Jim Cathcart is a world-renowned motivational speaker. He has the rare ability to make a room a warmer, happier place simply by being in it. We discuss mid-course corrections to life and business plans one month into the New Year.

Dr. John Sharp is a psychiatrist and professor at Harvard and UCLA medical school. He reveals how environmental, psychological, and cultural forces profoundly affect moods and behavior. We discuss how seasonal factors affect our psychological lives from his book The Emotional Calendar.

Terry Tegnzian tals about a nearly forgotten piece of history—the role of Polish pilots in England to help win the Battle of Britain. We discuss the new book titled 303 Squadron that recounts the squadron’s remarkable exploits.

Gaelyn Whitley Keith is a member of a famous California family, the Whitleys whose patriarch is known for starting a cozy, Los Angeles suburb called Hollywood. She regales us with stories of the early days of Hollywood from her book The Father of Hollywood.

Robert Weil is an expert on China. He explains the paradox of how China used capitalism to build socialism and how that resulted in the use of socialism to build capitalism. Confused? You won’t be after this.

Craig Shields is an energy expert who will blow the lid off everything you’ve heard about renewable energy. He shares the facts about this growing industry and why our energy policies need to be overhauled.