Steven Spierer Show – TalkRadioOne

The years of midlife can be a struggle. Children grow up, jobs change, health gives way and the things that used to make us happy don’t necessarily do that anymore. Long-term relationships, in particular, can lose their shine.  Steve talks with Psychologist Daphne de Marneffe, PhD, author of The Rough Patch: Marriage and the Art [...]

Almost weekly, the news is full of stories about disappearing retail chains that have been around for decades.  Steve talks with Mark Pilkington, author of Retail Therapy: Why The Retail Industry is Broken – And What Can Be Done to Fix it. Then, Steve visited Havana Cuba last week and talks about this most unusual country. [...]

Too many in the press would have us believe that America is a divided country where two or more perpetually angrier sides agree on nearly nothing.  Yet, so many of the challenges that face us today are common, overlapping and of concern to a vast majority of Americans.  Steve talks with Mark Holden, Senior Vice-President [...]

In 1940 TIME Magazine named Winston Churchill as its Man of the Year. In 1950 TIME called him the Man of the Half-Century.  In 1999 the Washington Post, and lots of others, called Winston Churchill the Man of the Century because he changed the course of history in a way that few have.  Steve [...]

We are all aging, and many people are concerned about what to expect with advancing years.  Although most young people think of the later years of life in terms of decline they can be one of the best times of life.  Steve talks with Alan D. Castel, author of Better With Age: The Psychology [...]

We live in a divided United States that is currently incapable of sustained and productive dialogue between opposing points of view.  As a result many Americans are feeling unsure of our future.  Steve talks with Professor Joseph J. Ellis, author of American Dialogue: The Founders and Us. [...]

Most people say they would like to die quietly at home. But overly aggressive medical advice, coupled with an unrealistic sense of invincibility or overconfidence in our health-care system, results in the majority of elderly patients misguidedly dying in institutions. Many undergo painful procedures instead of having the better and more peaceful death they [...]

Steve learns the difference between a Narcissist, a Psychopath and a Sociopath as he talks with Dr. Ramani Durvasula, author of Should I Stay or Should I Go? Surviving a Relationship With A Narcissist. Amazon

The art of leadership emerges not during calm, but in crisis. Steve talks with Tevi Troy, author of Shall We Wake The President? Two Centuries of Disaster Management From The Oval Office.

Our medical care system does a better and better job at treating illness and disease. Yet, very little is done toward prevention. More and more we are learning that most conditions and diseases are not only treatable but are preventable simply through nutrition. Steve, his wife Phyllie and their daughter Melanie [...]

On last week’s show Steve spoke with Peter Gardner who served in the United States Army in Vietnam about the Vietnam War. Part II of that conversation takes place today between these two friends who have known one another for 40 years.

The height of American involvement in the Vietnam War was 50 years ago now. Both the shadow and the resonance of that military conflict and its domestic causes and results continue today to influence views, actions, policies and controversies. Steve talks with his good friend of 40 years, Peter J. Gardner, who served in the [...]

The American economy is growing. Interest rates remain low, unemployment is at a decades record-setting low, wages are rising, the stock market continues to levitate, the financial markets are finally approaching normal operations and consumer confidence is high. Yet, investors are nervous, perhaps for good reasons. Steve interviews Warwick Lightfoot, author of America’s Exceptional Economic [...]

First, Steve tells a story from long ago about “The Importance of Doing It Right”. Then, the environment is a real challenge. Not just the real questions about what might be wrong with the environment and what, as a practical, financial and scientific matter has to be done, but also the partisan [...]

Steve talks with Aaron Goldberg, author of The Wonders of Walt Disney World, about Disney Theme Parks as you might expect. But Aaron plans to attend law school and interviews Steve, a practicing real estate and business attorney for the past 41 years, about law school and the practice of law. [...]