Sound Authors

Billy Collins Interview

Kent Gustavson — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:00:42 +0000

It was the honor of a lifetime to have a long chat with Billy Collins about a year ago. We talked about many things, including the Praying Hands in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Billy Collins read a few poems from his latest book Ballistics. Check it out.

Stan Goldberg | Lessons for the Living

Kent Gustavson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:00:02 +0000

Dr. Kent: My next guest on the show is the author of a wonderful book called ‘Lessons for the Living.’ It’s a very beautiful note that we can end the show on today. The author of this book is Stan Goldberg, and the subtitle is, ‘Stories of Forgiveness, Gratitude and Courage at the End [...]

Stan Goldberg | Lessons for the Living

Kent Gustavson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:00:44 +0000

From his website: Stan Goldberg is a Professor Emeritus of Communicative Disorders at San Francisco State University with a Ph.D. in Speech Pathology, a Masters in Political Theory, and a Bachelors in Philosophy. For over 25 years he taught, provided therapy, researched, and published in the area of learning problems and change. Dr. Goldberg has published [...]

Clarke Buehling | ‘Out of His Gourd’ and Leading The SkirtLifters

Kent Gustavson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:00:10 +0000

Dr. Kent: Hello everyone. This is Sound Authors, and I’m Dr. Kent. I’m excited on this show today to feature someone who I found out about through Concerts in Your Home, which is an amazing project and website online. You could organize House Concerts there from all sorts of amazing musicians. At Sound Authors [...]

Clarke Buehling | ‘Out of His Gourd’ and Leading The SkirtLifters

Kent Gustavson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:00:08 +0000

From his website: Clarke Buehling has led the group, The SkirtLifters, for over twenty years. An internationally renowned group of performers celebrated for their outstanding skills and showmanship onstage, The SkirtLifters have authentically recreated the music of the 19th century riverboat, stage and parlor, enlivened by period humor, skits, songs and percussive dance. Clarke is unmatched [...]

Jacob Moon | Maybe Sunshine

Kent Gustavson — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:00:38 +0000

Dr. Kent: My next guest on the show is musician, Jacob Moon. So we’re going to listen to a song from him, and get him on the line, and we’ll talk to him about his music. The song is called, ‘Everything’s Gonna Be Alright.’ So let’s listen to that, and when we come back, [...]

Jacob Moon | Maybe Sunshine

Kent Gustavson — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:00:05 +0000

From His MySpace Page: When audiences first hear Jacob Moon in concert, often their first question is “Why isn’t this guy famous??” To see and hear this Hamilton-based singer-songwriter in action is to be filled with wonder, and more questions, like “How does he make the guitar sound like an entire orchestra?” and “Where do [...]

Rory Freedman | Skinny Bitch

Kent Gustavson — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:00:23 +0000

Dr. Kent: Well it’s my real pleasure to have on the show next the award winning author of ‘Skinny Bitch,’ Rory Freedman. It’s a fantastic book, beautiful cover, and it’s selling off the shelves. Now there’s a whole line of products attached to it, including ‘Skinny Bastard.’ I wish I still was one. Welcome [...]

Rory Freedman | Skinny Bitch

Kent Gustavson — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:00:37 +0000

From Her Website: Rory Freedman co-authored the L.A. Times Best Seller, ‘Skinny Bitch.’ She is a former agent for Ford Models and has studied diet, health, traditional, and holistic nutrition for more than ten years. She lives in Los Angeles and has successfully counseled models, actors, athletes, and other professionals using the Skinny Bitch method. The [...]

Dr. D.A. Henderson | Smallpox: The Death of a Disease

Kent Gustavson — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:00:08 +0000

Dr. Kent: Welcome back to Sound Authors. My next guest on the show is Dr. D.A. Henderson. He’s the author of ‘Smallpox: Death of a Disease.’ This book is an account of challenges, obstacles and disasters faced by an intrepid international program in achieving the global eradication of smallpox. Fascinating, fascinating tale. Welcome to [...]

Dr. D.A. Henderson | Smallpox: The Death of a Disease

Kent Gustavson — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:00:09 +0000

From Wikipedia: Donald Ainslie Henderson, known as D.A. Henderson, is an American physician and epidemiologist, who headed the international effort during the 1960s to eradicate smallpox. As of 2005, he is a Resident Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Center for Biosecurity and a professor of public health and medicine at the University of [...]

Glenn Bachman | The Green Business Guide

Kent Gustavson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:00:13 +0000

Dr. Kent: Welcome to Sound Authors. We have four fantastic guests on the show today. Three authors, and one musician. We’re doing a show of course in the traditional format of Sound Authors. We’ve scheduled this show quite a while ago, and that’s why we’re back to the four-segment method. Again, tune in next [...]

Glenn Bachman | The Green Business Guide

Kent Gustavson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:00:25 +0000

From Amazon.com: Glenn Bachman, CMC, AICP, is president of Raven Business Group, LLC, a management consulting firm located in Massachusetts. Combining his expertise in strategic thinking, environmental management, and systems analysis, Glenn’s practice has evolved into sustainability consulting: assisting organizations that desire to become more ecologically and socially responsible, while maintaining their profitability. He has more [...]

Chris Smither | Time Stands Still

Kent Gustavson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:00:15 +0000

Dr. Kent: My next guest on the show is the incredible musician, Chris Smither. He’s been in the music industry for about four decades now, and has an incredible brand of music. He taps his own feet as the percussion to his music, and often tours with just him and his acoustic guitar, and [...]

Chris Smither | Time Stands Still

Kent Gustavson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:00:39 +0000

From Wikipedia and his website: Chris Smither is an American folk/blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. His music draws deeply from the blues, American folk music, modern poets and philosophers. Recorded in only three days, ‘Time Stands Still’ is just the eleventh studio album of a career that now spans over four decades. ‘Time Stands Still’ (Signature Sounds/Mighty [...]

Peter Brown | The Curious Garden

Kent Gustavson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:00:02 +0000

Dr. Kent: Welcome back to Sound Authors. It’s my pleasure on the show to welcome Peter Brown, who has written a gorgeous book, and the book is called, ‘The Curious Garden.’ Welcome to the show Peter Brown. Peter Brown: Thanks for having me. Dr. Kent: Your website is equally as fun and fascinating as [...]

Peter Brown | The Curious Garden

Kent Gustavson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:00:06 +0000

From the JacketFlap website: Peter Brown is a published author and an illustrator of children’s books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Peter Brown include ‘Kaline Klattermaster’s Tree House,’ ‘The Fabulous Bouncing Chowder,’ ‘Snowbone,’ and now ‘The Curious Garden.’

Ronald Kessler | In the President’s Secret Service

Kent Gustavson — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:00:57 +0000

Dr. Kent: Welcome back to Sound Authors. It’s my pleasure to have the New York Times Bestselling author, Ronald Kessler, to talk to us on the show today about his newest release called, ‘In the President’s Secret Service.’ Ronald Kessler, of course, has written many books, and they all are very investigative and fascinating. [...]

Ronald Kessler | In the President’s Secret Service

Kent Gustavson — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:00:40 +0000

From his website: Ronald Kessler is the New York Times bestselling author of eighteen non-fiction books. Kessler began his career as a journalist in 1964 on the Worcester Telegram, followed by three years as an investigative reporter and editorial writer with the Boston Herald. In 1968, he joined the Wall Street Journal as a reporter in [...]

Thomas Childers | Soldier from the War Returning

Kent Gustavson — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:00:26 +0000

Dr. Kent: Hello everyone. Welcome to Sound Authors. I’ve got four fantastic guests on the show today. We’re back to an older format of Sound Authors, just for this show, and then we’ll be back to the brand new format with a great show next week. I’ve got four guests on the show today. [...]