akaRadioRed's Creative People Roundtable

akaRadioRed welcomes two non-stop creatives. Raised by hippie parents, Andy Costello is a graphic artist and illustrator who used to run a comic bookstore, after growing up watching 80s and 90s action cartoons such as Transformers, G.I. Joe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and too many episodes of WWE Monday Night Raw. As "Psycho Andy", he hosts "Other Strangeness" on VoiceAmerica Variety, speaking about creativity with illustrators, graphic designers, actors, musicians, and video game developers. Grayce McCormick, a veteran of radio, the music industry, and equal parts entrepreneur and intuitive, founded the Creative Edge Film Festival and Lightfinder PR, a boutique firm specializing in the arts, entertainment, nonprofits, and veterans' affairs. She is producing a Midwest-based multi-million-dollar feature film in partnership with Sony and is the former Director of Media and PR for Maharishi Foundation. Join akaRadioRed for Read My Lips: Inspiring Your Go-Big Creativity!

akaRadioRed welcomes a creative hacker/social engineer and a prolific writer/thriller novelist. Chris Hadnagy, global security expert and master hacker, is founder and CEO of Social-Engineer, LLC, creator of the Social Engineer Podcast, and designer of Advanced Practical Social Engineering, the first hands-on social engineering training course and certification for law enforcement, military & private professionals. Chris is the author of HUMAN HACKING: Win Friends, Influence People, and Leave Them Better Off for Having Met You (Harper Business, 2021). John Thibault, who played in a teen rock band, has written 21 screenplays, three novels, a book of poetry, and numerous articles. His screenplays have won acclaim in 50+ film festivals and screenplay contests. John is the author of the mystery thrillers Ghost Town, Deadly Serious and #1 international bestseller How to Change a Law, a 2017 Reader's Favorite Gold Medal Winner. Join akaRadioRed for Embracing Your Inventive Creativity!

akaRadioRed welcomes two multi-faceted creatives. Marilyn Anderson is a bestselling author, produced playwright, and award-winning writer for film and TV. She wrote for Murphy Brown, FAME, Sherman Oaks, Friday the 13th – the Series, and Carol & Company, starring Carol Burnett. Marilyn is the author of the personal finance book, How to Live Like a Millionnaire When You're a Million Short and the humorous relationship book, Never Kiss A Frog: A Girl's Guide to Creatures from the Dating Swamp. William Joseph Riegler, CMO of NPOWALK4PEACE Japan, has taught English to children age 3-12 in Japan for 44 years. William has fund-raised for 35 years to bring relief supplies to Ghana, Zimbabwe, Thailand, Nepal, Philippines, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda, and has traveled to 67 countries for peace. The author of Living My Ecstatic Life, William has filmed mountain gorillas and walking with lions. Join akaRadioRed for Living An Ecstatically Creative Life!

akaRadioRed welcomes two career creatives. Natajia Miller is a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant. A global traveler who has lived in Dubai and China, she was an award-winning standup comedian in Dubai and a guest correspondent for China's National News Station, Xinhua Live, where her YouTube videos had hundreds of thousands of views. She had the #1 video of the quarter twice. Since age 10, Natajia has been writing songs and poetry and doing choreography. Rebecah Freeling, owner of Wits' End Parenting, is a child behavior expert specializing in kids with defiance and oppositional behavior, emotional volatility, aggression, and other problem behaviors. She is the author of Your Rules Are Dumb: How to Maintain Your Parental Authority While Creating a Partnership With Your Spirited Child and developer of The Agreement Game for teaching cooperation and collaboration to strong-willed kids. Join akaRadioRed for Problem-Solving Careers: Channeling Your Inner Creativity!

akaRadioRed welcomes two pushing-the-boundaries creatives. Alexa Fitzpatrick's 10,000 hours of bartending–from a NY City dive bar to Chef Nobu's five-star Aspen CO sushi restaurant–inspired her standup comedy show. Dubbed "the bartender you want to find at the end of the day," she left standup for the corporate world and met colleagues who lacked life-skills that good bartenders master in their first week. Her upcoming book: "Serving Bait to Rich People: A Bartender's Guide to Happiness". Estee Gubbay is the owner of Luxurist Travel Agency and author of the bestselling "Your Travel Bucket List: The Ultimate Guide to Enriching Your Life with Great Adventures and Unforgettable Memories". From her work as a self-development workshop planner and mastermind group facilitator, Estee helps clients discover new travel ideas and brainstorm trips that match their desires. luxuristtravel.com/book. Join akaRadioRed for A Creativity Bucket List: Bartending, Comedy, Writing, and Travel!

akaRadioRed welcomes two non-stop creatives. Anne Pratt grew up in an anti-apartheid family in South Africa. She went from a standing ovation dancing for a South Africa top ballet company at age three to being a Harvard fellow in less than four decades. She ran a top advertising agency at age 28, started a top executive search company and wrote poetry for South Africa's captains of industry and cabinet ministers. Judith Fein is an international travel and culture journalist, author, speaker, playwright, screenwriter, movie and theatre critic, opera librettist, theatre director and Psychology Today blogger. Her books include Life Is A Trip: The Transformative Magic of Travel, The Spoon from Minkowitz: A Bittersweet Roots Journey Through Ancestral lands, and How to Communicate with the Dead…And How Cultures Do It Around the World. Join akaRadioRed for The Creative Life: Never Stop Reinventing Yourself.

akaRadioRed welcomes a family of creatives! David F. D'Orazi is the author of "The In-Between Artist: The Story of Tony D'Orazi", a candid reflection on his father's life drawn from journals and scrapbooks from the early 1920s. Vince D'Orazi started making movies on his parents' VHS camcorder in the 1980's. He received a 2017 Emmy Award as Co-Executive Producer of HGTV's Flea Market Flip and performs with his rock band. Daniel D'Orazi started framing homes at 16, studied fine art in Florence, Italy, and now designs and remodels old homes in SoCal. Ryan D'Orazi was a sign painter, worked in the art and marketing world, and became an instructor at the Art Center in Pasadena. He is a professional graphic artist and web designer. Michael John D'Orazi worked as a TV Production Assistant in Hollywood, then tended bar and surfed in Australia. He now teaches Braille to the blind and visually impaired in San Diego. Join akaRadioRed for Creativity DNA: One Family, Three Generations!

akaRadioRed welcomes two creative creatives. Mary Sise, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, has been a leading voice in advancing the field of energy psychology for over two decades. She develops training and course work on releasing negative beliefs, healing trauma and dissociation, and the role and responsibilities of the healer. Mary is the co-author of The Energy of Belief: Psychology's Power Tools to Focus Intention & Release Blocking Beliefs, and the author of 2020's Tapping the Panic Out of Pandemic. Tony Barker is a Black Belt who teaches Peace. Tony has been a welder, truck driver, construction worker, Air Force enlistee, manufacturing plant manager, on-air radio personality, stand-up comic, and professional musician. His book, The Civility Plan, due out in February 2021, addresses the "greatest single threat" in America – a lack of civility. Join akaRadioRed for Creativity for 2021: Tapping Into A Fresh Start.

akaRadioRed welcomes two diverse and diversified creatives. Ingrid Huffman, aka Ingrid Dancing Winds, is a pig wrangler, goat herder, tractor mechanic, plumber, restoration rancher, a quilt, soap and paper maker, and a former RN, soldier and sailor. She is the creator of Owl Warrior hub, curator of the CTL process (creation, transformation, liberation) and guide to help liberate people from PTSD. Schara is a rising pop star from Vancouver, Canada. Her hit single "Real Love" landed her on the Top 100 Radio charts alongside Taylor Swift and Maroon 5 and is now featured on MTV. As a child, Schara excelled at voice, guitar and piano lessons, sang in a children's choir, and was writing her own songs. Her childhood home was filled with music from Bob Marley, Marilyn Manson, Eminem, Nirvana, Enya, Katy Perry, and Taylor Swift. Schara's dream is to become an internationally renowned pop star. Join akaRadioRed for Creativity That Pops: Meet A Restoration Rancher and an MTV Star!

akaRadioRed welcomes two versatile, non-stop creatives. US Army Colonel Deb Lewis is a West Point graduate from its first class with women. She survived the 9/11 Pentagon attack while serving on the Joint Staff antiterrorism team. Colonel Deb's experiences leading under fire inspired her unique 'Mentally Tough Women' program to help women handle more stress – not de-stress – and put it to work for them. She retired after a 34-year military career. Tune in to hear how she spends her time now! Randy Rolfe, a retired lawyer and founder of the Institute for Creative Solution, is the best-selling author of The Four Temperaments and three other books. Randy says, "Whether dating, trying to understand your spouse or child, collaborating with a co-worker, or discovering your unique creativity, it helps to understand the four temperaments. You can make an educated guess just from your favorite foods!" Join akaRadioRed for Mentally Tough Women and Your Temperament's Food Faves!