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This segment is something new—a “call-in” segment. Several listeners have requested this. I open up the mike to let callers express what’s on their mind. We look at all topics you wanted to tackle.

Don GIlman is a rocket scientist—literally. He holds advanced degrees in several disciplines and has turned his attention away from science to bridging the gap between technology and business. We discuss emerging trends that will impact the business world.

Here is the lineup of guests on BRAINSTORMIN’ with Billy the Brain for Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Listen at www.BrainstorminOnline.com or on AM 1400 in Ventura at 10 o’clock am Pacific time.

George Vecsey is a Sports writer for the New York Times. We discuss what he’s written about one of the least known Hall-of-Fame Baseball players Stan Musial in his book Stan Musial: An American Life.

Karl Mecklenburg is an All-Pro Defensive player for the Denver Broncos who played in the 1990s. He shares the lessons he learned playing football and how those lessons apply to student athletes and adults today from his book Heart of a Student Athlete.

Peg Tyre is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who spent years writing for Newsweek and the New York Times, among others. She’s written The Good School to make the thorny policy questions around schooling understandable to parents. We discuss her findings.