Steve Kay's Variety Show.

Hello all,

Thought I would share with you some tid bits of news that I ascertained from my search browser, going back about 3 weeks ago.

I used to call it the unusual news, but today, nothing really seems unusual anymore.

So let's just say, it's what's new in the news, or yesterday's news.

Today Mary Follin was kind enough to join us and tell us about her online program that helps parents teach their children to read.

Mary has a back ground in marketing sales, web design, e mail marketing. When her children were young, she worked with them to help them learn to read, this manifested into a passion of her own to help other parents. She launched her own program, Teachyourchildtoread.com. The program has evolved from flash cards and materials sent in the mail, to an online platform that is affordable, easy to understand, and is helping teachers, parents, and children to achieve literacy.

Most people have at least one social media account. Many spend hours scrolling, this is nothing new.

Is it a good thing? when does it get in our way of accomplishing really important things?

How much is your social media usage? and how much time are you spending on social media, comparing yourself to others and looking for feedback on your posts?

Today we had the honor of Chris Maher, actor and producer join us for a conversation.

Chris has many movie credits including:

Blowback

Lover Stalker Killer

Mojave Desert

Boardwalk Winter

Canyon of the Dead

and many others

You can find Chris on Instagram @Chrisfredma

Do you ever find yourself, boasting to others that you met a famous person? or that you went to school with a person who became famous? or that you knew them from open mics, or acting, or whatever before they blew up and went viral?

I catch myself doing that often, and I am trying to stop, it is not good for your own morale, you are minimizing your importance as a person.

It's okay to be a regular person, because the truth is folks, that we are all regular people. Some are just more well known.

I was in a dark moment in my life, when the wise words from a Taxi Driver helped to change my outlook, and I still think of it occasionally.

The guests are coming in, we had a few, have a few more lined up, and we are getting some great interviews here.

NIMBY= Not in my backyard.

You may have heard of the term.

It is when a community voices it's concerns and opposition to the opening of a particular residence or business in their neighborhood for various reasons.

Every one in this world needs help at one point, and personally I do care about those who are less fortunate. But the question is, those who really need help are so mixed in there surrounded by bad acting characters, that it reduces our sensitivity as a society.

If you are old enough, you will remember where you were and what you were doing during on 9/11/01. It is probable, as it affected us all, we were in shock.

There were two global crises (yes I call 911 global as people all over the world were affected by it) in which the world that we knew seemed to have temporarily stopped, and that was 911, and the pandemic of 2020.

Originally from Philadelphia, Richard Blank studied Spanish at a young age. While in college, he lived abroad in Spain and immersed himself in the language.

Upon his return to the USA, he interned for Telemundo, and eventually made the bold step of relocating to Costa Rica at age 25 to help out a friend, working in a call center.

There, he met his wife, and built his own call center from the ground up. He now oversees a company with bi-lingual telemarketers doing inbound and outbound calls, in addition to being a CEO, he is a mentor and a trainer to the many people who are a part of his team.

Today we had the pleasure of speaking with Fabian Farina and Mariano Mattei. Two lifelong friends from Philadelphia, who started out in a rock band together, and about 8 years ago, started wrtiting and producing films together.

Four Olives is a an independent film co based in Philadephia, they have produced three full length feature films and nine distinct short films.

They have earned awards including: best director for 'One Night" and best dramatic short film for "She's Over It"

In addition, they were an official finalist at the Milan Film Festival.

Thank you, Mariano an Fabian for being our guest today.