Joseph Cicio is friends with a lot of very well known people. But those friendships, alone, are not why he has received so many gifts. When you listen to our interview with Joseph you realize that his magnetic personality has attracted both the famous and the non-famous to form friendships with him. Inevitably those friendships led to gift exchanges and, in his book, "Friends Bearing Gifts," Joseph tells the incredible stories behind some of those gifts.

When a building in Philadelphia was being demolished the falling building caused a neighboring building, which was a Salvation Army location, to collapse. The incident caused the deaths of several people inside the store. In his book, "Justice Under The Rubble," Attorney Andrew Stern tells how he fought to get justice for his client who was buried under the rubble for 13 hours and who lost both her legs in the process.

Artist and Children's TV Personality Michael Cariglio, better known as Pappy-Drew-It from the TV show "PappyLand," visited the studio on August 10, 2018 to talk to us about his work as a children's show producer, as an illustrator, and as an accomplished artist.

Major James Capers, Jr. called in to AM Ocala Live on the morning of November 9, 2018 and spoke to us about his amazing military career. Major Capers is the first African-American Marine to receive a battlefield commission as a member of 3rd Force Recon, a new special forces unit designed specifically for the war in Vietnam. Major Capers story is the subject of a book titled "Faith Through The Storm" and of a documentary titled "Major Capers: The Legend of Team Broadminded."

Our guest in the studio on February 1, 2016 was Richard Stewart. Richard was "Johnny Ringo," one of the gunfighters, in the Six Gun Territory theme park which was located in Marion County very near to Silver Springs. Richard was in the studio to promote a much anticipated Six Gun Territory reunion at the Kirby Ranch in Williston, Florida. Robin MacBlane, who also worked at Six Gun Territory, wrote a poem titled "The Heart Of Six Gun" which is also featured in this program.

Galen Unold has become a friend because of our daily radio "visits" with him on AM Ocala Live. Galen calls in to the show each day as a representative of LifeSouth Community Blood Center. The segment has been part of the show for well over a decade. It started out as a very short segment but we very quickly realized that Galen had great radio skills and "clicked" with us and, so, the segment grew to 25 minutes (usually). In this episode we had a fun time talking about the upcoming holiday of Thanksgiving.

Psychic medium Blair Robertson spoke to us on April 5, 2013 about communicating with departed loved ones and psychic phenomena. The live on-air conversation included a call from a listener during which Blair seemed to be getting messages from the caller's loved one.

Musician and singer Kevin Christian was in our studios on July 27, 2018 to talk to us about his music, his ministry, and himself. Kevin has been a friend for many years and has served the Central Florida area as a musician, a journalist, a TV personality, and as the Public Information Officer for Marion County Public Schools. It is that last role that most people are familiar with. In this interview we wanted to focus on Kevin's music.

Actress Alicia Silverstone called in to AM Ocala Live to speak to us about her decision to become a vegetarian and how that evolved into The Kind Diet which she wrote a book about.

Legendary singer and performer Patti Labelle teamed up with Registered Dietician Liz Ward and called in to AM Ocala Live. We spoke about "Lady Marmalade" and about Type-2 Diabetes.