The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network

Thanksgivings as viewed by a Native American - The Other Side of the Story - For a Native American, the story of Thanksgiving is not a very happy one. But a member of the Dineh Nation and the Yankton Dakota Sioux finds occasion for hope. - www.xzoneradiotv.com

Superman leapt from comic books to radio serials in the 1940s, and on to the television screen by the 1950s. At the beginning of each episode a breathless announcer proclaimed that the caped superhero would once again defend "Truth, Justice and the American Way." Who would have thought that this great American hero was a Canadian creation? Superman's creator, Joe Shuster, came up with the idea of a "strange visitor from another planet with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men" with his buddy, Jerry Siegel, when the pair were only seventeen years old. Shuster, the Toronto-born cartoonist, was living in Cleveland at the time, but most of his family (including cousin Frank, whose own fame would come as half of Canada's "Wayne and Shuster" comedy team) lived north of the border. According to the novelist Mordecai Richler, Shuster's Superman is a perfect expression of the Canadian psyche. The mighty "man of steel" hides his extraordinary strength, speed, and superhuman powers under the bland, self-effacing guise of the weak and clumsy Clark Kent. He is a hero who does not take any credit for his own heroism, a glamorous figure in cape and tights who is content to live his daily life in horn-rimmed glasses and brown suits. Richler wryly suggests that Superman, with his modest alter-ego, is the archetypal Canadian personality who became a "universal hero," famed throughout the world as the champion of everything virtuous. - www.supermannorth.com

There is a French proverb which goes something like this: "In love, there is always the one who kisses and the one who offers the cheek." Author Barry Rothman admits that he has always been the one who kisses, and in his memoir, Mary Ann or Ginger, Rothman recounts his romantic relationships. Actively dating since 1960, Rothman has traveled the world searching for his soulmate and thought he had found her in a variety of different locales. He discovered that, from an early age, his choices in female companionship have been largely influenced by his interest in pop culture. Beginning with his first girlfriend, at the tender age of six years old, Rothman reveals details about the variety of women in his life, including those he should have married and those he was thankful not to have married. From his first sexual encounter to his first romance with a ballet dancer and his last liaison with a ballet dancer, he tells all. Though many of the stories in Mary Ann or Ginger expose the humorous side of relationships, this memoir includes serious conclusions helpful to those seeking to begin or maintain romantic connections. - www.maryannorginger.com

The only son of Lew and Esther Smith - a successful and renowned interior design visionary and a high society figurine - Philip Smith was no stranger to the culture of American art and lifestyle. However, as the climate of his native Miami took sharp political turns, a la Castro-ism and the Cuban Missile Crisis, his family life took sharper ones. Somewhere in between design consultations with Walt Disney and cocktails with the Nixons, Smith's father began to recognize powerful psychic healing abilities within himself. Interior design went from his profession to his marginal duty; something he did when he wasn't busy using his deep healing energy to remove tumors and perform exorcisms…and in true Lew Smith fashion, he led his category. Smith describes his father's newfound prominence in the psychic realm: "All of a sudden he was on the A-list party circuit for the deceased." So is the story of Walking Through Walls (Atria/Simon & Schuster), a collection of precise and poignant recollections from Smith's fascinating upbringing. For Smith, teenage angst took on new meaning, as his actions were frequently criticized by his father's "spirit guides" - a network of diseased scholars and healers he regarded as friends and teachers. Having your mind read by your father on a daily basis certainly took the fun out of surfing, sex and Scientology. Walking Through Walls is currently available at www.amazon.com, and will be released in paperback version in November 2009. To learn more about Walking Through Walls and Philip Smith visit www.walkingthroughwallsthebook.com.

Lloyd Pye was introduced to the Starchild Skull and founded The Starchild Project in February, 1999. He is the chief fundraiser, international spokesperson, and research coordinator for the Starchild Project. In 2007 he published a seminal book on the skull, The Starchild Skull, and recently added a new eBook, Lloyd Pye's Starchild Skull Essentials, which distills the skull's story into the tightest package possible. During his decade at the helm of the Starchild Project he has traveled to speak in a dozen countries around the world, appeared in a dozen television documentaries, been interviewed on national and international radio hundreds of times, and written a series of articles for publications in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Italy Japan, and Brazil. - www.starchildproject.com

Sherry Ward, author of Seekers of the Soul: Seven Psychics and Intuitives Talk about Their Work, and The Lives That Led Them To It As a reporter and feature writer Sherry Ward covered stories that ranged from bookies and diabetes to handwriting analysis and healers. She entered corporate America as a marketing director. Ward eventually established her own business, which she later sold to a national franchise. She has degrees in Communications and English from the University of Michigan. - www.seekersofthesoul.com

As children, sisters Tina Fiorda and Tilde Cameron have had many experiences of the other realm that have confused them at times but sparked their interest in the spiritual realm. It was their insatiable curiosity in this area that first caused them to begin experimenting with a Ouija board in their early teenage years. For years they played with the Ouija board, asking it questions that centered around love interests and future predictions; never taking it very seriously, until one day they were introduced to three entities who were not of this world. From that day forward, the messages they received were of a completely different nature. The Ouija board was no longer a parlor game. It was now a tool used to receive wisdom and knowledge from a realm of existence that was beyond anything they had ever experienced. Tina and Tilde have become students of this material as they venture forth in the next phase of their spiritual development. Tina Fiorda comes from a background of Fashion and Costume Design. Tina has owned and operated her own Fashion Design. Eventually, Tina moved into film, where she now works as a Costume Designer. Tilde Cameron has spent her career first in Vancouver's music industry and then moving into the gaming industry. Once the authors started working on "A Book of Insight" Tilde left the gaming industry to focus on their joint project. Today, both sisters have dedicated their time to promoting their very unique book and furthering their spiritual development. - www.abookofinsight.com

James Goddard got into Real Estate in 1992 in an area where he was not known, by 1995 he was in on 10% of all sales that occurred in that county and number one in the State in closed transactions for Prudential Real Estate. In 1996 he Purchased part of a Coldwell Banker Franchise and started over 50 miles away. Within 3 years he was tops in the State again in closed transactions and was many more times over the next 10 years. In 2006 he sold off the franchise (after quadrupling the sales), for more than 12 times the purchase price. In 2008, while the average agents income went down over 30% in his State, his went up over 15%, worked less, and took the final 2 months of the year off and was once again tops for his Franchise in the State in closed transactions. In March of 2009 he retired from active selling to promote his book Freedom For a Day, with the premise of "what if you believed for just one day that everything would work out perfectly" explaining how we are our own worst enemies, and can achieve anything. Today he speaks motivationally, and to sales forces on their potential, and how to and what Social Media to use. - www.jamesgoddard.com

Thanksgivings as viewed by a Native American - The Other Side of the Story - For a Native American, the story of Thanksgiving is not a very happy one. But a member of the Dineh Nation and the Yankton Dakota Sioux finds occasion for hope. - www.xzoneradiotv.com

Paul Hynek has decades of successful experience in finance, technology, and entertainment.

Paul is a Wharton MBA, an Adjunct Professor of Finance and Accounting at Pepperdine University, and the creator of startup financial projections software that has raised over $1 billion for thousands and startups. He has significant executive, software, and high tech experience in the US, Europe, and Asia.

Paul works with numerous startups as either a Board member, advisor, or part-time CFO.

Paul was involved in the making of Avatar, Lord of the Rings, Planet of the Apes, Tintin, Real Steel, Warcraft, The Hobbit, Halo, Call of Duty, and numerous other movies and games. Paul led the successful acquisition of Giant Studios’ ownership of its renowned virtual production motion capture software, and was instrumental in Giant’s sale to James Cameron for Avatar 2-5. Paul is a consultant on HISTORY’s new hit show “Project Blue Book” and was the Technology Consultant on “Mayne vs. Shark” which will be Discovery Channel’s big Shark Week special in August, 2019.

Paul has a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School of Business, a Master of Arts in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania’s Joseph H. Lauder Institute, and a BA in French from the University of Illinois. Paul’s highly-rated course at Pepperdine uses a curriculum he developed that combines elements of accounting, finance, personal finance, entrepreneurship, and negotiations, and also features diverse guest speakers, real world experience, and great food.