Air Date: 2/28/17 – What is so unique and yet informative about (the world of) penguins? Why do people seem fascinated by them? Do penguins have personalities and are they smart? “The Penguin Lady,” Dyan deNapoli, penguin expert, TED speaker, lecturer and author of the award-winning book, The Great Penguin Rescue, will discuss her experiences with these birds, her adventures to Antarctica and her “coming of age” as she learned more about these creatures. A fascinating segment!
Month: February 2017
Finding Compassion in the Workplace
Air Date: 2/21/17 – A yoga teacher, Customer Service Consultant Monica Tarr found application for her new-found (life) approach in her (corporate) workplace, and the results were staggering: higher productivity, higher sales, better communication and a greater sense of community. Now, she’s turned her sights to sharing these methodologies with other companies inc.: BlueCross/BlueShield, Northwest Bank and Alaska’s largest telecom provider, GCI. On “Conversations with Cyma,” she shares her sense for increasing these measures and her hopes for creating a national trend.
Love
Air Date: 2/14/17 – Rev. Cynthia Brix, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Shaman Donna Henes and Transformational Teacher Barbara DeAngelis each discuss their feelings about love. Self-love, spiritual love, inspirational love, worldly love. What the world needs now, is love. In honor of Valentine’s Day.
Busting Ageism: The Life of Ashton Applewhite
Air Date: 1/24/17 – Writer and activist Ashton Applewhite has spent the later years of her life railing against ageism, helping mobilize others against discrimination because of age, and fighting for aging fully and gracefully. Ashton is based in Brooklyn, NY, and is the author of several books includingThis Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism. In 2016, she joined the PBS site “Next Avenue” (’s) annual list of 50 Influencers in Aging as their Influencer of the Year. Applewhite has been recognized by the New York Times, National Public Radio, and the American Society on Aging as an expert on ageism. She blogs at This Chair Rocks, has written for Harper’s, Playboy, and the New York Times, and is the voice of Yo, Is This Ageist?