Category: Guests (Page 2 of 11)

Sidney Powell
Author of Licensed to Lie
Air Date, April 20, 2014

Sidney Powell served in the Department of Justice for ten years in Texas and Virginia and has devoted her private practice to federal appeals for the past twenty years. She was the youngest Assistant United States Attorney in the country when she was appointed. Later, she became Chief of the Appellate Section for the Western and Northern Districts of Texas. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and served as its President. Recognized by her peers as a “Super Lawyer” and named as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” for years, she has been lead counsel in more than 500 appeals in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, resulting in more than 180 published opinions, and was President of the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. Powell’s briefs have long been featured as samples for practitioners.

In Licensed to Lie, Powell leads readers through the disturbing events, missteps, cover-ups, malfeasance, and corruption of justice that have caused her to question the system she has been committed to for over thirty years. With the narrative style of a legal thriller, this true story captures the drama of the law, the real human costs and consequences of the corruption of justice, and cautions for anyone facing the Department of Injustice.

George Nigh
Former Governor of Oklahoma
Air Date, April 6, 2014

George Patterson Nigh (born June 9, 1927), is a politician and civic leader in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Nigh served as the 17th and the 22nd Governor of Oklahoma. He was the first Oklahoma governor to be re-elected and the first to win all 77 counties in the state. Additionally, short term vacancies in the governor’s office twice resulted in Nigh assuming gubernatorial duties while serving as lieutenant governor.

Nigh served on the board of directors of JC Penney and as President of the University of Central Oklahoma after leaving the office of governor. Currently he is a director and public relations advisor for International Bank of Commerce. Prior to holding statewide offices, he worked as a teacher and legislator.

Kristen & Jessica Bardwil
P.A.M.’s Run
Air Date, March 23, 2014

Just before Valentines Day 2008, Kristen and Jessica Bardwil lost their mother, Pamela Bardwil, to pancreatic cancer at the young age of 54. The following Valentine’s Day, the sisters with help of their Aunt Lori and other close family and friends founded P.A.M.’s Run for Pancreatic Cancer Research to celebrate the legacy and spirit of Pam, who was an avid runner and active member of the Westlake Village community.

Having learned about the significant research being conducted through the Lustgarten Foundation, P.A.M.’s Run joined forces with the organization to host an event that would impact the pancreatic cancer community as a whole. What started as a personal and intimate undertaking by Kristen and Jessica to honor their mother morphed into a full blown race, complete with over a dozen corporate sponsors, live bands, a large Expo area with vendors, and a 1K race for kids to encourage family participation, to date the Walk/Run has raised more than $525,000 in what promises to be a day to celebrate love, life and family and raise awareness and funds to help fight pancreatic cancer.

Donna Valentino
Author of Headstrong
Air Date, March 16, 2014

Born and raised in Queens, New York. After graduating from high school in 1979, she worked full time at various companies. She married in 1987 and had two children, Nikki and Jordan. She coached her son’s soccer team, managed both kids’ basketball teams, and stayed active in the PTA. She also played tennis on a team with good friends for seventeen years.

On February 7, 2009, Donna’s life as she knew it was turned upside down. As a result of a traumatic brain injury, all the physical activities she once treasured became impossible. Enjoying time with her children was put on hold. Starting a new relationship with someone special was cut short. Recently, after years of recovery and rebuilding her life, she wrote Headstrong: Surviving a Traumatic Brain Injury without Losing My Mind as part of a new beginning. Donna lives in Dallas, Texas.

Chuck Thoele
Author of “Bulls, Bears, and Basketball”
Air Date, March 9, 2014

Chuck Thoele is a partner at the independent advisory firm of Robertson, Griege, and Thoele, based in Dallas, TX, and Irvine, CA. He is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP)TM, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and Certified Public Accountant (CPA), with more than thirty years of broad experience in many aspects of financial planning and investing. Chuck is active in the Dallas community, having served on the boards of various non-profit organizations benefiting underprivileged children, the arts, and education.

Chuck grew up in Indiana, is an Indiana University graduate, and is a die-hard college basketball fan. This book connects two of his greatest loves—helping people manage their money and the annual spectacle of the NCAA Tournament.

Todd Lamb
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma
Air Date, March 2, 2014

Oklahoma elected Todd Lamb as Lt. Governor on November 2, 2010.  With a campaign focused on job growth and economic development, Lt. Governor Lamb achieved an overwhelming victory and quickly began putting his forward-thinking ideas and agenda in place.  He was appointed to the Governor’s cabinet as the advocate for Oklahoma’s small business.

An Enid native, Lamb played football at Louisiana Tech University, then returned to Oklahoma earning his bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State University and his law degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law.

In 1993, Todd Lamb worked on the campaign staff of gubernatorial candidate Frank Keating. Upon Keating’s election, Lamb worked alongside the Governor for four years.  During his time in the Governor’s office, Lamb traveled to all of Oklahoma’s 77 counties, almost half of the United States, and 2 foreign countries promoting Governor Keating’s pro-growth economic agenda.  Lamb served in the Keating Administration from 1994 until 1998.

In 1998, Todd Lamb became a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service. He was elected president of his Secret Service Academy class and graduated with special recognition.  During his U.S. Secret Service tenure, Lamb investigated and made numerous arrests in the areas of counterfeiting, bank fraud, threats against the President, and identity theft. His duties included domestic and international protection assignments during the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations.  In 2000, Lamb was a site supervisor for George W. Bush’s presidential campaign. In early 2001, he was appointed to the national Joint Terrorism Task Force, where he received training and briefings at the CIA, FBI, and Secret Service headquarters in Washington, D.C.  After the terrorists’ attacks, he was assigned to portions of the 9-11 investigation.

Lt. Governor Todd Lamb was elected to his first term in the Oklahoma Senate on November 2, 2004 by the voters of Senate district 47 representing NW Oklahoma City and Edmond.  Lamb was re-elected without opposition in 2008.

In 2009, Lamb became the first Republican Majority Floor Leader in state history. He has worked as a landman in Oklahoma’s energy industry, and in addition to his Senate service, was General Counsel for an energy and wireless company in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Lt. Governor Lamb currently serves as Chair of the National Lieutenant Governor’s Association (NLGA) Executive Committee and Vice Chair of the Aerospace States Association (ASA).

Todd Lamb and his wife Monica have been married 17 years and have two children, Griffin and Lauren. The Lambs are active members of Quail Springs Baptist Church, where Lamb serves as a church deacon. He has been a member of the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Athletic Association where he officiated high school football.  He is active in many other civic and political organizations. In his spare time, Lamb enjoys fishing, hunting, reading, and spending time with his family.

Bill Varvel
Author “The Lady Speaks: Uncovering the Secrets of the Mona Lisa”
Air Date, February 16, 2014

W. N. Varvel has been on a journey of academic research and self-discovery for the past twelve years, leading to the unexpected discovery and decoding of the interpretation of the Mona Lisa. He researches and writes about the Italian High Renaissance in Canada and the United States.

During graduate study at the University of Michigan and Michigan State, he established the collaboration between Leonardo’s The Battle of Anghiari and Michelangelo’s The Battle of Cascina. Currently he is preparing The Little Book, a follow-up to The Lady Speaks. A graduate of Texas A&M with degrees in chemical and petroleum engineering, he held positions at Chevron Texaco and founded A-Plus Tutoring in College Station, Texas. He lives in Dallas with his wife, Janice, and son, Daniel.

Cameron McConnell, Author of ‘Build to Prosper”
Air Date, February 09, 2014

Cameron J. McConnell is the Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Build to Prosper, a division of the McConnell Group, LLC. MGLLC is a consulting firm that specializes in helping business owners earn sustained pretax profits that are reinvested in innovation.

Cam has pioneered the Business Modeling Methodology (BMM), a ten-step business plan tool that for thirty-five years has proved consistently to help business owners build their business.

From his first job with IBM through his work as a CPA for KPMG to serving as a CEO for a Purex Industries aeromotive subsidiary, Cam honed his business savvy and intensified his desire to help business owners. Today, Cam’s vision remains to assist business owners to return to the “Prosperity Curve.” Cam hopes that we can provide a better earth to our children and to our children’s children.

Cam and his wife Ginny live in Southern California. They have children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren in the United States, England, and Nepal.

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