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Actor James Faulkner discusses his role as Paul in the film "Paul, Apostle of Christ." (From March 2018.)

Born in Hampstead, London, James Faulkner has enjoyed a prolific and varied career spanning more than 40 years. In 2017, he was widely acknowledged for his portrayal of Randyll Tarly in HBO’s Game of Thrones as well as playing the head of MI6 in ATOMIC BLONDE alongside Charlize Theron. His numerous British and U.S. television roles include such series as Downton Abbey, Da Vinci’s Demons, I Claudius, The Martian Chronicles, Crazy Like a Fox, Highlander and La Femme Nikita. Film credits include X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, THE GOOD SHEPHERD starring Robert de Niro, BRIDGET JONES’ DIARY among many others. James’ theatre roles include multiple West End productions, and he has narrated over 40 documentaries, read 15 audio books and voiced a number of video games.

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We open the vault and go all the way back to 2014 for my chat with LeeAnn Rimes, who was promoting her Christmas tour and her album “ONE Christmas - Chapter 1."

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Ian Port talks about his book THE BIRTH OF LOUD: LEO FENDER, LES PAUL & THE GUITAR-PIONEERING RIVALRY THAT SHAPED ROCK 'N ROLL.  (From 1-17-19)

Ian Port is an award-winning writer and music critic whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, and The Believer, among other publications. He is also the former music editor of the San Francisco Weekly. He lives in New York. For more information, visit: www.iansmithport.com.

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Andrew Chimka, industry hiring expert and LinkedIn's Director of Product Management, shares his top hiring tips for small business success, including the state of hiring today for small businesses, the top challenges small businesses face, and how LinkedIn is helping small businesses find qualified candidates with its new AI assistant.

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Legendary comedian and actor Tommy Davidson returns to the show for a fun interview and to promote his upcoming appearance at the Chicago Improv in Schaumburg Dec 20-22.

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With an uptick in flu, Covid, and RSV, virus hunter Mary Rodgers shares tips on navigating the winter months.

Mary Rodgers, Ph.D. is an Associate Research Fellow in Abbott’s diagnostics business.

In her role, Mary manages research from the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition, the first industry-led global scientific and public health partnership dedicated to the early detection of and rapid response to future pandemic threats. As part of the coalition, over 20 sites around the world monitor circulating and emerging pathogens to help quickly detect outbreaks, and then work together with health officials to minimize the spread.

Mary also tracks the diversity of infectious diseases including HIV, hepatitis and SARS-CoV-2 to track new variant’s impact on diagnostic testing. In 2019, Mary and a team of Abbott scientists announced the discovery of a new subtype of HIV and made the sequence available to the global research community. This research marked the first time in 19 years that a new subtype of HIV-1 Group M had been identified.

Mary joined Abbott in 2014 and has authored or coauthored more than 40 research papers and contributed thousands of viral genomes to public databases. Mary was named one of Business Insider’s 30 under 40 Young Leaders in Biotech in 2017 and is an inducted member of Abbott’s Volwiler Society, which recognizes its most distinguished scientists and engineers.

Mary received her Ph.D. in biological and biomedical sciences from Harvard University. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Southern California.

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Award-winning author Sandra Magsamen discusses her career writing books for children and her newest board book, "Silly Santa."

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It's always a good time to talk Wisconsin cheese, and returning guest Julie Hartigan has some great recipes and entertaining ideas using the world's most awarded cheese!

Julie Hartigan is a trained chef, recipe creator, hosting expert, and culinary travel guide who helps people enjoy the good life with cooking, entertaining, and travel tips! A former engineer whose career changed into the culinary world, attending the Institute of Culinary Education in NYC and later working at Food Network and Saveur magazine; Julie is a regular on your favorite morning and lifestyle shows and has published 1000's of recipes and hosting tips for Food Network, Weight Watchers, Real Simple, Shape Magazine, Pop Sugar, Bed Bath Beyond, and more. A fun-loving person and natural born host; Julie loves sharing easy recipes and entertaining ideas so you can kick back and enjoy your party too.  You can learn more at JulieHartigan.com.

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Whether dealing with “invited pain” from physical activity or “uninvited pain” from an injury or condition – pain is a reality for many Americans. In fact, the CDC estimates that 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain.

Harley Pasternak, The fitness instructor to celebrities such as Ariana Grande, Jessica Simpson, Adam Levine, and Gwyneth Paltrow shares techniques such as salt soaks, foam rolling, and the first FDA-registered topical pain relief line formulated with CBD, CBDMEDIC. (From 11-14-19)

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From 10-5-16: Comedian and actress Phoebe Robinson talks about her first book, You Can't Touch My Hair (And Other Things I Still Have to Explain).