Dierdre Capone is Al Capone’s grandniece. She tell sus what Al Capone was like from his family’s perspective from her book titled Uncle Al Capone.

February is Black History Month. Dorma McGruder recited the Gettysburg Address for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Detroit at age 6. She’s studied modern society and she’ll tell us what needs to be done to stop an entire generation of young blacks from being wiped out as we look at the state of Black America today.

Here is the lineup of guests on BRAINSTORMIN’ with Billy the Brain for Friday, February 11, 2011. Listen at www.BrainstorminOnline.com or on AM 1400 in Ventura at 10 o’clock am Pacific time.

Felix Wolf was a shaman in training with Carlos Castaneda—the father of the New Age movement. He will reflect on his experience with Castaneda and muses over philosophy in his latest book The Art of Navigation.

Dr. Paul Straub has led an extraordinary life. He examines his life and his experiences in his memoir My Odyssey.

Dr. Paul Straub is a Los Angeles-based cosmetic surgeon. But he’s much more than that. He’s a world-traveler, adventurer, raconteur and bon vivant.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin calls Paul, “the epitome of an independent, self-made man.”

Paul’s flown around the world, which puts him in an elite group of only 37 people to do so.

Mark Stevenson examines our future lives by talking to thought leaders in science, technology, nanotechnology and philosophy. He comes away from those discussions as an optimist and writes about it in his latest book An Optimist’s Tour of the Future.