Philip Giroux shared the common experience of losing both his parents. Being a landscape architect by training and profession didn’t prepare him for this loss. Furthermore, when he went looking for information on the subject, he discovered a dearth of material available. So, he and Sally Lamb decided to write a book to help others avoid the stress and confusion they experienced themselves.
Stephen Davis is a rock journalist who’s followed and written about super groups of the 60s and 70s. He’s written a biography of one of rock’s most private stars. We discuss Carly Simon from his biography More Room in a Broken Heart.
Joanne Harvey is a hospice worker who will help us shatter the myth that death is sad and horrible. We examine what’s she’s learned from years of counseling dying people from her latest book Dying to Live: Embracing the Journey.
Here is the lineup of guests on BRAINSTORMIN’ with Billy the Brain for Monday, August 15, 2011. Listen at www.BrainstorminOnline.com or on AM 1400 in Ventura at 10 o’clock am Pacific time.