Episode 70: Author Josh Roots

Joshua is a Naval Academy graduate, Marine combat veteran, helicopter pilot, car collector, beekeeper, and storyteller. A former client, you can find his previous series, the Shifter Chronicles, wherever digital books are sold.

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Episode 69: Best-Selling Author and Investigative Reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan

Hank Phillippi Ryan is the USA Today bestselling author of 13 thrillers, winning the most prestigious awards in the genre: five Agathas, four Anthonys, and the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award. She is also on-air investigative reporter for Boston’s WHDH-TV, with 37 EMMYs and dozens more journalism honors.

Hank is a founder of MWA University and The Back Room; and National Sisters in Crime past president. Visit Hank online at HankPhillippiRyan.com, on Twitter @HankPRyan, on Instagram @hankpryan and Facebook at HankPhillippiRyanAuthor.

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Episode 68: Singer-Musician Joe Newberry

Joe Newberry is a Missouri native and North Carolina transplant who has played music most of his life. His powerful and innovative banjo playing, as well as his songwriting, guitar skills, fiddling, and singing delights audiences around the world. Find him on Twitter at @joenewberry. http://joenewberry.me/wordpress/

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Episode 67: Author Claire Bethke

Claire Bethke is an award-winning artist, designer and writer. She studied fashion, costume history and English literature at University of Washington and the Fashion Institute of Technology. She has worked in fashion design, costume for television, product design, fine art and home styling.

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Episode 65: Classical Guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan

Aaron is an international touring and recording artist. He has performed solo and chamber music in Europe, Russia, Taiwan, and across the United States including El Palacio de Linares in Madrid, Spain, Sheremetev Palace in Russia, and Palazzo del Te & Ducale in Mantova, Italy. A gifted performer and speaker, he is sought for his deft programming of new and standard repertoire, while connecting with audiences with a Bernstein-esque ease. In 2019 Aaron received a medal from the Société Académique Arts-Sciences-Lettres of Paris, France for his trailblazing work in music, and in 2020 was Musician in Residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity.

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Episode 64: Journalist and Writer Faith Knight

Trained in journalism and project management, Faith used her skills to publish several self-help books including, The Real Book on How to Cook: Secrets Mother Never Told You, which won 'Best Cook Book' at the 2013 African American Literary Awards. Ms. Knight’s books have been featured on NBC Washington, Good Morning Atlanta, WHUR radio, and the Tom Joyner Morning Show. Faith has writen several children's books as she follows in the footsteps of her cousin, legendary children's author Virginia Hamilton. Faith is a former Web producer for MSNBC.com and the Discovery Channel.

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Episode 63: Actress Liz Bishop

From her days in Europe during the mid-80's as a sidekick on Radio Luxembourg to today, Liz has been a commercial/industrial voice talent for 20 years. You can see her on screen in films like Little Women and TV shows like Kevin Can F**k Himself. Find out more on her IMDB page.

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Episode 61: Author and Editor, Kathy Benjamin

Kathy's latest book. It's Your Funeral, helps demystify death, decrease anxiety, and put the fun back in funeral. Every stage of the legacy planning process is considered, from a burial outfit to a funeral theme. Practical and cheeky questions alike are answered. Kathy's work has appeared on various sites including Uproxx and Playboy’s The Smoking Jacket. She is also a regular contributor to Cracked. After pit stops in New Jersey, California, and the UK, Kathy now resides in Austin, Texas with her husband.

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Episode 59: Actor/Writer/Producer Duncan Putney

Duncan is a professional film and television actor, as well as an award winning screenwriter and producer. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, his credits include “The Judge,” “Mystic River,” “R.I.P.D.,” “The Town,” & “Brilliant Mistakes,” and TV commercials.

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Episode 58: Attorney Alan Haber

Alan Haber was a public defender for three decades and then had a private legal practice. But he was once a drug dealer, carrying a gun, and earning thousands of dollars a day, illegally. He had 10 convictions in his 20s and early 30s, including three drug-related felonies. In our interview, he discusses how he went from foster homes and prisons to NYU Law School and a successful legal career.

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