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What’s New On BlogTalkRadio’s Featured Stations

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From sports to investing to parenting advice, each online radio station features hours of compelling online content and multiple ways to participate in the conversation. Check out what’s new on some of our featured online radio stations and networks.

The Authors on Air channel features Book Club Girl as she welcomes author, Nayana Currimbhoy on this episode to discuss her new novel, Miss Timmins School for Girls. A murder at a British boarding school in the hills of western India launches a young teacher on the journey of a lifetime.  “Beautifully written, atmospheric…contains entire worlds. I couldn’t put it down.” —Gary Shteyngart, bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story and Absurdistan

On this week’s episode of the Todd Griffiths show, Todd teaches you how to invest in silver to build and preserve wealth. “When it comes to tangible asset investing, there is no question I won’t answer and no answer I won’t support.”

On the latest segment of The Down & Dirty with Frank Fontana, Frank goes DIY on music and welcomes members of the up-and-coming indie  band Farraday tagged with creating “a special brand of DIY music.”  Also on the show is Katahdin Studio Furniture founder John Stass who is an expert in the field of furniture making for music studios. His celebrity clients include Melissa Etheridge, Andy Griffith, and Conan O’Brien… so he must be doing something right!

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What’s New On BlogTalkRadio’s Featured Stations

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From sports to investing to parenting advice, each online radio station features hours of compelling online content and multiple ways to participate in the conversation. Check out what’s new on some of our featured online radio stations and networks.

On the latest segment of The Down & Dirty with Frank Fontana, Frank welcomes designer Sean Cowan of Sean Michael Design, who started a blog on his company website to share “the ultimate before-and-after,” in addition to American Barn Company owners, Jay & Laura Wikary who use actual old barn wood furniture and GamerLive editor-in-chief John Gaudiosi on the phone live from the San Diego Comic-Con in our Man-Land segment to talk about the hottest new video games.

On this week’s episode of the Todd Griffiths show, Todd answers all of your questions about numismatics from the leader in tangible asset investing. “When it comes to tangible asset investing, there is no question I won’t answer and no answer I won’t support.” Also, find out what Todd has to say about the recent debt crisis.

The Hachette Book Group Features Channel hosts Forever’s Paranormal Romance Author Roundtable with guests authors Carolyn Jewel, Caridad Piñeiro and Kendra Leigh Castle.  Paranormal romance is a hugely popular genre that’s getting hotter and they have the perfect authors to talk about it! Carolyn Jewel is a double RITA nominee and entrances readers with My Dangerous Pleasure, the latest in her dark and sexy series. New York Times bestselling author Caridad Piñeiro launches The Lost, a new series with The Sin Hunters–featuring dark, ancient magic, secret brotherhoods, and heroes with unimaginable powers. Forever also welcomes author Kendra Leigh Castle who brings Dark Awakening, a dark, sensual story of battling vampire dynasties and the shapeshifters destined to serve them.

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BlogTalkRadio Recent Show Highlights

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The Matty P Radio Happy Hour featured a star studded cast this week with actor Gary Busey and former Mets Cy Young winner, Dwight Gooden. Busey joins the show on his 67th birthday to celebrate and discuss what he’s been up to since wrapping up Celebrity Apprentice.

Notre Dame legend, Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger joins The Drew Show.  Rudy speaks  about his inspiring story of overcoming all the odds on the gridiron and his 27 seconds of success that led him to becoming one of Notre Dame’s most famous graduate and the basis for the film, Rudy.

The Small Business Roundtable welcomes Guy Kawasaki to The Camp House in front of a live audience.  The former Chief Evangelist of Apple and co-founder of Alltop.com is one of the world’s most highly regarded entrepreneurs.  Kawasaki is also the author of the New York Times best selling book, Enchantment.

On this episode of the Todd Griffiths Show, Todd welcomes numismatist, James Digeorgia, author and renowned expert in gold and precious metals.  Todd also covers rare coins and the value they can add to your portfolio.

The Down and Dirty with Frank Fontana welcomes to the show  Urban Access Media Group CEO, Bobby Lewis, who speaks with Frank about his new company that is providing programming content to black and minority communities and also about where traditional and new media is heading.  Frank is later joined by William Gurstelle, a science writer making a name for himself in creating new uses for technology.  William talks about his latest book The Practical Pyromaniac.

Seeing the Future with Cory Doctorow

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What will the future look like?cory

Poised to answer this question are the folks at Fast Foward Radio, who examine the convergence of emerging technologies and emerging possibilities, said to usher in the greatest period of transformation in human history.

To this end, the show invites authors, futurists, scholars, inventors, software developers, and journalists to share their take on the fascinating topics surrounding how life will change for humans in the coming years.

Cory Doctorow, science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger, joins tonight’s episode, part two of a series on the new economy, to talk about his book, Makers.  Makers tells the story of the next great economic boom and bust cycle, and the ways in which increased individual control will impact our economy and society.

makersCory is a co-editor of popular blog Boing Boing,  blogger at craphound.com, and contributor to Wired, Popular Science, Make, and the New York Times.

Tune in to the interview at 10pm ET.

Blurb! Book of the Week: Kristin Delfau’s ‘Turbo-Mom’s Guide to Saving Money Without Wasting Time’

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If ever there were a time when family time was money—and less of both to boot—that time is now. Or more simply (albeit crudely) put: It’s a bitch out there for moms.

Fortunately, this week’s Blurb! Book of the Week honoree, Kristin Delfau, can help.

CAPTION: Kristin: For whom the clock tick$.

Kristin: For whom the clock tick$.

For her 272-page Turbo-Mom’s Guide to Saving Money Without Wasting Time “is written for women who need to save both time and money—while living in constant ‘turbo mode’ to squeeze everything into a 24-hour day.”

“We’re managing our households, taking care of our kids, holding down a job or two, sometimes with help from spouses and sometimes not,” says Kristin.

“How many hours do you spend trying to save money— and then realize that the effort and time outweighed the savings? Turbo-Mom isn’t about color-coding your closet or 101 uses for baking soda,” adds the Danbury, Conn., resident. Continue reading →

Blurb! Book of the Week: Angie Zimmerman’s ‘Do It Yourself Wedding Flower Guide’

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If you’re planning to get hitched anytime soon, read on. (If you’re not planning to get hitched, call your significant other pronto, say, “Honey, we’ve got to get hitched soon,” then read on.)

Because this week’s Blurb! Book of the week winner, as selected by Blurb! hosts Sally Shields and Dr. Kent, has got a how-to guide you won’t want to miss.

Angie: Petal perfect.

Angie: Petal perfect.

That would be the Do It Yourself Wedding Flower Guide by Angie Zimmerman.

A one-time corporate drone who left that dreaded life behind in 1991 to open her own flower shop, Heavenly Flowers and Events, Angie now produces floral arrangements for some 50 weddings a year.

But when the economy began souring two years ago, the Sacramento, Calif., resident noticed the wedding industry suffering too.

“Many brides and families were holding back on their budgets, leaving things they wanted out of their weddings because they just couldn’t afford it all,” she says.

“I was also finding that Continue reading →

Blurb! Book of the Week: Rick Robinson’s ‘Sniper Bid’

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Disclosure No. 1: We’re humongous fans of Robert B. Parker, the Boston-based of author so many brilliant Spenser novels—which more than do justice to the memories of noir masters Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.

That said, you can imagine how thrilled we were that this week’s Blurb! Book of the Week honors go to Rick Robinson, whose Sniper Bid sounds like it’ll be right up our alley.

CAPTION: Rick: Rocks Fiction Week with nail-biting Beltway tale.

Rick: Rocks Fiction Week with nail-biting Beltway tale.

The 224-page novel, which was a 2009 Indie Book Award Finalist, tells the story of freshman Congressman Richard Thompson, “who is enjoying his new life on Capitol Hill when the death of a colleague thrusts him into the national spotlight on a major issue: performance-enhancing drugs in professional sports.

“As he presses Congress for new standards on the abuse of steroids, someone wants him quieted. The only question is, who?”

An attorney living in Ft. Mitchell, Ky., Rick served a stint on Capitol Hill, as legislative director and chief counsel to then-Congressman Jim Bunning (R) of the Bluegrass State. He also ran for U.S. Congress Continue reading →

NY Times Scribes David Pogue and Nick Kristof: Digital Impersonation and Moral Indignation

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Two of the Grey Lady’s greatest voices graced BlogTalkRadio yesterday; one with a titter-worthy Twitter tale, the other enraged by enslavement of the fair sex in South Asia.

Interviewed on Zane Safrit, New York Times personal-technology columnist David Pogue recalled his ironic road from social-media critic to social-media convert.

CAPTION: David: Illicit aid accumulating Twitter followers.

David: Underhanded aid in accumulating Twitter followers.

“Interestingly, I didn’t start on Twitter. An imposter did!” he told host Zane Safrit.

“I used to employ an office assistant, whose husband unbeknownst to me, had signed up for a Twitter account using my name— and had been tweeting, with absolutely no knowledge by me, for months!

“When I finally discovered this, somebody said, ‘Hey, I’ve been enjoying following you on Twitter.’ And I was like, ‘But I’m not on Twitter,’” continued David, who also pens the popular “Pogue’s Posts” blog and who authored the new book, The World According to Twitter.

“So the guy wound up Continue reading →