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Coinciding with the release of the new James Brown biopic, GET ON UP, Wednesday, July 30, 3 pm ET, The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds celebrates the Godfather of Soul, the one and only James Brown. Joining in the celebration is the daughter of James Brown, Deanna Brown Thomas, humanitarian, entrepreneur, radio & TV personality, actress and writer and the President of The James Brown Family Children Foundation (JBFCF), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created according to the wishes of James Brown. Aakomon “AJ” Jones is one of the most sought after choreographers in the world, working with the biggest names in music such as Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Jenner Lopez, and Mariah Carey. His choreography can best be described by the clean lines, musicality, sharpness and versatility, on view in the new James Brown biopic GET ON UP, which he also choreographed. RJ Smith’s THE ONE is the definitive biography of James Brown, not only presenting the first complete portrait of his personal life, but also placing Brown in his proper place in the pantheon of popular culture icons. Nominated for an NAACP award and hailed by Janet Maslin of The New York Times as one of the top books of 2012.  Jason Eamons is the Director of Curatorial Affairs at EMP Museum, which was founded by Microsoft’s co-founder, Paul Allen and opened in June 2000 in a building designed by Frank Gehry. The EMP Museum explores the artists and ideas that fuel popular music and pop culture. Conversation is an art, and Halli Casser-Jayne is the artist of conversation. Tune into The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds, Wednesday, July 30, 3 pm ET.

Wednesday, July 23, 3 pm ET, The Halli Casser-Jayne Show airs a 90 minute special INSIDE THE IVORY TRADE: IS IT TOO LATE TO SAVE THE ELEPHANT? Joining in the conversation are some of the top voices of the subject: Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Grace Ge Gabriel, Andrea Turkalo, Dr. Ron Orenstein,   In 1993, Iain Douglas-Hamilton founded the organization Save the Elephants. A zoologist, he is the recipient of the 2010 Indianapolis Prize for his work on elephant conservation. His chief research interest is to understand elephant choices by studying their movements. He is a frequent keynote speaker at the annual Wildlife Conservation Network expo. Dr. Ron Orenstein is the author of Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis. Since 1987, Dr. Orenstein has been an observer at meetings of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). He was one of the engineers of the compromise amendment that led to an international ivory ban. Field biologist Andrea Turkalo of The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has been called “The Elephant Whisperer.” She is the world's leading expert on forest elephants, working tirelessly to map the sometimes inaudible, language of elephants, in an effort to put to together the world's first elephant dictionary. A native of China, Grace Ge Gabriel is a driving force behind the International Fund for Animal Welfare China (IFAW) and has worked tirelessly to alleviate human-elephant conflicts and raise conservation awareness in the country that stands at the heart of the “blood ivory” illicit trade. An important conversation you won’t want to miss “Blood Ivory and the Fate of the World’s Elephants” on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Wednesday, July 23, 3 pm ET. Tune in live online at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

Sunday, July 20, 8 pm ET The Best of The Halli Casser-Jayne Show brings you Celebrity Chef and author of  a delicious, joyride of a memoir No Experience Necessary: The Culinary Odyssey of Chef Norman Van Aken.   Norman Van Aken is known as the founding father of New World Cuisine, a celebration of Latin, Caribbean, Asian, African, and American flavors. He is also known internationally for introducing the concept of “Fusion” to the culinary world. The only Floridian inducted into the prestigious James Beard list of “Who’s Who in American Food and Beverage,” his restaurant, Norman’s, was nominated as a finalist for the James Beard Foundation’s “Best Restaurant in America.” He has also been a James Beard Foundation semi-finalist for “Best Chef in America.” Van Aken has published five cookbooks: Feast of Sunlight, The Exotic Fruit Book, Norman’s New World Cuisine, New World Kitchen, and My Key West Kitchen.    No Experience Necessary spans twenty-plus years of the culinary renegade and pioneering restaurateur’s career, offering a uniquely personal, highly-entertaining under-the-tablecloth view of the high stakes world of American cuisine, told with wit, insight, and great affection by a natural storyteller. With an abundance of marquee names, incuding Emerill Lagasse, Tennessee Williams, Jimmy Buffet and Julia Child, Van Aken's memoir is as byzantine as a Russian novel but lots more fun.

Wednesday, July 16, 3 pm ET, The Halli Casser-Jayne Show is pleased to welcome to The Halli Casser-Jayne Show the author named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and the rare winner of two Edgar Awards, American treasure James Lee Burke, and New York Times and international bestseller thriller writer Andrew Gross.  James Lee Burke is the author of thirty-four novel and two collections of short stories, including New York Times bestsellers Light of the World and The Tin Roof Blowdown. Three of his novels have been made into motion pictures. His latest book, Wayfaring Stranger is James Lee Burke at his best, the story of a young boy’s chance encounter with Bonnie and Clyde that would shape his family’s fate for decades to come – a sprawling thriller that crosses continents and decades of American history. Andrew Gross is the author of the New York Times and international bestsellers No Way Back, 15 Seconds, Eyes Wide Open, and many more. He is also coauthor of five number one bestsellers with James Patterson, including Judge & Jury and Lifeguard. His latest blockbuster is Everything to Lose, the story of a determined mother who becomes entangled in a murderous conspiracy to keep a twenty-year-old secret buried. A blistering thriller, Everything to Lose is a book only the talented Andrew Gross could write. A conversation with two of the great mystery writers of our day, the incomparable James Lee Burke and the gifted Andrew Gross on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Wednesday, July 16, 3 pm ET. Tune in live online at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

Wednesday, July 9, 3 pm ET, The Halli Casser-Jayne Show explores The “F” Word, What’s So Wonderful About Feeling Good? Joining the discussion are Oliver Burkeman the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking and Tina Gilbertson, author of Constructive Wallowing: How to Beat Bad Feelings by Letting Yourself Have Them. Tune in for the answers online at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com. Oliver Burkeman is a British journalist for the British newspaper The Guardian. He is a winner of the Foreign Press Association's Young Journalist of the Year award, and was short listed for the Orwell Prize in 2006. He writes a popular weekly column on psychology, This Column Will Change Your Life, and has reported from London, Washington and New York. He holds a degree from Christ's College, Cambridge. Tina Gilbertson holds a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and is a licensed mental health counselor. In addition to working with adults one-on-one, she teaches assertiveness and self-esteem workshops and classes on goal-setting, decision-making, overcoming anxiety and finding the right career. She has written feature articles on emotional intelligence and health for Portland’s Natural Awakenings magazine. She contributes wisdom as a self-esteem expert for online therapist directory GoodTherapy.org. A conversation about The “F” Word: What’s So Wonderful About Feeling Good with Oliver Burkeman and Tina Gilbertson on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Wednesday, July 9, 3 pm ET. Tune in live online at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

Wednesday, July 2, 3 pm ET, The Halli Casser-Jayne Show is stepping inside the boxing arena with Boxing: An Inside Look at the Sport of Kings. Move over HBO Pay Per View. That’s right, The Halli Casser-Jayne Show is loaning you, free, a ringside seat as we explore the world of championship boxing. Joining the show is Jay R. Tunney, the son of legendary boxer Gene Tunney who will talk about his book The Prizefighter and the Playwright, which chronicles the unlikely friendship between the champion boxer and world famous playwright George Bernard Shaw in a book that offers extraordinary insight into the World of Boxing Champions – and even tells a love story! Also on the show is retired Light Heavyweight Champion, Glen Johnson, nicknamed “The Gentleman and the Road Warrior.” Rounding out the hour a conversation with Rick Encinosa an author and boxing historian, considered one of the top ten boxing authorities worldwide. It’s going to be a knockout of a show, promise. So sit back and enjoy your ringside seats to The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds and Sports Lovers.  A conversation with Gene Tunney’s son, Jay R. Tunney author of The Prizefighter and the Playwright, Light heavyweight Champ Glen Johnson and boxing historian and writer Rick Encinosa on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Wednesday, July 2, 3 pm ET. Tune in live online at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

Wednesday, June 25, 3 pm ET, The Halli Casser-Jayne Show takes to the air with two former members of the U.S. Air Force: legendary U.S. fighter pilot and New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton and former U.S. Air Force captain and superstar author of 24-bestselling action-adventure “techno-thriller” novels, Dale Brown. U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Dan Hampton flew 151 combat missions during his twenty years in the USAF. For his service in the IRAQ War, Kosovo conflict, and first Gulf War, Col. Hampton received four Distinguished Flying Crosses with valor, a Purple Heart, eight Air Medals with Valor, five Meritorious Service Medals, and numerous other citations. He is a graduate of the elite USAF Fighter Weapons School, USN Top Gun School, and USAF Special Operations School. Hampton was named his squadron’s Instructor Pilot of the Year six times and pioneered air-combat tactics that are now standard. A graduate of Texas A&M University, he has published numerous articles. Col. Hampton’s latest book is Lords of the Sky, a literate overview of 20th century warfare and the development of the fighter plane told as only a former fighter pilot can tell. Born in Buffalo, New York, a graduate from Penn State University, former U.S. Air Force captain Dale Brown was a navigator-bombardier in the B-52G Stratofortress heavy bomber and the FB-111A supersonic medium bomber. He is the recipient of several military decorations and awards including the Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster. Now the superstar author of 24 best-selling action-adventure “techno-thriller” novels including A Time for Patriots and Tiger’s Claw is out with his 25th novel, Starfire. A conversation with flyboys and authors Dan Hampton and Dale Brown about their writing, about flying, about the future of war and modern aviation on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show.

True crimes is the subject of The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Wednesday, June 18, 3 pm ET when Halli talks with Gary L. Steward author of The Most Dangerous Animal of All: Searching for My Father…and Finding the Zodiac Killer and Dr. Anne Speckhard, author of Fetal Abduction, The True Story of Multiple Personalities and Murder. An explosive and historic book of true crime, The Most Dangerous Animal of All: Searching for My Father…and Finding the Zodiac Killer by Gary L. Steward is an emotionally powerful and revelatory memoir of a man whose decade-long search for his biological father led to a chilling discovery: his father was one of the most notorious, and still-wanted serial killers in America. In a chilling psychological profile of Stewart’s father, the questions that have surrounded the case for 50 years are answered in a riveting narrative. In Fetal Abduction, The True Story of Multiple Personalities and Murder Dr. Anne Speckhard, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical School who has served on such high-profile cases, including that of Lorena Bobbit, tells the story of Annette Morales Rodriquez, a hard-working single mother of three. and also the story of Lara, a psychopathic killer who abducted another woman’s fetus, killing both mother and baby. Unbeknownst to Annette, Lara is a part of her: a dissociative identity formed to help Annette deal with the sexual abuse she endured as a child. A serial killer and a psychopathic killer suffering from multiple personality disorder -- true crimes with authors Gary L. Steward and Dr. Anne Speckhard on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show. 

Wyatt Earp, The Clanton Brothers, Doc Holiday, The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Tombstone, Arizona and the U.S. Marshals Service are woven into the mythology of the American Wild West. Wednesday, June 11, 3 pm ET, The Halli Casser-Jayne Show is taking a look inside America’s most storied law enforcement agency with a descendent of Marshall Wyatt Earp, Mike Earp. And we’ll be traveling to Tombstone, Arizona, site of the famous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral to talk with some of the current residents of Tombstone talking to men who are keeping the legends of the wild, wild west alive, including Terry “Ike” Clanton, descendant of the Clantons, Kenn Barrett, the former City Marshal and Chief of Police, and Stephen Keith, known all over town as Doc Holliday. In his new book U.S. Marshals, Mike Earp, who retired as the third-highest-ranking official in the service, tells the thrilling inside story of today’s U.S. marshals -- America’s oldest law enforcement agency, established in 1789 by George Washington. Giving a detailed account of its colorful history, Earp brings the past to the present in a revealing account of what few people realize is a three decades transformation of the entire structure of law enforcement in America. Tombstone, Arizona is a historic western city in Cochise County, Arizona, founded in 1879 by Ed Schieffelin in what was then Pima County, Arizona Territory. It was one of the last wide-open frontier boomtowns in the American Old West and the site of the famous Gunfight at the OK Corral fought October 26, 1881 between the outlaw cowboys Billy Claiborne, Ike and Billy Clanton, and Tom and Frank McLaury, and the opposing town Marshal Virgil Earp and his brothers Assistant Town Marshal Morgan and temporary lawman Wyatt, aided by Doc Holliday designated as a temporary marshal by Virgil. Twenty four seconds and 30 shots later, Billy Clanton, Tom and Frank McLaury were mortally wounded.

Controversy comes to The Halli Casser-Jayne Show when Nonie Darwish, director of Former Muslims United and Arabs for Israel joins Halli for the hour Wednesday, June 4, 3 pm ET. Tune in online at http://bit.ly/U4EEMd. Nonie Darwish’s  personal story will astound. The daughter of a martyr, she turned against Islam, became a Christian, moved to the United States and has earned her place as one of the leading voices fighting to warn the world of the dangers she believes it faces in its fight against radical Islam. She is the author of numerous books, including Now They Call Me Infidel, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, and The Devil We Don’t Know. She studied sociology and anthropology at the American University in Cairo. From there she worked as an editor and translator for the Middle East News Agency until she emigrated to the United States. Following the September 11th attacks, Darwish began writing columns critical of Islamic jihad and extremism, attacking the silence of moderate Muslims. She is a senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy. She has spoken at numerous universities, including Harvard, Yale and Oxford, as well as at the British House of Lords and the European Parliament. She has been published in the Guardian, Wall Street Journal and has appeared on CNN, FOX, BBC and more. Nonie Darwish discusses the evils of Islam on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Wednesday, June 4, 3 pm ET. Tune in online at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

Land, sea and sky are at the heart of the two stories The Halli Casser-Jayne Show explores, Wednesday, May 28, 3 pm ET when Annette Herfkens the sole survivor of a 1992 plane crash in the Vietnamese jungle, and David Barrie, a practiced seaman and lifelong mariner who learned to navigate with a sextant when he crossed the North Atlantic in a 35-foot sloop at the age of 19 visit The Halli Casser-Jayne Show. In 1992 a commercial aircraft carrying thirty-three people left Ho Chi Minh City for the beach resort Nha Trang. Two of the passengers were headed for a romantic getaway when the plane crashed into a mountaintop enclosed by the Vietnamese jungle, leaving Annette Herfkens trapped in the wilderness as the sole survivor. In her new book Turbulence she recounts her tale of survival, a journey you won’t believe, and, in the wake of Malaysian Flight 370, a story you won’t want to miss. The great-great-nephew of J.M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, wanderlust comes naturally to David Barrie. In his new book Sextant, Barrie tells the story of a young man’s daring sea voyage and the men who mapped the world’s oceans. It’s a compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery – an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the story of the daring mariners who used it to explore, conquer, and map the world.

Whet that sun-parched whistle of yours with an ice-cold beer, hand-selected for libation-lovers like you by The Halli Casser-Jayne Show. Join us, Wednesday, May 21, 3 pm ET when The Halli Casser-Jayne Show presents Everything You Don’t Know About Beer.  John Schlimm is the international award-winning author of several books, including The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Cookbook and is soon to add a new title to his long list with the release of The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Happy Hour. Schlimm is a member of one of the oldest and most historic brewing families in the United States, Straub Brewery. He has appeared on national media outlets including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, NPR’s The Splendid Table, Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food, and Fox & Friends.  Mirella Amato has dedicated herself to promoting local beer and beer appreciation. She is the first non-US resident to earn the title Master Cicerones. She holds an advance brewing certificate and is a National Level BJCP judge. She is the recipient of the 2012 OCB Center of Excellence Industry Choice Award in Food & Beer Matching Development. She can be heard on CBC Radio and her writing has appeared in a number of beer magazines. Her new book is Beerology. Patrick Dawson has been accredited as a judge through the Beer Judge Certification Program and has been collecting, aging, and consuming vintage beers for more than a decade. A respected voice on the subject of vintage beer, he travels throughout the United States and Europe collecting beers worthy of aging. He also reviews brew pubs for the North Denver Tribune. His personal cellar, in Colorado, is an evolving collection of hundreds of vintage treasures. His new book Vintage Beer, A Taster’s Guide to Brews That Improve Over Time has just been released.

They were a group of American post-World War II writers who came to be known as The Beat Generation. They were a cultural phenomena that both documented and inspired. Wednesday, May 14, 3 pm ET The Halli Casser-Jayne Show brings you the voices of The Beat Generation in a conversation with San Francisco author and poet Alan Kaufman, author and publisher Brenda Knight, and founder and curator of The Beat Museum Jerry Cimino. Alan Kaufman is the author of two critically acclaimed memoirs Jew Boy and Drunken Angel and a novel Matches. Praised by authors as diverse as Hubert Selby Jr, Dave Eggars and David Mamet, he is also the editor of the bestselling anthologies The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry and more. He recently co-directed The Allen Ginsberg Festival and is co-founder with Clayton Patterson of The Acker Awards, an annual tribute given to members of the international avant garde underground. His works have been translated and appeared internationally. Brenda Knight is a twenty-year publishing veteran, starting at Harper Collins. She is the author of American Book Award-winning Women of the Beat Generation. She has worked with many bestselling authors including Mark Nepo, Phil Cousineau, and Paolo Coehlo. She is founding editor of Viva Editions, a division of Cleis Press. Jerry Cimino is the founder of The Beat Museum, which began in 2003 in Monterey, California and moved to San Francisco in 2006. The museum is dedicated to spreading the spirit of The Beat Generation, which is defined as tolerance, compassion and having the courage to live individual truth. The Beat Museum is home to an extensive collection of Beat memorabilia, including original manuscripts and first editions, letters, personal effects and cultural ephemera.  Alan Kaufman, Brenda Knight, Jerry Cimino: The Beat Generation on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Wednesday, May 14, 3 pm ET Listen online http://bit.ly/U4EEMd.

Join The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds Wednesday, May 7 , 3 pm ET when Halli talks with bestselling authors about their biographies: Margaret Cardillo: “Just Being Audrey,” William J. Mann: “Hello Gorgeous, Becoming Barbra Streisand” and Bob Spitz: “Dearie, The Remarkable Life of Julia Child” and the three women born of a time when talent as well as style mattered, and when the pursuit of greatness, not infamy was rewarded. “These three women couldn’t have been more different but they shared one thing in common: a pursuit of excellence with an equal respect for individualism,” says executive producer and host Halli Casser-Jayne. “In a world where the unique is too-often sublimated by sameness, these women have a lesson to teach us all.”  And who better to speak to the subject of celebrity then author Margaret Cardillo, a Michener Fellow at The University of Miami, author Bob Spitz who wrote the New York Times bestseller, “The Beatles,” and William J. Mann whose 2006 biography of Katharine Hepburn, “Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn” was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2006 by the New York Times. The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, May 7, 3 pm ET. For more information visit Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

Once upon a time, a hundred years ago, there were four brothers named Leonard, Arthur, Julius, and Milton. The world would get to know them as Chico, Harpo, Groucho, and Zeppo (Zeppo replaced Gummo in 1918). In celebration of The Marx Brothers storied careers, Wednesday, April 30, 3 pm ET, The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds, in conjunction with the month-long New York City event, Marxfest, brings you an hour you won’t soon forget. Joining the conversation is one of the iconic interviewers of all time, Dick Cavett. Dick Cavett was the host of The Dick Cavett Show, which aired on ABC from 1968 to 1975 and on PBS from 1977 to 1982. When asked who his favorite interview was, he named Groucho Marx. They had an enduring friendship. Bill Marx is the son of Harpo Marx. He studied composition in New York at the Juilliard School of Music. He has written many concert works. He has also composed for motion pictures, television, theater and ballet. Bill has produced, arranged for and performed as pianist as well with many top jazz and pop artists, including Doris Day.  In 2012, Kevin Fitzpatrick launched the Marxfest Committee. An independent historian who founded the Dorothy Parker Society and is the author of The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide. Noah Diamond is a writer and performer. He serves as Marx Brothers Historian, which seeks landmark status for the Marxes’ childhood home. He has a long history of playing Groucho Marx, including in his own upcoming adaptation of I’ll Say She Is, the 1924 Broadway debut of the Marx Brothers. Performer, writer, producer and director Trav SD is the author of No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, which Bette Midler calls the “best showbiz book” and Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to YouTube.