The World According to Mark

This week Mark talked to Peter Lewis, Managing Editor, "Asheville Watchdog," a volunteer-run nonprofit investigative news organization covering Asheville and surrounding communities in western North Carolina.

Peter explains how he and his colleagues are carrying on the best of print media traditions by putting time, effort, and reflection into the process of news gathering and reporting.

Listen to Mark Lieberman’s interview with Dan Becker, the Director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Safe Climate Transport Campaign. Dan fought in Congress for the Clean Air Act, CAFE standards, Superfund and other responsible energy policies. He led the clean-car fight beginning in 1989 as director of Sierra Club’s Global Warming and Energy Program. His rock-star status was further burnished when he was named one of the world’s 28 “Climate Heroes” by Rolling Stone magazine and Salon.com.

Be sure and catch Mark Lieberman’s interview with Martha Anne Toll on the podcast show, The World According to Mark. Watch the video of the interview on YouTube. The audio version can be heard on Google, Spotify and other podcast sites.

Martha talks about her debut novel Three Muses, published by Regal House, which awarded her the Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafter Fiction.

Theater lovers who are interested in how community theaters are evolving in America post-Covid and adapting to new cultural diversity and other challenges that the country is facing will want to hear this podcast interview by Mark Lieberman, the host of The World According to mark. The Asheville Community Theatre is one of the oldest community theatres in the nation. Listen to this great interview!!!

This week, Mark interviewed Antonio Ciaccia to delve into the incredibly complex and suspect world of prescription drug pricing on “The World According to Mark.”

Antonio started his firm, 3 Axis Advisors to provide consulting to private and government sector organizations about U.S. drug supply chain inefficiencies and cost drivers. Learn about these issues below.

This week Mark Lieberman talked with Michael Maslanka, a law professor at University of North Texas College of Law about the influence of the “Me Too” movement on that investigation and whether there will be a lasting impact on the American justice system.

Kenny Raskin has been a clown, a mime, a physical comedian, a musician and song writer, and he's made it in film, theater, and in venues all over the world. He was the lead clown in Everyman in Cirque du Soleil's NOUVELLE EXPERIENCE, was featured in Cirque du Soleil's 3D IMAX film entitled JOURNEY OF MAN, and he appeared as the Vaudeville Comedian in director Barry Levinson's film, LIBERTY HEIGHTS, and appeared as Le Fou in the original cast of Beauty and the Beast.

Mark Lieberman interviewed Robert Bilott, the famous environmental attorney who waged a two decade legal battle against Dupont for knowingly dumping the toxic cancer causing chemical PFOA into the environment. His story was featured in the 2019 movie "Dark Waters" staring Mark Ruffalo. His story is chronicled in his book, "Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont." According to Bilott, the entire world continues to face this unique health threat for a class of industrial chemicals that most Americans have never heard of. What can be done to stop this? Listen in to this impressive interview.

Mark Lieberman talks to Steve Woodsmall who is running against the controversial Madison Cawthorn, the youngest member of Congress who also hails from the State of North Carolina. Steve Woodsmall has a record of military service, business experience, a college education and advanced degrees. Steve served as an Air Force Officer for over 20 years and held positions with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration. He has a Master’s in Business Administration and a Phd in Organization and Management. 

Mark Lieberman interviews Victoria Browning Wyeth, the granddaughter of celebrated artist, Andrew Wyeth, the great granddaughter of illustrator N.C. Wyeth and the niece of contemporary painter Jamie Wyeth on The World According to Mark.