I've always been fascinated with those people who compete in pageants. It involves a lot more than looks. It's drive, determination and talent as well. To talk about that Madison Matlock, she's the current Miss DeWitt County and she's running for Miss Texas.

It looks like the pandemic is in our rearview mirror, but there's another pandemic, and that's a pandemic of addiction. So many people are self-medicating to deal with loneliness or stress, and it's creating a real tidal wave of new customers, so to speak, for addiction treatment facilities. To talk about that today, Drew Dutton, he's the president and CEO of Phoenix House Texas and Chad Williamson, he is a recovery advocate.

We hear on the news all the time about stem cells. You might be listening to an ad on the radio and and there's a lot of misinformation out there. People hear it, don't know exactly what it is. So to separate fact from fiction, Dr. Wade McKenna, the Founder of Moab Texas.

What's that old expression, "man makes a plan and God laughs." I had a plan to be a TV reporter for the rest of my life, and God had another plan for me . Thank God I listened! Somebody who knows something about that, Fred Haiman, he's a Founding Partner of Haiman Hogue.

RVing has been growing in popularity for about a decade now, but I think it really took off during the pandemic when so many Americans said, "Well, if we're going to isolate and it's healthy to be outdoors, why not just sell everything and go RVing." Somebody who knows something about that, Christine Swartz, she's the RV Mama of 4.

So there are defining moments in all of our lives. For my next guest, Naomi Butler with Attitude and Gratitude Living, was her epiphany. When she got cancer, it caused her to relook at how she's spending her life. Now she's living life with gusto.

I've seen countless surveys and it really doesn't matter how old you are, these surveys are saying that Americans don't think they're ever going to be able to retire. Isn't that a shame? You work your whole life in order to save and have a comfortable retirement, yet many people who are now forced to be working into their seventies and eighties because they just can't afford to retire. To talk about that today, Mike Crews, he's the CEO of North Texas Wealth Management.

If you're a business owner, it is absolutely critical that you have a great business relationship with your banker. And these days, not all banks are built the same. You have these these huge banks where you just feel like just a number. And then you can also bank with a banker who knows what he's doing and really pays attention to his customers. And by that I mean Bill Lowe, the Chairman President and CEO of Harmony Bank.

If you watch this show for any length of time, you know, I love to feature people who are playing at the top of their game. I don't want to make an unfair comparison, but this is the LeBron James of Appellate Law in the state of Texas. This is Byron Henry, he's a Partner at the Appellate Law Section of Scheef & Stone.

Bullying has always been around, but I think it gets worse by the year, especially with cyberbullying, where kids are hiding behind fake names and just punishing each other online. Bullying is not going to go away, but you can make a difference. Therese Moncrief is the Producer of Bully High and a number of other award winning films, but today we're talking about bullying.