Whet that sun-parched whistle of yours with an ice-cold beer, hand-selected for libation-lovers like you by The Halli Casser-Jayne Show. Join us when The Halli Casser-Jayne Show presents Everything You Don’t Know About Beer with our guests Beerology author Mirella Amato, The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Happy Hour author John Schlimm and Vintage Beer author Patrick Dawson.

John Schlimm is the international award-winning author of several books, including The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Cookbooks, The Beer Lover’s Cookbook and is soon to add a new title to his long list with the release of The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Happy Hour, which features over 325 recipes for your favorite bar snacks and beer cocktails. John Schlimm is a member of one of the oldest and most historic brewing families in the United States, Straub Brewery. He has appeared on national media outlets including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, NPR’s The Splendid Table, Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food, and Fox & Friends. He holds a master’s degree from Harvard University.

Mirella Amato is a women with a mission, who has dedicated herself to promoting local beer and beer appreciation since 2007. She is the first non-US resident to earn the title Master Cicerones. She holds an advance brewing certificate, is a National Level BJCP judge and has sat on juries for the Canadian Brewing Awards, the Great American Beer Festival, the European Beer Star, and the World Beer Cup. She is the recipient of the 2012 OCB Center of Excellence Industry Choice Award in Food & Beer Matching Development. She can be frequently heard on CBC Radio and her writing has appeared in a number of beer magazines.

Patrick Dawson has been accredited as a judge through the Beer Judge Certification Program and has been collecting, aging, and consuming vintage beers for more than a decade. A respected voice on the subject of vintage beer, he travels throughout the United States and Europe collecting beers worthy of aging. He also reviews brew pubs for the North Denver Tribune. His personal cellar, in Colorado, is an evolving collection of hundreds of vintage treasures. His new book Vintage Beer, A Taster’s Guide to Brews That Improve Over Time has just been released.

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They were a group of American post-World War II writers who came to be known as The Beat Generation. They were a cultural phenomena that both documented and inspired.The Halli Casser-Jayne Show brings you the voices of The Beat Generation in a conversation with San Francisco author and poet Alan Kaufman, author and publisher Brenda Knight, and founder and curator of The Beat Museum Jerry Cimino.

Alan Kaufman is the author of two critically acclaimed memoirs Jew Boy and Drunken Angel and a novel Matches. Praised by authors as diverse as Hubert Selby Jr, Dave Eggars and David Mamet, e is also the editor of the bestselling anthologies The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry and more. He recently co-directed The Allen Ginsberg Festival and is co-founder with Clayton Patterson of The Acker Awards, an annual tribute given to members of the international avant garde underground. His works have been translated and appeared internationally.

Brenda Knight is a twenty-year publishing veteran, starting at Harper Collins. She is the author of American Book Award-winning Women of the Beat Generation. She has worked with many bestselling authors including Mark Nepo, Phil Cousineau, and Paolo Coehlo. She is founding editor of Viva Editions, a division of Cleis Press.

Jerry Cimino is the founder of The Beat Museum, which began in 2003 in Monterey, California and moved to San Francisco in 2006. The museum is dedicated to spreading the spirit of The Beat Generation, which is defined as tolerance, compassion and having the courage to live individual truth. The Beat Museum is home to an extensive collection of Beat memorabilia, including original manuscripts and first editions, letters, personal effects and cultural ephemera.

Alan Kaufman, Brenda Knight, Jerry Cimino: The Beat Generation on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show. For more information about The Halli Casser-Jayne Show visit http://bit.ly/U4EEMd.

They were a group of American post-World War II writers who came to be known as The Beat Generation. They were a cultural phenomena that both documented and inspired.The Halli Casser-Jayne Show brings you the voices of The Beat Generation in a conversation with San Francisco author and poet Alan Kaufman, author and publisher Brenda Knight, and founder and curator of The Beat Museum Jerry Cimino.

Alan Kaufman is the author of two critically acclaimed memoirs Jew Boy and Drunken Angel and a novel Matches. Praised by authors as diverse as Hubert Selby Jr, Dave Eggars and David Mamet, e is also the editor of the bestselling anthologies The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry and more. He recently co-directed The Allen Ginsberg Festival and is co-founder with Clayton Patterson of The Acker Awards, an annual tribute given to members of the international avant garde underground. His works have been translated and appeared internationally.

Brenda Knight is a twenty-year publishing veteran, starting at Harper Collins. She is the author of American Book Award-winning Women of the Beat Generation. She has worked with many bestselling authors including Mark Nepo, Phil Cousineau, and Paolo Coehlo. She is founding editor of Viva Editions, a division of Cleis Press.

Jerry Cimino is the founder of The Beat Museum, which began in 2003 in Monterey, California and moved to San Francisco in 2006. The museum is dedicated to spreading the spirit of The Beat Generation, which is defined as tolerance, compassion and having the courage to live individual truth. The Beat Museum is home to an extensive collection of Beat memorabilia, including original manuscripts and first editions, letters, personal effects and cultural ephemera.

Alan Kaufman, Brenda Knight, Jerry Cimino: The Beat Generation on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show. For more information about The Halli Casser-Jayne Show visit http://bit.ly/U4EEMd.

When it comes to celebrities, they don’t make ‘em like they used to, which is why the The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds will be delving into the lives of three iconic stars – three of the natural wonders in the world of celebrity – Audrey Hepburn, Barbra Streisand and Julia Child.

Join The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds when Halli talks with bestselling authors about their biographies: Margaret Cardillo of Just Being Audrey, William J. Mann of Hello Gorgeous, Becoming Barbra Streisand, and Bob Spitz author of Dearie, The Remarkable Life of Julia Child. With them Halli will explore three women born of a time when talent as well as style mattered, and when the pursuit of greatness, not infamy, was rewarded.

“These three women couldn’t have been more different but they shared one thing in common: a pursuit of excellence with an equal respect for individualism,” says executive producer and host Halli Casser-Jayne. “In a world where the unique is too-often sublimated by sameness, these women have a lesson to teach us all.”

Author Margaret Cardillo is a Michener Fellow at The University of Miami. Bob Spitz wrote the New York Times bestseller The Beatles, and William J. Mann’s biography of Katharine Hepburn, Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2006 by the New York Times.

For more information on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds visit Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

When it comes to celebrities, they don’t make ‘em like they used to, which is why the The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds will be delving into the lives of three iconic stars – three of the natural wonders in the world of celebrity – Audrey Hepburn, Barbra Streisand and Julia Child.

Join The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds when Halli talks with bestselling authors about their biographies: Margaret Cardillo of Just Being Audrey, William J. Mann of Hello Gorgeous, Becoming Barbra Streisand, and Bob Spitz author of Dearie, The Remarkable Life of Julia Child. With them Halli will explore three women born of a time when talent as well as style mattered, and when the pursuit of greatness, not infamy, was rewarded.

“These three women couldn’t have been more different but they shared one thing in common: a pursuit of excellence with an equal respect for individualism,” says executive producer and host Halli Casser-Jayne. “In a world where the unique is too-often sublimated by sameness, these women have a lesson to teach us all.”

Author Margaret Cardillo is a Michener Fellow at The University of Miami. Bob Spitz wrote the New York Times bestseller The Beatles, and William J. Mann’s biography of Katharine Hepburn, Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2006 by the New York Times.

For more information on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds visit Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

Once upon a time, a hundred years ago, there were four brothers named Leonard, Arthur, Julius, and Milton. The world would get to know them as Chico, Harpo, Groucho, and Zeppo (Zeppo replaced Gummo in 1918). In celebration of The Marx Brothers storied careers, Wednesday, April 30, 3 pm ET, The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds, in conjunction with the month-long New York City event, Marxfest, brings you an hour you won’t soon forget.

Joining the conversation is one of the iconic interviewers of all time, Dick Cavett. Dick Cavett was the host of The Dick Cavett Show, which aired on ABC from 1968 to 1975 and on PBS from 1977 to 1982. Since 2007 Mr. Cavett has written an online opinion column for the New York Times. The co-author of “Cavett” and “Eye on Cavett”, he has also appeared on Broadway, television, and in films. When asked who his favorite interview was, he named Groucho Marx. They had an enduring friendship.

Bill Marx is the son of Harpo Marx. He studied composition in New York at the Juilliard School of Music. He has written many concert works, including concertos for violin, alto saxophone, flute, piano and two harps. He has also composed for motion pictures, television, theater and ballet. Bill has produced, arranged for and performed as pianist as well with many top jazz and pop artists, including Doris Day, Stan Kenton, Allen Sherman, Groucho Marx, and two albums with his father.

In 2012, Kevin Fitzpatrick launched the Marxfest Committee. An independent historian who founded the Dorothy Parker Society, he has worked in newspapers, magazines, and television. He is the author of The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide.

Noah Diamond is a writer and performer, known for the Nero Fiddled political musicals, including Life After Bush. He serves as Marx Brothers Historian, which seeks landmark status for the Marxes’ childhood home. He has a long history of playing Groucho Marx, including in his own upcoming adaptation of I’ll Say She Is, the 1924 Broadway debut of the Marx Brothers.

Performer, writer, producer and director Trav SD has been a frequent guest on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show. He is the author of No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, which Bette Midler calls the “best showbiz book” and Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to YouTube. Today he is here to talk about The Marx Brothers, as the director of the upcoming adaptation of the I’ll Say Yes.

It’s The Marx Brothers with Dick Cavett and Friends on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds, Wednesday, April 30, 3 pm ET at http://bit.ly/U4EEMd.

Once upon a time, a hundred years ago, there were four brothers named Leonard, Arthur, Julius, and Milton. The world would get to know them as Chico, Harpo, Groucho, and Zeppo (Zeppo replaced Gummo in 1918). In celebration of The Marx Brothers storied careers, Wednesday, April 30, 3 pm ET, The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds, in conjunction with the month-long New York City event, Marxfest, brings you an hour you won’t soon forget.

Joining the conversation is one of the iconic interviewers of all time, Dick Cavett. Dick Cavett was the host of The Dick Cavett Show, which aired on ABC from 1968 to 1975 and on PBS from 1977 to 1982. Since 2007 Mr. Cavett has written an online opinion column for the New York Times. The co-author of “Cavett” and “Eye on Cavett”, he has also appeared on Broadway, television, and in films. When asked who his favorite interview was, he named Groucho Marx. They had an enduring friendship.

Bill Marx is the son of Harpo Marx. He studied composition in New York at the Juilliard School of Music. He has written many concert works, including concertos for violin, alto saxophone, flute, piano and two harps. He has also composed for motion pictures, television, theater and ballet. Bill has produced, arranged for and performed as pianist as well with many top jazz and pop artists, including Doris Day, Stan Kenton, Allen Sherman, Groucho Marx, and two albums with his father.

In 2012, Kevin Fitzpatrick launched the Marxfest Committee. An independent historian who founded the Dorothy Parker Society, he has worked in newspapers, magazines, and television. He is the author of The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide.

Noah Diamond is a writer and performer, known for the Nero Fiddled political musicals, including Life After Bush. He serves as Marx Brothers Historian, which seeks landmark status for the Marxes’ childhood home. He has a long history of playing Groucho Marx, including in his own upcoming adaptation of I’ll Say She Is, the 1924 Broadway debut of the Marx Brothers.

Performer, writer, producer and director Trav SD has been a frequent guest on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show. He is the author of No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, which Bette Midler calls the “best showbiz book” and Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to YouTube. Today he is here to talk about The Marx Brothers, as the director of the upcoming adaptation of the I’ll Say Yes.

It’s The Marx Brothers with Dick Cavett and Friends on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds, Wednesday, April 30, 3 pm ET at http://bit.ly/U4EEMd.

Halli welcomes philosopher and transhumanist, author, entrepreneur, and former National Geographic and New York Times correspondent Zoltan Istvan to the show.

Zoltan Istvan, an American-Hungarian, first caught the world’s attention when he began a solo, multi-year sailing journey around the world at the tender age of 21. His main cargo was 500 handpicked books, mostly classics. He's explored over 100 countries—many as a journalist for the National Geographic Channel—writing, filming, and appearing in dozens of television stories, articles, and webcasts. His work has also been featured by the New York Times Syndicate, Outside, San Francisco Chronicle, The Huffington Post, BBC Radio, Travel Channel, and in much other media.

Zoltan recently published The Transhumanist Wager, a fictional thriller describing apatheist Jethro Knights and his unwavering quest for immortality via science and technology.

In addition to his award-winning coverage of the war in Kashmir, he gained worldwide attention for pioneering and popularizing the extreme sport of volcano boarding. Zoltan later became a director for the international conservation group WildAid, leading armed patrol units to stop the billion-dollar illegal wildlife trade in Southeast Asia. Back in America, he started various successful businesses, from real estate development to filmmaking to viticulture, joining them under ZI Ventures. He is a philosophy and religious studies graduate of Columbia University. He resides in San Francisco with his daughters and physician wife.

A conversation with transhumanist, philosopher, author, entrepreneur, Zoltan Istvan on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

Halli welcomes philosopher and transhumanist, author, entrepreneur, and former National Geographic and New York Times correspondent Zoltan Istvan to the show.

Zoltan Istvan, an American-Hungarian, first caught the world’s attention when he began a solo, multi-year sailing journey around the world at the tender age of 21. His main cargo was 500 handpicked books, mostly classics. He's explored over 100 countries—many as a journalist for the National Geographic Channel—writing, filming, and appearing in dozens of television stories, articles, and webcasts. His work has also been featured by the New York Times Syndicate, Outside, San Francisco Chronicle, The Huffington Post, BBC Radio, Travel Channel, and in much other media.

Zoltan recently published The Transhumanist Wager, a fictional thriller describing apatheist Jethro Knights and his unwavering quest for immortality via science and technology.

In addition to his award-winning coverage of the war in Kashmir, he gained worldwide attention for pioneering and popularizing the extreme sport of volcano boarding. Zoltan later became a director for the international conservation group WildAid, leading armed patrol units to stop the billion-dollar illegal wildlife trade in Southeast Asia. Back in America, he started various successful businesses, from real estate development to filmmaking to viticulture, joining them under ZI Ventures. He is a philosophy and religious studies graduate of Columbia University. He resides in San Francisco with his daughters and physician wife.

A conversation with transhumanist, philosopher, author, entrepreneur, Zoltan Istvan on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

It’s the season of miracles on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds when Halli welcomes two guests who will explore Signs and Wonders: The History and Language of the Spiritual World: authors Mark Booth and Albert Clayton Gaulden.

Mark Booth has worked in publishing for more than twenty years. He was educated at Ipswich School and Oriel College, Oxford, where he read philosophy and theology. His publications include The Living Testament: The Essential Writings of Christianity Since the Bible. He is the author of the international bestseller The Secret History of the World and The Secret History of Dante. His latest work The Sacred History, How Angels, Mystics and Higher Intelligence Made Our World tackles the great spiritual myths of history.

Albert Clayton Gaulden, founder and director of Sedona, Arizona’s popular alternative therapy program, the Sedona Intensive is the author of numerous books, including Clearing for the Millennium and You’re Not Who You Think You Are. His Signs and Wonders, Understanding the Language of God has become a cult classic. The Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC World News and publications such as the Chicago Tribune have feature Albert Clayton Gaulden and his transforming work.

A look at Signs and Wonders: The History and Language of the Spiritual World with two celebrated authors, Mark Booth and Albert Clayton Gaulden on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.