Author2Author

Bill welcome blogger, foodie, and memoirist Tara Austen Weaver to the show. Tara is author of numerous books, including The Butcher and the Vegetarian, which was mentioned  in Newsweek, on New York Magazine’s Grub Street, in Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Redbook, and Women’s Wear Daily. She writes the incredible popular blog Tea and Cookies, which has been recommended by the Food Network and selected by the Times of London as one of the top 50 food blogs in the world, and by The Independent (UK) as one of the 50 best food sites in the world. We'll be talking about all these things, as well as her new memoir Orchard House. Don't miss it.

Bill welcomes Kim Schneiderman to the show. Kim Schneiderman is a psychotherapist, workshop facilitator, former journalist, and spiritual essayist. She counsels adults through her private psychotherapy practice and has facilitated therapeutic writing groups at the 92nd Street Y, the JCC in Manhattan, FEGS Health and Human Services, the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS), Art Studio NY, Limmud New York, and various other venues. We will be discussing her new book, Step Out of Your Story: Writing Exercises to Reframe and Transform Your Life. Don't miss it.

Bill welcomes author and thinker Richard Barrett to the show. Richard Barrett is an author, speaker and internationally recognised thought leader on the evolution of human values in business and society. He is the founder and chairman of the Barrett Values Centre, a Fellow of the World Business Academy, an Advisory Board Member of the Centre for Integral Wisdom, Honorary Board Member of the Spirit of Humanity Forum, and Former Values Coordinator at the World Bank. We will be discussing his latest book, The Metrics of Human Consciousness. Don't miss it!

Bill welcomes novelist Stephanie Kallos back to the show. Kallos's short fiction has received a Raymond Carver Award and a Pushcart Prize nomination. Her first novel, Broken for You, was published in 2004; it was chosen by Sue Monk Kidd as a “Today Show” book club selection, and received the Washington State and PNBA Book Awards. Her second novel, Sing Them Home, was published in 2009; a Pacific NW Independent Booksellers bestseller, it was selected as a January ’09 IndieNext title. We will be talking about her latest novel, Language Arts. Don't miss it!

Bill welcomes psychotherapist and author Sunita Pattani to the show. In addition to her practice, Pattani shares her message through a combination of speaking, running workshops, and writing. A regular blogger for Huffington Post, Pattani’s first book, My Secret Affair with Chocolate Cake – The Emotional Eater’s Guide to Breaking Free was published in 2012. We will be discussing her second book The Transcendent Mind – The Missing Peace in Emotional Wellbeing. Don't miss it!

Bill welcomes author, speaker, and publisher Marc Allen to the show. Marc is an internationally renowned author and president and publisher of New World Library, which he co-founded (with Shakti Gawain) in 1977. He has guided the company from a small start-up with no capital to its current position as one of the leading independent publishers in the country. Today we'll be discussing his latest book, Tantra For The West. Should be fun!

Bill welcomes renowned behavioral economist Richard H. Thaler to the show. Richard is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the American Finance Association and the Econometrics Society, and is the actiing President of the American Economic Association. He is also the author of the bestelling book Nudge. This week we'll be discussing his latest book, Misbehaving, which looks at how economists can use actual human behavior to create more viable economic models. Don't miss it!

Bill welcomes author and quantum physicist Amit Goswami to the show. Dr. Goswami served as a full professor at the University of Oregon’s Department of Physics from 1968 to 1997. He is currently a pioneer of the new paradigm of science called “science within consciousness,” an idea he explicated in his seminal book, The Self-Aware Universe, where he also solved the quantum measurement problem elucidating the famous observer effect. Bill and Dr. Goswami will discuss his most recent books, Quantum Creativity and Quantum Economics. Don't miss it!

Bill welcomes debut novelist Patricia Park to the show. Patricia's essays have been published in the New York Times, the Guardian, Slice Magazine, and many others.  Her first novel Re Jane, is a Korean-American retelling of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë set in NYC and Seoul. Don't miss it!

Bill welcomes Steampunk novelist Brooke Johnson to the show. Join Bill and Brooke as they discuss all things fictional, mechanical, steamy, and punky. Don't miss it!