A Touch of Grey

Jane Crane  is middle aged – it can be hard to turn from established and familiar routines when you hit 45 or 50 (we want to be sensible about pensions and retirement plans) but she has taken up the challenge of the unjust treatment of women and made it her mission.  Jane is the founder of “Adopt a Widow,” which helps African widows learn a skill to support themselves and their children in a one-year program while experiencing emotional healing. She will talk about her important new book, Half...

The story of the generation of hidden child survivors told through the true experiences of three Jewish girls—from Poland, Holland, and France—who transcended their traumatic childhoods to lead remarkable lives in America. Only one in ten Jewish children in Europe survived the Holocaust, many in hiding. In Such Good Girls, R. D. Rosen tells the story of these survivors through the true experiences of three girls.       David Osmond & Dr. Shanan Munoz David is a member of “The...

Paula Poundstone (born December 29, 1959) Paula  is a stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer and commentator, known for her distinctive brand of spontaneous observational comedy. She is now heard on National Public Radio’s (NPR) weekly news quiz show Wait Wait….Don’t Tell Me. She is performing at the Garde Arts Theatre in Connecticut on Saturday November 15th. For more information about Paula, visit her website www.PaulaPoundstone.com. 11/16/2014 First Hour David Osmond & Dr...

This year, we re-focused the program to address people’s fears of aging head-on using #FOGO or Fear of Getting Old. Now in its third year, the program is using a mix of wit and wisdom to talk about aging in a new way with the hope of engaging consumers of all ages to talk about getting old and to make choices to help them age well. Dr. Jack Watters is Pfizer’s vice president for external medical affairs and is responsible for relations with medical societies, academic institutions and...

Jae Oh  is a National Medicare expert and Certified Financial Planner and will talk about his new book, Maximizing Your Medicare: Understanding Medicare, Protecting Your Health and Minimizing Costs. (CreateSpace) For more information, visit www.MaximizeYourMedicare.com. H.D.S. Greenway  is one of America’s greatest reporters. He’s covered the wars in Vietnam, the Middle East and the Balkans. He will talk about his latest book, Foreign Correspondent. (Simon & Schuster) M. L. Rowland was a...

Some believe the future will look like more of the same—more smartphones, tablets, screens embedded in every conceivable surface. David Rose has a different vision: technology that atomizes, combining itself with the objects that make up the very fabric of daily living. The Enchanted Objects of fairy tales and science fiction will enter real life.  David Rose   is an award-winning entrepreneur and MIT Media Lab scientist and will talk about his new book, Enchanted Objects: Design, Human Desire...

Kathy Reichs (born July 7, 1948) is an American crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic.  She is a professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; as of 2013 she is on indefinite leave. She divides her work time between the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Quebec and her professorship at UNC Charlotte. She is one of the eighty-two forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology...

Mark Whitaker is the former managing editor of CNN, Washington bureau chief for NBC News, and was also a reporter and editor at Newsweek. He will talk about his latest book, Cosby: His Life and Times. (Simon & Schuster)  11/2/2014 First Hour Steven Barrer is director of The Neuroscience Institute and Philadelphia Magazine “Top Doc” and he will discuss his new book, Exercise Will Hurt You: Concussion, Traumatic Brain Injury, and How the Dangers of Sports and Exercise Can Affect Your Health...

Phillip Done is the author of The Charms of Miss O’Hara: Tales of Gone With the Wind and the Golden Age of Hollywood from Scarlett’s Little Sister. (Gateway Publishing) For more information, visit www.AnAmericanInBudapest.com.  Rutherford befriended Done and spent many hours discussing her life and her fabulous experiences as an MGM contract player and Hollywood insider. Rutherford attended many classic film festivals and events in her later years before her passing in 2012 at the age of 94...

Suze Orman with Carole Marks Sure Orman “one-woman financial advice powerhouse” by USA Today. A two-time Emmy award-winning television show host, New York Times bestselling author, magazine and online columnist, writer/producer, and motivational speaker, Suze is undeniably America’s most recognized personal finance expert. Suze is the keynote speaker at the Well-Healed Woman Conference on Nov 2nd at the Uncas Ballroom at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT. For more information...

Ari Goldman  is a former New York reporter and the author of The Late Starters Orchestra. (Algonquin Books)  Ari L. Goldman’s “The Late Starters Orchestra” makes me wish that I had not given up. As his 60th birthday approached, Goldman, a journalism professor at Columbia University, decided to take up the cello, an instrument he stopped playing as a young man. Undeterred by the skepticism of his wife and others, he immersed himself in the routine of cello lessons and solo practice, even...

George Benson is one of the most prolific and beloved musicians of his era. He has received ten Grammy Awards and a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master award. He will talk about Benson: The Autobiography. (Da Capo Press) Topics include what led him to write his autobiography and what challenges him musically.  Benson actually started out professionally as a singer, performing in nightclubs at eight, recording four sides for RCA’s X label in 1954, forming a rock band at 17 while...

DId you know that in May of 1872, Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to announce her candidacy for the President of the United States? Or that she picked Fredrick Douglas as her running mate? I’m going to take a chance and say that more than likely you did not. The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage, and Scandal in the Gilded Age contains a lot of dates and information but I didn’t find it to be overly dry or boring.  Myra MacPherson   is the award-winning and bestselling author of four previous...

Helen Thorpe  is a critically acclaimed writer who has been a staff writer for the New York Observer and The New Yorker. She will talk about her latest book, Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War. (Scribner)10/12/2014 Second Hour Kira Peikoff  is a Bioethicist at Columbia University and the author of No Time To Die. (Kensington Publishing) Her novel discusses the concept of what if we found a cure for aging. For more information, visit www.KiraPeikoff.com. Judith...

Betty Halbreich  Personal shopper Betty Halbreich, 86, at her office desk at Bergdorf Goodman in New York. She lays out her life in a new book, “I’ll Drink to That: A Life in Style with a Twist,” (Penguin)) 10/12/14 Kyle Richards & Dr. Christopher Starr Kyle Richards  is the aunt of Paris Hilton and the star of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.  Dr. Starr completed his residency training at Harvard Medical School and completed an advanced fellowship program in...

Dr. Martin Blaser Is the director of the Human Microbiome Program at New York University and the author of Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues. (Henry Holt and Company)  Blaser is an expert on the human microbiome, which is the collection of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microbes that live in and on the body. In fact, up to 90 percent of all the cells in the human body aren’t human at all — they’re micro-organisms. Karen Abbott is a...

Carole talks about her trip to South Africa and her encounters with big mammals like the elephant, the baboon and the Rhinos.  She  will talk about how the elderly in the country of Botswana are doing and the culture, health and welfare of its people. Carole will also talk about some of the mounting responsibilities the elderly are facing today in South Africa. Steve Weisman will discuss a new GAO (Government Accountability Office) report on income tax identity theft. 10/5/2014 First Hour :...

Sandra Raymond  is the president and CEO of the Lupus Foundation of America and will talk about a new “Unveil” survey that showed how this disease continues to take a toll on people with Lupus and Lupus caregivers. For more information about Lupus and the “Unveil” survey, visit www.Lupus.org.  The Lupus Foundation of America and Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) today released results from UNVEIL: understanding the impact of lupus, a new survey that sheds light on the lupus journey and the...

Virtually every American will experience back pain at some point in life. But it needn’t turn into a chronic, debilitating condition with no relief in sight. And it may not require surgery or another form of invasive therapy. Fortunately, with today’s technology and the latest science on traditional and integrative medicines, back pain is treatable, and celebrated neurosurgeon Jack Stern, M.D., Ph.D., shows you how to end the suffering for good. Ginger Alden is an actress and a model, known for...