The Locher Room

A Domestic terrorist stole the lives of her son and father back on April 13, 2014. Mindy Corporon, a mother and a daughter who experienced the worst kind of grief imaginable is here to discuss her inspiring new memoir, Healing a Shattered Soul in which she shares her journey of grief and courageous kindness.


Mindy invites readers to join her search for inspiration and hope after domestic terrorism took the lives of her father and son. Headlines about the attack circled the world. Now, Mindy takes readers inside her family’s struggle, the support of their faith community and her commitment to courageous kindness.

In addition to speaking about the book, Mindy and I will discuss the SevenDays® Make a Ripple and Change the World program that runs from April 13 - April 25th. Mindy along with her family started the Faith Always Wins Foundation promoting dialogue for the betterment of our world through kindness, faith and healing. The Foundation engages communities, businesses and schools in SevenDays® Make a Ripple and Change the World programs.

Original airdate: 4/16/2021

Award-winning Actor Gregory Zarian is here to discuss his new film, "86 Melrose Avenue" and his other daytime and primetime television roles. Gregory recently appeared in the third season of the hit HBO series “Westworld" as Reed Phillips. In 2020, he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for “Outstanding Performance by a supporting Actor in a Digital Drama” for his role on the Emmy-winning web series, "Venice the Series.” Gregory has also had recurring roles on the first and second current season of "The Family Business" (BET+), “Days of Our Lives” and “General Hospital,” and guest starred on “Counterpart,” “Criminal Minds,” “Bones,” "Castle,” “Revenge”, “The Mentalist” and “Entourage,” among others.

Gregory will also discuss how he has been staying physically and mentally healthy during this challenging year, staying sober for 15 years and we will discuss issues of mental illness and bullying, which are issues that hit close to home and are themes in his recent work.

86 Melrose Avenue”, will be released on April 20, 2021. The film is a hostage thriller about an ex-marine with PTSD who storms an art gallery, taking a group of hostages and forcing them to confront their complex past and looming mortality. Gregory portrays one of the main hostages. The film deals with mental illness and a diverse group of people coming together. HE recently won the Best Supporting Actor Award at Overcome Film Festival for the role, and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at IDYLLWILD International Festival of Cinema. The movie will be available on Video On Demand platforms such as iTunes, Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube, and anywhere you stream movies.

Original Airdate: 4/22/2021

Please join me for the sixth episode in the Conversations with Alan series in The Locher Room to meet a group of 2G's – children of Holocaust Survivors. These three individuals are working to honor the memory and legacy of the survivors and victims, to promote awareness of the Holocaust, and to provide education of this and other genocides. Come hear their family’s story of survival during WWII and learn about the work and the messages they are sharing around the country to make sure something like this never happens again. With anti-Semitism on the rise, we four feel the need to use our voices to help educate others about a part of history we don't want to ever see repeated.

Joining me for this conversation are Dr. Ettie Zilber, who is an author, educator and speaker who serves on the board of the Phoenix Holocaust Association and supports committee work of the Anti-Defamation League and the Arizona Jewish Historical Society; Ken Engel who is Chair of Children of Holocaust Survivors Association in Minnestoa (CHAIM), a Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area group of children (second generation, a.k.a 2Gs), grandchildren (3Gs), and other descendants and friends of Holocaust survivors; and Janice Friebaum, M.S., M.A., is Vice President of the Phoenix Holocaust Association and a freelance educator, presenter and trainer on topics related to the Holocaust, Holocaust survivors and survivors’ descendants. Janice and Ken are both members of the governing Coordinating Council of Generations of the Shoah International (GSI), the world’s largest Holocaust family organization.

Original airdate: 4-14-2021

Please join The Young and the Restless's Melissa Clare Egan (Chelsea Lawson) Elizabeth Hendrickson (Chloe Mitchell) in The Locher Room. These two talented actresses will catch us up on what's going on in Genoa City, talk about their time on All My Children as well as talk about their careers that got them to where they are today. Original airdate: 4-14-2021

Don't miss the chance to get to know the producing team behind one of your favorite daytime dramas, Guiding Light! Please join Christopher Cullen, David Brandon, Amanda Sallen Glattstein, Alexandra Johnson-Gamsey, Janet Morrison and Jennifer Simms in The Locher Room. Come learn about the day to day of producing a one-hour soap opera over 250 days a year from this incredible Daytime Emmy Award-winning team! Original Airdate: 4-9-2021

Please join John Bolger (Phillip Spaulding), Kassie DePaiva (Chelsea Reardon) and Jamie Goodwin (Johnny Bauer) in The Locher Room. These three talented actors spent time working together in Springfield during the late 80's and will share memories about that special time. Original airdate 4/8/2021

Please join my friend Michael Park and his Dear Evan Hansen leading ladies Rachel Bay Jones and Jennifer Laura Thompson in The Locher Room. This talented trio will reminisce about their time working together on the Tony Award-winning musical, their careers and also help me celebrate the one year anniversary of The Locher Room.

We all have Michael Park to thank for suggesting I use StreamYard for that first As the World Turns episode I hosted on April 3, 2020. One year and 140 episodes later - THANK YOU, MICHAEL!

Michael is well known to daytime audiences for creating the role of Jack Snyder on As the World Turns for which he won two Daytime Emmy-Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in 2010 and 2011. He is also known to Broadway audiences for creating the role of Larry Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen. Michael played this role for over 1,000 performances earning a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater album. Michael originated the role of two other Broadway characters Michael in Smokey Joe's Cafe and Angus Tuck in Tuck Everlasting. Michael's other TV credits include the recent Dash & Lily, Stranger Things, Tales of the City, House of Cards and so much more.

​​Rachel Bay Jones is best known for originating the role of ‘Heidi Hansen’ in the Original Broadway Cast of Dear Evan Hansen, and received a Tony Award, Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Lucille Lortel Award, and Drama League Nomination for her performance. Rachel has appeared on TV in the hit ABC series “Modern Family,” CBS’ “God Friended Me,” and in the feature film “Ben Is Back,” opposite Julia Roberts. She stars in the feature film “Critical Thinking,” directed by and opposite John Leguizamo, and in the upcoming Amazon television series “Panic.” Rachel's debut solo album “Showfolk” can be purchased on iTunes and Amazon.

Jennifer Laura Thompson made her Broadway debut in 1998 as Ariel Moore in Footloose. She also originated the role of Hope Cladwell in both the off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Urinetown and received a Tony Award nomination for the 2002 Best Leading Actress in a Musical category for her performance. Jennifer created the role of Cynthia Murphy playing opposite Michael Park in Dear Evan Hansen. She, like Michael, played the role for over 1,000 performances. Her other Broadway credits include, Diana Diana in the Broadway revival of Lend Me a Tenor, Eileen Evergreen in the musical Nice Work if You Can Get It and playing the first replacement for the role of Glinda in the Broadway hit, Wicked. Jennifer has also appeared Off-Broadway in a variety of productions. She has also made guest appearances on television's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Tales of the City, Person of Interest and Elementary. Original Airdate: 4/2/2021

Catch up with Donna Mills and Crystal Hunt in The Locher Room. This talented pair have been working together on-screen for the last few years in a variety of projects including starring in Queens of Drama 2015), Hilton Head Island (2017), and Mood Swings (2019) as well as co-hosting the Daytime Emmy Awards together. Please join us for a fun hour as we reminisce about these projects that keep bringing them back together, their friendship, Knots Landing, Guiding Light and so much more. Original airdate: April 7, 2021

Come celebrate the 65th Anniversary of As the World Turns with the one and only, Rosemary Prinz. Rosemary was my in The Locher Room.

Rosemary, a native New Yorker, has had a long career on stage, film and television. She made her television debut in 1954 on a short-lived soap opera, First Love, as the wife of aviator Chris (Frankie Thomas), but her most famous role to date has been her role as Penny Hughes on As the World Turns. Rosemary played the role from 1956 -1968 and returned many times over the years with her last appearance in Oakdale in 2000. Penny is the daughter of Nancy (Helen Wagner) and Chris Hughes (Dan MacLaughlin) and sister of Dr. Bob (Don Hastings). Penny's relationship with Jeff Baker (Mark Rydell) was daytime television's first teen romance and one of ATWT's most popular couples.

In 1970, Rosemary signed-on to play the role Amy Tyler on the debut of a new ABC soap opera called, All My Children where her character would oppose the Vietnam War, which Prinz herself opposed. She was also the only All My Children performer to ever earn above-the-title billing during her run. She also joined the cast of Ryan's Hope in 1988 where she played Sister Mary Joel.

Join us as Rosemary and I look back on her incredible career. Original Airdate: 4/1/2021

Come help us celebrate the life of the incredibly talented and visionary writer, producer and creator of the ABC Daytime soap operas ALL MY CHILDREN, LOVING and ONE LIFE TO LIVE; Agnes Nixon in The Locher Room.

Helping to honor Agnes will be her son Robert Nixon along with a list of actors who benefited from the unforgettable characters Agnes created on her shows. Joining Bob will be Daytime Emmy Award-winning actors Susan Lucci (Erica Kane), Erika Slezak (Viki Lord), Peter Bergman (Dr. Cliff Warner), Debbi Morgan (Angie Baxter-Hubbard) and Darnell Williams (Jesse Hubbard). We will also hear from one of All My Children’s biggest fans, Carol Burnett.

Bob Iger, Disney chairman and CEO, said it best, "“Agnes’ impact on daytime television and pop culture is undeniable. She was the first to champion socially relevant topics, and the towns and characters Agnes brought to life leave an indelible imprint on television that will be remembered forever.”

Throughout her career Agnes Nixon won five Writers’ Guild of America Awards, five Daytime Emmy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2010 and was inducted into Soap Opera Weekly’s Soap Opera Hall of Fame.

Original Airdate: 3/31/2021