Book Talks: The Podcast

Book Talks: The Podcast

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  • Book Talks the Podcast Episode 20: Call to Him Before the Throne by Roger Lee Daub

    Roger Daub is a 71 years old, who loves his Lord, his country, and his family. He has written these poems in the hope that you will search the Word of God for the Truth, and you will be strengthened in your faith, or find that you need a Savior, Who is Christ Jesus. His prayers are with everyone who reads these poems. He and his wife are both ordained ministries of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They are also volunteers in a ministry in New Virginia, Iowa, that is named Jesus' Right Hand.

    56 min
  • Book Talks the Podcast Episode 19: Reunited by Lonnie Larson

    Reunited is more than just a science-fiction thriller.

    Robert is a humble man from Earth and he unexpectedly finds himself involved in an interplanetary romance. When Leah’s planet comes under attack and is nearly destroyed by a ruthless enemy; Bob is forced to leave without her and go back to Earth with some refugees.

    Sometime later Bob comes to the aid of some of his alien friends and has to leave Earth for a while. Once back home on Earth Bob finds himself dodging a nosy FBI agent and is forced to leave yet again.

    Bob spends the next 300 years traveling through space in and out of suspended animation searching for his wife, Leah; along the way he makes many friends and a few enemies as well. And through it all he never gives up hope. There’s suspense, danger and romance as Bob travels through space searching for his wife. And just when you think that it’s over you’ll be shocked at what happens next.


    Lonnie Larson was born in 1959, the second of five children. He grew up in Minnesota. Lonnie graduated from Wabasha-Kellogg High School in 1977 and went to work for a small sawmill. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1984. He did his basic training at M.C.R.D. San Diego California. He was trained in avionics at N.A.S. Millington Tennessee and then went to work on “Harrier Jump Jets” for the Marine Corps at M.C.A.S. Cherry Point North Carolina. After Lonnie was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps in 1987 he went back to work in Kellogg, Minnesota.

    Lonnie is very active in his community and in 1990 he became a volunteer Fire Fighter and First Responder for the small city of Kellogg. He has held the title of Mayor of Kellogg and the position of Post Commander at the Kellogg American Legion as well.

    Lonnie started writing in the early to mid-1990’s as just a hobby and continues to write as often as he can. He likes to write science fiction and a little poetry as well.

    35 min
  • Book Talks the Podcast Episode 18: Ancient Wisdoms: Exploring the Mysteries and Connections by Gayle Redfern

    Gayle Redfern's interest in spirituality has been life-long. This led to her degrees in psychology and holistic health. As a psychic, lecturer, motivational speaker, and author of three books, Inner Bridges, Ayurveda Demystystified, and Within & Beyond, she introduces us to the value of ancient knowledge as a means of bringing peace and harmony into our lives. 

    Many cultures learned these values millennia ago. Today, she shares the significance of applying ancient beliefs and laws to modern society. When individuals apply our ancient's beliefs to daily living, they bring their body, mind, and spirit into balance. 

    Each individual balance then transfers over to the entire community. As she continually explores various societies, she sees how some cultures achieve this communal harmony while other groups lose peace. Through her fourth book, she reacquaints us with the world's ancient teachings.

    50 min
  • Book Talks the Podcast Episode 17: Silent Echoes by Reverend Carl Yount

    A collection of epic poems that takes readers on a journey and descent into darker tales. 

    An epic poem is a lengthy, narrative work of poetry. These long poems typically detail extraordinary feats and adventures of characters from a distant past. The word “epic” comes from the ancient Greek term “epos,” which means “story, word, poem.”

    Reverend Carl Yount started upon a life on the road when working the carnival circuit starting at age fifteen. He traveled with a small outfit around western New York in the summer seasons, then taking off to other parts of the country working various unskilled and skilled jobs ranging from dishwashing to construction. He spent much time with poets and artists in New York City/New Jersey, wandering from coffee shop to coffee shop having philosophical discussions. His poetic. influences range from romanticism (William Blake, John Keats, PB Shelley) to surrealism Frederick Niche. This period of over ten years was filled with poetry, art, philosophy, and spirituality. Traveling cross-country on diverging roads between New York and LA by car train, and bus, he gained a wealth of life experiences.

    53 min
  • Book Talks the Podcast Episode 16: Within and Beyond: The Connection by Gayle Redfern

    Within & Beyond, The Connection takes complex concepts that have been around for many years, explaining how the earth and the universe are connected, pulling the magnetic energy up from the Earth and the electrical energy down from the Universe. This merger flows into each cell forming a star tetrahedron providing the wisdom of life for each of us. This channeled information defines the dimension as –Planes of Reference and Cosmic Life Pattern(CLP) as the internal genetic coding for each individual. As well as the channeled information presented here, Within & Beyond brings us historic quotes such as the one from Bob Frissell book “Nothing in this book is true But it’s exactly how things are.’’ My analysis is “Everything in this book is true, and its exactly how things have always been”.

    During her many years as a Health Consultant, Psychic and writer, Gayle Redfern helped individuals create balance in their lives. It was not long before she got the information of the individual’s acceptance of universal wisdom available to each of us. She soon became aware of the urgency and importance of accepting and applying the ancient data that is on our bookshelf. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Masters of Arts in Holistic Health all tailored toward learning how to use personal skills and how to help recognize the personal triggers as keys to healthy living. After discovering how easily Ayurveda brings balance and unity into one’s life, Redfern went beyond her private consultations to develop and teach workshops and seminars. These were designed to help people understand the basics of this “Science of Life.” The next step is writing and promoting psychic and spiritual books. Currently she has published four books Inner Bridges - Opening your Connection to Inner Peace & Harmony, Ayurveda Demystified-For Optimum Living, Within & Beyond - The Connection, Ancient Wisdoms- Exploring the Mysteries and Connections.

    39 min
  • Book Talks the Podcast Episode 15: Disaster at Bushehr by Reginald Nelson

    Disaster at Bushehr is the sequel to Reginald Nelson's first book, The Saudi Oil Gambit.


    An American cruise missile has been stolen by Iraqi terrorists and it is used to destroy the nuclear reactor in Bushehr, Iran. The terrorists leave hints that America and Israel are responsible for the attack on Iran, drawing them into a war against Israel. The I.N.C.I.S.O.R. team has grown, and Dr. Reginald Nelson has invented a new tracking device. The team travels to different locations in the world, rescuing kidnap victims and working to prevent another World War.

    52 min
  • Ayurveda DemystifiedEpisode 14: For Optimum Western Living by Gayle Redfern

    Ayurveda   Demystified, for  Optimum Western living

    Introducing Ayurveda into Western living involves understanding a new language, new philosophy, and new lifestyle, not an easy task. However, as an instructor, I quickly discovered that wisdom is worth pursuing; following this modified basic wisdom taught in the accompanying class became an easy task. As an instructor of the introductory Ayurveda class, I re-named the body’s three energy flows based upon Ayurveda Sanskrit terms. The Sanskrit terms -- Vata, Pitta, and     Kapha became the appropriate Western functions – movement, processing, and storage. Ayurveda Demystified helps an individual identify their personal dominant energy flow. With this knowledge, they can look for and apply the best remedies or foods for a healthy body. The next step is a choice. Do they stay with this amount of information or expand their knowledge?

    Gayle Redfern: During her many years as a   Health Consultant and Psychic, Gayle Redfern helped individuals create balance in their lives. She earned a Masters of Arts in Holistic   Health to help her learn how to recognize the personal triggers for illness and chaos which are keys to healthy living. After discovering how easily   Ayurveda brings balance and unity into one's life, Redfern went beyond her private consultations to develop and teach workshops and seminars. These were   designed to help people understand the basics of this "Science of   Life." The next step is writing and promoting psychic and spiritual books. Currently, she has published four books Inner Bridges - Opening your   Connection to Inner Peace & Harmony, Ayurveda Demystified - For Optimum   Living, Within & Beyond - The Connection, Ancient Wisdoms - Exploring the   Mysteries and Connections.

    46 min
  • Book Talks the Podcast Episode 13: The Saudi Oil Gambit by Reginald Nelson

    Reginald Nelson began writing about a decade ago where his writing follows the format of two of his favorite authors Tom Clancy and Dan Brown with plots around the world, taking the reader to places they haven’t been.

    Terrorists hide a nuclear bomb in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. They plan to detonate the bomb and cripple America’s oil reserves and make the United States dependent on Saudi Oil for years into the future. A group of three individuals work to find the terrorists and their pursuit takes them to interesting places around the world.  By the end of the book, the three decide to form an organization called INCISOR to work against terrorism around the world.

    47 min
  • Book Talks the Podcast Episode 12: Inner Bridges: Opening Your Connection to Inner Peace and Harmony, 2nd Edition by Gayle Redfern

    The Dalai Lama has given many talks about peace and how we all contribute to world peace. He says “The world doesn’t belong to just leaders; the world belongs to all humanity.” He argues that global peace comes through meditation which can only be achieved through bringing the individual body into balance, the vibrational energy of the entire inner being. We cannot alter our surroundings which hold the peace until we have this balance and peace within us. The channeled information in this book gives insight into the power within us, the power of our local region and how we balance our body, mind, spirit and the world around us. It shows how to use meditation, food, colors, nature and social settings to achieve this balance. Once you gain inner balance, these tools help balance everything around you. The key to begin is Live Local, Live Simple. This is the first step.

    Gayle Redfern’s interest in spirituality has been life-continuous with a focused drive over the past 15 years. As a conscious channel, she combines this gift with the learning from her degrees in Psychology and Holistic Health, helping others find solutions to achieve personal balance and reasons to share with others. Previously she worked in the communication industry as an educator, workshop leader and motivational speaker.

    This is a channeled book that incorporates wit and guidelines enabling you to make effective changes in your current daily life. You discover the basic of understanding enabling you It tries to show that by living a simple balanced life is a way of bring peace and harmony into your world. This way each person can achieve a sense of balance o that is free of ego and greed. GREED is defined as being for the good of the individualand PRIDE is for the good of all.  In this way, working on the entire globe, works on the damage.  In many respects we are link to the pandemics. to make effective changes.

    55 min
  • Book Talks the Podcast Episode 11: Seventy-Five: Best NBA Players and Teams Rated by Statistician who has Seen Games Since 1947 by Dave Heeren

    Who you got?! Who's the G.O.A.T of basketball?


    If you are a basketball fan, these are questions that could spark emotional debates. Yes! That intense.

    As NBA, celebrates its 75th year this month, we talked to Dave Heeren, an award-winning journalist. A sportswriter who has seen literally NBA games first hand for its past 74 seasons. He is revered by his colleagues as the "OG" of basketball analytics. He is the creator of TENDEX, a basketball mathematical-statistical formula in order to determine the playing efficiency of basketball players. This creation landed him a job as a  Statistician for his favorite basketball team, The New York Knicks.

    This book features the NBA’s statistical history, its all-time greatest teams, and players, the best shooters, rebounders, and playmakers. One chapter features statistical evidence that TENDEX was much more effective in rating players for the NBA draft than were the league’s professional scouts. The book ends with a chart listing in order the 75 greatest players in NBA history.

    1 hr 35 min

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