Who are those people who stand-in or appear with highly paid actors as stunt performers? They seldom gain stardom or fabulous wealth, or even recognition by the vast public who witness their work on stage and screen. They work on a wide variety of scenes that have the potential for causing serious injury; including car crashes and chases; fist and sword fights; falls from cars, motorcycles, horses, and buildings; airplane and helicopter gags; rides through river rapids; and confrontations with animals, such as in a buffalo stampede.

Adam Horwitz grew up entertaining his friends and family as a daredevil, eventually channeling his physical skill into cheerleading and cheerleader coach.  At age 21, he performed in live shows at Disney, Universal and Busch Gardens in Orlando. Then he traveled the world as a live stunt performer and actor working/living in Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Splitting his time between Orlando and New Orleans, he continues to pursue stunt performing in a number of popular action films as well as on stage.

Watch the video of this intriguing interview with a stuntman on Facebook and YouTube. The audio version can be heard on Apple, Spotify and other podcast sites on the channel “The World According to Mark.”

Mark Lieberman discusses the 1st. amendment issues from the right and the left. Very thorough analysis

Listen to Mark Lieberman’s interview with Paul Seamus Ryan, with over 20 years of experience as a lawyer and campaign finance expert. Mr. Ryan has appeared on news programs of CNN, MSNBC, NPR and other media outlets. He discusses the state of political fund raising and spending that govern money in politics and government ethics. He gives a primer federal elections laws, monumental court cases including the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, which lifted limits on independent fundraising and spending in elections, PACs and Super PACs and other vehicles for wealthy donors. 

Mark Lieberman interviews Julie Mayfield, a Democratic member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing District 49. Julie has earned the respect of her colleagues on both sides of the aisle of the North Carolina Senate, serving as the most junior member on the powerful rules committee and committee assignments on healthcare, education and redistricting. Julie explains the difficult challenges ahead in pressing for legislative solutions specifically when it comes to protecting our communities and environment, enabling people to live healthy lives, ensuring elections are fair and free, and ensuring no one is left behind.

Be sure and catch Mark Lieberman’s interview with North Carolina State Senator Terry Van Duyn for his video and podcast show, The World According to Mark. Terry is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate. She spoke on several public policy issues, including funding of public schools, and redistricting issues which have turned North Carolina’s legislature red despite the fact that there are more registered Democrats in North Carolina than Republicans. 

Does the 4th Amendment still protect our right to privacy in the digital age. Most Americans now live in a world where nearly every cell phone conversation or click online leaves a digital trail that can be stored, searched, and stitched together to reveal an intimate portrait of their private life. 

With the appointment of three conservative Justices to the Supreme Court during the Trump administration, many have been shocked by a series of momentous decisions on abortion, gun rights, environmental regulations and religious rights that could reverberate for decades. This podcast discussing the causes of this shift, the impact on established precedent and possible reforms.

Mark Lieberman, host of the radio show and podcast on “The World According to Mark”, discusses one of the world’s most urgent problems, the environment, with Jan Spencer, an advocate for “Permaculture”. Jan got his degree in Geography, and then for decades has studied all over the world about ways to help people learn how to meet their needs for food, water, energy, and other essentials in a resilient and environmentally sustainable manner. Permaculture is a creative design process based on whole systems thinking informed by ethics and design principles. 

In recent years there has been a spike in mergers and acquisitions of hospital systems across the country, including the purchase of local non-profit hospitals by larger out of state for-profit health care systems. What is fueling all of these consolidations, and are communities better off?

Today Mark interviewed healthcare advisor Joseph Lupica. Mr. Lupica has served a variety of nonprofit, corporate and public-sector clients as an investment banker, attorney and development officer, providing capital formation, governance advice, and affiliation services. Joe offers his opinion on why community collaboration is essential to build consensus when not-for-profit health systems affiliate with for-profit hospital systems.

Listen to Mark LIeberman's interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning political reporter and former executive editor of The Miami Herald, Tom Fiedler. Tom, who now lives in Asheville is a reporter for the Asheville Watchdog, a nonprofit news team producing stories that matter to Asheville and surrounding communities. Tom Fiedler talks about his career in journalism and then reports on one of Western North Carolina's, shall we say colorful politicians, Madison Cawthorn.