It's tech week on American Café and we'll hear about a drone that helps prevent shark attacks, a hotel that uses animatronic dinosaurs to check you in, and we'll visit a factory where Carlos Santana's guitars are made.

American college debt is more than $1.4 trillion. This week American Café talks to a financial expert about how to save money on college and how to avoid getting in crippling debt.

A total solar eclipse will occur over the United States on Monday, August 21. This week, American Café talks to Mamta Patel Nagaraja, a NASA scientist about what to expect, what we can learn about the sun, and how to view the eclipse safely.

Can too much screen time be bad for our kids? This week American Café host David Byrd talks with Dr. Rob Melillo, a clinician and author about how much screen time is too much.

Alissa and Robbie Parker lost their daughter Emilie in the Newtown, CT school shooting. Alissa has written a new book An Unseen Angel about her family's journey from tragedy to forgiveness. She and her husband Robbie sat down with American Café host David Byrd in Washington.

This week we learn how women are working to break through bias in Silicon Valley. We'll also hear about Turkish entrepreneurs working to get their ideas out. And Virtual Reality is helping kids learn science in American classrooms.

Pete O'Shea is a standup comedian who once opened for artists that included Andrew Dice Clay and Kevin James. But he was also an alcoholic and drug addict. Now Pete is clean and sober for more than a decade and working to help other addicts. American Café host David Byrd shares Pete's story this week.

The United States marks its 241st birthday this week. We'll visit a special exhibit on the U.S. Constitution and celebrate some newly-minted American citizens.

Nearly half the world's population is hooked to the Internet. But how do you keep your kids safe in a free-wheeling cyber world? This week, host David Byrd talks to an Internet and Personal Security specialist about keeping your family safe online.