Waking Up In America

Since 1972 David Horowitz has been fighting on behalf of consumers, so they can help themselves in the marketplace. Fight Back! (FightBack.com) acts as a conduit for consumer problem solving and redress. Tune in as Val and David discuss credit bureaus and what you need to know to improve your experience with them.

Dr. Valerie was in Rome for the 6th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates (nobelforpeace-summit.org). Joining Val is Dr. Jean Houston to recap some of the highlights from the conference including revealing information from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President of Waterkeeper Alliance, writer and journalist.

Zainab Salbi is the founder, president and CEO of Women for Women International (womenforwomen.org), a non-profit that provides women survivors of war, civil strife and other conflicts with tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty into self-sufficient and active citizens who promote and protect peace and stability. Herself a refugee of war, Salbi details life growing up in Saddam Hussein’s inner circle in her memoir, “Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing up in the Shadow of Saddam”. Join Dr. Valerie as she talks to Zaynab Salabi on her personal strength that took her from victim to active world citizen.

Dr. Valerie welcomes back author Gerald ‘Jerry’ Jampolsky, best known for his book “Love is Letting Go of Fear”. He is also the co-founder of The Center for Additudinal Healing in California (attitudinalhealing.org). Stay tuned as Val and Jerry discuss how to create peace in our world with color and flair.

David Horowitz has enjoyed a solid reputation as a seasoned journalist for well over thirty years. He was an investigative reporter, writer and producer for NBC's Huntley-Brinkley News Report in New York. David has spent his career researching and reporting about consumer issues and product safety, and educating American consumers about their rights in the marketplace (fightback.com). Tune in as he talks with Dr. Valerie about our growing cultural reliance on mobile phones.

Lynn McMullen has been a political activist and fundraiser working on national hunger and poverty legislation for over 20 years. Currently her professional responsibilities include being the Department of Peace campaign coordinator for The Peace Alliance (thepeacealliance.org). The primary function of a Department of Peace will be to research, articulate and facilitate nonviolent solutions to domestic and international conflict. Tune in as Lynn joins Dr. Valerie to discuss this incredibly important movement.

Beatrice Trum Hunter is one of America’s foremost food experts and is the Food Editor of Consumers’ Research Magazine. Hunter has written numerous books and articles on food and environmental issues, making them understandable to the layman while comprehensive enough for the scientific professional. Her latest book, Food and Your Health, is a 448-page comprehensive selection of articles from pioneering Consumers' Research Magazine dealing with vital questions about the health and safety of the everyday foods we choose.

Joining Val is George A. Lopez, Senior Fellow at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Lopez's research interests focus primarily on the problems of state violence and coercion, especially economic sanctions, and gross violations of human rights. Join them as they discuss the distinction between coercion and leadership as it relates to what is happening in the world today.

Dr. Jean Houston is a scholar and researcher in human capacities, and for the past 30 years has codirector, with her husband Dr. Robert Masters, the Foundation for Mind Research, first in New York City and now in Pomona, New York. Their work has focused on the understanding of latent human abilities. She is the founder of the Mystery School--a program of cross-cultural mythic and spiritual studies--dedicated to teaching history, philosophy, the new physics, psychology, anthropology, myth, and the many dimensions of our human potential.

Larry Hagman, the popular star of I Dream of Jeannie and Dallas, visited the world of Burning Man, the end of summer event in the Black Rock Desert. Larry is known for his curiosity, intelligence and humor. So what was he doing at Burning Man? Tune in and find out.

Diagnosed with cancer at 62, Ron Zeller decided to live (www.winningthesecondhalf.com). Here he is lifting weights at 72, healthy and fit. Tune in as he shares with Valerie how anyone can create their lives in the moment and the moment is now.

Mel Duncan Executive Director of the Nonviolent Peaceforce (www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org) has done grass roots organizing for peace, justice and the environment for over 30 years. As a Bush Foundation Community Leadership Fellow, Mel spent 1 1/2 years studying the connections between grassroots organizing and spirituality. For the past 4 years Mel has helped organize the Nonviolent Peaceforce. The Peaceforce is composed of trained citizens from around the world.

Joining Valerie is author Gerald Jampolsky, best known for his book “Love is Letting Go of Fear”. He is also the co-founder of The Center for Additudinal Healing in California (attitudinalhealing.org), a safe place where kids with cancer could talk. Tune in as he shares his message of hope, healing and love.

Pat Allen, Ph.D. is the author of How to Build and Sustain Satisfying Long-Term Relationships. A rare blend of stand-up comedienne-psychotherapist-counselor-teacher, Pat has been a practicing psychotherapist, seminar leader and relationships expert for more than 20 years. She is the author of the recently released “Staying Married and Loving It” and other books. Her unique expertise is in teaching a capacity for being fully feminine or masculine in all its aspects-what it means to be in relationships and validating feelings and experience rationally. Pat wants you to say what you want and have it.

Harley Jane Kozak had a successful acting career in Hollywood, appearing in such feature films as Parenthood and Arachnophobia, before becoming a writer. “Dating Is Murder”, is her highly anticipated sequel to her critically acclaimed debut novel, “Dating Dead Men”. Tune in as she shares with Valerie how she made the transition and reinvented herself and her career.

A member of the US Olympic Hall of Fame, Peter Vidmar won 2 gold medals and 1 silver medal in gymnastics at the 1984 Olympic Games. Peter has leveraged his Olympic training and developed his trademark concept of Risk, Originality, and Virtuosity (ROV). He is the author of the recently released book, “Risk, Originality, and Virtuosity: The Keys to a Perfect 10”.

Bob Circosta has carved a place in history as TV’s original home shopping host and one of the individuals who helped create the multi-billion dollar television home shopping industry. He has logged over 15,000 hours of LIVE selling on television… has made over 65,000 separate product presentations and continues to make record-breaking sales appearances on shopping channels and infomercials seen around the world. Join Valerie as Bob shares his experiences and how he developed the mastery of being related that translated to his phenomenal success.

Neale Donald Walsch is a modern day spiritual messenger and author whose ‘Conversations with God’ series has been translated into 27 languages, touching millions of lives. His latest book, also entitled “What God Wants”, has just been published in which Neale encourages us to place top priority on our moral, ethical, and spiritual development by addressing hot button issues, believing that change and fulfillment can only really occur when we truly understand what God wants from us.

Joby Weeks (jobyweeks.com) is a millionaire at 23 and he accomplished this goal through a home business which focuses on health. Joby claims the products and services he uses which dramatically affect cancer and aides in under two weeks. Join us as we explore these possibilities with Joby on August 10th.

Denis Waitley is one of America's most respected authors, keynote lecturers and productivity consultants on high performance human achievement. He has inspired, informed, challenged and entertained audiences for over 25 years from the board rooms of multi-national corporations to the control rooms of NASA's space program; from the locker rooms of world-class athletes to the meeting rooms of thousands of conventioneers throughout the world. Tune in as he shows us how to transform consciousness and create greatness.