Talk! with Audrey

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: More than 50 million seniors and other beneficiaries have until December 7th to select their elect their Medicare coverage for 2013. RHONDA RANDALL, Chief Medical Officer, United Healthcare Medicare and Retirement, has information to you understand Medicare and how to compare your coverage options.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: 2012 is promising to be a landmark season for cutting-edge technology. Digital lifestyle and consumer technology expert MARIO ARMSTRONG joins me with a selection of the hottest new technologies hitting the market this fall.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: November is American Diabetes Month. A recent survey about oral health reveals a lack of awareness about the various health issues associated with diabetes. In support of American Diabetes Month®, Colgate Total® has partnered with health and wellness advocate, multi-GRAMMY® award-winning Gospel Artist YOLANDA ADAMS, to educate African Americans about the possible connection between diabetes and gum disease and to empower them to help take charge of their diabetes.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: If you’ve ever had one too many cups of coffee first thing in the morning, you know the almost uncontrollable urge that can suddenly stop you in your tracks: you have "TO GO" -- now! But for millions of Americans, that sudden urge isn’t just a morning coffee issue - it happens all day and night at unexpected times. Some people are even afraid to leave home for fear of an embarrassing accident. Urologist DR. KATHLEEN KOBASHI joins me to tell us all about a campaign launched by the non-profit American Urological Association (AUA) Foundation to help millions find relief.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: Joining me on the show this week to celebrate 87 years of successful entrepreneurship and to tell their story of The American Dream realized-ARLINGTON LEON EASTMOND the President and CEO of A. L. EASTMOND and SONS and his grandson,TYREN EASTMOND, company Vice President of EASCO BOILER CORP.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: The heart of our nation’s economy is in our small businesses. According to US Census data, 99% of all businesses that exist in this country are classified as small businesses. Joining me with simple, affordable tips help you grow your business this holiday season and beyond is DAVID MASTERVICH, Manager, Catalogs and Saturation Mail, for the U.S. Postal Service.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: James Koutz, the National Commander of the American Legion recently testified before Congress on the Legion’s legislative priorities which include improving job prospects for veterans, and asking for more congressional oversight on how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is handling the huge backlog of disability claims for veterans, MARTY CALLAGHAN of The America Legion joins me to discuss some of the issues veterans and their families face. If you know a veteran, please share information about American Legion's Mobile App, CLAIMS COACH. The app, available for both iPhone and Android users, provides step-by-step guidance to help veterans and their families connect with a service officer and navigate the VA claims process.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: For many people, trouble falling asleep at night is nothing new. But it might surprise you to hear that out of several common causes of sleeplessness, aches and pains were cited as the #1 reason – according to a recent survey. Just in time for the clock change of Daylight Saving’s Time, widely renowned sleep doctor and clinical psychologist DR. MICHAEL BREUS joins me to explain the top causes of sleeplessness and has tips to help you get a better night's sleep.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: Daylight-saving time ends tomorrow, Sunday, November 4th, and marks the 25th anniversary of the Change Your Clock Change Your Battery® program, created by Energizer and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), which reminds people to check, change and test the batteries in their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors during the fall time change. FIRE CHIEF HANK CLEMMENSEN, President and Chairman of the International Association of Fire Chiefs shares fire safety tips and life-saving reminders!

This interview was recorded in March of this year and broadcast to my listeners in New York City and Sacramento. As you know, I live in New York City and in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, I thought it was important to share it with you. Today's conversation is all about Global Warming and the emotional and psychological impact of natural disasters that psychiatrists believe cannot be overlooked. Please continue to pray for the people in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut who have lost family members, homes and communities, who are without many of the necessities that we take for granted. This week on TALK! with AUDREY: Forensic Psychiatrist,DR. LISE VAN SUSTERN joins me to talk about the psychological effects of Global Warming. A team of psychiatrists is warning in a new study a climate that is likely to be unstable will cost the U.S. dearly in health costs and overwhelm the mental health system, adding significant costs to the already $317 billion in annual mental health care expenditures and lost pro

This interview was recorded in August of this year and broadcast to my listeners in New York City and Sacramento. As you know, I live in New York City and in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, I thought it was important to share with it you on the site because we never know when or where disaster may strike, but we can be better prepared! Please continue to pray for the people in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut who have lost family members, homes and communities, who are without many of the necessities that we take for granted. This week on TALK! with AUDREY: Americans and emergency management experts agree on one thing. Over the past few years, the U. S. has experienced a record number of natural disasters that have destroyed neighborhoods and cost lives. What is even more concerning is what people are doing – or not doing – in the wake of an approaching catastrophe. MICHAEL ROCHE, Executive Vice President, Claims, Allstate, has tips to make sure we are prepared.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: For more than 20 years, USA WEEKEND Magazine and Points of Light have joined together to sponsor Make A Difference Day, the largest national day of community service takes place on the 4th Saturday in October each year. This year an expected 3 million Americans are rallying to help others. Joining me to tell us all about it, PAM BROWN – Senior Editor at USA WEEKEND Magazine.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: My guest is JOHN NICHOLS. On Friday, February 11, 2011, newly elected Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker proposed a so-called budget repair bill that attempted to take collective bargaining rights away from state, county, and municipal employees, as well as teachers. On Monday, February 14, 2011, the people of Wisconsin responded. In UPRISING: How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest from Madison to Wall Street, journalist and Wisconsin-native John Nichols details the protest movement that began one cold night in Madison and took the nation by storm, becoming the most sustained mass protest in recent American history. This was more than an attack on labor rights and unions; it was an attack on democracy and social justice.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: International recording artist, DELON, has stepped down as the opening act for America’s Got Talent artist Lindsey Stirling’s first-ever U.S. Tour. The rapper, best known to fans worldwide for his music and two chart topping U.S. Billboard hit singles "Calor De La Salsa" and "Nasty Girl", elected to leave the tour to address an internet attack campaign aimed at destroying his reputation with fabrications of serious criminal charges. DELON's story is one example of how a reputation can be ruined by cyberbullying and cause harm to one's livelihood.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: MARIE NEWMAN, Anti-bullying Family Advocate is my guest. We talk about the challenges that some children face at school . . . bullying. Did you know that every seven minutes a child is bullied; 85 percent of the time, there is no intervention of any kind. In fact, bullying is a leading cause of suicide among children between the ages of 11 and 16. It’s no surprise that 86 percent of children bullied say it interferes with their school studies. Marie has tips for parents and educators about how to support the fight against bullying.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: The leading spokesman for running and racing in the world who has run marathons on all seven continents, BART YASSO, Chief Running Officer at Runner’s World Magazine is my guest. For those with half-marathons and marathons on their annual schedule or as an item on their bucket list, The Runner’s World Big Book of Marathon and Half-Marathon Training is the book that can be an invaluable resource, a source of inspiration and a reassuring nod to your approach all under one cover. It is the first book of its kind: A title that examines running and training for a marathon or half-marathon from every conceivable angle. It has all the information anyone needs to run their first – or fastest – long distance race, plus the inspiring stories of real runners who used these strategies and transformed their lives.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: Credit or debit? Rent or buy a house? Buy or lease a car? Take or decline the rental car insurance? Renovate the kitchen or finish the basement? Buy stocks or mutual funds? Every day we are forced to make these financial decisions but the right answers all seem to require complicated, mind-numbing research. And who has time for homework when you’re in the checkout line at the grocery store and faced with the dreaded “Debit or Credit” question from the cashier? My guest is JACK OTTER, Executive Editor of CBS MoneyWatch.com we talk about his latest book, WORTH IT . . . NOT WORTH IT?

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: In celebration of National Voter Registration Day, the VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER (VPC) and Balcony Films released a new music video and original song, L.O.V.E -LET ONE VOICE EMERGE urging women and other unregistered voters to register, vote and to “let your voice be heard” this November. GAIL KITCH, Chief Operating Officer of The Voter Participation Center, a research-driven, results-oriented nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to increasing the participation and amplifying the voices of unmarried women (women who are single, widowed, divorced or separated) and other historically underrepresented groups in our democracy joins me to tell us all about the campaign and what each of us can do to get the message out

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: Alzheimer’s disease is an international epidemic impacting a growing number of families around the world and is often misunderstood, preventing people from seeking medical treatment and securing desperately needed support. BETH KALLMYER, the Vice President of Constituent Services for The National Alzheimer's Association joins me with information about World Alzheimer’s Month and encouraging everyone to “Go Purple.”

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: KIM CAMPBELL,wife of Country Music Legend GLEN CAMPBELL shares her story and the importance of Alzheimer’s Awareness.