Fan favorite Kurt McKinney sat down for a one-on-one interview in The Locher Room to look back at his career working in television and film.

Kurt made his film debut playing Jason Stillwell in the1985 martial arts film No Retreat, No Surrender. He also appeared in the film Sworn to Justice. He began his martial arts training at the age of 12.

In addition to his film roles, Kurt had a number of guest starring roles on some hit prime-time series early in his career including; such Gimme a Break!, Highway to Heaven, and ALF. Recently, he’s appeared on Blue Bloods, Power and the limited series The Thing About Pam.

He is well-known to daytime audiences for his three-year stint as Ned Ashton on General Hospital and his role of Matt Reardon on Guiding Light which he played on and off from July 1994 through the end of the series in 2009.

Kurt recently appeared in the Gabriel Inferno series and is working on a new martial arts film, The Last Kumite.

Catch up with Kurt right here in The Locher Room.

Emmy Award-winning writer Lisa Seidman sat down for a wide ranging intervew in The Locher Room to look back at her almost 40-year career as a television writer.

Lisa has written for some of the hottest shows on primetime TV starting with Cagney & Lacey in 1984. She went on to write for Dallas, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing and Knots Landing: Back To The Cul-De-Sac to name a few. Lisa also spent five years in Russia writing nighttime soaps and won the equivalent of an Emmy for best show.

In daytime, she has written for Another World, Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light, One Life to Live, Sunset Beach and The Young and the Restless. Lisa has been nominated multiple times for a Daytime Emmy and has won the award for her work on DOOL and Y&R.

Lisa has also taught writing at USC and UCLA.

Listen to this prolific and talented write in The Locher Room.

My friend Jill Lorie Hurst will turn the tables on ME, Alan Locher as we get together to celebrate MY birthday in The Locher Room on Wednesday, October 18th. Joining Jill will be some friends, my husband Ray and the one & only Kim Zimmer.

Don't miss this very special episode of The Locher Room.

Emmy and Grammy Award-winning actor Michael Park sits down for a one-on-one interview in The Locher Room. Michael is well-known to daytime audiences for his role as the lovable detective, Jack Snyder on As the World Turns.

Michael won back-to-back Emmy’s in 2010 and 2011. Michael recently starred in the Hulu drama series, Saint X and in 2022 appeared as Philip Abshire in the HBO series The Time Traveler's Wife. He also played reporter Tom Holloway in the third season of the uber popular Netflix series Stranger Things in 2019.

Michael is no stranger to the stage and made his Broadway debut in Smokey Joe’s Café back in 1995. Other Broadway shows include the revival How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, starring Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette in 2011. Michael’s most popular Broadway role is Larry Murphy in the original cast of the Tony Award-winning musical, Dear Evan Hanson in 2016. It was this role that earned Michael and the cast the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Mark your calendar!

Don’t miss the chance to catch up with this talented actor, singer and the father of three.

My heart aches deeply for what's happening in #Israel.

Join me for a profoundly personal edition of Conversations with Alan. Scott Richman of the Anti-Defamation League will be shedding light on the recent terrorist attack Israeli men, women, and children that took place on October 7th.

"Never Again" resonates even closer to my heart now. Let’s come together, learn, and find ways to combat hate.

Writer Julie Poll sits down to look at her 20 plus years as a writer for some of your favorite soap operas.

Julie most recently wrote for Gregori J. Martin’s The Bay and was a script writer for As the World Turns. Daytime fans know and treasure Julie’s work from the three anniversary books she wrote for Another World, As the World Turns and Guiding Light. These three books have become collector’s items.

Other soap opera credits include General Hospital A Daily Dose Of Your Favorite Soap calendar. Julie was a Consultant for SOAPnet on their launch of Another World, Days of Our Lives, and The Young and The Restless and a Consulting Producer for the 35th Annual Daytime Emmys on ABC. Julie is a Script Reader for the Meryl Streep funded New York Women In Film and Television Writers Lab and the Austin Film Festival as well as a Script Analyst for Coverfly, a platform that helps writers prepare their scripts for submission. She is on the Daytime Emmys Advisory Panel and a judge on the Emmy Blue Ribbon Panels judging Daytime Dramas. Julie is a lifetime member of the WGA and NATAS.

Don’t miss the chance to meet Julie in The Locher Room.

Mind-body expert and former star of Guiding Light and One Life to Live Sonia Satra sits down to discuss the upcoming release of her debut book, WHAT IF IT WERE EASY: Using Movement & Mindset to Create Success in Life, Love, and Business. The book is available for pre-order now and will be released on October 17, 2023.

The book breaks down her award-winning approach, the Mindset Reset, with easy-to-follow steps for setting and reaching personal attainable goals. It illustrates how her own revolutionary Moticise™ program combines cardio exercise with mindset tools like visualization, goal setting, and affirmation.

Sonia’s mission in life is to help people find their core purpose, overcome fear, and make their dreams a reality. Since 2005, Sonia has become an expert on the mind-body connection. She founded her award-winning wellness company, Moticise™, which gives clients the tools to set their life in motion. Certified as a life coach, holistic health coach, hypnotist, and Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner, she has presented at UPenn's School of Positive Psychology, Aquinas College, Cisco, the Entrepreneurs' Organization Global Conference, the Grace Institute, and dozens of other high-profile companies.

Please join Sonia as she stops by to discuss her new book and look back at her roles as Lucy Cooper Spaulding on Guiding Light and Barbara Graham on One Life to Live.

Don’t miss one of the world’s foremost psychic mediums, author and lecturer John Edward in The Locher Room. John tells us what it’s been like to help millions over the last four decades with his uncanny ability to predict future events and communicate with those who have crossed over to the Other Side. He will also share his and his mom’s deep connection to Guiding Light.

In 2000, John pioneered the psychic phenomena genre with the television program Crossing Over with John Edward on the Syfy network. It was the first television show syndicated worldwide devoted to psychic mediumship and it would go on to run for four seasons. John followed up the success of Crossing Over with John Edward with another television program, John Edward Cross Country, which debuted on the WE network in 2006 and ran for three seasons.

He is the author of the critically acclaimed, New York Times Best Sellers One Last Time, Crossing Over: The Stories Behind the Stories, What if God Were the Sun, After Life: Answers from the Other Side, Practical Praying: Using the Rosary to Enhance Your Life, Final Beginnings, Infinite Quest and Fallen Masters and the most recent Above & Beyond.

Don't miss our conversation!

One of the greatest dance artists of all time, Kristine W sat down for an interview in The Locher Room to look back at her nearly twenty-five years in music, where she has consistently delivered songs that touch hearts and souls and compel bodies to find the mighty groove out on the dance floor. She’s had 17 #1 singles, tying Mariah Carey for the sixth-most Billboard #1 dance hit.

Kristine is lighting up dance floors again with her recent single, “By My Side”, the second soulful pop groove from her soon-to-be-released album. The song is a celebratory homage to the people in our lives who give us unconditional love, support and friendship, no matter the circumstance.

Don’t forget that Kristine W made an appearance and sang in Oakdale on As the World Turns many years ago. Spend some time with the legend herself Kristine W right here in The Locher Room.

Activist, Author, and Pulse Nightclub Survivor Brandon J. Wolf joins me in The Locher Room to talk about his work as a nationally recognized gun safety and LGBTQ civil rights advocate and author of a brand-new memoir, A Place For Us.

The memoir is out now. Brandon recently served as the Press Secretary for Equality Florida, the state’s LGBTQ civil rights organization. On June 12, 2016, life changed for Brandon. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, Brandon co-founded The Dru Project, a nonprofit organization that works to empower youth and provide future leaders in the LGBTQ community funding for higher education. Brandon is driven by the reminder that we are obligated to honor those we’ve lost not with empty words or hollow platitudes - but with action. Come meet this incredible young man live on Friday, June 30th.

Update: Brandon joined the Human Rights Campaign as their National Press Secretary in September.