dave huntoon is a lieutenant general who is the director of the army staff.  i met him at the new york stock exchange where he and sergeant david obray, 2008 soldier of the year participated in the ringing of the bell at the close of the trading day.  it was to celebrate the 234th birthday of the united states army.

sam chandan is the ceo of “real estate economics” and he takes a somewhat scientific approach to the real estate market.  he has taught at several major universities.  i asked him to explain just what “real estate economics” is?

marina peredo is the authority on sweat.  she is a board-certified dermatologist in private practice in smithtown, new york.  we met at a wedding reception in manhattan where the bride and the groom were probably sweating.   my first question to this lovely doctor was “do some people sweat more than others?” 

larry jones is the founder of “feed the children” which is one of the ten largest international charities in the united states.  he and his wife, frances jones, serve 800,000 meals a day with the help of a great many volunteers all over the world.  he was in new york city to give food to 4,000 needy families in the big apple.

marc siegel is an associate professor at the nyu school of medicine.  dr. siegel is an authority on the swine flu vaccine and he explained to me and the listeners why we should have it.  he also points out the economic toll a pandemic can have.

vivy bromfield is a nanny.  she calls herself a child care provider but she is so much like mary poppins that we have to call her nanny.  i never had a nanny, did you?  guess what her favorite movie is?  mary poppins of course.

rita garza is the director of communications of the u.s. open tennis event held each year in new york city.  it is the highest attended annual sporting event in the world and by the time it is over, it will have drawn, in two weeks, more than 700,000 fans.  alec baldwin, the actor, joins in our discussion at the end of the interview.  i also, off air, had the opportunity to talk with ann pendleton who is with levy restaurants which operate the mojito bar & restuarant at the u.s. open.  i was amazed when she told me that her company also operates four other restaurants, 60 concessions and 100 suites at the u.s. open.  the first question i asked rita garza was, “what is the u.s. open?

kevin baker is a historian who among other things, writes books about new york city.  he has also written an interesting piece for the new york times telling about the new york city that president obama lived in during the 1980’s.

emmanuel gradoux-matt is a craftsman who makes and fixes violins.  he is the master of an old world type of skill and yet he obviously is a modern businessman. i asked him to make me a violin.

liya gelman is a vascular ultrsound technician.  listening to her, and keeping in mind that 76,000 jobs have been added to the healthcare industry, makes for a good advertisement as to why young people should consider healthcare careers.