Cathleen Butler spent ten years as a targeting officer within CIA’s Directorate of Operations, Counterterrorism Center. Both at Langley and on temporary assignments in the Middle East, Cathleen spearheaded operational efforts to achieve some of the most sensitive foreign intelligence objectives in Afghanistan and Iraq. She has both first-hand knowledge of targeting methodologies used in the recruitment of spies and extensive field experience in working with foreign liaisons to discover and apprehend terrorists abroad. She is a staunch advocate for women’s rights in the Middle East and has worked for human rights campaigns in Afghanistan to protect and promote the rights of disenfranchised Afghan women and girls. Her first book in a planned series, Juliet’s War, merges multiple genres, featuring elements of spy, thriller, and romantic suspense. She lives in Charleston, SC with her husband and children.

About her book Juliet's War:

With powerful insight from a former CIA spy, Juliet’s War weaves fact and fiction, highlighting a story seldom told: how female heroics can change war.Syndicate spy Juliet Arroway and her best friend, Mariam, a progressive Saudi princess and passionate proponent of clean energy and women’s equality in the region, hunt energy terrorists to put an end to a global energy war. But when an op to find a key player in the terrorist network goes wrong, and a successful attack is launched on Westminster Hall, the Syndicate begins to suspect that Mariam's family is somehow involved. To make matters more devastating, Juliet's serious boyfriend, Jean-Marc, is targeted and killed, leaving her grieving and even more determined to stop the war.On Syndicate orders, Juliet is paired with a dashing, arrogant FBI agent, Graham, to infiltrate Mariam's family to prevent further attacks. As much as Juliet dislikes Graham at first, she cannot deny their connection, or the comfort that comes from being able to share her work with him, something she was never able to do with Jean-Marc. With Graham, Juliet embarks on a dangerous journey toward survival and love, as they cross the globe from London to Riyadh, Paris to Istanbul, and Moscow to Chechnya's City of the Dead to put an end to the war that cost them both. And when Mariam discovers the truth behind her family’s involvement, she joins Juliet and Graham in their quest. But when peace means a stunning betrayal, Juliet must decide if her mission and achieving equal rights for women in the region, justifies the crushing defeat of others.

Dr. Helana Darwin is an award-winning scholar of social inequality. Her research has spanned subject areas including craft beer culture, religious culture, the Body Positive Movement, and the gender binary system.

Her forthcoming book Redoing Gender: How Nonbinary Gender Contributes to Social Change illuminates the everyday labor that gender nonbinary people perform in order to achieve social recognition. In keeping with the famous “doing gender” sociological model, Dr. Darwin analyzes these process at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and institutional levels, through in-depth  interviews with 47 nonbinary people. Redoing Gender is available Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Dr. Darwin  also recently completed her second book, intended for a general reading audience, called #MeTooPhD: A Trauma Memoir.  She is currently searching for a literary agent and a press for this book, which highlights the intricate layers of interpersonal and institutional abuse that push victims of professor-student sexual abuse out of the academy. A summary of the main points has been published at the PhD Voice blog, in an article entitled “The Hidden Curriculum: Insights from a #MeTooPhD Survivor.”

Listen to Michael and Vanessa as they speak to Jennifer about her memoir of life as a volunteer EMT/First Responder in New York City. Jennifer tells a real story of the challenges, relationships, people, and tragedies we have seen.

If you are a First Responder or love a First Responder, this book is dedicated to you. If you are a "civilian" this is an excellent opportunity to see the inside of a world not seen by the public! 

"The War on Small Business" written by Carol Roth was released today by Harper Collins and you can listen to our featured interview!

In The War on Small Business, entrepreneur Carol Roth  unveils the many abuses of power inflicted on small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Small business owners were thrown in jail for  trying to make a living. Individual rights were discarded. Big  government did what it does best—intentionally protect the rich and  powerful. And if Americans don’t wake up and stop it, politicians will  continue to produce policies that intensify their war on small business  and all that stands in the way of centralized power and control.

Carol Roth is a national media personality, creator of the legacy planning system Future File,  ‘recovering’ investment banker/billion-dollar deal maker, business  advisor, company director, investor, speaker and author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Entrepreneur Equation.  She has been a judge on the Mark Burnett (Shark Tank, The Voice, Survivor, The Apprentice) produced technology competition series, America’s Greatest Makers, on TBS and the Host of Microsoft’s Office Small Business Academy show, among other on-air engagements.

Join Michael Calderin and co-host Vanessa Reyes as they have an amazing discussion and interview with Maite Merino. Hear about her journey, and her comeback after divorcing her husband of 30 years! 

Join Michael and Vanessa as they speak with Attorney Joe Murray and Author Joe Sanchez. Both guests are former New York City Police Officers who faced injustices from within the department. Hear of their plight to clear Joe Sanchez's name. Although Joe Sanchez was exonerated in the criminal case, he was never reinstated to the NYPD, a job he loved and was passionate about. 

Welcome back and please join us on our first episode of 2021 and we bring you new shows on a weekly basis!

Listen in as we have heart to heart chat with celebrity writer, producer and actress Natasha Chandel!!

Special guest is Former NYPD Detective William Nolan who will discuss his career and how the NYPD Internal Affairs operated during his assignment there.

William Nolan joined the NYPD in 1986 after being recruited from his job  as a New York City Corrections Officer. He worked undercover for NYPD  Internal Affairs in the late 1980's and early 1990's. William Nolan  retired in 2005.