Sandi Klein's Conversations with Creative Women

Catching up with funny lady Julie Halston. Our

very first guest is back for a repeat performance; bringing us up to

date on her career (she's in a new Charles Busch play), her larger than

life mom, and sharing her quirky take on life in general. She's got

plenty of new material! 

Meet modern day explorer, pioneer, author Milbry Polk who among her travels, led a camel expedition retracing Alexander

the Great's route across Egypt. Polk co-founded WINGS WorldQuest, a

non-profit organization that serves as the leading resource and advocate

for female explorers world-wide. She is extra-ordinary!

Moira Sedgwick is a food and wine event professional who's worked as a private chef/caterer and with other New York chefs and restaurateurs producing press events and media campaigns including Share Our Strength - the nationwide organization that works to end childhood hunger in the U.S. In 2009 she started Rum and Blackbird Tasting Tours.

Karen Malpede is the author/director of 19 plays produced in the

US, Europe and Australia... a body of work that focuses on critical

issues of the day - war, human rights and social change. She and

husband, actor/producer George Bartenieff are the co-founders and

co-artistic directors of Theater Three Collaborative in New York.

Even the most successful senior executives hit roadblocks.  That's where Ora Shtull comes in. An

Executive Coach for more than 15 years, she's been working with

professionals in leading New York companies, helping them to enhance

their leadership presence - their ability to engage, connect and

influence in the workplace. She's also the author of The Glass Elevator: A Guide to Leadership Presence for Women on The Rise.

From singing jingles as a child...to providing backup vocals for the likes of Joe Cocker, Cher, Pink and Patti Austin, to featured vocalist with jazz trumpeter Chris Botti, (among others), to successful solo artist, Vivian Sessoms is one dynamic, soulful and sexy singer.

Dorothy Kalins is a mover and shaker. The

founding editor-in-chief of Metropolitan Home, she was also the driving

force behind Saveur magazine. Kalins was also Executive Editor of

Newsweek where she helped direct its National Magazine Award-winning

coverage of 9/11. In 2006 she launched Dorothy Kalins Ink - a magazine consulting and book publishing company.

Violinist Eva Leon has

been making beautiful music ever since she was a little girl growing up

in the Canary Islands. She is one of the most successful Spanish

violinists of her generation having won the major Spanish violin

competitions and several international ones.  Her performance schedule

as a soloist and chamber musician takes her all over the world.

Marione Ingram lived in Hamburg, Germany in the late 1930s/early 1940s. In her memoir, The Hands of War, she shares her harrowing, yet fascinating account of growing up Jewish under Hitler,and surviving Operation Gomorrah, 10 days and nights of relentless bombings by US and British Air Forces. As a teenager Marione emigrated to the US and having experienced racial discrimination in Europe became very active in the civil rights movement.

Valerie Steele, PhD. has been described as one of the fashion industry's most influential women. Director

and Chief Curator of the Museum at New York's Fashion Institute of

Technology (FIT), she has been instrumental in creating the modern field

of fashion studies as well as raise public awareness of fashion's

cultural and social significance.