Cork Millner looks at celebrities—specifically celebrities living in Santa Barbara. He is a renowned interviewer.

Celebrities are people first, and celebrities second. Cork captures the real people behind the façades many celebrities wear.

Kate Zernike examines the Tea Party movement in America. Some surveys show as many as 25% of Americans support the Tea Party. This is a political force to be reckoned with. We’ll look inside the Tea Party to see who composes the group and how these disparate people banded together.

Here is the lineup of guests on BRAINSTOMIN’ with Billy the Brain for Friday, October 8, 2010. Listen at www.BrainstorminOnline.com or on AM 1400 in Ventura at 10 o’clock am Pacific time.

looks back at a bygone culture through the lyrics and music of one of that era’s most prolific composers and lyricists, Johnny Mercer. Mercer is said to have more #1 songs than any other lyricist. What’s the attraction of Johnny Mercer? First, and maybe foremost, he’s a Southern American writer.

Sam Quinones is a master storyteller and journalist. He writes about Mexico and Mexican immigration with a unique perspective. His stories examine how culture—both Mexican and American—have changed as a result of immigration.

Tom Bunzel, author of Tools of Engagement: Presenting and Training in a World of Social Media, discusses how to use social capital when presenting or training.