Outstanding Authors

Improvising: My Life And Show Business, available on Amazon.

John Considine, television/film actor and writer.  Check out his author facebook page and his fiction book entitled A War.  And here is a written Q and A I did recently with him about his time on MacGyver.

Total run time: 1:02:17

0:01 - introduction

1:27 - early childhood

14:07 - acting career

25:39 - MacGyver

1:01:24 - epilogue

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One Little Spark!, available on Amazon.

Marty Sklar, former president of Imagineering and Disney Legend who has participated in the opening of all 11 Disney theme parks.

Total run time: 32:59.  My Dad, Walter, took part in the conversation also.

0:01 - Introduction and short background on Marty

1:51 -  Marty and my Dad join in and Marty explains why he wrote the book

6:08 - Listen to the Land song

8:55 - Mickey's Ten Commandments

10:11 - Trinidad Ruiz and cast member enthusiasm

12:32 - Alex Haley and the Equatorial Africa pavilion

15:06 - Herb Ryman and Ryman Arts

17:34 - Fort Wilderness and River Country

19:44 - Michael Eisner/Roy Disney feud

22:47 - overcrowding at Disney parks

24:56 - what happened to the "Disney's America" park

26:59 - 1964 New York World's Fair

30:17 - farewell and epilogue

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Kate Buford

Visit Kate at her website, check out her blog, and follow her on twitter at katebuford.  Her book can be purchased on Amazon.

Total run time: 52:01

0:01 - Introduction and short background on Jim

2:38 -  Kate joins in and we talk about Jim's early life

10:14 - the Carlisle Indian School

18:00 - Jim is stripped of his 1912 Olympic gold medals

24:27 - pro football and baseball

31:07 - Jim's personality

38:04 - the burial controversy

51:00 - epilogue

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