Messiah Community Radio Talk Show

Our special guest is Anthony Meindl, author of At Left Brain Turn Right: An Uncommon Path to Shutting Up Your Inner Critic, Giving Fear the Finger and Having an Amazing Life and  Alphabet Soup For Grown-Ups: 26 Ways to Not Worry (Really!), Be Happy (Truly!), and Get Over Yourself (Finally!) Anthony Meindl is an LA-based Writer/Director/Teacher/Founder of AMAW studios worldwide, with studios in LA, London, NY, Vancouver, Toronto, Sydney and Atlanta. He has also taught internationally in Sofia, Bulgaria, Rome, Capetown, South Africa, Melbourne, and Paris. He has guest lectured at the Gaiety School/The National Theatre School of Ireland, the prestigious Moscow Art Theater, the Actors Centre London, and is the guest acting teacher at David Lynch's Masters of Filmmaking Program in Fairfield, Iowa. Visit Anthony'Meindl's website: www.anthonymeindl.com More than 10,000 actors have read the book that is helping artists get out of their own way and achieve their goals. With inspirational and hilarious stories, Ant

Our special guest is John Couch, Apple Inc.'s First Vice President of Education. He is also the author of the book Rewiring Education: How Technology Can Unlock Every Student's Potential.  Apple’s iconic co-founder Steve Jobs had a powerful vision for education, employing technology to make an enormous positive effect on the lives of millions of students. The man Jobs tapped to realize this vision was John D. Couch, a trusted engineer and executive who had a passion for education. Couch believed learning needed to be personal and collaborative. He argued the real purpose of education was to help children discover their uniqueness and empower them to reach beyond their perceived potential. However, changing a system that has notoriously resisted change for the past century proved to be no small task, even for an Apple vice president. Now, though, technology is increasingly integrated into every aspect of our lives, rewiring our homes, our jobs, and even our brains. Most important, a rewiring of education is f

Our special guest is Cory Trenda, author of After the Trip: Unpacking Your Crosscultural Experience. For more than three decades, Cory has worked with international humanitarian organizations and led crosscultural trips to dozens of countries. A senior director for World Vision, he is the author of Reflections from Afar: Unexpected Blessings for Those Who "Have" from Those Who Don't and lives with his wife, Janet, in southern California. When he's not traveling internationally to promote poverty alleviation efforts, he works to bridge cultures in the United States. Can a one-time crosscultural experience truly be life-changing? Veteran trip leader and intercultural guide Cory Trenda says yes—if we let the trip launch a journey of integrating the experience into our ongoing life. In After the Trip Trenda provides a unique guide for individuals and teams to make the most of a crosscultural trip after returning home. Readers will find help with navigating the crucial reentry process, remembering and sharing key

Our special guest is Kelly Minter, an author, speaker, songwriter, and singer. She is passionate about women discovering Jesus Christ through the pages of Scripture. Whether through song, study, or spoken word, Kelly desires to authentically express Christ to the women in a culture where so many are hurting and broken. She is driven to share the healing and strength of Christ through the Bible's truth. In her own words Kelly talks about her upbringing and life. My parents raised me along with my three younger siblings in Northern Virginia, which is an important distinction because it means D.C. metro, traffic, and politics more than the Blue Ridge Mountains. In the Minter home, although our family didn’t always get it right, we mostly got it real. As a child, I struggled with acute anxiety and waves of depression before I or the people around me had much language or help for such things. The Word of God became my balm. This is one of the reasons I love the Bible so. In my twenties, I moved to the Nashville a

Our special guest is Dara Whitehead-Allen, M.S., CCC-SLP a highly regarded speech pathologist and vocal coach.  She has enjoyed a multifaceted career as a singer, actor, voice coach and licensed speech-language pathologist. She offers a wide range of services related to the management of voice, speech, breathing and upper airway disorders for adults. She also provides private speech and presentation coaching for a variety of professionals. Her clients include Fortune 500 companies, lawyers, doctors, teachers, singers, actors and professionals from the corporate world. In addition, Ms. Allen trains broadcasters in the radio-television news industry. Her clients hail from all over the United States and the major network affiliates, including NBC, FOX, CBS, ABC and AccuWeather. Ms. Allen holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Texas Tech University and a Master of Science in Communication Disorders from the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas. She has complet

Our special guest is acclaimed actor Stacy Keach, author of All in All: An Actor's Life Beyond the Stage.  In addition to his motion picture and television accomplishments, Stacy is one of America’s most acknowledged Shakespearean actors, also celebrated in England where the Bard is in the blood. A New York Time’s review dubbed him “The Finest American classical actor since John Barrymore.” He’s received a Best Actor Golden Globe, been nominated for Emmy and Tony awards, won three Obie’s, three Vernon Rice awards, the Helen Hayes Award, and the Prestigious Millineum Recognition Award for his outstanding contribution to the classical theatre.  Understandably, his Shakespearean readings (sold on his popular website (www.StacyKeach.com) are among the nation’s best-selling classical CD’s. Stacy Keach stars alongside Matt LeBlanc in the CBS hit TV comedy series Man with a Plan. Matt LeBlanc plays Adam, an old-school guy confronting the modern challenges of parenting, marriage and family. Adam’s self-assured wife,

Our special guest is Matthew Soerens, author of the book Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion, and Truth in the Immigration Debate. He is the US director of church mobilization for World Relief and the national coordinator of the Evangelical Immigration Table. Previously, Matthew served as a Board of Immigration Appeals-accredited legal counselor with World Relief's local office in Wheaton, Illinois. Immigration is one of the most complicated issues of our time. Voices on all sides argue strongly for action and change. Christians find themselves torn between the desire to uphold laws and the call to minister to the vulnerable. In this book World Relief immigration experts Matthew Soerens and Jenny Yang move beyond the rhetoric to offer a Christian response to immigration. They put a human face on the issue and tell stories of immigrants' experiences in and out of the system. With careful historical understanding and thoughtful policy analysis, they debunk myths and misconceptions about immigration and

Our special guest is James R. Alburger, author of the book The VoiceActor's Guide to Professional Home Recording. If you're just getting started in voiceover, you know that sooner or later you must be able to record auditions and projects at home or on your computer. It's simply the way the voiceover business works today. A relatively new computer or laptop gets you half way there, but you still need a few things before you can record and deliver professional-quality auditions and paid projects. And if you're like most voice talent just starting out, you probably don't have the budget for a lot of expensive equipment, or the knowledge to put everything together. The Voice Actor's Guide to Professional Home Recording is different from every other book, eBook, or DVD on home studio recording. It's packed with hundreds of links to other websites and additional resources including FREE recording software and more. Plus, every key point in the eBook is cross-linked within the book itself. Finding what you need to

Our special guest is Stephen P. Stratton, Ph.D., co-author of the book, Listening to Sexual Minorities: A Study of Faith and Sexual Identity on Christian College Campuses and a Professor of Counseling and Pastoral Care and a licensed psychologist (KY).  Previous to his full-time appointment at Asbury Theological Seminary in 2006, he served as an adjunct professor at Asbury University, where he was the Director of the Center for Counseling for 18 years.  He is an Approved Supervisor for the Kentucky Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and a Health Service Provider/Supervisor for the Kentucky Board of Psychology.   Students arrive on campus with various boxes of belongings to unpack, some heavy, some tidy, some more valuable, some more private. For many students, two of these boxes could be labeled "My Faith" and "My Sexuality"—and these two can be among the most cumbersome to handle. How to balance the two without having to set one down? How to hold them both closely, both securely, but still move forwa

Our special guests are Andrew Burian, his wife Ruth, and son Lawrence, who share the story of the Holocaust in a memoir called The Boy from Bustina: A Son, A Survivor, A Witness.  A sheltered boy from the small town of Bustina (then Czechoslovakia, now Ukraine), Andrew had a beautiful carefree childhood. At the age of thirteen, his world was shattered. Andrew's wartime odyssey began with deportation from his hometown to Mateszalka ghetto in Hungary. From there, Andrew and his family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where he survived countless selections and near death experiences. In the freezing winter of 1945, he survived the infamous 'death march' evacuation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and was loaded into a cattle car for the long journey to the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. Andrew survived another death-march to the Gunskirchen concentration camp from which he was ultimately liberated by the U.S. army. Andrew's journey took him through Hungary, Poland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, England and, final

When people want information regarding any topic within the Virtual Assistant industry they turn to one of its Pioneers, Tawnya Sutherland. “Create the skill base you need to enable you to outsource your workload to a VA specialized in the skill set you need to free working capital, and more importantly your time. Allowing you more time to do what you do: promote your business” Created in 1996, Tawnya’s first venture, (and still operating today) Mediamage Business Solutions was forged from the need of a divorced mother of three to find a way to put food on the table, a roof over their head and still find time to spend time with her kids. Tawnya took those hard learned skills and in 2003 founded VAnetworking, the largest and most prolific Virtual Assistant Social Network online today. With thousands of members worldwide VAnetworking.com is the place to find the latest information about the VA Industry, and locate the fastest growing opportunities for VAs looking to put their business on the fast track to suc

Our special guest is Konrad Zukowski, the inventor of the Kaotica Eyeball, a groundbreaking invention that allows everyone to have studio quality in a beautifully designed mobile acoustic solution. It's the evolution of vocal recording. Traditionally, you’d rig up foam on the walls or soundproof the room with blankets. Whether you rent or own, you don’t necessarily want to be putting holes in the walls. Even if you are committed to foaming everything up, it may not enhance the acoustics, unless you’re an acoustician. Kaotica firmly believes that you shouldn’t have to think about the room you’re recording in. Instead, you should concentrate on your performance. Visit their website at www.kaoticaeyeball.com

Our special guest is Dr. Brandon J. O'Brien, author of the book Demanding Liberty: An Untold Story of American Religious Freedom. Religious liberty is one of the most contentious political issues of our time. How should people of faith engage with the public square in a pluralist era? Some citizens hope to reclaim a more Christian vision of national identity, while others resist any religious presence at all. This dispute is not new, and it goes back to the founding era of American history. As the country was being formed, some envisioned a Christian nation where laws would require worship attendance and Sabbath observance. Others advocated for a thoroughly secular society where faith would have no place in public life. But neither extreme won the day, thanks to the unsung efforts of a Connecticut pastor who forged a middle way. Historian Brandon O'Brien unveils an untold story of how religious liberty came to be. Between the Scylla and Charybdis of theocracy and secularism, Baptist pastor Isaac Backus conte

Eleven-time Emmy award winner, James R. Alburger has been actively involved in audio for more than 30 years. He has worked in virtually all areas of audio production and sound recording, including: radio, location sound, recording studios, sound reinforcement, film sound design, and television. His experience on stage and behind the scenes in theater and television has contributed to James becoming a skilled director and acting coach. With a strong background as a both a performer and voice actor, James is one of those rare individuals who truly understands what “works” on both sides of the microphone and camera. He is also an expert music editor and author of several books, among them: Get Your Act Together - Producing An Effective Magic Act To Music!; The Art Of VoiceActing - The Craft And Business of Performing For Voiceover; and The Voice Actor’s Guide to Professional Home Recording (Ebook). For 25 years, James was a Director and Audio Supervisor for the NBC television station in San Diego, and was respo

Marc Cashman waited until he was nine years old before he broke into show business. "Over a weekend, I read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk," he recalls. "Something posessed me to make it into a musical play. I wrote the dialogue and a couple of songs, and I handed it to my third grade teacher. She liked it and asked me to produce it. After she explained what that meant, I produced it and even played the lead role of Jack. It was a big success. I think that's where I go the bug." When he was 12, his parents moved from Port Jervis, N.Y., right in the middle of the Catskill Mountains, to White Plains, N.Y., close to the big city. "When I was 15 I saved money from my paper route and bought my first guitar. I just picked up where I had left off in the third grade and started writing songs. All through high school I wrote songs and performed with folk groups. I continued playing guitar and performing through my four years at the University of Buffalo. I majored in political science, thinking I wanted to be a l

Our special guest is Rodney Saulsberry, one of the top coaches and voice over artists in the nation.  Rodney Saulsberry.  Rodney Saulsberry is the voice of choice for behind-the scenes narration. This Detroit native and University of Michigan Graduate, is one of the premier voice-over talents in the country. He is also a published author with three bestselling books, You Can Bank on Your Voice, Step Up to the Mic and his latest release, Rodney Saulsberry's Tongue Twisters and Vocal Warm-Ups.  Visit Rodney Saulsberry at www.rodneysaulsberry.com. Saulsberry’s distinctive announcer voice is literally everywhere. He has announced promos for the ABC hit Dancing With The Stars and the ABC critically acclaimed Charlie Brown Christmas Special. He announced the 34th NAACP Image Awardsand the Essence Awards specials on FOX Television and voiced promos for the Grammy Awards and Country Music Awards for CBS. Rodney can be heard currently announcing promos for the CW Network in primetime. As one of the top trailer voices

Our special guest is Deborah Comella, the Executive Director of The Lee County Coalition for a Drug-Free SWFL. Also joining us is Jonathan Engh, the Chairman of the Board and Senior Vice President, Commercial Team Lead FL, Busey Bank. The Lee County Coalition for a Drug-Free Southwest Florida provides a number of educational events throughout the year. Join them for a Town Hall Meeting or free Lunch and Learn and Coalition Meeting. They also invite you to join them as a volunteer at Drug House Odyssey, where you can impact the lives of over 2,000 fifth graders over the course of three days. This real-life depiction about the dangers of underage drinking and drinking and driving. This walk through play is a great opportunity to talk to your kids. The event takes place on January 31st from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Lee County Civic Center, 11831 Bayshore Road North Fort Myers, FL United States. Since it’s founding in 1989 by Jim Nathan, Sheriff Mike Scott and a group of local leaders, the Lee County Coalitio

Our special guest is John Burr, author of The Voice Over Actor's Handbook: How to Analyze, Interpret, and Deliver Scripts. John Burr is a voiceover performer, recording engineer/producer, video producer/director, and a professional trainer/coach. He has written and produced scripts in all media, and has directed many well-known national performers including Fritz Weaver, Alexander Scourby, Leslie Nielsen, William Conrad and Martin Landau. His many years of working in his various media roles have given him an in-depth understanding of every stage of the production process. Many of his former students have narrated for Discovery and Learning Channels, History Channel, National Geographic, and national audiobook producers, as well as many of America’s well-known corporations, such as Marriott, Xerox, IBM, Danaher, Carey International, and Lockheed-Martin. The uniqueness in his approach to training comes from many years of applied language dynamics and musical characteristics to the process of teaching how to un

Our special guest is Marc Cashman, author of V-OH!: Tips, Tricks, Tools, and Techniques to Start and Sustain Your Voiceover Career. Marc is an award-winning Radio and TV commercial producer. He teaches voice acting at California Institute of the Arts, produces V-O demos, coaches one-on-one with voice actors worldwide, and instructs voice-acting at all levels through his classes, The "Cashman Cache" of Voice Acting Techniques in Los Angeles, CA. Marc is also a guest speaker at Ad Clubs, Broadcasters Associations and voiceover conventions, and writes a monthly online column, "Ask the VoiceCat." Marc is a veteran voice actor with over 25 years of studio experience. He has been heard locally, regionally, nationally and internationally, voicing thousands of Radio and TV commercials, dubbing foreign films, narrating dozens of audio books, and creating the voices of many CD-Rom, online and videogame characters. Marc was voted one of the Best Voices of 2008 by AudioFile Magazine and has won the "Listen Up!" Award fr

Our special guest is Dave Courvoisier, author of More Than Just a Voice - The Real Secret to Voiceover Success. More Than Just a Voice: The REAL Secret to Voiceover Success is like getting continuing education credits in voice-acting. A practicing journalist of 30+ years, Dave Courvoisier began researching the voice-over profession for his own enlightenment early in the last decade. Then he began blogging — sharing his findings with anyone who was interested. Apparently a lot of people were. Voted as one of the top VO Bloggers in 2011, Dave started getting a following of interested readers in the freelance business of voiceovers. After 2,500 blog articles, friends began urging Dave to publish a collection of his best blogs. More Than Just a Voice is that book. For those seeking answers about getting into the business, to others who needed a refresher on the latest techniques and trends, More Than Just a Voice is the perfect answer. It’s also some common sense advice in the face of rumors to the effect that vo