All Across America

Sister Marie Paul is a cloistered, contemplative nun. She is a member of the community of the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary. Founded in the year 1206, the Dominican Order is over 800 years old.  *This episode was recorded on location from a partitioned meeting room.

Don is one the leading experts on the Roswell incident and is the co-author of two best-selling books on the event. He was a former co-director of the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, where he served as director of special investigations for ten years. He is also a founder and board advisor of the International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell. 

As one of the leading experts on the Roswell Incident, Kevin has conducted over 600 witness interviews and published widely on the incident. Kevin was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, served in the Iraq War as an intelligence officer, and retired from the Iowa National Guard in 2009. A prolific author, he has written over 100 books. The latest, “1973,” is available now.

Mason is a blues musician and singer-songwriter. His harmonica blues has been heard at festivals, theaters, and venues across the world. *This episode was recorded on location: a picnic table by Wallace Pond, Leonard Park.

Mike is the host of the podcast Amazing Tales from Off and On Connecticut's Beaten Path. He was the News Director at Connecticut radio stations i-95 (WRKI-FM) and WINE and spent seven years in government, including as Press Secretary for the Mayor of Danbury.

Niels is an eight-time Guinness World Record holding professional juggler. He is an author of "Unbalanced: The Rise and Fall of Anglo the Juggler." Niels is currently performing six nights a week in Array – Variety Show at the Mountain Entertainment Theatre in Dollywood.

April Davis is the founder and president of Luma - Luxury Matchmaking, a nationwide matchmaking service with clients in over 40 states.  She has been featured on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Orange County and has made media appearances across the country.  www.lumasearch.com 

Matt is the founder of North Bridger Bison, a family run bison ranch in the Shields Valley of Montana that provides grassfed, field-harvested bison meat. He is the former director of the Northern Rockies office of the Natural Resources Defense Council, in Bozeman. 

Seven years into an epic 50,000 mile circumnavigation of the planet without motors of any kind, Markus is now in the Caribbean. He will sail to Florida in late January and head north overland. He plans to hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to the Hudson River, then paddle to the Erie Canal for the final stretch to Toronto, where his journey began in 2015.  Routesofchange.org

Olivia Hill's memoir, Travel North Black Girl, was published by Woodneath Press in May.  She is a recipient of the Lorraine Hansberry Award from the Kennedy Center for her play, "Mother Spense."