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Today I welcome Randy Grimes. Randy was an NFL player with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ten years; while playing for the Buccaneers and to treat his football-related injuries, Randy considered painki…

Today I welcome Marie Sander; Marie was diagnosed with Stage 4 colorectal cancer in September 2013, and today, is in remission. Marie has become an advocate for colon cancer awareness and is here to …

Hayley is an actress, curve model and body confidence activist who appeared on such shows as Baywatch, Huge, Pair of Kings and Why Women Kill. Hayley also graced our screens to give us fashion tips a…

Today I welcome Jody Plauche, a child sexual abuse and kidnapping survivor, and the author of The Jody Plauche Story - Why Gary Why?, the question asked by Jody's father as he shot and killed Jody's …

Karen speaks with Professor Dalton Conley, the Henry Putnam University Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and affiliate of the Office of Population Research and the Center for Health and …

Maura and Eric talk to Karen about Maura’s mother, Mary Joy Scherlach. Mary was a school psychologist at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut; on December 14, 2012, Mary gave her life protecti…

Monroe France, NYU Senior Associate Vice President for Global Engagement and Inclusive Leadership and Chris Woods, Director, LGBTQ+ Center at NYU. Monroe and Chris talk about the ways in which the Of…

Ali is an alumna of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and a groundbreaking performer who made history as the first actress in a wheelchair to appear on Broadway. Ali won a Tony for her performance in the…

In this episode, Karen speaks with Claire Tietgen and her father Charles. Claire is 18 and the survivor of bullying as well as several suicide attempts. Claire is on a mission to share her story to n…

Dr. Robert J. Ackerman is Professor Emeritus from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, an author, and the previous Director of the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Research and Training Institute. He is the co-…

Claire Bidwell Smith is a renowned grief expert and author. After losing both of her parents at a young age, Claire was drawn to helping others navigate the grief process. A former therapist in priva…

Angela Kennecke is a seasoned investigative journalist and news anchor at the South Dakota CBS affiliate KELO in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Angela was working on a story on drug overdoses the day she…

Cheryl Thomas was a student at Florida State University in 1978 and a member of the FSU dance team. Cheryl was alone in her apartment when serial killer Ted Bundy broke in, viciously attacked her and…

Stephanie is the author of 37 Seconds: Dying Revealed Heaven’s Help. In 2013, when Stephanie was pregnant with her second child, she began receiving mysterious but strong premonitions that she would …

Brandy is an actress, dancer and former model. Clean & sober since 2012, Brandy speaks candidly and regularly about her addiction to drugs & alcohol and her recovery from trauma. A prominent member o…

Former Miss South Africa and Miss Universe Demi Leigh Tebow is now on a mission to help women feel mentally and physically prepared for anything through her Unbreakable campaign, a self-defense progr…

The granddaughter of Frank Sinatra and recovering alcohol addicted person, AJ Lambert speaks with Karen about her journey.

Noel Capuano, CPA and Principal in the accounting firm of Friedman LLP, and John O’Donnell, Partner in Forensic Litigation Valuation Services at Friedman LLP speak with Karen about forensic accountin…

Eric Hipple is a former National Football League (NFL) quarterback whose ten-year career was spent with the Detroit Lions. In 2000, Eric’s then 15-year-old son Jeff died by suicide; since that time, …

Karen Chandler Pryor was a student at Florida State University and a member of the Chi Omega Sorority, living in the sorority house in 1978, when serial killer Ted Bundy broke into the house, murdere…