Episodes
Oct. 14, 2020
Risky Business, If You Tame Me, Secondhand
To grow healthy, nutritional produce, farmers work daily, rain or shine, in every season, to provide city dwellers with sustenance. They get paid when they sell their harvest, yet it only takes one natural disaster to destroy...
Oct. 7, 2020
Ready to Evacuate, Daring, Dazzling, Divine, Flu and Blood Pressure
Natural disasters know no boundaries. One never knows if a fire, earthquake, flood, mudslide, or other calamity is on the horizon. It’s imperative to be prepared for all emergencies. Because of climate change and global warmi...
Sept. 30, 2020
Hannah’s War, Smoke Taint & Spaghetti Sauce, Flu & Safely Re-Beginning
A vivid, page-turning and inspiring re-imagination of the final months of World War II, and the brilliant researchers behind the first atomic bomb, Hannah's War is an unforgettable love story about an exceptional woman, and t...
Sept. 23, 2020
Saving the Ocean, Supermodel Eugenia Kuzmina, Teens and Covid
Humans owe our lives to the ocean. Marine life produces 70% of or oxygen and almost 50% of the world depends on food from the sea. But the ocean is dying. We are harvesting fish faster than they can regenerate, and climate ch...
Sept. 16, 2020
Dreaming the Marsh, Travel Insurance during Covid-19, Planting for Fall
Dreaming the Marsh is an environmental fable that is uniquely Floridian by Elizabeth McCulloch. Mother Nature has had enough and a day of reckoning is coming, foretold by words that mysteriously appear on the side of a shiny ...
Sept. 9, 2020
21st Anniversary of Be the Star You Are!®, Magical Universe of the Ancients, Masking
Today is the 21st Anniversary of Be the Star You Are!® charity receiving its 501 c3 designation. On 9/9/99 Be the Star You Are!® launched its first programs for literacy and positive messages, BTSYA volunteer and Express Your...
Sept. 2, 2020
Dog Days, Etiquette for Runaways, Not Usual Business
Host Cynthia Brian continues Wednesdays with Writers and Performers on StarStyle® giving authors, actors, artists, and entertainers who have had their live performances and events canceled due to Covid-19 a platform to shine....
Aug. 26, 2020
Phone/Internet Savings, Scandal at Crystalline, Telemedicine
SAG/AFTRA member Cynthia Brian continues Wednesdays with Writers and Performers on StarStyle® giving authors, actors, artists, and entertainers who have had their live performances and events canceled due to Covid-19 a platfo...
Aug. 19, 2020
Benefits of Swimming, Eleonora and Joseph, Hot, Hot, Hot
Want to get fit, stay cool, and have fun? Dive into a routine of swimming and you will lower stress, sleep well, and have a toned, healthy body. And you don’t have to swim for miles. Find out more. With a historian's gift for...
Aug. 12, 2020
Youth Financial Literacy, The Naked Truth, Emergency Hacks
Debut novel for Carrie Hayes, Naked Truth or Equality, the Forbidden Fruit is based on the little known, but true story of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman who ran for U.S. President. The challenges the U.S.A. is wrestling ...
Aug. 5, 2020
Cast of Paramount Film, Mighty Oak and Author Jo Giese
The film MIGHTY OAK is the story of Gina (Janel Parrish, “Pretty Little Liars,” To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before), a band manager who struggles after losing her brother/lead singer (Levi Dylan, 12 Mighty Orphans) in a fatal ...
July 29, 2020
Epic Vision Zone, Telecommuting, Tick Tick
Creative Intelligence Coach and Founder of Epic Vision Zone, Jane Applegath, joins Cynthia Brian to discuss how she brings role models to her summits to inspire others to become trailblazers. Jane says that by choosing creati...
July 22, 2020
Fatal Finale, Happiness, Garden Guardians
Kathleen Kalb, author of A FATAL FINALE, introduces swashbuckling Gilded Age opera singer Ella Shane, best described as part Beverly Sills, part Anne of Green Gables, and part Errol Flynn, as the first book in her new histori...
July 15, 2020
Positive Thoughts for Troubling Times, Embrace Abundance, After the Pandemic
Rudyard Kipling once said that words are “the most powerful drug use by mankind”—the words by author Allen Klein (aka “Mr. Jollytologist”®) in his book Positive Thoughts for Troubling Times are the prescription for a daily do...
July 8, 2020
TDimage Media, Pivot for the Planet, Adjusting our Attitude
Thiago Desouza recently interviewed Cynthia Brian about designing a life on his podcast, Business Access. (https://business-access-by-tdimage.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-4-cynthia-brian?t=0m0s) The company then created th...
July 1, 2020
Fox Goes Hunting, Managing Anxiety, Organizing and Decluttering
Wednesdays with Writers continues with Paty Jager’s newest novel, Fox Goes Hunting. While teaching a tracking class at a Search and Rescue conference in Iceland, Oregon State Trooper Gabriel Hawke discovers the body of the yo...
June 24, 2020
The Same Moon, Mental Health with Covid-19, Polio & Covid-19
Sometimes you have to run far, far away to find your way home. Recently wed—and quickly divorced—twenty-four-year-old Sarah Coomber escapes the disappointments of her Minnesota life for a job teaching English in Japan. What s...
June 17, 2020
Aloha Shirt, Victory Gardens, Home Maintenance
Nothing says summer gathering chic and casual than wearing an aloha shirt. The precise origins are unknown, but commercial success began with celebrities wearing this Hawaiian fashion in the 1930’s. We can all use a little al...
June 10, 2020
Saving the Light at Chartres, Reading Love, Prepping for College Admissions
Wednesdays with Writers continue with author Victor Pollak and his book, Saving the Light at Chartres: How the Great Cathedral and its Stained-Glass Treasures Were Rescued during World War II . The book describes the rescue o...
June 3, 2020
Embracing the Magic Within, Family Garden Activities, Preparing for a New Job
Wednesdays with Writers continues with Embracing the Magic Within, an empowering book written to remind us of the power we each behold by author Shelly Wilson. Through positivity, inspiration, words of wisdom and personal sto...
May 27, 2020
Next Pandemic, Technology of Intention, Disharmony of Silence
After being cocooned for weeks, wearing gloves, masks, personal distancing, and feeling the fear of possible infection of Covid-19, what will we do to prepare for the next pandemic? Wednesdays with Writers continues with our ...
May 20, 2020
Cultivating Gratitude, Last Days of Sylvia Plath, Life Of William Faulkner, Mixed Harvest
Gardening is not a hobby; it is an essential part of being. Gardening is a survival skill and an art form. This lockdown has sparked an increased appreciation for the solitude and splendor of gardening. Goddess Gardener, Cynt...
May 13, 2020
Sustainable Fashion, Mavericks, Mystics, and Misfits, Nature Beyond Solitude
Todays Writer's Wednesdays, Cynthia Brian interviews two authors plus shines light on fashion. Climate awareness has morphed into all facets of our life. The fashion industry is getting on board the movement. How can we all b...
May 6, 2020
Wednesdays with Writers-Jennifer Steil, Joanne Rocklin and Mother's Day Hosannas
Social distancing in this COVID19 era has been detrimental to authors. As part of our Be the Star You Are! Disaster Relief Outreach program, Be the Star You Are!® has collaborated with the Authors Guild to showcase the new bo...