This week on TALK! with AUDREY: In this challenging job market, many people opt to transition from employee to entrepreneur. This is the choice my guest, WILBERT POWE made in 2013 when he resigned his position as a freight broker for a major transportation company that generated $275 million in 2013 with projections to earn $450 million in 2014. Powe's next move was business ownership. He founded AZ HOD FREIGHT BROKERAGE DIVISION in 2014 and he is a rising star in the world of freight brokering, a vital segment in the $400 Billion shipping industry. Find out what it takes to transition from employee to entrepreneur.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: My guest is OLYMPIAN, NOELLE PIKUS PACE and she shares her secret to juggling the Olympics and being a mom! While it's no secret that being a mother provides enormous joy, parenting can be a challenge. Most of today's mothers find themselves with not only the task of caring for children of all ages, but also trying to juggle and balance a career along with an endless list of family responsibilities. Noelle Pikus Pace is no exception . . . it's hard work!

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: REVEREND KERON SADLER, NAACP National Health Program Manager is my guest. February 7th is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Did you know that the African American community bears the largest burden of the HIV epidemic over any other racial or ethnic group in the United States? Reverend Sadler has information about the NAACP's partnership with Black Church's to provide training for faith leaders and a first-of-its-kind manual to offer a framework to integrate HIV education in churches and seminaries.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: JONATHAN BLUM, Principal Deputy Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is my guest. Medicare Open Enrollment is the time when people with Medicare are encouraged to review their current health and prescription drug coverage and changes in costs and benefits that will take effect for 2014. This year's annual Medicare Open Enrollment period, which began on October 15, is ending on December 7 so there isn't much time left. If you want to change your health and prescription drug coverage for next year, doing it during this period will ensure your new coverage can begin without interruption on January 1, 2014.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: DR. DEMETRIUS K. LOPES, Neurosurgeon and National Spokesperson, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association is my guest. One in six people worldwide will have a stroke in their lifetime. In the United States alone, someone has a stroke every 40 seconds.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: Thousands of service members have been returning from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom with injuries that have been called the "signature wounds" of Iraq and Afghanistan. CRAIG ROBERTS, Spokesperson for The AMERICAN LEGION joins me to talk about issues of importance to veterans and military families and what The American Legion can do to help.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: ALLEGIANT is the highly anticipated final book in VERONICA ROTH's bestselling DIVERGENT trilogy. First published in May 2011, DIVERGENT was an instant best seller, immediately embraced by both teen readers and adults alike. The book series is poised to become a major pop culture phenomenon. VERONICA ROTH joins me on the show to talk about ALLEGIANT . . . Photo: Courtesy of Harper Collins. Subject to Copyright

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month – CHANDINI PORTTEUS, MPH, Chief Mission Officer, Susan G. Komen Foundation is my guest. This is an ideal time to discuss what we have learned from more than 30 years of research and what that means in terms of prevention, screening, and treatment of breast cancer today, as well as the challenges still faced in the mission to end breast cancer forever.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY:BERTRAM SCOTT, President & CEO, Affinity Health Plan, Bronx, NYC is my guest. On October 1, the New York State Health Plan Marketplace opened under the Affordable Care Act and with 16 health insurers to choose from, understanding the differences between plan options will be critical to New York families. We talk about what every you need to know about navigating the health insurance marketplace.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: MARK VELLECA,Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is my guest. On October 1, 2013, as part of the new Affordable Care Act (ACA), health insurance exchanges opened for enrollment and millions of Americans who were previously uninsured now have the opportunity to purchase health insurance coverage effective in 2014. The new health care legislation poses some specific challenges for cancer patients, including those with a blood cancer.