping up their military spending over the past year. The Swedish defense minister has even announced an inquiry into reintroducing conscription, a move which is popular in the polls. Finland is even rumored to be considering whether to finally apply for membership in NATO.

So a big-budget mini-series about a Russian invasion designed to prey upon general anxiety about future security is just what the ratings doctor ordered.

Oh, how we miss Patrick Swayze...

"Wolverines!!"

Meanwhile, the world continued to lurch from one ridiculous story to another:

A Japanese climber who previously lost nine of his fingers decided to end his attempt to climb Mount Everest on Sunday, citing too much snow.
Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford tweeted an invitation encouraging anyone with a spare $80 to join him and brother Doug Ford for a bachelor party.
A referee in a Brazilian soccer match is facing potential disciplinary action after he pulled a gun during a dispute about a call.
Police in Rome shared a snapshot of a man who was given a warning for cruising the Tiber River in an unusual boat -- a modified vintage Maserati car.
Officials with the New York Jets confirmed the team brought 350 rolls of toilet paper to London so they wouldn't have to use the thinner, British version.
The village of Minions, England, removed a sign featuring the yellow cartoon creatures of the same name amid safety concerns from people stopping to snap photos.

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