Straight Talk with Dean and Marc

A lot more music than usual....but without Dean here, we wanted to keep our listeners engaged and at least give them something to listen to...we will be back with more engaging conversation on the first Monday in August....

George from Boston joins us to talk about the misconceptions about the COVID-19 pandemic.  He also discusses changing your situation and cryptocurrency.  Join us for an interesting conversation......

Fred Williams joins us on Straight Talk with Dean and Marc.  A former bodybuilder, who wrote a book in 2005.  He talks about redefining success, and being able to live within your means as well as improving your situation.

Peace Activist John Noltner is best known for a multimedia art project known as A Peace of My Mind, whcih combines photographs of diverse people and their commentaries on the meaning of peace.   Source:  Wikipedia

Mona invites back the hilarious Carole Montgomery (Showtime's Women of a Certain Age) to discuss the making of her hit show Women of a Certain Age, ageism in Hollywood and whats next for her?Mona invites back the hilarious Carole Montgomery (Showtime's Women of a Certain Age) to discuss the making of her hit show Women of a Certain Age, ageism in Hollywood and whats next for her?

This is She’s On Call, a weekly show hosted by NYC-based doctors ENT specialist Dr. Sujana Chandrasekhar and general surgeon Dr. Marina Kurian. We're kicking off #Pride2021 this episode and talking about LGBTQ health, child and adolescent health, and gender dysphoria! Our guests are Dr. Chase Anderson, Dr. Riordan Ledgerwood, Dr. Michael O'Brien. JOIN US! The physicians and their guests’ views are their own and do not represent any institution. Please contact your doctor for any personal questions. Please hit share and join us live on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube at @shesoncall.

This is She’s On Call, a weekly show hosted by NYC-based doctors ENT specialist Dr. Sujana Chandrasekhar and general surgeon Dr. Marina Kurian. We're talking all things dentistry and endodontics this week with our guests Dr. Maria Maranga and Dr. Matthew Messina. JOIN US! The physicians and their guests’ views are their own and do not represent any institution. Please contact your doctor for any personal questions. Please hit share and join us live on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube at @shesoncall.

Juneteenth represents a moment in time when freedom was delayed for a large group of people. In times where society is pushing back against injustice, how do we create space to celebrate and acknowledge victories? How do we build the capacity to connect with our inner selves and with those around us? How is art a perfect medium for healing and reciprocity?  We sat down with Jen Bloomer artist, activist, facilitator, and the founder of Radici Studios to learn more about art as a community healing experience.Join Amber and Jen on June 19th, 2021 for a virtual celebration of Juneteenth as a collective exploration of freedom, liberty, and liberation. Don’t miss it! Register now:  https://radicistudios.com/workshops

My longtime friend Brenda Howerton was elected to the Durham County Board of Commissioners in 2008 and reelected in 2012 again in 2016, presently in her third term. On August 12, 2017, Commissioner Howerton was sworn in as President of the North Carolina Association of Counties. She is the first Durham County commissioner to be elected to a statewide senior leadership office. Her tenure as president will focus on the initiative announced on her installation night "100 Counties Helping Our Children Thrive." Now serves as Immediate Past PresidentCommissioner Howerton has served as Vice Chairman of the County Commissioner from 2012 until 2016.  She also serves or have served on a number of local, state and national boards and commissions including: Durham Technical Board of Trustees, Convention & Visitors Bureau Tourism Authority, Downtown Durham Inc., Chair of the City/County Planning Committee, Juvenile Crime Prevention Council, Public Health Board, Triangle J Council Center of the Region, Durham City-County Committee Member, Durham Partnership for Children, Durham History Hub, Workforce Development Board  just to name a few.She received her B.S. Degree, in Business Management, Magna Cum Laude, from Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina and a certification in Executive Coaching from North Carolina State University. She is the owner of The Howerton Consulting, Inc. that specializes in organizational development and executive coaching for public and private industries. Her interest in county government stems from her education and work background.She is the recipient of the a Human Relations Commission Award.  Also appearing on the show will be local theatre Great Hope Hynes...

Do you do what you say you're going to do? That's what we're going to talk about today, the power of follow through and accountability through your say:do ratio. This little idea has a huge impact on how others experience you in work and life. And until recently, like I said, it was kind of my Achilles heel.

"No.  This is not my husband's company...I built it from the ground up!"In this episode of the Reinvention Road Trip podcast,  you'll meet my friend Shelley McPhatter,  founder and CEO of Bridgeport Construction a multimillion dollar construction firm in Durham, NC.   She's a mom of three with an ocean engineering degree and a new found love for investing.  On all accounts, she defied convention and waded through self-doubt to jump off her comfort cliff into a male dominated industry.   Shelley successfully scaled her company to over 20 employees and 25 Million dollars in annual revenue in seven years, and earlier this month, she was inducted into the NC Women Business Owner's Hall of Fame.   Ya'll,  the kicker in all this...she's in her 40's! If you need a boost of "girl power" and a reminder of what we can do as women, you'll get it in this episode.  Shelley takes us behind the scenes and tells us how she navigated the messy middle - reinventing herself time and time again!

A amazing show featuring #9 and his guest Kara Oelker......

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All music used by permission The Old Futures are in it for the long haul. Matt Cremeens and Danny Rangel have been playing music together since the beginning of time and will be melting the faces of the last roaches to roam the earth after the inevitable doom their music will bring about. They are self-produced, self-disciplined and self-medicated but they still find the time to love their mothers. Rangel and Cremeens are a multi-faceted corporate entity with autonomy and self awareness that is ever evolving into a sentient artificial intelligence with a knack for playing your favorite song. The Old Futures are an indie rock band from Asheville, NC.

Please join me and my guest Emily Harman for a great discussion of Positive Life Transformation, Mindset, and Connection. Through Emily's experience, she is a force for Good and Positive Life Change!

Join in the conversation with my friend Luke Jean-Louis and myself this Thursday, June 10th at 8am PDT. Luke is a Podcaster and a Master Connector. I call him my 24/7 Connection because he is always busy bring people together!

If you love music and the band Citizens out of Seattle, this is the show for you! Join me and my guets @Zach Bolen and Connor Hedge for a musical discussion.  Music creates an emotional connection! Learn more from these two Professional Musical Artists about their industry and about Citizens!

Look forward to conversation about immigration and new rules...

Another amazing show.......

Mona invites the hilarious Vanessa Hollingshead (Showtime's Women of a Certain Age) to discuss doing comedy in the 80's, juggling life and stand up and have things gotten better for women in general?

Mona invites Natalia Gul (Pakistani Comedian) to discuss performing comedy in Pakistan, dating culture in Pakistan and does her life get threatened for doing comedy as a woman?

Mona invites the hilarious Sammy Obeid (comedian) on getting banned on TikTok for being pro-Palestine, growing up Lebanese and leaving school for comedy.

This is She’s On Call, a weekly show hosted by NYC-based doctors ENT specialist Dr. Sujana Chandrasekhar and general surgeon Dr. Marina Kurian. We're talking about COVID: have questions on-long COVID, vaccinations, or care in rural areas? As our guests, Dr. Anne F. Ambrose, Director of Research and Rehabilitation at Montefiore, and Dr. Elizabeth Parfitt, infectious diseases physician at RIH Foundation. Join us! The physicians and their guests’ views are their own and do not represent any institution. Please contact your doctor for any personal questions. Please hit share and join us live on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube at @shesoncall.

This is She’s On Call, a weekly show hosted by NYC-based doctors ENT specialist Dr. Sujana Chandrasekhar and general surgeon Dr. Marina Kurian. We're kicking off #Pride2021 this episode and talking about LGBTQ health, child and adolescent health, and gender dysphoria! Our guests are Dr. Chase Anderson, Dr. Riordan Ledgerwood, Dr. Michael O'Brien. JOIN US! The physicians and their guests’ views are their own and do not represent any institution. Please contact your doctor for any personal questions. Please hit share and join us live on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube at @shesoncall.

What does justice look like if we are allowed to contribute everything we are to the communities we’re part of? The skills, tools, and processes needed to maintain community are social-emotional learning skills. Humans are innovative and we invest in the technology needed to keep our society going, but we need to begin to invest in human innovation, in the institution of the individual, and in the skills required to build deeper connections with others. We sat down with David Adams, CEO, The Urban Assembly. David presents an opportunity to reimagine and dream while providing an educational equity blueprint. Our favorite quote from this conversation was: “It’s difficult to hate people you’re in community with. It's difficult to strip the dignity of a person that you’re in a deep relationship with”.   We encourage you to sit back, close your eyes and join us in pursuing a better way.

Juneteenth represents a moment in time when freedom was delayed for a large group of people. In times where society is pushing back against injustice, how do we create space to celebrate and acknowledge victories? How do we build the capacity to connect with our inner selves and with those around us? How is art a perfect medium for healing and reciprocity?  We sat down with Jen Bloomer artist, activist, facilitator, and the founder of Radici Studios to learn more about art as a community healing experience.Join Amber and Jen on June 19th, 2021 for a virtual celebration of Juneteenth as a collective exploration of freedom, liberty, and liberation. Don’t miss it! Register now:  https://radicistudios.com/workshops

"Teaching through Real-World Problems"

14 Days In.....Dean Geronimo and Marc Lee have a "front porch" conversation about current events.

#9 will be engaging us in more great conversation today......and then we will follow with the Roundtable......

How is it that a plant that is so ancient with origins in Africa and Asia still persist in modernity? How can it be both a musical instrument and bowl...a water vessel and medicine? It persist because it is not just one thing and it has been cultivated to adapt to the needs of the user. The artist, the fisherman and the medicine woman all know that the calabash is more than a hollowed out shell. It is evidence of the beauty, power and healing in the mundane should you open your eyes wide enough to see what's in front of you. Dr. Sunyatta Amen, the owner and operator of Calabash Tea and Tonics knows that our plant world holds the same power and as a trained 5th generation herbalist, she is committed to cultivating healing through ancient African and Caribbean technologies. She is a quintessential market woman shapeshifter who has learned from the adaptability of the calabash gourd of Africa how to adapt, taking the shape necessary to heal her people and community with beauty, resilience and practicality---just like her ancestors.Dr. Amen is the founder and Tea-EO of Calabash Tea & Tonic in Washington D.C. Amen is a Cuban/Jamaican 5th generation master herbalist, naturopathic doctor, and vegan chef. She grew up vegan, the daughter of activists (her mother was a Black Panther) that owned a health food shop, Pyramid Tea & Herbal, in New York City. This was the prototype for Calabash Tea & Tonic and where she learned the medicinal value of global teas, foods, and spices. Later, she would study biology and other sciences, combining her ancestral and western knowledge that she now uses to help heal city dwellers. Calabash’s extensive tea menu is the result of Amen’s schooling and the time-tested formulas belonging to her Jamaican grandmother. In this episode, she shares with us her journey as a healer, business owner and community activist.

We will be joined by Wafeeq, a long time friend and comedian here in the area....Join us as he tries to find Popeyes in the midst of protests.....

All music used by permission The Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs, known to their friends as Kendra and Zack Harding, began gig-swapping as solo artists in 2014. They bonded over these shared gigs, their common love of dogs, and an enthusiasm for hiking. They decided to tie the knot in the fall of 2015. The Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs officially formed in early 2016, and they’ve been bringing songs of joy, pain, and dogs to audiences ever since. Combining their unique backgrounds that range from classic rock to classical guitar, they create a blend of original music with deep roots in the past and a contemporary twist here and there.

This week on Just, Rob and Jes interview Josephe Feathersone, Vice President of Programs at the Durham Children’s Initiative about kids returning to school and the impact of the pandemic on learning and education. He shares stories of resilience and explains why he picks up every penny he sees.

Join my guest host Alan Hennessy as he talks Connection, Marketing, Public Relations, and so much more, with our guest, Wendy Glavin.

If you love music and the band Citizens out of Seattle, this is the show for you! Join me and my guets @Zach Bolen and Connor Hedge for a musical discussion.  Music creates an emotional connection! Learn more from these two Professional Musical Artists about their industry and about Citizens!

The June 2, 2021 Show

Join Marc Lee on his weekly show down memory lane. The best music, the best stories, and the most entertaining guests.

Jennifer Beck is the Co-Founder and CEO of the Jihi Company.  Jihi is on a mission to help high performing people sleep better, recover faster, and rejuvenate from the inside out.  Jihi's proprietary, clean and highly functional CBD skin and body care was founded on the idea of "Self-Centered Wellness" - coming withing to find our authenticity, our joy and our power - and compassion for ourselves and the Earth.  Source:  LinkedIn

Dean Geronimo and Marc Lee kick back and just have a front porch conversation......

Kevin's website:  Ken Wetherington | Fiction and FilmAmazon link for his book: Santa Abella and Other Stories - Kindle edition by Wetherington, Ken. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Another great conversation with #9 followed by the Roundtable....Music in this videoSong - What's Going On (Single Version / Stereo)Artist - Marvin GayeWriters - Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin GayeSong:  These Three WordsArtist - Stevie WonderWriters - Stevie WonderLicensed to YouTube byUMG (on behalf of Motown); UMPI, LatinAutor - SonyATV, EMI Music Publishing, ASCAP, LatinAutorPerf, SOLAR Music Rights Management, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, and 8 Music Rights Societies

Our sponsors:ReCity NetworkCoastal Credit UnionOur hosts:Jes Averhart, cofounder of Black Wallstreet HomecomingRob Shields, executive director of the Recity Network.Our Producer:Ben Azevedo, owner of Bear Cave AudioOur EditorChris Pappalardo

This is She’s On Call, a weekly show hosted by NYC-based doctors ENT specialist Dr. Sujana Chandrasekhar and general surgeon Dr. Marina Kurian. We're talking about trauma surgery, anesthesiology and advocacy on this episode with trauma and critical care surgeon Dr. Kari Jerge, and anesthesiologist and Georgia State Senator Dr. Michelle Au! Have questions for them? Join us! The physicians and their guests’ views are their own and do not represent any institution. Please contact your doctor for any personal questions. Please hit share and join us live on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube at @shesoncall.

This is She’s On Call, a weekly show hosted by NYC-based doctors ENT specialist Dr. Sujana Chandrasekhar and general surgeon Dr. Marina Kurian. Join us this Oscars' Sunday with our real life celebrity guests, neurosurgeons Dr. John Boockvar and Dr. David Langer, who feature in Netflix's documentary series Lenox Hill. We'll be discussing brain surgery, COVID, and more. Ask them anything! The physicians and their guests’ views are their own and do not represent any institution. Please contact your doctor for any personal questions. Please hit share and join us live on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube at @shesoncall.

It’s our anniversary! (Thank you for listening)This podcast started with a family discussion on schooling through an apocalypse. We learned however that this podcast evolved into our year-long journey and exploration into important discussions that families need to have. We hope that this episode like all of the others serves as an invitation to have more meaningful discussions about justice, civics, race, and wellness.In this episode, we talk about how to cultivate a justice mindset in kids. We briefly discuss the Derek Chauvin verdict. We ask that our listeners please keep the family of George Floyd as well as the witness who filmed this atrocity, Darnella Frazier in your prayers. We also encourage our listeners to start and stop the episode and have a family discussion with us!

International Broadcast Media TV (IBMTV.TV) Smart Television is a worldwide multilingual multi-demographic network focused on Inspiring and educating the global community. We provide unique quality shows in areas not covered by traditional media and bringing unique programs

On this episode, there is an interesting discussion on promotion, transition, and leadership......

Another exciting show with #9Music in this video: SongThat's the Way of the World (Live in Houston, TX - 1982)Artist - Earth, Wind & FireWriters - Verdine White, Charles Stepney, Maurice WhiteLicensed to YouTube bySME (on behalf of Columbia); Wise Music Group, LatinAutor - PeerMusic, LatinAutorPerf, SOLAR Music Rights Management, LatinAutor, BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., UMPG Publishing, Sony ATV Publishing, CMRRA, LatinAutor - SonyATV, Abramus Digital, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, and 6 Music Rights Societies 

Before we jump in: a note on our content for this episode.  "The Sweetest Taboo" episode is a candid conversation with Sexologist Goody Howard about sexuality and sexual expression. It is created for adult audiences only. We advise listener discretion for graphic conversation about sexual expression, frank portrayal of sexuality, discussion of sex toys and products; and some strong language. We hope you enjoy this frank, funny and very information conversation about sex and aging, but if you need a breather—we’ve got your back. Whenever you’re feeling ready and able: we hope you’ll join us for this liberatory conversation around sex and aging.Let's begin, shall we?

Another great show with amazing interviews once again.....