Latest interview on WVOX! What makes this one interesting was that I had to tie in vampires, mythology and today's American culture all together.
I think it went well, but you be the judge.
Before we get to that though, here’s a confession: while I was talking, the radio host took a photo of me, and then sent it around in an email announcing the podcast. But it was one of those “action shots” where I look like I was kicked in the groin. So asked to have that picture removed and replaced with the one that you'll see on the site when you link on over to it.
Anyway, here’s the link:
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The Advocates –WVOX 1460
Wednesdays at 12 Noon
Hosted by Richard J. Garfunkel
Dr. Vivian Diller, co-author with Jill Muir-Sukenick, of Face It: What Women Really Feels as their Looks Change, will visit The Advocates on March 31, 2010. Andrew Valentine, author of Bitter Things visited The Advocates on March 24, 2010 and discussed his book Bitter Things and the “Power of Myth.”.
Archived shows include: Adam Cohen of the NY Times, discussing Nothing to Fear, FDR’s Inner Circle, Mr. Terry Golway, author of Together We Cannot Fail, FDR, the American Presidency and the Years of Crisis was on The Advocates. Dr. John F, Loase, the author of The Sigfluence Generation, Our Young people’s Potential to transform America. John Loase talks about how his term, “sigfluence is widely neglected, but a fundamental need.” The question facing all of us is how it can be implemented in American life to bring us all a better future.
Mr. Tim Brooks, the co- author of The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present, was a guest of The Advocates on December 23rd and the week before, I had the pleasure of hosting Amy Bach, the author of Ordinary Injustice, along with my special guest panelist Michael Shapiro, of Carter, Ledyard and Milburn, talking about the sorry state of our court system. Her book reflects her eight year investigation of the court system’s ongoing struggle with under funding, show trials, plea-bargaining, zealous prosecution, and inadequate defense, which has made a mockery of the US Constitution. Ms. Bach’s book is a critical eye-opener for all who believe in “equal justice under the law.” Read below Doris Kearns’ review!
“This is a magnificent work, a crusading call for reform in the tradition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring or Ralph Nader’s Unsafe at Any Speed…This groundbreaking book deserves widespread attention.”
--Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals
This past November 25th, Gail Collins, of the NY Times, joined the Advocates and she talked about her critically acclaimed best seller, When Everything Changed, the Amazing Journey of American Women
Ms. Gail Collins, NY Times Columnist Tim Brooks Bruce Fabricant and Richard J. Garfunkel
Also in NovemberI interviewed Barry Machado, a former professor at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and a Fellow with the George C. Marshall Foundation
http://www.marshallfoundation.org/library/TheMarshallPapers.htm on
The Advocates. He is the author of In Search of a Usable Path: The Marshall Plan & Post War Reconstruction Today. His program is now online.
Below are the books that have been featured on
The Advocates. Recently I have hosted Professor Michael Curtis from Rutgers, Professor Victor Cahn from Skidmore College, The March of Dimes, Milton Hoffman of the Gannet Newspapers, Michael Shapiro of Carter, Ledyard, Mr. Burt Solomon and Professor Robert F. Jefferson on
The Advocates. Both Mr. Solomon and Professor Jefferson participated at the 2009 Summer Roosevelt Reading Festival. All of the weekly announcements and
The Advocates’ entire broadcasts are archived at
http://advocates-wvox.com. One can find the index of the shows on the left side of the site, listed in each month. This past July 1
st I had Mr. Don Blum, one of the last survivors of the USS Indianapolis sinking in July of 1945, as a guest. He talked about his life, his experiences as an Ensign and his ordeal in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific. Last year I hosted authors Nick Taylor, Bob Schlesinger, and Harry Goldsmith, who were featured at the 2008, Roosevelt Reading Festival, Also I have had the honor and pleasure of interviewing Jonathan Alter, William vanden Heuval, Cynthia Koch, and former FERI president Chris Breiseth on the subject of FDR.
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Almost all of these books can be found on the Internet, and they are all very interesting and entertaining.
Any of these books are available at www.IndieBound.org, your link to any independent bookstore in the country.
Books featured on The Advocates
Face It: What Women Really Feel as Their Looks Change,, Vivian Diller and Jill Muir-Sukenick, Hay House
Bitter Things, Andrew Valentine, National Writer’s Press
Nothing to Fear, FDR’s Inner Circle and the Hundred Days that Created Modern America, Adam Cohen, Penguin Press
It Happened in New York City, Remarkable Events that Shaped History, -Art and Susan Zuckerman, Fran Capo, Globe Pequot Press
Together We Cannot Fail- FDR and the American Presidency in Years of Crisis- Terry Golway-Source Books Media Fusion
The Sigfluence Generation, Our Young People’s Potential to transform America, John F. Loase- Eloquent Books,
The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present- Tim Brooks-Ballantine Books
Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court- Amy Bach-Metropolitan Press
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women- Gail Collins-Little, Brown and Company
In Search of a Usable Path: The Marshall Plan & Post War Reconstruction Today –Barry Machado-GC Marshall European Ctr. for Security Studies
Orientalism and Islam, European Thinkers on Despotism in the Middle East- Michael Curtis –Cambridge University Press
Conquering College, A Guide for Undergraduates-Victor L. Cahn- Rowman & Littlefield
FDR v. The Constitution- Burt Solomon- Walker Press
Fighting For Hope, African-American Troops of the 93rd Division WWII- Robert F. Jefferson, Jr.- Johns Hopkins Press
Political Science Quarterly- Professor Demetrios James Caraley, Editor- Sheridan Press
Stuffed, An Insider’s Look at Who’s Making America Fat- Hank Cardello with Doug Garr- Harper Collins
That Perfect Spring- Bruce Fabricant-
Unaccountable Congress, It Doesn’t Add Up- Joseph J. DioGuardi – Regnery Gateway
Collaborate For Success- Dr. Kenneth Cohn- ACHE Management Series
Hello Everybody, The Dawn of Radio Tony Rudel, Harcourt
American Made-The Enduring Legacy of the WPA- Nick Taylor- Bantam
Poison Pills, the Story of Vioxx-Tom Nesi- St. Martin’s Press
Live From the Campaign Trail- Michael Cohen –Walker Press
When You Have Gone Home, Nora Eisenberg- Curbstone Press
Dancing at River’s Edge- Alida Brill, Shaffner Press
The Conspiracy of Silence, the Health and Death of FDR- Dr. Harry Goldsmith- iUniverse, Inc
White House Ghosts, Presidents and Their Speechwriters- Robert Schlesinger-Simon & Shuster
The Graying of the Global Powers- Richard Jackson- Center for Strategic International Studies
The Marshall Plan- Winning of the Peace- Professor Nicolaus Mills- Wiley
Democrats in the Red Zone- Anne Cook
Ricochet, Gun Lobbying in America- Richard Feldman-Wiley
Your Exceptional Mind- Dr. Robert Flower
The Next Catastrophe – Professor Charles Perrow-Princeton University Press
Sigmund Freud Through Lehrman’s Lens – Lynne Lehrman Weiner
The Defining Moment- Jonathan Alter- Simon & Shuster
And I Never Had a Bad Day- Representative Charles Rangel-St. Martin’s Press
Jin Jin the Dragon- Grace Chang- Enchanted Lion Books
School’s Out- Dr. Lewis Perelman-Morrow