The Locher Room

Get ready for a powerful episode of the “Conversations with Alan” series. Please join me for a conversation with Dov Forman, an acclaimed social media creator, spokesperson, and author of the international bestseller, Lily’s Promise.

Dov will join me from England to share the remarkable story of his great-grandmother, Lily Ebert, who on Yom Kippur 1944 made a courageous promise to herself while fighting to stay alive in Auschwitz during the harrowing days of World War II. She would survive the hell she was in and tell the world her story. She would do it for everyone who didn’t get the chance to share theirs.

Knowing that it was up to him and younger people to keep Lily’s promise, Dov became determined to record her story for posterity. He started to do so during the pandemic and now their account @lilyebert has over 2,1 million followers on TikTok. Dov has since earned the Points of Light award for his services to Holocaust education.

Dov and Lily’s work serves as a stark reminder of the importance of Holocaust education and why it’s becoming more important now that we’re living in times where antisemitism is alarmingly on the rise. Don’t miss this inspiring and personal conversation with Dov.

Subscribe to Conversations with Alan https://bit.ly/ConversationswithAlan and set your reminders, and tune in to learn why it is so important to stand-up to antisemitism and stop hate in all its forms.

Please join us for a very informative and important mental health conversation in The Locher Room on We are at a unique time in history when more and more people are finally speaking up about their struggles with isolation, anxiety and depression, fear of death and losing loved ones to suicide.

Helping to lead this conversation is Dr. Charissa Chamorro who left her career in acting to focus on a career in the mental health profession. Dr. Chamorro specializes in the evaluation and treatment of anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, ADHD, and perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Joining us to share and open up about their own personal journey with mental health are Ryan’s Hope Brian McGovern and Guiding Light’sMichelle Ray Smith.

Don't miss this serious and important conversation.

CONTENT WARNING: Subjects include: Suicide, Child Abuse and Rape

Actor and author Colin Egglesfield will join me in The Locher Room. Colin is well-known to daytime audiences for playing Erica Kane’s son, Joshua on ABC’s All My Children. His role on AMC led to roles on, ‘Rizzoli and Isles’, ‘Melrose Place,’ and the romantic comedy, ‘Something Borrowed’ with Kate Hudson.

In 2014, with his passion for wanting to make a positive social impact and a desire to get into the world of real estate, Colin started his own real estate investment company, Stage 2 Properties and began rehabbing houses in the south side of Chicago. He has since branched off and is working on projects all over the country with the goal of helping revitalize underserved communities and provide opportunities for quality living.

These experiences and more have shaped Colin and taught him a lot about life, success, and making a difference which is the impetus for writing his book, ‘Agile Artist’ in which he shares his rich life stories and provides plenty of inventive strategies to help you, too, break through to your creative, true self. Colin regularly speaks to corporations, charity groups and organizations about the principles in his book namely, resiliency, communication, and strategies for success.

Don’t miss the chance to catch up with Colin.

Original Airdate: 11/18/2022

Join us as we pay tribute to the beloved Kathryn Hays in The Locher Room. Kathryn joined the cast of As the World Turns as Kim Sullivan Reynolds Dixon Stewart Andropoulos Hughes in 1972 and remained with the show for 38 years until the world stopped turning in September of 2010.

Her long-time co-stars and friends Larry Bryggman, Eileen Fulton and Don Hastings will help us celebrate the life of this beloved mom and actress. Joining Larry, Eileen & Don for this tribute are Kathryn’s real-life daughter Sherri Mancusi as well as her on-screen daughters Mary Ellen Stuart and Claire Beckman.

Don’t miss this very special tribute to a very special lady we all loved and miss.

Original Airdate: 11/17/2022

Actress Louise Sorel will sit down with me in The Locher Room to look back at her incredible career that spans over six decades on stage, television, and film.

Daytime audiences know Louise for her role as Vivian Alamain in Days of Our Lives, Augusta Wainwright on Santa Barbara and Emily Tanner on Beacon Hill. In addition, Louise has appeared on All My Children, One Life to Live and Passions and Port Charles in smaller roles.
Louise received theatrical training at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and began performing on stage when she was 15 years old. She spent several years on Broadway and made her film debut with The Party’s Over in 1965. She has appeared in Plaza Suite, Night Gallery, The Return of Charlie Chan, Airplane II: The Sequel, Where the Boys Are and Crimes of Passion to name a few.

She has made guest appearances on more than 50 prime time programs and TV movies including Star Trek as Rayna in the Requiem for Methuselah episode, The Fugitive, Bonanza, Route 66, The Big Valley, Vegas, Hart to Hart, The Incredible Hulk, Hawaii Five-0, Magnum P.I., and one of my favorites, Charlie’s Angels to share a small few.

Don’t miss the chance to catch up with Louise in The Locher Room.

Original Airdate: 11/9/2022

Please join these two co-stars and friends Jen Landon and Wendy Moniz in The Locher Room. Jen and Wendy will stop by to discuss their roles on the hit Paramount Network series, Yellowstone. The two-hour premiere of Season 5 is set for Sunday, November 13th at 8 p.m. EST.

Jen Landon attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where she studied Experimental Theatre but left early when her first audition landed her a three-year contract on the daytime soap opera As The World Turns (for which she subsequently won three consecutive daytime Emmys). Jen has since appeared in Jason Retiman’s feature film The Front Runner, as well as recurred on numerous television shows including Banshee (Cinemax), Animal Kingdom (TNT), FBI: Most Wanted (CBS) and will be seen in season 5 of Yellowstone playing the role of Teeter.

Wendy Moniz made her television debut playing "Dinah Marler" on the CBS daytime drama Guiding Light. Wendy was upped to a series regular as Governor Perry on Yellowstone and can also be seen as ADA Frasier on Law & Order: Organized Crime. Wendy has worked non-stop since leaving Guiding Light in 1999 appearing in Tuesdays with Morrie, Nash Bridges, The Guardian, Big Shot, Damages, 666 Park, The Grief of Others and House of Cards to name a small few of the amazing roles she has had over the years.

Don’t miss the chance to hear from these two incredibly talented ladies on Thursday, November 3rd.

Original Airdate: 11/3/2022

Actors Bradley Cole (Prince Richard / Jeffrey, Guiding Light) and Trent Dawson (Henry, As the World Turns) will join me live for a special episode of The Locher Room on YouTube and Facebook to discuss the 19th annual Daytime Stars and Strikes fundraiser weekend in New York City. Join Bradley and Trent to learn more about the upcoming October weekend. Don't miss a surprise visit from the one and only Kim Zimmer.

This year there are four events at Port Authority’s Frames Bowling Center. An extravaganza of events featuring fan fave soap and web series actors runs Saturday and Sunday with proceeds going to the Autism Society of America and the Jerry verDorn Scholarship Fund. This Scholarship honors Jerry’s legacy of his love for the theatre and Daytime Stars and Strikes, which he hosted for 18 years. The Jerry verDorn Scholarship sends children with autism to theatre camps, tuition-free.

Saturday, October 7th 2:00 – 4:00 pm: Trent Dawson and Friends Play Reading. As The World Turns alumni Trent Dawson, Michael Park and Roger Howarth (Trent/Henry Coleman/ATWT, Michael (Jack Snyder/ATWT, and Roger (Todd Manning/OLTL & Paul Ryan/ATWT) will perform a play reading with an intimate meet and greet, question and answer session to follow.

Saturday, October 7th 8:00 – 10:00 pm: Bradley Cole & Friends Concert – Some of your favorite actors will perform with Bradley Cole (Prince Richard/Guiding Light) and his band. All proceeds will go directly to the Jerry verDorn Scholarship Fund – sending children with Autism to theatre camps.

Sunday, October 8th 12:00 - 2:00 pm: Daytime Stars and Strikes Bowling for Autism. Liz Keifer (Blake/GL) and Ron Raines (Alan/GL) co-host this fan fav bowling event with an 80’s dress up theme and contests for best dressed, strikes, spares, etc. Food and soft drinks included in the ticket price. Numerous soap actors are scheduled to appear and can be found on our website at www.daytimestarsandstrikes.com under the Events link.

Sunday, October 8th 3:00 – 5:00 pm – The Fifth Annual “Bauer” Barbeque hosted by everyone’s favorite “Bauer” - Michael O’Leary (Rick Bauer/GL). Grab a Bauer burger, brush up on your Guiding Light trivia and get ready for some handbag bingo where you have an opportunity to win name brand handbags! Food and soft drinks included in the ticket price.

I hope to see you in NYC this October. Visit daytimestarsandstrikes.com to purchase tickets.

Please join Yogi Roth, the Emmy award-winning Pac-12 football analyst, filmmaker, New York
Times best-selling author and former USC Football assistant coach, in The Locher Room.

Yogi is the co-author of a new self-help/advice book for 5-Star athletes and their parents titled 5-STAR QB. The book is a compilation of candid, as told to interviews with more than 50 quarterbacks of their respective high school & college experiences on the field, and features letters of advice and encouragement from a slew of current and former college and NFL players, coaches, and analysts.

Yogi will be here to discuss how the concept of the book came to life with his co-author Joey Roberts, while working with young Elite 11 athletes across the country and their parents to help them reach the next level in their football careers, and why he hopes to help athletes front load certain mental skills while sharing his own experiences as a wide receiver for University of Pittsburgh. 5-STAR QB is written especially for athletes that are suddenly thrust into the spotlight and receiving media attention to help them navigate through the highs and lows of the sport, how to handle negative feedback on social media, how to manage mental health and giving QBs actionable items & tools on all aspects of the game - how to take a visit, how to commit/decommit from a school, managing the pressures of football, how to deal with relationships on campus and so much more.

He will also tell us about his first children's book titled FINDING FREE FUN, based on his own father's philosophy growing up, which he's now sharing with his own sons.

Original Airdate: 11/2/2022

Don’t miss the chance to catch up with Jessica Dunphy (Alison Stewart) and Agim Kaba (Aaron Snyder) in The Locher Room as we look back at their time on As the World Turns.

In addition to her role as Alison, Jessica portrayed Devin Pillsbury on the HBO hit series, The Sopranos and appeared on film in Storytelling and Pizza. After modeling for three years in NY and Milan, including a major campaign for Guess Jeans, Agim landed his first role on As the World Turns in 2002 and earned an Emmy nomination in 2004. He has made guest appearances on the television series Charmed and CSI: NY. He landed starring roles in the low-budget horror films Haunted Forest and Neowolf and The Last Film Festival. Agim is a father of two and has been spending much of his time putting his painting skills to work.

Join us for a fun hour looking back at their time in Oakdale and to hear what life is like today for these two ol’ friends.

Original Airdate: 11/1/2022

Author and former professional basketball player Dan Grunfeld joins me in The Locher Room for the 16th episode in the Conversations with Alan series.

Dan will be here to share the story of his father, former Milwaukee Bucks player and general manager Ernie Grunfeld who is the only athlete in NBA history whose parents survived the Holocaust. As a longtime figure in the public eye, audiences knew very little about his background. His son, Dan, in his book By the Grace of the Game, details what the Grunfeld family had to endure during the Holocaust, how basketball transformed Ernie from immigrant outcast to an Olympic gold medalist for the United States.

By the Grace of the Game is a story of an ordinary family thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Surviving the horrors of the Holocaust, deceiving a brutal communist regime, and adapting to life as illiterate refugees caring for a dying son in New York City are only the beginning. The true improbability of this family story lies in the discovery of a game – the game of basketball – that unknowingly held the power to heal wounds, build bridges, and tie together generations of a fractured family.

If the magnitude of an American dream is measured by the intensity of the nightmare that came before and the heights of the triumph achieved after, then By the Grace of the Game recounts an American dream story of unprecedented scale. From the grips of the Nazis to the top of the Olympic podium, from the cheap seats to center stage at Madison Square Garden, from yellow stars to silver spoons, this striking family saga traverses the vast spectrum of the human experience to detail how perseverance, love, and legacy can survive through generations, carried on the shoulders of a simple and beautiful game, a vehicle no one could have predicted.

With antisemitism and attacks on Jewish people on the rise, please join us for another important conversation.

Original Airdate: 10/26/2022