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Arguably the most ambitious wildlife conservation program of all time is underway right here in our backyard, connecting Canada and Mexico through a wildlife corridor to allow plants and animals to migrate and thrive. Learn more as Vicki is joined today by Mary Ellen Hannibal, who travelled the length of the region to report on the project. Vicki also talks with sloth aficionado Lucy Cooke about her latest work in Costa Rica.
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The past decade has been a disappointment for those who care about the environment. The fight against destructive forces such as global warming, over-development, and pollution seem mired in red tape as national governments do little to manage the problems. Despite this, there is a tremendous effort underway in the American west, where local citizens have been joined by scientists, activists, and corporate entities to help link protected natural areas along the Rocky Mountains. In Spine of the Continent, Mary Ellen Hannibal reveals the details of her travels along this new wildlife corridor that stretches from Canada to Mexico, introducing us to cougars, wolves, bears, and charming small town folk dedicated to protecting the natural environment. Mary Ellen Hannibal is a widely acclaimed and award-winning writer and editor focusing on science and culture.

Move over, pandas, there’s a new adorable wild animal on the scene! British filmmaker, zoologist, photographer, and founder of the Sloth Appreciaton Society Lucy Cooke joins Vicki to talk about her new book, A Little Book of Sloth. The book stars the sloths of Costa Rica’s sloth sanctuary, dubbed “Slothville” by Cooke, and highlights her work with the cute and furry creatures in an outstanding photo-essay! Find out more at Slothville.com! Cooke is also an associate of National Geographic.

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National bestselling and multiple award-winning local author Susan Wiggs joins Vicki today to discuss her latest work, Return To Willow Lake. Later, former Microsoft senior manager Whitney Keyes shares her 5 essential steps towards accelerating your business for the future! Enjoy this encore presentation of Conversations Live! Vicki returns live next week!

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Susan Wiggs continues the immensely popular Lakeshore Chronicles series with her latest offering, Return To Willow Lake. The drama is off the charts, and the timing is uncanny as an election scandal unfolds while the pressures of women making major career choices amidst a family illness. Known for her strong women’s fiction, reviewers are calling Return To Willow Lake Wiggs’ best work yet. She is a three time Rita Award winner, and has also won the Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence, in addition to being a #1 bestseller on the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly charts. Being a local author, living on Bainbridge Island has influenced her work greatly, and her success has led to her nurturing a number of local writers, as she speaks regularly at Washington writer’s conferences. She will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming Emerald City Writer’s Conference in October.

What does a Fortune 500 company like Starbucks have in common with a small meat vendor in Malaysia? Surprisingly, a lot, because when it comes to marketing, size doesn’t matter. In PROPEL: Five Ways to Amp Up Your Marketing and Accelerate Business, author Whitney Keyes shows readers how to remove challenges holding a business back, identify new marketing opportunities, and turn ideas into action by creating a customized plan. As Keyes notes, anyone can do marketing, but true success lies in how it’s done. For over 20 years, she has been on the front lines of bringing success to organizations and individuals. As a senior manager at Microsoft, she managed global marketing campaigns, including the launch of Office 2000, and helped create the company’s philanthropy program, Unlimited Potential. Prior to that, she worked for the City of Tacoma helping over 500 small businesses stay afloat while managing her family’s retail store. Today she serves as a fellow for the Center for Strategic Communications and as a professor of Global Reputation Management at Seattle University. She will be speaking throughout the greater Seattle area during the latter half of September, you can view her speaking calendar here for an upcoming appearance!

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Today on Conversations Live, Vicki’s guests are all about protection. Protecting yourself from disingenuous advice, protecting your loved ones, including your children, from seemingly absurd identity theft, and protecting your love life when you think you might be past your prime!
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All too often, our quick-fix society looks for easy and sugar-coated answers on how to ease the pain of issues ranging from anxiety to weight problems to depression to marital conflicts. The so-called experts of pop psychology are masters of making us feel good for the moment and getting the audience to applaud, but once the cameras are off, where is the genuine, emotional help that eases the pain long term? In Talking Back to Dr. Phil: Alternatives to Mainstream Psychology, counselor, educator, and attorney David Bedrick shows a better way to heal the nation, a method guided by love and deeper spiritual meaning.

Steve Schwartz is a leading identity theft expert and co-author of Bankrupt at Birth: Why Child Identity Theft is On the Rise & How It’s Happening Under Parent’s Noses. Experienced in credit and identity fraud protection, Schwartz is available to offer taxpayers important advice on how to protect their entire family from falling victim to identity thieves. Today he will discuss tax tips if the IRS denies your return due to fraud and warning signs that your child’s identity might have been stolen. He will also give suggestions protecting your family from identity theft year round, and 5 very important tips in case it does happen.

So you’re over 50, single, and still searching for Mr. or Mrs. Right? A recent study suggests you are not alone, as nearly one third of the baby boomer generation is facing these same circumstances. Jill Teitelman is one booming babe that is not having it! With her debut novel Saving Gracie, Jill jumps right into the risky world of romance later in life and into the Circle of Hell she calls online dating. Her desire to grab life with both hands combine with a sharp and witty sense of humor to make this a must-read for any single baby boomers, and a fun ride for anyone else, especially those who want to be prepared for that stage of life! Jill’s writing has appeared in many forms including periodicals, comic books, documentary films, encyclopedia articles, and travel essays. In addition to teaching writing and literature, her professional adventures have included working for Cosmo’s Helen Gurley Brown and Germaine Greer.

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New York Times bestseller list mainstay Po Bronson joins Vicki to discuss his latest collaboration with Ashley Merryman, Top Dog – The Science of Winning and Losing. We will also hear from Pam Jenoff on her newest book, The Ambassador’s Daughter!

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Po Bronson teams up once again with his NYT bestselling NurtureShock co-author Ashley Merryman to present a groundbreaking new look at the science of competition. Top Dog – The Science of Winning and Losing tackles a subject we all face every day, whether at work, at school, at home, or on the playing field. Top Dog upends much of the conventional wisdom, explaining the scientiific forces at play that fuel our desire to compete, and with this understanding, reveals how to tip the odds in your favor! Best known for his NYT bestseller (notice a pattern here?) What Should I Do With My Life, Bronson has authored five books on his own, and his writing has appeared in publications such as Time and The Washington Post. His highly regarded collaborations with Merryman range from novels to periodicals, and they have received numerous national awards for their work together.

Paris, 1919. The world’s leaders are meeting to chart a new political order after World War I comes to an end. Young Margot Rosenthal reluctantly accompanies her German diplomat father to Paris, but finds herself swept up in the mystery, foreign intrigue and dark, deadly passions of the city. The Ambassador’s Daughter is the 6th novel from international bestseller Pam Jenoff, who weaves political intrigue and romance like no other! She uses her experiences working as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army at the Pentagon as well as her State Department assignment to the U.S. Consulate in Poland to bring credibility and expertise to her work.

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New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Haigh joins Vicki this week to discuss her new collection of short stories, News From Heaven, an unflinching look at the conflicting desires of escape versus the enduring hold of home. Today Vicki also presents a treasure trove of information regarding shingles, a painful and debilitating disease that affects around 1 in 4 people sometime during their life. 

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In ten interconnected short stories, Jennifer Haigh returns to the vividly imagined world of Bakerton, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town rocked by decades of painful transition. From its heyday during two world wars through its slow decline, Bakerton is a town that refuses to give up gracefully, binding — sometimes cruelly — succeeding generations to the place that made them. Advance praise from the Boston Globe calls News From Heaven “Vibrant, thought-provoking, profoundly readable,” and the Library Journal calls it “… a masterly collection.” The award-winning Haigh has penned four critically acclaimed novels, and her short fiction has been widely published.

If you have ever had chickenpox, then you are potentially at risk to come down with Shingles at some point in your life. Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus that most people get during childhood, and is similar in that it is typically characterized by an extremely painful rash and blisters on the skin. It can lead to serious complications, such as post-herpetic neuralgia, a painful and long-lasting condition caused by damage to the nerves resulting from the shingles virus. The older you get, the more at risk you become, as 2/3 of shingles cases occur in those 50 or older. Joining Vicki today to shed light on this frightening but manageable disease is Dr. Robert Duarte, director of the Pain Center at North Shore-LIJ’s Cushing Neuroscience Institute in Manhasset, N.Y., and Dr. Erin Moore, who earned her medical degree at the University of Washington and is certified with the American Board of Dermatology. We’ll also hear from a listener about what her father went through after coming down with shingles.

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On this brainy edition of Conversations Live, Vicki is joined by two neurological experts in Dr. Daniel Amen and Mary Sommerset to discuss two different approaches to taking control of the immense power of your brain!

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The Washington Post calls Dr. Daniel Amen, “by almost any measure, the most popular psychiatrist in America.” Unleash The Power of the Female Brain, his latest in a long line of bestselling books on the brain and brain health, offers a practical, step-by-step program specifically for women to help them thrive, and is based on the largest gender brain study ever done. Culled from research from Dr. Amen’s clinical practice, it identifies at least five strengths that are specific to the female brain, and also warns of the potential dark side to each. Dr. Amen is a physician, double-board certified psychiatrist, teacher, and eight time New York Times bestselling author.

Letting go is not usually associated with fun, or profit for that matter. Yet, Letting Go for Fun and Profit: How Advances in Neuroscience Inspire Change provides tools for letting go of resistance by embracing the discoveries in brain science. This book is for women and men facing obstacles to their success. In fact, there is scientific proof showing how attitude change CAN be effective and permanently hard-wired into your brain. Co-author Mary Sommerset is also a speaker and a Certified Professional Coach, working with executives and teams from a variety of industries.

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Is the sub-conscious world of your dreams the path to how you really feel? The Dream Detective Mimi Pettibone returns today to discuss what the juicy details of your secret dreams reveal! If you have a dream you would like analyzed, send details using the Contact Page, or to the Conversations Live Facebook page! But first, Vicki is joined by global business leader Jacqui Dunne to discuss how a new form of currency can alleviate our financial problems!

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The Dream Detective returns to Conversations Live just in time for Valentine’s week! In the spirit of the holiday of the heart, she will be reviewing issues such as romantic and sensual dreams, same sex dreams and why they occur and what they mean (regardless of your orientation), if dreaming of someone other than your partner is a sign of trouble, and much more! Send your dreams to the Conversations Live Facebook page via comment, or using the Contact Page (anonomously if you wish) and let the Dream Detective take a stab at your innermost desires! Mimi Pettibone draws on her own experiences and those of experts in neuroscience and cellular biology to create an astonishing ability to interpret and use the information contained in dreams to help impact positive life changes!

Award-winning journalist and global business leader Jacqui Dunne teams up with world-reknowned financial and currency expert (and co-designer of the Euro) Bernard Lietar as co-authors of Rethinking Money. This groundbreaking book lifts the veil on the mystery of money, identifying what it is, why it causes problems, and how a new currency system can help to create a sustainable and prosperous world. Click here for more information on their Town Hall Civics series presentation on Wednesday, March 20th, right here in Seattle!

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Young, old, gay, straight – everyone has experienced love – and the joy and frustration that come with it. Today Vicki welcomes the director of the award-winning movie Love Etc. for a behind the scenes look at what it takes to make a great documentary film! Speaking of love, our second guest can help you create chemistry with anyone… spark it fast, and make it last! 

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Love Etc. is a witty, poignant and humorous exploration of the universal stages of love, depicted through five real stories over the course of one year in New York City. From teen romance to a decades long marriage, newlyweds to a recent divorcee, and even a bachelor so frustrated in his search that he chooses to have children without a partner, the film documents the intimate journeys of engaging characters reflecting their diversity, and taking an honest look at one of life’s most challenging pursuits. Love Etc. marks Jill Andresevic’s feature directorial debut. She began her career producing award winning campaigns for Nike, and has created over 40 short documentaries for Cadillac featuring Jay Leno, William H. Macy, and many others. Her work has been honored by Boards Magazine, Time Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal.

According to author and noted speaker Leil Lowndes, there are two kinds of people. Those who walk into a room and say “Well, here I am.” And those who walk in and say, “Ahh, there you are.” She believe each of us should strive to be the latter, and her latest book, How to Create Chemistry with Anyone, takes the reader on a step by step journey from “first sight” to “forever-together.” Lowndes has appeared as a guest expert on countless national television and news programs and gives workshops for corporations, associations, and the public around the country.

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Find out how PJ and Jim Jonas and their 8 children have turned a hobby on their small farm into an internationally successful small business using goat milk!  Later today, marketing expert Dr. R. Kay Green has written a definitive book on what it means to be a strong and empowered woman in business today!

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When you think of the soap and beauty industry giants, chances are the Jonas family doesn’t come to mind first. But this family of 10 has taken their hobby of creating natural soaps from goat’s milk and turned it into an international success with each child doing an age appropriate task to help keep things chugging along! Moving from a small 3-acre farm to a 36-acre farm and being featured on the hit CBS show The Doctors are just two of the many ways the Jonas family is living the american dream! Visit www.GoatMilkStuff.com to learn more!

I’ve Been Called the B* Word… Now What Do I Do? 13 Rules for the New Age Professional Woman draws from the inspiration and interviews of 13 successful female entrepreneurs and career women as they examine their paths to success. Dr. R. Kay Green is CEO of RKG Marketing Solutions and had devoted over 13 years to developing a greater understanding of the marketing and business disciplines.

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Who among us has never been paralyzed by fear? In his new book,THE FEAR PROJECT: What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me About Survival, Success, Surfing…and Love, award-winning journalist and surfer Jaimal Yogis sets out on a chain of wild and fun-packed adventures to better understand fear: Why does it so often dominate our lives? What makes it tick? And is there a way to use it to our advantage? Switching from adventure and fear to food — think Spicy Chicken with Green Olives from Morocco. Bandits’ Lamb from Greece. Portuguese Pulled Pork. Turkish Lamb Meat Loaf. Coffee Caramel Flan from Spain. These are just a few of the 125 discoveries from around the Mediterranean basin that bestselling author and slow-cooker queen Michele Scicolone includes in THE MEDITERRANEAN SLOW COOKER. 

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Embark on a Mediterranean culinary journey with one of the masters of the slow cooker, Michele Scicolone, even if it’s your first time using one! She simplifies and adapts many lushly flavored recipes in her new book, The Mediterranean Slow Cooker. She is the author or co-author of seventeen cookbooks, including The Sopranos Family Cookbook, a New York Times bestseller, The Italian Slow Cooker, and The French Slow Cooker. A cooking teacher and Italian culinary tour guide, she writes about food, wine, and travel for many publications.

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