John Tesh is a multi-talented individual who is known for his work on TV, radio and in music. He began his career as a sportscaster, moved to an anchor position at Entertainment Tonight and left that to pursue his musical career. In addition to music, he also hosts his own radio program syndicated on nearly 350 stations nationwide. We discuss his incredible career and have him tell us about his upcoming concert in Santa Barbara.

Donald Rumsfeld has served the United States since the 1950s and the Eisenhower administration. He’s been an advisor to Presidents and he helped the United States transition power from Richard Nixon to Gerald Ford during one of the bleakest periods in American history. He was also Secretary of Defense during the Bush Administration at the time of the 9/11 attack. We discuss his recent memoir, Known and Unknown.

Roxanne Emmerich is a consultant, an author, a motivational speaker and 3-time Entrepreneur of the Year. She helps change workplace culture so that every employee is motivated to come to work. We discuss her latest book, Thank God It’s Monday.

Here is the lineup of guests on BRAINSTORMIN’ with Billy the Brain for Monday, March 14, 2011. Listen at www.BrainstorminOnline.com or on AM 1400 in Ventura at 10 o’clock am Pacific time.

Ava Avedissian gives us recommendations that could save our lives during an earthquake. Friday morning, there was a magnitude 8.9 earthquake in Japan. We still don’t know that damage or the casualties this earthquake caused, but you can imagine it will be extensive.

Taking simple precautions before an earthquake strikes may mean the difference between surviving and being a statistic.

Peter Cohan is a venture capitalist, management consultant and teacher at Babson College. He is the author of Capital Rising. We discuss the sudden, sharp rise in oil prices and the relationship to world events.