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AWOKE with Calvin Gantt on KUCI 88.9fm with guest Janeane Bernstein

AWOKE with Calvin Gantt Experiencing Transformation May 8, 2019

TODAY 5/7/19 - calling in to our KUCI studios, JORDAN REID founding editor of the Ramshackle Glam blog -- Feeling anxious? Who isn't! Your fears are fodder for this astute, hysterical activity book: THE BIG ACTIVITY BOOK FOR ANXIOUS PEOPLE

JORDAN REID founding editor of the Ramshackle Glam blog Feeling anxious? Who isn't! Your fears are fodder for this astute, hysterical activity book: THE BIG ACTIVITY BOOK FOR ANXIOUS PEOPLE We’re at a cultural moment where “anxiety” extends beyond the boundaries of a diagnosable disorder; it’s practically become a way of life. Part journal, part coloring book, part weird coping mechanisms, and part compendium of soothing facts, THE BIG ACTIVITY BOOK FOR ANXIOUS PEOPLE is an outlet for anyon...

5/6/19 @9am - Janeane spoke with Alyson Richman about her latest novel, THE SECRET OF CLOUDS (Berkley Hardcover; On Sale February 19, 2019) is an emotionally charged story of a dedicated teacher who works with a student with a rare illness, and how each i

Teacher Appreciation Day, which takes place annually on the first Tuesday in May, is quickly approaching on May 7, 2019! Internationally bestselling author Alyson Richman's latest novel, THE SECRET OF CLOUDS (Berkley Hardcover; On Sale February 19, 2019) is an emotionally charged story of a dedicated teacher who works with a student with a rare illness, and how each is shaped and changed by the other. In an interview, Richman will talk about the following topics: The book was inspired by ...

5/6/19 @9:45am pst - Grace Talusan, the author of Paper Bodies: a memoir joins host Janeane Bernstein on KUCI 88.9fm

ABOUT THE BOOK Born in the Philippines, young Grace Talusan moves with her family to a New England suburb in the 1970s. At school, she confronts racism as one of the few kids with a brown face. At home, the confusion is worse: her grandfather’s nightly visits to her room leave her hurt and terrified, and she learns to build a protective wall of silence that maps onto the larger silence practiced by her Catholic Filipino family. Talusan learns as a teenager that her family’s legal status in t...

5/6/19 @9:15am pst - Dr. Aysha Akhtar joins host Janeane Bernstein to talk abou ther book, Our Symphony With Animals: On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies

A leader in the fields of animal ethics and neurology, Dr. Aysha Akhtar examines the rich human-animal connection and how interspecies empathy enriches our well-being. Deftly combining medicine, social history and personal experience, Our Symphony with Animals is the first book by a physician to show how deeply the well-being of humans and animals are entwined. Interwoven throughout is Dr. Akhtar’s own story of being a young girl who was bullied in school and sexually abused by her uncle. Fee...

5/2/19 - Janeane spoke with JASON BAUMANN New York Public Library Coordinator of Humanities and LGBTQ Collections JASON BAUMANN

Janeane spoke with JASON BAUMANN New York Public Library Coordinator of Humanities and LGBTQ Collections JASON BAUMANN, New York Public Library Coordinator of Humanities and LGBTQ Collections Thursday, May 2, 2019 In honor of the 50th anniversary of the historic Stonewall uprising, a new anthology celebrating the past, present, and future of LGBTQ activism Among the topics covered in THE STONEWALL READER: · The presence of LGBTQ activism before Stonewall: Although many people think of the...

5/2/19 - BOOM: A Film About the Sonics, a documentary about the great proto-punk band The Sonics told from the five original members themselves. She will be chatting with filmmaker Jordan Albertsen on KUCI 88.9fm

SCRATCHED VINYL FILMS presents a film by JORDAN ALBERTSEN BOOM Genre: Documentary Running Time: 97 minutes Rating: NR Language: English THE SONICS are LARRY PARYPA ANDY PARYPA ROB LIND BOBBY BENNETT and JERRY ROSLIE with KURT BLOCH MIKE McCREADY NANCY WILSON CHRIS BALLEW MARK ARM JACK ENDINO Executive Producers DAWN MEYERS ELSON SCHILLING Associate Producers BRETT SMITH ART FORD DAN WILTON Original Music by BEN BROMFIELD Director of Photography CHRIS KOSER Producers JORDAN ...

4/29/19 @9:45am pst - Jack Murgatroyd called in to KUCI 88.9fm to talk about his film Part of Water about veteran life guard Ben Carlson who lost his life, while attempting an intense rescue. The film is featured on the closing night of the Newport Beach

ABOUT THE FILM Part of Water is a feature length documentary which will tell the tragic story of Ben Carlson, an American hero who lost his life in the line of duty. Ben was an experienced Newport Beach Lifeguard who unfortunately drowned while making an intense rescue during a massive swell in July 2014. With the news of his passing, shockwaves were sent through the community and truly across the world (gaining worldwide news coverage). Our film tells the story of Ben's life and the stories...

4/29/19 @9:15am pst - Janeane spoke with author Renee Rosen about her historical novel PARK AVENUE SUMMER (April 30, 2019)

Everyone knows the name Helen Gurley Brown, Cosmopolitan’s famous Editor-in-Chief and the inspiration for fictional NYC women like Carrie Bradshaw, Peggy Olson, and Hannah Horvath. A new novel set in 1960s New York sheds light on the surprisingly tumultuous beginning of Gurley Brown’s 32-year reign at Cosmo, including how she kept the lights on at the magazine even as she was railroaded by Hearst executives. When Gurley Brown took the reins in 1965, she was best known as the author of the c...

4/29/19 @9am pst - Producer Alison Reid and Dr. Anne Innis Dagg joined host Janeane Bernstein to talk about their new documentary The Woman Who Loves Giraffes - screening at the Newport Beach Film Festival

Paul Zimic and Alison Reid are the producers of the new documentary THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES is screening at The Newport Beach FF ABOUT Our award-winning film is about a trailblazing scientist who overcame every obstacle she faced on her pioneering journey to study giraffes in South Africa in the ’50’s - but was unable to overcome gender discrimination in academia. This is the uplifting story of her re-discovery. They just won Best Documentary and the Audience Award at the Sonoma Inte...

4/22/19 @9:30am pst - Writer/Director Roxanne Benjamin joined host Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm

Magnolia Pictures will release BODY AT BRIGHTON ROCK in theaters and On Demand on April 26 Watch the Official Trailer: https://youtu.be/pXww9NuqUDU Written and Directed by Roxanne Benjamin Produced by Roxanne Benjamin, Christopher Alender, David A. Smith Starring Karina Fontes, Casey Adams, Emily Althaus, Miranda Bailey, Martin Spanjers, and John Getz ABOUT Wendy, a part-time summer employee at a mountainous state park, takes on a rough trail assignment at the end of the season, trying...

4/22/19 @9:15am pst - Bryan Jackson, Digital Filmmaking | Continuing Lecturer UC IRVINE | CLAIRE TREVOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS | joined host Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm

UC Irvine's Bryan Jackson joins Janeane to talk about the UCI Collegiate Showcase at the Newport Beach Film Fest. SCREENING INFO 1:15PM Saturday April 27 Starlight Triangle Square Cinemas, Costa Mesa, CA TICKETS/NBFF PROGRAM PAGE: https://newportbeachfilmfest.com/event/university-of-california-irvine/ www.digifilmuci.com "DigiFilm is the hub for creative film production at UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts. Our courses challenge students to put critical thinking and technical s...

4/22/19 @9:00am Sslimegirls joined host Janeane Bernstein to talk about her up-coming SLIME BONANZA 4!

Date And Time Sun, April 28, 2019, 11:00 AM PDT Add to Calendar Location The District at Tustin Legacy 2437 Park Avenue Tustin, CA 92782 About Slime Bonanza 4: A slime convention hosted by Squishintime and Sslimegirls! You will have the opportunity to meet and purchase slime and merchandise from some of your favorite VIP slimers and rising slimers. Trade slime with other slime accounts and friends, play games with VIP slimers, participate in Q & A with VIP slimers, and more! During the...

4/15/19 @9:45am pst - Filmmaker Pat McGee is live on KUCI 88.9fm with host Janeane talking about shooting the documentary AMERICAN RELAPSE and how he was forced to walk the fine line between humanity and exploitation

"The biggest challenge as a filmmaker was realizing there is a fine line between humanity and exploitation. Each time someone shoots up they could overdose and die. This is as real as it gets, people are overdosing and dying at alarming rates. We wanted the doc to speak the truth, and to start an honest conversation about what's really happening in the streets. In order to do that you need to document and not produce. As a filmmaker I needed to understand what I'm okay with, can I accept the ...

4/15/19 9:30am pst - Award-winning author Marc Graham joins host Janeane live on KUCI 88.9fm

CASTLE ROCK, CO—Award-winning author Marc Graham creates a fresh tale that weaves history and legend in Song of Songs: A Novel of the Queen of Sheba (April 16, 2019, Blank Slate Press). Using the newest archaeological finds and linguistic research, Graham constructs an accurate depiction of the Middle East in Old Testament times while bringing to light an important but rarely touched upon historical figure. Lift the veil of legend for the untold story of Makeda, the Queen of Sheba, and Baths...

4/15/19 9:15am pst - Director/co-writer, Rick Hays, joins Janeane live on KUCI 88.9fm

Get ready to fall in love....the wrong way! Vision Films presents the hilarious new romantic comedy, THE WAY WE WEREN’T Available on DVD/VOD on February 12, 2019 Vision Films, DiMuccio Entertainment Syndicate, Bella Pictures and Epic Entertainment Enterprises are delighted to present the laugh-out-loud comedy about the lies we tell for love, The Way We Weren’t. Shedding a light on the hilarity at which we change ourselves in order to make ourselves more attractive as a potential partner...

4/15/19 @9:00am pst - Marc Lesser, Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lesson From Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen

As mindful leaders we can transform fear to hope and possibility, and move toward creating a life of more meaning and satisfaction. –Marc Lesser ABOUT THE BOOK Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen Today’s leaders are consistently grappling with the pace and complexity of change, the challenge of supporting healthy collaboration and alignment among teams, and the resulting stress and burnout. The practice of mindful leadership may be one of...

4/8/19 Tim Disney chats about his latest film WILLIAM, which opens in theaters next month

Beyond being known as the great-nephew of Hollywood pioneer Walt Disney, Tim has enjoyed a dual filmmaking career as both a producer of environmentally and socially-conscious documentaries and a director (and writer) of narrative features. He served as executive producer on the documentaries “Gift of the Game,” “Racing Against the Clock,” “A Life Among Whales,” “The Price of Sugar” and “The Last Mountain.” Disney’s feature directing credits include “A Question of Faith” (also writer), “Tempe...

4/8/19 @9am pst - Cindy Kolbe joins Janeane to chat about her new memoir, Struggling with Serendipity

ABOUT CINDY KOLBE Cindy is the author of the new Struggling with Serendipity memoir. She has been a lifelong disability advocate, even before her youngest daughter's spinal cord injury. She managed group homes, ran a non-profit, and taught literacy to adults with disabilities at a state institution. An active volunteer, she served on the Ohio Swimming Board of Directors as Adapted Chairperson for swimmers with a disability. She is a Peer Mentor, Guest Blogger, and Regional Champion for the Ch...

4/8/19 @9:45am pst - Filmmaker Lorenzo DeStefano and musician/composer Rachel Flowers joined Janeane to talk about Rachel Flowers up-coming Hearing is Believing Concert April 12 7pm Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles

Filmmaker Lorenzo DeStefano and his team have created a dynamic and engaging portrait of nearly two years in the life of a tight knit American family, a single mom and her two kids, living paycheck to paycheck in working class Oxnard, California, with Rachel’s stunning music as the soundtrack. “Hearing is Believing” revels in Rachel’s joyous and free-flowing love of song, illuminating the bonds of family and the divine mysteries of creativity. Rachel Flowers is a true survivor, a hyper-abled ...

4/1/19 @9:45am pst - Peter Noble Darrow joins host Janeane live on KUCI 88.9fm!

The New York Times recently released an article on the “College Admissions Scandal,” exposing the parents of high school graduates who paid as much as $1.2 million to ensure their children’s acceptance to prestigious universities-- in most cases, kids were underqualified for their placements and unaware of their parents’ behavior. Peter Noble Darrow provides commentary on how these parents’ are negatively affecting their children’s psyche as a result. A Millennial trust fund baby who spent ...

4/1/19 @9:30am pst author Irene O'Garden live on KUCI 88.9fm!

What Others are Saying About Irene O’Garden’s Risking the Rapids (there are numerous other wonderful reviews!) For many years now, the poet, playwright, and memoirist Irene O'Garden has been a hero to me. I think of her as a walking, writing, beam of light. It is my hope that ...numberless others will come to know her gifts and, most of all, her captivating talent for wonder and marvel. —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic “Family is landscape,” writes Irene O’Garde...

4/1/19 @9:15am pst - Author Diane Les Becquets live on KUCI 88.9fm

Diane Les Becquets is the author of THE LAST WOMAN IN THE FOREST (March, 2019) and BREAKING WILD, both published by Berkley, Penguin Random House. BREAKING WILD, an Indie Next Pick and a national bestseller, received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Booklist. It was also the recipient of the Colorado Book Award in Fiction, the New Hampshire Outstanding Work of Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Reading the West Book Award in Fiction. Les Becquets is also the autho...

4/1/19 @9:00am pst - Author JB Jamison kicks off Monday's show!

J.B. Jamison’s Emily Graham series has fascinating characters thrown into situations that are crazy enough to capture your attention, but just plausible enough to be believable. He is a life-long believer in the power of stories. First as a pastor, then educator, creator of Centers for Innovation at multiple universities, Director of a national Game and Simulation academic degree program, a consultant for e-learning and brand development, John has used the power of story to bring about serio...

3/25/19 @9:45am pst - Award-winning author Carol Goodman joins Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm

Award-winning author Carol Goodman is back with a psychological thriller that will take your breath away! The Night Visitors (William Morrow, March 26) is full of secrets and intrigue, and Goodman explores abusive relationships with a deft hand. ‘The Night Visitors’ is a genre-bending thriller with smart commentary on abusive relationships and family trauma RED HOOD, NY –The latest thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Lake of Dead Languages and The Other Mother is a s...

3/25/19 @9:30am pst - Writer/Musician Doug Hoekstra joins host Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm

DOUG HOEKSTRA is a Chicago-bred, Nashville-based writer and musician, educated at DePaul University (B.A.) and Belmont University (M.Ed.). His first book, Bothering the Coffee Drinkers (Canopic Publishing, April 2016) was an Independent Publisher Award (IPPY) Bronze Medal Finalist for Best Short Fiction. Bothering garnered stellar print reviews and signature appearances at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville and WXPN World Café’s Summer Listening Series hosted by David Dye. Bothering ...

3/25/19 @9:15am pst - Ray Bouderau, CEO of Living the Dream Films, joins Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm!

As a native New Yorker born and raised in Rockaway, Queens, Ray Bouderau has had a lifelong love affair with movies and television. From a restaurant and bar owner to construction and New York City real estate, Ray continues to push to the edges of everyday life, adding successful Producer, Writer and Actor to his list of accomplishments. With an indisputable zest for life, Ray captures the feeling of being alive through creating stories that need to be told in the most entertaining and pow...

3/25/19 @9:00am pst - Artist Nita Patel joins Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm

ABOUT NITA PATELNita Patel’s life of art began upon hearing the fable of the Balinese dragon, the Naga who claims to protect its people during the day and descends the ocean at night to see his true love, the Pearl. John Hardy’s Naga collection sparked her desire for creative expression and she began creating Asian inspired art, later evolving to incorporate her spirituality and ideation of love depicting both direct and indirect interpretations. Her abstract work embodies the unknowns we str...

3/18/19 Post Show Conversation with Vani Hari, New York Times best selling author and founder of FoodBabe.com speaks with Janeane about her latest book, Feeding You Lies - How to Unravel the Food Industry's Playbook and Reclaim Your Health

FoodBabe.com Feeding You Lies: How to Unravel the Food Industry's Playbook and Reclaim Your Health is now available for pre-order at Barnes & Nobel and Amazon.com.

3/18/19 @9am pst - Clinical Hypnotherapist Georgia Foster

Clinical Hypnotherapist Georgia Foster has been a long sought after expert commenter on the subject of how to drink less in her home country of Australia, and in the UK where she now lives. February is "boost your self esteem month" and her angle on drinking too much is that people think self-critically and unhealthfully which leads to over-drinking, so her message has particular resonance this time of year! Here she is last January on Sky News (major London news source) talking about binge d...

3/18/19 @9:45am pst - From palliative care physician Sunita Puri, a brilliantly written memoir from the front lines of an increasingly relevant field—and a moving meditation on life, death, and illness THAT GOOD NIGHT Life & Medicine in the Eleventh Hou

3/18/19 @9:45am pst - From palliative care physician Sunita Puri, a brilliantly written memoir from the front lines of an increasingly relevant field—and a moving meditation on life, death, and illness THAT GOOD NIGHT Life & Medicine in the Eleventh Hour Sunita Puri

3/18/19 9:30am pst - Experienced and respected writer E.A. Aymar is releasing a new thriller, The Unrepentant

Experienced and respected writer E.A. Aymar is releasing a new thriller, The Unrepentant (March 4 from Down and Out Books), that examines the dark corners of the human mind. It’s one of those books that is almost stressful because you feel like part of the gripping story! E.A. Aymar talks about his extensive research into the crime and sex trafficking aspects of book or the theme of violence that runs through the book, how a shooting at his son’s daycare influenced it. ABOUT When eighteen-y...

3/18/19 @9:15am pst - Director Cambria Matlow joins Janeane to talk about the film Woodsrider - A Season of Adventure and Discovery

"A beautifully and unobtrusively observed homage to the power and melancholy of solitude." - Matt Holzman, KCRW's The Document "Hauntingly beautiful...Matlow's patient, unobtrusive camera and Ford's magnetism as a subject makes Woodsrider one of the most intimate docs you'll see this year." - Walker Macmurdo, Willamette Week 2017 Portland Film Festival 2017 Santa Cruz Film Festival (World Premiere) - WINNER, Best Experimental Feature 2016 Northwest Filmmakers Festival, local preview 2016 E...

ALBERT EINSTEIN’S GOD LETTER HIGHLIGHTS TREASURES FROM THE ERIC C. CAREN COLLECTION - 3/4/19 @9:45am pst - Janeane speaks with Eric C. Caren on KUCI 88.9fm

New York- Bonhams announces the seventh installment collector Eric C. Caren's voluminous collection of How History Unfolds on Paper, an online-only sale from March 6-14, with an exhibition in the New York galleries March 7-11. The collection begins in the 17th century and covers 4 decades of American and world history, focusing primarily on letters, documents, and printed media. Highlighting the sale is an Albert Einstein letter written to a young U.S. Naval Officer near the end of World War...

3/4/19 @9:30am pst - accomplished photographer and visual artist Andrea Pritchard joined Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm

Photojournalists Alexandra Avakian, Carol Guzy and Yunghi Kim reveal their stories. What drives them to the frontline and keeps them returning. A documentary that gives insight into a very small group of brave and passionate women committed to the engagement of conflict, even after all the other cameras are gone. An intimate portrait about a select group of story tellers. A documentary by Andrea Pritchard Andrea Pritchard is an accomplished photographer and visual artist. Her background havi...

Professor Levin joined Janeane Bernstein today on KUCI 88.9fm

2/25/19 - Post-show conversation with poet and spiritual adviser Mark Nepo!

Mark Nepo, is a poet and spiritual adviser who has taught in the fields of poetry and spirituality for over 30 years. Nepo is best known for his New York Times #1 bestseller, The Book of Awakening. He has published 12 books and recorded six audio projects. A cancer survivor, Nepo writes and teaches about the journey of inner transformation and the life of relationship. Mark Nepo moved and inspired readers and seekers all over the world with his #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Awaken...

2/25/19 Post show conversation with Hungarian born, LA-based Ivan Kamaras lends his voice to Dr. Ruben Brandt, in Sony Pictures Classics breakout hit, Ruben Brandt, Collector

'Ruben Brandt, Collector' is a sexy, smart art heist film - that happens to be animated. It is garnering incredible reviews worldwide, including Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Hollywood Reporter and many more. Peter Travers of the Rolling Stone calls "Ruben Brandt, Collector" a "transcendent cinema marvel that re-invents what animation can do." High art becomes high cinema. Ivan Kamaras voices the starring role of Dr. Ruben Brandt, a brilliant but tormented psychotherapist who desper...

2/25/19 @9am pst - Author and artist Jonathan Santlofer joins Janeane to talk about his memoir The Widower's Notebook and more!

Jonathan Santlofer is an author and artist. His memoir The Widower’s Notebook will be published by Penguin Books on July 10, 2018. He is the author of the international bestselling novel, The Death Artist, as well as Color Blind, The Killing Art, The Murder Notebook, and Anatomy of Fear, which won the Nero Award for best crime novel of 2009. He recently created and edited The New York Times “Notable Book,” It Occurs To Me that I Am America, a collection of original work by more than 50 of tod...

2/25/19 @9:45am pst Nicole Lanni of Feeling Groovy Wellness joins me!

CEO & Founder at Feeling Groovy Wellness and Cafe Founder at Feeling Groovy Wellness and Cafe Former President of the Rancho Cucamonga Chapter at Holistic Chamber of Commerce Former Founder at Journey To Empowerment Worked at THE VISION BOARD INSTITUTE "Feeling Groovy is a true holistic experience for health, happiness and well-being from the inside out. We help you discover what healthy means for you and your family by providing classes, workshops, services and a natural, organic cafe i...

2/25/19 @9:30am pst - Estrella Harrington, COO of Global Discovery Biosciences, joined Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm

2/25/19 @9:15am pst - aspiring actor Kirk Taylor joins Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm!

KIRK TAYLOR Actor. Singer. Composer. Kirk Taylor hails from New York City by way of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Trained by late luminaries Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, Clay Stevenson, Elaine Aiken, and Lehman Engel, he earned a BFA from New York University with a major in Drama and a minor in Music. Kirk has enjoyed success in the acting, teaching and music arenas. Imagine beginning your professional acting career convincing Francis Ford Coppola that you have a good idea for a scene; then ...

2/19/19 - Grant Sabatier, founder of MillennialMoney.com shares tips to making all the money you will ever need!

GRANT SABATIER In 2010, 24-year old Grant Sabatier woke up to find he had $2.26 in his bank account. Five years later, he had a net worth of over $1.25 million, and CNBC began calling him “the Millennial Millionaire.” By age 30, he had reached financial independence, started multiple companies, and partnered with financial gurus like Vicki Robin. In FINANCIAL FREEDOM: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need, Sabatier takes readers step-by-step through the strategies he used to turn...

2/18/19 @9:45am pst - Singer/Songwriter Lissie joins Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm!

ABOUT LISSIE When you look back on your past accomplishments, how do you feel? Do you have a strong sense of nostalgia—an urgent longing to bring things back to how they were? Are there things you wish you could’ve done differently? What would you celebrate, and what would you change? For Lissie, her past—the last decade or so, to be specific—is something still very much alive and open to interpretation and rephrasing. With the approaching release of When I’m Alone: The Piano Retrospective,...

2/18/19 @9:15am pst - Janeane speaks wth TV Icon Andrea Evans (THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL, ONE LIFE TO LIVE, PASSIONS), PRODUCER OF “ROCKING THE COUCH”

TV ICON ANDREA EVANS (THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL, ONE LIFE TO LIVE, PASSIONS), PRODUCER OF “ROCKING THE COUCH” One of the most important releases of the year, ROCKING THE COUCH, available On Demand this February from Avail Films. Hollywood titans, Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby, have been brought to their knees by the #MeToo movement. But they did not invent Casting Couch. The term casting couch has existed for decades. But in 1992, a case against talent agent, Wallace Kaye, was brought to c...

2/18/19 @9:00am pst - Writer/director Spenser Fritz joins Janeane to talk about CECIL, his coming of age comedy!

Vision Films, Behind The Curtain Media and Blind Turn Films present the family-friendly film about acceptance, Cecil. Based on writer/director Spenser Fritz’s experiences as a child, Cecil is the endearing story of a boy trying to fit in at school with a speech impediment. With an important message of acceptance of others and also self-acceptance, this is a charismatic and nostalgic film that is a must-see for the whole family Starring Jason London (Dazed and Confused, To Wong Foo: Thanks fo...

2/11/19 - Host Janeane Bernstein caught up with New York Times bestselling author Jill Santopolo on her book tour to talk about her latest book, More Than Words and her up-coming book tour stopping in LA!

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost comes a tender and moving new novel about a woman at a crossroads after the death of her father, and caught between the love of two men. Nina has always known who she's supposed to be. But is that who she truly is? Nina Gregory has always been a good daughter. Raised by her father, owner of New York City's glamorous Gregory Hotels, Nina was taught that family, reputation, and legacy are what matter most. And Tim--her devoted bo...

2/11/19 @9:30am pst - Amalia Andrade, Colombian bestselling writer shares the ultimate guide for combatting heartbreak – just in time for Valentine’s Day!

“As the great existential philosopher Cher once postulated, ‘do you believe in life after love?’ In my own personal experience, after my breakup, the answer was a resounding NO,” bestselling writer and illustrator Amalia Andrade writes in her beautiful, hand-lettered book YOU ALWAYS CHANGE THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE (For Another Love of Another Life). Born out of a devastating breakup with her long-term girlfriend, the illustrated and interactive book combines a painful experience we can all relat...

2/11/18 @9:15am pst - Janeane speaks with Liz Dawn Donahue #womensempowerment #iws19 #womensleadership

Former professional actress, Liz Dawn and her mother, Ariel Wolfe, created Mishka Productions and Celebrate Your Life events over 22 years ago. Liz is currently the CEO of CYL and while her mom Ariel has transitioned into spirit, she is ever present at all CYL programs. www.celebrateyourlife.com

2/11/18 @9:00am pst - Award winning Author of Nothando’s Journey, Jill Apperson Manly, speaks with Janeane about her latest book, Ahmed's Journey

Ahmed's Journey unfolds through the eyes of a young boy named Ahmed. The book tells of the Camel Races, a tradition in Ahmed's country and in much of the Middle East. While traveling to the Camel Races with his family and favorite camel, Jamal, Ahmed faces his fear of riding in the upcoming race. Watching Jamal calmly breathe, Ahmed finds his own breath, and in doing so he discovers he has a colorful array of emotions and feelings. By the end of the book, the reader learns that Ahmed is “gr...