Episodes
May 13, 2010
Copy Machine Identity Theft, Container Gardening 101, The Indifferent Stars Above
How many of would believe that a copying machine would need a hard drive similar to what you have in your computers? Identity theft via discarded copy machines is part of a CBS investigation that Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian uncover in T42. www.stelladonne.com Cynthia Brian showcases the springtime of life with container gardening 101. Some of the most spectacular gardens found anywhere are on the rooftops and patios of the world's largest cities. Gardening in small space means you plant i...
May 6, 2010
Teen Self Esteem. How to Pick a Lover, Incredible Wonders
How do we empower teens with self esteem, self direction, and self worth? May is Teen Self Esteem Month and hosts Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany provide the inside secret to confidence with Be the Star You Are!® for TEENS. While it may be considered taboo, any woman can feel great about taking a lover. How to Pick a Lover by Wesley Ford is the first book written to help women have meaningful and rewarding love affaires. Go on a journey of self-discovery, exploring your right to fulfillment. ...
April 29, 2010
Only the Strong Survive, Yoga, Confessions of a Rebel Debutante
Nadine Frye shares her journey of pain, abuse, and stormy relationships to a realization that prayer and forgiveness provide strength with her book, Only the Strong Survive-True Grit. Nadine says she wasn’t stressed out, she was stressed in. Find healing in the stories and life after sorrow. Yoga-the Indian discipline of balance, meditation, and exercise is a practice for body, mind, and spirit. Heather Brittany shares the benefits of yoga and how anyone can incorporate movements into their dail...
April 22, 2010
Once Upon a Time, Oenotri’s Chef Curtis, Glashoff Sculptures
Exploring personal traumas through fairy tales and local boys make good on today’s Starstyle-Be the Star You Are!® with your host, The Oprah of the Airwaves, Cynthia Brian. Once Upon a Time There Was a Little Girl shares the moving stories of seven women who as young girls experienced the early loss of their mothers through death or physical or emotional abandonment. The women explore their personal traumas through their responses to seven fairy tales in which there was no nurturing maternal pre...
April 15, 2010
Three Years to Live, Take the Job and Love It!
At the age of thirty-six, author Reginald Jensen’s doctor told him he only had three years to live. With a family history of heart disease combined with his smoking and drinking habits, Jensen had several obstacles to overcome. Instead of resigning himself to his fate, Jensen took charge of his health. In his book, Thirty Seven Years Ago My doctor Told Me I had Three Years to Live, Jensen takes you step-by-step on a journey to health, focusing on the key points to wellness. His extraordinary sto...
April 8, 2010
Cholesterol Challenge, Raising Chickens, Flower Power
It's important to keep your cholesterol levels within healthy limits. And if you have other risk factors for developing heart disease, you need to be even more careful — especially with your low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or bad, cholesterol level.Do you know what your cholesterol level is? Do you know why it is important to keep your cholesterol in check? Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian give you the tools to be healthy. Nancy Rekow bringsMinnie rose Lovegreen’s Recipe for Raising Chickens. M...
April 1, 2010
April Fools, Judicial Deception, Not the Story
Where did April Fool’s Day begin and what pranks are you pulling. The Mother/Daughter dynamic duo check out the facts, fiction, and fun surrounding this spring day. If you will ever be in a courtroom you need to know how the system works. If you’ve acted properly, it doesn’t mean you’ll win and if you are in the wrong, it doesn’t mean you’ll lose. Judicial Deception is about life in court...the truth and nothing but the truth. Author Reginald Jensen is a registered investment adviser and has bee...
March 25, 2010
Cancer Check, Cruel Calm, 42 Rules
Has cancer stricken a family member? Are you at risk for these disease? The Mother/Daughter dynamic duo offer a check up that could save your life. A Cruel Calm, Paris Between the Wars by author Patricia Daly-Lipe, visits an era of idealism and innovation when Paris was the cultural capital of the Western World. Politics, religion, social mores, and a special time in history (1927-1939) determine the fate of a young Catholic socialite from Washington, DC as she tries to find out if it is only af...
March 18, 2010
Alice n Wonderland, Boarding Pass, Izmaylov Teen Authors
Through the looking glass, down the rabbit hole, Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany through Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice in Wonderland. The updated Underland, 3 D, and the message behind the story in this exciting segment. Have you sailed the ocean blue? Permission granted to come aboard with a tour of cruising in luxury on the seven seas. Cynthia Brian lectures on cruise ships around the world, most often as a pirate. Grab your boarding pass and prepare for sail. What is it like to be only th...
March 11, 2010
As Seen on TV, Life Coaching, The Teen with the Millionaire Mindset
A full hour of empowerment, tips, humor, inspiration, and money matters! In The Teen With A Millionaire Mindset, author Laura Lyseight presents brilliant insights to help the teens develop a positive mindset—a millionaire state of mind that will bring them to a very rewarding life. Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany look at items that are featured on TV. Do they work? Is it hype? What can we trust and how do commercials influence our purchases? Inspirational messages with life coaching by Cynthi...
March 4, 2010
Olympic Flame, The Last Wolf, Why I am a Buddhist
The Last Wolf: A vivid quest through the eyes of a Marine Corps Chief Scout Sniper by Thomas Cox, is a poignant memoir of a Marine Corps chief scout sniper. Cox takes us into the precision-dependent world of one of the most sought after military professions in the world with the grueling training, and actual combat experiences. http://www.thelastwolf.net The 2010 Winter Olympics have finished with a number of surprise winners. Over the years the Winter Olympics have undergone significant changes...
Feb. 25, 2010
Disney Magic, Taking on the Burden of History, Cee Cee Honeycutt
What is it like to enter the military training, learn strict discipline, and become a patriot? George Van Sant recounts the anxieties, triumphs, and disasters as a U. S. Marine in his lively memoir, Taking on the Burden of History: Presuming to be a U. S Marine. The horrors of war and the sacrifices of many are reminders that freedom comes with a price. www.presumedmarine.com Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman is a spirited Southern tale that explores the indomitable strengths of female re...
Feb. 11, 2010
Valentine’s Day, Sexualization of America’s Kids, Just Like Us
All across America, every February 14, candy, cards, flowers, and jewelry are exchanged between lovers all in the name of St. Valentine. Who was St. Valentine and why have we made him so commercial? Join the Goddess Gals as they unveil the history behind the holiday. www.bethestaryouare.com Kids are being hyper-sexualized by the exploding provocative situations in the media. Parents can develop the skills to recognize these subtle influences, and the knowledge to counteract and do something abou...
Feb. 4, 2010
Love Your Heart, Backyard Deer Hunting, Be the Star You Are! Essay Winner
Prize-winning author Wm. Hovey Smith has written 13 books, numerous magazine and newspaper articles as well as contributed to many blogs. Three recent titles Practical Bowfishing, Crossbow Hunting, and Backyard Deer Hunting: Converting Deer to Dinner for Pennies Per Pound stress eating natural foods from the outdoors. In these hard times Backyard Deer provides a healthy way to cut food bills and eat healthy meals. Heart Disease is the #1 killer of women. A Harvard study found that 92% of women a...
Jan. 28, 2010
Watchful Eyes, The Chihuahua Crisis, A Juggling Act
At twenty-five years old, Sheila Singleton is forced to make a life-changing decision. Will she commit her troubled younger sister, Nancy, to a mental institution, as the authorities have strongly suggested, or take her into her own home, with two small children and an unsympathetic husband? Sheila made a brave choice, and moved her mentally ill sister in with her family in 1976. Watchful Eyes is the true story of Sheila Singleton's transformation from hopeless observer, as Nancy's demons threat...
Jan. 21, 2010
Helping Haiti, Secrets of the Lost Symbol, Be the Star You Are!®
There is only one Dan Brown. And there is also only one “Secrets” team that has achieved worldwide bestseller success providing the curious reader with compelling and authoritative explorations into the thought-provoking ideas that lie behind Dan Brown’s action-adventure novels. Cynthia Brian interviews award-winning journalist and bestselling author Dan Burstein about the mysteries, revelations, and fiction behind The Lost Symbol. In T42, A Mother-Daughter Brew, Cynthia Brian and Heather Britta...
Jan. 14, 2010
Contraception, Angels in My Hair, Badass Birth control, angels, and warriors.
In T42- A Mother/Daughter Brew, Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany continue the conversation about available contraceptive methods. Direct from Ireland, Lorna Byrne talks about her best selling book, Angels in My Hair. Lorna has been seeing and talking to angels since she was a baby. Very unusually she sees angels physically – just as you see someone sitting across from you. Dyslectic and diagnosed as retarded as a child, she has never read a book. The angels are her teachers. Throughout history...
Jan. 7, 2010
2010 Resolutions, Independent Book Publishing, Nurses without Boundaries
HELLO 2010! We set goals to be healthier, exercise more, work smarter, love deeper, and of course earn better wages. In T42- A Mother/Daughter Brew, Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany give your smart goals and simple ways to be accountable and successful. Florrie Kichler is the President of the Independent Book Publishers Association, (IBPA) formerly known as PMA. Her job is to build strategic partnerships and expand programs. She’ll discuss publishing in 2010. IBPA educates, supports, and advoc...
Dec. 31, 2009
NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS, NOT INTUITIVELY OBVIOUS
It has been 10 years since the millennium. Have the 2000’s been what you expected? Ten years of world events will be discussed with the effects on individuals from tragedies to triumphs. So much has changed. Have you? What are plans for 2010? Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany let the ball fall on the new year. www.cynthiabrian.com Not Intuitively Obvious: Transition To The Professional Work Environment is a uniquely concise combination of a senior manager’s memoir of lessons learned and busines...
Dec. 24, 2009
Christmas Traditions, Men that Don’t Cheat, Little White Whys
What traditions do you celebrate during the holidays? Do you spend time with family, do you travel, watch videos, eat crab? Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany take a peek inside the festivities of the season. With Tiger Woods infidelities all over the news, it is apropos to do a show on cheating. In segment two, we’ll talk with author Charles E. Hughes about his book, How to get a Man that Doesn’t Cheat. Mr. Hughes believes that honest and true blue men are out there and he wants to help women f...
Dec. 17, 2009
Engineered Foods, In His Service, Pet Companionship
You are what you eat! But what are we eating today and is it safe? Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany investigate our food and offer ways to make healthy choices. www.bethestaryouare.com Joy and Adventures in His Service by Alene Dalley shares true stores from the mission field. From witch doctors to water wells, language barriers to interpreter humor, you’ll travel on a journey of the heart. Whether you are fortunate enough to currently be living with an animal companion or whether you are simp...
Dec. 10, 2009
Staycations, All About Animal Massage, Saving Money
Are you going away for the holidays or are you creating holidays at home? Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany have fun in the backyard. www.bethestaryouare.com Megan Ayrault teaches animal lovers the principles of animal massage with her visionary books, The Dog’s Lovers Guide to Massage and The Horse Lover’s Guide to Massage. Megan is the founder of AllAboutAnimalMassage.com, an on-line resource for everything you need to know about massage and bodywork for the animals you love. Haitian native, ...
Dec. 3, 2009
Birth Control, The Dumpling, Cooking Under Pressure
In T-42, Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany share options and safety tips on birth control to help you make informed reproductive health choices. For lovers of dumplings in every shape, size, and variety, the book, Connie Lovatt shares The Dumpliing, a startlingly thorough collection of recipes and techniques for dumplings from all over the world and all around the year. Lorna Sass is a culinary historian and a James Bear Award winning author of numerous cookbooks. From the elegant to the ethnic...
Nov. 26, 2009
THANKSGIVING SPECIAL: Nora Nordan, Paul Sutherland, Frank Gromling
A Thanksgiving uplifting international feast featuring Nora Nordan of Norway with her Gift of Understanding, Paul Sutherland with his zenvesting advice from his book, The Virtue of Wealth, and Ocean Publishing’s innovative publisher/author, Frank Gromling honoring the wonders of the sea. Nora Nordan of Norway and Cynthia Brian of California have been pen pals and best friends since they were kids. Nora is the Director of Studies at Treider, Norway’s oldest private independent College of Commerce...