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Headlined Show, Responder Resilience March 20, 2024

Ready to take your career to the next level and achieve that long-awaited promotion?  We welcome Al Pratts, Deputy Chief and Chief of Special Operations at North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue and delve deep into the intricate relationship between the first responder promotional process and mental health. Learn valuable insights on preparing for the promotional process and discover challenges faced by responders before and after being promoted, shedding light on how leaders play a pivotal role in shaping the well-being of their subordinates.

We navigate the emotional landscape of leadership, discussing how the increasing responsibilities that come with climbing the ranks impact one's emotional well-being. Don't miss out on this thought-provoking episode that promises to offer a fresh perspective on a crucial aspect of first responder dynamics.

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Headlined Show, Chuck and Julie Show March 15, 2024

Is Rep. Buck’s anti-Trump plot even more devious than it first appears?  We break it down with Ashe in America.  Plus grassroots warrior Rep. Scott Bottoms of Colorado Springs on radical Dem plans to destroy charter schools and the Second Amendment.

Headlined Show, Financial Fitness with The Money Doctor March 17, 2024

The Sports Doctor, Dr. Bob Weil joins The Money Doctor, Frances Rahaim, Ph.D., to talk about all things sports and financial. Whether you or your child has a pro future or not, just funding the athletic related expenses through high school and managing NIL laws in college can be daunting. Tune in and find out things you need to know as a parent or athlete student.

Headlined Show, The Sports Doctor March 20, 2024

Eric Wubbena, President of Baseball Bluebook returns. Then Paul Hammond, Co- Founder of I Am Fine, Seniors at home communications help organization joins me.Then, it’s 'The Sport Doctor Is In' with some Bob Gajda wisdom and your questions and emails!

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Headlined Show, Angel Talk March 17, 2024
Over time many of us have forgotten the importance of praise to God for everything we have, we do, and all the prayers for the things we need. Praise needs to be recognized as the first process in all manifestation.
 
Join us on Angel Talk, sponsored by The Living Light Center a Church of Faith and Healing, as we show you from the scriptures that praise has always been the first aspect of the movement of God and his blessings.
WORLD5 CD : Heartbeat Of The World Songs : Heartbeat of the World, I Promise You, Man of Action, Maybe There's A Way, Who Decides, You Will Find Music, Pop, Soft Rock
Virginia To Vegas CD : Life Gets Interesting Songs : Amnesia, Casamigos Music, Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Thinking Caps CD : Think Of You - single Songs : Think Of You Alternative, Music, Rock, Singer/Songwriter
The Hello Darlins CD : Go By Feel Songs : Aberdeen ft. Joey Landreth, Catch That Rain Blues, Country, Folk, Gospel, Music, Roots
Terouz CD : Tiger Girl - single Songs : Tiger Girl Alternative, Electronic, Music, Pop, Rock
Responder Resilience Guest, Al Pratts March 20, 2024 Deputy Chief and Chief of Special Operations at North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue

Alider Pratts is a veteran of the US Marine Corps, has served North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue (NJ) since 2004, and has quickly risen through the ranks by scoring at the top of each of his promotional lists. Pratts became a Captain in 2010, where he worked in the department’s busiest companies including Squad 1 and Ladder Tower 3 in West New York, NJ. He became a Battalion Chief in 2017, where he covered all three battalions as the Third Platoon’s rotating BC, before being promoted to Deputy Chief in 2022. He is North Hudson’s Chief of Special Operations Command, as well as the department’s Training Division Chief. DC Pratts serves as a member of the UASI-Metro USAR Command Staff and is the NJDFS Subject Matter Expert in Fire Service Active Shooter Response. As an Active Shooter Response SME, he maintains leadership roles in local, county, and state interdisciplinary committees. DC Pratts is a NJ Certified Level 2 Fire Instructor, teaches at the Monmouth County Fire Academy and Kean University’s Fire Safety Program, and has written articles published in “Fire Engineering Magazine”.

The Sports Doctor Guest, Paul Hammond March 20, 2024 Co- Founder of I Am Fine

Iamfine is the brainchild of Colin and Paul Hammond. Colin lives in the UK while his brother Paul lives on the west coast of America.  They designed Iamfine to help them both keep in touch with their mother Isobel who lives alone in Florida.

The brothers regularly speak to their mother and visit several times a year, but busy schedules mean they struggle to check on her every day. Although in her mid-90s, Isobel is healthy, plays golf twice a week, lives in her own home and loves life.  Like many elderly people living alone, she is fiercely independent and doesn’t want her sons to be worrying about her.

Iamfine was built to ensure they both have peace of mind that their mother is OK each day.  With many years of technology and software experience, they set out to build Iamfine as a robust, reliable and scalable service.  Living so far apart, they made sure the system could communicate with a wide circle of family and friends, meaning that if Isobel ever missed a check-in, her friends living locally could pop in to ensure everything was fine while keeping the brothers informed.

Iamfine hasn’t replaced the visits or regular calls, but has simply supplemented the communication and care for the person Colin and Paul care most about - their mum!

We have both been involved in software companies and large technology projects.  We understand how to build and maintain a robust, reliable and scalable service.  Paul helped design one of the first VOIP cloud platforms at VirtualPBX.com and Colin has led many large software projects for several major UK companies and founded the AI software tool Scopemaster.

The Sports Doctor Guest, Eric Wubbena March 20, 2024 President of century old Baseball Bluebook

The Baseball Bluebook, established in 1909, is the oldest and most comprehensive directory for Baseball programs and contacts. We are now available for download on Apple iTunes and GooglePlay.

The Bev Moore Show Guest, Amy Pollack March 14, 2024 Author
Amy Pollack 
Author of The Adventures of Jelly Bean and
The Further Adventures of Jelly Bean
 
Bio 👇

Ever since she was in fourth grade – back in 1960 – Amy Meislin Pollack was writing and telling stories about a character named Jelly Bean. She never stopped telling those stories, sharing them with her students over a teaching career that spanned 40+ years. She shared them with her three children when they were younger – and then with her seven grandchildren. Now her stories have been made available to everyone with the recent publishing of two coming-of-age books intended for middle-graders, The Adventures of Jelly Bean and The Further Adventures of Jelly Bean.

“My books touch upon topics of friendship, popularity, death, race, drugs, alcohol, feeling neglected, family issues, and the types of things many kids today are confronting as they look to find their way in an ever-changing world,” says Pollack.

The Adventures of Jelly Bean and The Further Adventures of Jelly Bean are the stories of a fourth-grader who faces challenges that just about all children her age can recognize.  Her parents don’t approve of her favorite friend in the whole world. She has trouble getting along with the brother who is closest in age to her.  The uncle she loves so much is about to marry the most awful woman she could ever imagine, and the girl who used to be her best friend has turned on her. Jelly Bean faces these and other stumbling blocks, including: the difficulties in achieving and maintaining popularity and how important having certain friends should be to her; difficulties inherent in relationships with various friends and family members; and learning how to make decisions on her own.  In these first two books of my middle-grade series, Jelly Bean comes to understand that much of life is trial and error, and that the only constant in life is that it is always changing

About The Adventures of Jelly Bean:

What if the start to your day was falling into the toilet, which caused you to miss your carpool, that in turn caused you to get to school late, that ultimately caused you to miss getting one of the decent parts in the upcoming Thanksgiving play? That is exactly what happens to fourth-grader Jelly. Bean on the day we first meet her. Things only go downhill from there and no one at home seems to have much time for her. Except Roger-Over, her beloved dog.

About The Further Adventures of Jelly Bean:

Jelly Bean in the continuation of her adventures as she seeks solutions to the challenges that confronted her in book 1. Michael, her oldest brother, has dropped out of school and joined the Marines, which usurps much of her parents' attention. Kylie, the new girl in school, faces a medical emergency. And Jelly Bean is still forbidden from going to her best friend's house.

She has to decide how to deal with these dilemmas and more. Along the way she learns about love, death, pain, relationships, the difference between right and wrong and the value of friendship. See the world through the eyes of this forthright fourth-grader as she discovers two truths about life - that it is always complicated, and always changing.

Shadow Politics Guest, Charles H Ramsey March 17, 2024 Commissioner in the field of policing

For more than 35 years, Commissioner Charles Ramsey has been an iconic innovator in the field of policing since the start of his decorated career. Commissioner Ramsey remained at the forefront of developing innovative policing strategies, leading organizational change and advancing the law enforcement profession across three major city police departments Chicago, Washington, DC and Philadelphia. Throughout his tenure in law enforcement, Commissioner Ramsey has supported and facilitated evidence-based policing and experimental evaluations, resulting in positive change within the communities he served.
 

Commissioner Ramsey established a firm commitment to fighting crime and safeguarding people’s lives, all while committing to providing officers with the tools they need to develop professionally and remain safe while protecting their community. President Barack Obama recognized Commissioner Ramsey’s effectiveness and innovation in community policing, appointing him as the co-chair of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. This followed several high-profile incidents involving law enforcement’s use of force nationwide. Commissioner Ramsey continues to be an internationally recognized practitioner and educator in his field and is past president of both the Police Executive Research Forum and the Major Cities Chiefs Association.

 

 

Life Changes Show, March 11, 2024 Guests, Author, Therapist, and Public Speaker Emily Graham and, Violinist and Singer/Songwriter, Nick Kennerly, Ep 780
Life Changes Show, March 4, 2024 Guests, Singer, Songwriter, Author, Cam Amen and, Health Coach and Integrative Nutritionist, Anna Grace Maybury, Ep 779
Here We Stand, March 17, 2024 Kicking 'royal' butts and uncovering the latest crimes: A conversation with Kevin and Georgina
A Night At The Roundtable, March 14, 2024 with Omena McGee, Caroline Oceana Ryan, Randy Miller, Rama Arjuna, Tara & Micah Green, and Penny Christoffersen
Adama Speaks, March 14, 2024 with Adama Alaji