January 2003 - December 2003

Monday December 29, 2003 Changing Your Life with a Wish, Guest: Laura Day, author of Practical Intuition and The Circle: How the Power of a Single Wish Can Change Your Life

Monday December 22, 2003 The Role of the Virgin MaryGuests: Rev, Johann Rotan, SM, Director of the International Marian Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio; Rev. Linda Hedden, Pastor of Oxford United Methodist Church, Oxford, Ohio; and Pastor Greg Williams of the Vineyard Community Church, Cincinnati, Ohio.Monday

December 15, 2003 The Art of Ritual Guests: Authors Renee Beck and Sydney Barbara MetrickMonday

December 8, 2003 Having a Passionate MarriageGuests: Martin Brown and Josie Brown, authors of Marriage Confidential:: 102 Honest Answers to the Questions Every Husband Wants to Ask, and Every Wife Needs to KnowMonday

December 1, 2003 Celebrating the Holidays SimplyGuests: Nancy Twigg, author of Celebrate Simply: Your Guide to Simpler, More Meaningful Holidays, and Janet Luhrs, author of The Simple Living Guide,

Thursday November 27, 2003 A special Thanksgiving Day edition of our show. Be prepared to call in or e-mail your comments and answer to the question, "Why you are thankful this year?" Free Advice returns to its Thursday time slot next week.

Monday November 24, 2003 Judy Collins, singer/songwriter and author of Sanity and Grace, A Journey of Suicide, Survival and Strength

Monday November 17, 2003 Bishop Gene Robinson and the Episcopal Church Guests: The Venerable Jim Hanisian, Archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio, andRev. Walt Mycoff, Rector, Church of the Ascension in Middletown

Monday November 10, 2003 Angelic Intervention: Have You been Touched by an Angel? Guest: Author Joan Wester Anderson

Monday November 3, 2003 The Faith of George W. BushGuest: Author Stephen MansfieldMonday October 27, 2003 Spirituality and CreativityGuests: Deepak Chopra, MD, author of The Spontaneuous Fulfillment of Desire and other books; Carol Sexton, Campus Ministry Associate for Spiritual Formation, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana

Monday October 20, 2003 Marianne Williamson, spiritual teacher and author of Everyday Grace; and Angeles Arrien, anthropologist, author and consultant, discussing The Second Half of Life

Monday October 13, 2003 Anger ManagementGuest: Anger expert and author Les Carter

Monday October 6, 2003 Religion and Spirituality in the News Guest: Ken Woodward, Religion Editor, Newsweek magazine

Monday September 29, 2003 Change, Loss and Spiritual Transformation, Guest: Lama Surya Das, spiritual teacher, meditation master, poet, spokesman for American Buddhism and author of Awakening the Buddha Within and (his latest) Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be (Broadway Books)

Monday September 22, 2003 The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex and the Meaning of Life (Free Press)Guest: Psychiatrist and author Dr. Armand M. Nicholi, JrMonday

September 15, 2003 Reforming the Catholic ChurchGuests: David Gibson, journalist and author of The Coming Catholic Church: How the Faithful are Shaping a new American Catholicism (Harper-Collins;) and Fr. Dominic Grassi, priest for 30 years and author of Still Called by Name: Why I Love Being a Priest (Loyola Press)

Monday September 8, 2003 Fear and the Search for Truth, Guests: Ken Obermeyer, spiritual teacher and author of Target Joy; Rev. Doris Hoskins, Unity minister

Monday September 1, 2003 The Power of LoveGuest: Richard Shiningthunder Francis, author, spiritual counselor and mystic. Information about Richard's work is available at http://www.loveministries.org/ e-mail: rmfrancis@juno.com

Monday August 25, 2003 Hope and Healing in Today's WorldGuests: Dr. Nan Littleton, psychologist. professor and Director of the Mental Health program at Northern Kentucky University and Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia and her latest, Letters to a Young Therapist (Basic Books)

Monday August 18, 2003 Dr. Jean Houston, PhD, Teacher, researcher and author of 17 books, including Mystical Dogs: Animals as Guides to our Inner Life(An encore presentation of a show originally aired November 25, 2002)

Monday August 11, 2003 The Power of FriendshipGuests: Jan Yager author of Friendshifts: The Power of Friendship and How it Shapes Our Lives and Martha Moody, author of Best Friends. (An encore presentation of a show originally aired November 18, 2002)

Monday August 4, 2003 Freedom Through Voice & Song, Guest: Music educator, Frank Merriman from the Bel Canto School of Music, Dublin, Ireland. For information about Oxford's WOVEN Women's Chorus, 513-523-7179

Monday July 27, 2003 The Spiritual Journey of SufismGuests: Dr. Rick Colby, Asst. Professor of Comparative Religion, Miami University; Dr. Omid Safi, Asst. Professor in Islamic Studies, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York.

Monday July 20, 2003 Holy Spirit, an encore of a discussion with teacher and healer Ron Roth

Monday July 13, 2003 Self-Awareness and ConsciousnessGuest: Julian Paul Keenan, Neurologist, professor and author of The Face in the Mirror: The Search for the Origins of Consciousness (Harper Collins)

Monday July 7, 2003 The Journey of African-American Spirituaility, Guests: Stephen Angell, professor of Quaker Studies at Earlham College School of Religion and academic advisor for the PBS special ?This Far By Faith: African American Spiritual Journeys; ? and James Arthur Williams, musician, composer and professor of music and worship, Kettering, Ohio

Monday June 30, 2003 Practicing PatienceGuests: M.J. Ryan, author of Random Acts of Kindness, The Giving Heart, Attitudes of Gratitude and The Power of Patience Information at: http://www.maryjaneryan.com/ ; Rob Dorsey, Gomang Meditation and Dharma Center http://www.gomangdharmacenter.org/; and Rev. Georgiana Salyers, Miami University Campus Ministry Center. e-mail: lightsoncampus@hotmail.com

Monday June 23, 2003 The Search for God, Guest: Richard Shiningthunder Francis, author, spiritual counselor and mystic. Information about Richard's work is available at http://www.loveministries.org/ e-mail: rmfrancis@juno.com

Monday June 16, 2003 The Historical Jesus Guest: John Dominic Crossan, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, DePaul University, Chicago. Dr. Crossan has written over a dozen books which have become national bestsellers. (an encore presentation of a show that aired originally October 21, 2002.)

Monday June 9, 2003 Running from the Devil: A Memoir of a Boy Possessed Guest: Steve Kissing, author, advertising copy-writer and contributing writer to Cincinnati Magazine

Monday June 2, 2003 Self-Care in the WorkplaceGuest: Holistic practitioner Gini Maddocks, LMT. Information available at her website: holisticmatters.net

Monday May 26, 2003 Movies that Inspire, Guest: Mary Ann Brussat, co-founder and co-director of Cultural Information Service and Values & Visions and co-media editor of Spirituality & Health magazine

Monday May 19, 2003 The Benefits of Spiritual PracticeGuest: Nita Rose, spiritual counselor and former nun with the Missionaries of Charity, the religious community founded by the late Mother Teresa of Calcutta. (Nita Rose's e-mail: TaraRose@Cinci.rr.com)

Monday May 12, 2003 How Psychotherapy has Changed in the Last 20 YearsGuest: Psychotherapist William Glasser, M.D, author of Warning: Psychiatry Can be Hazardous to Your Mental Health

Monday May 5, 2003 Pressure Groups & Textbook Censorship, Guest: Diane Ravitch, Research Professor of Education at New York University and author of The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn (Alfred A. Knopf, 2003)

Monday April 28, 2003 Nourishing the Body, Mind and SoulGuest: Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D, author of Meditation as Medicine, The Pain Cure and the latest, Food as Medicine (Atria Books, 2003)

Monday April 21, 2003 Introverts in an Extrovert World Guest: Marti Olsen Laney, Psy.D psychoanalyst, researcher and author of The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World, (Workman Publishing Co. February 1, 2002)

Monday April 14, 2003 Overcoming our Culture of Excess, Guest: Laurel Mellin, M.A., R.D., Associate Clinical Professor of family and community medicine and pediatrics at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine and author of The Solution: 6 Winning Ways to Permanent Weight Loss and The Pathway

Monday April 7, 2003 Travel as a Path to Spiritual and Emotional Well-Being Guest: Rick Steves, travel advisor, author and host of "Rick Steve's Europe" on public television

Monday March 31, 2003 Peace and Harmony through Feng Shui, Guest: Feng Shui consultant Anita Owens 859-282-6282 email: mailto:kyfengshui88@aol.com(re-scheduled from March 24.)

Monday March 17, 2003 Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland Guest: Storyteller Eddie Lenihan

Monday March 10, 2003 Wellbeing as a Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Guests: Cynthia Allen and Larry Wells, counselors and therapists from Future Life Now. Phone 513-541-5720. Information about the Feldenkrais method is available at http://www.feldenkrais.com/

Monday March 3, 2003 Making Peace With God, Guest: Harold Bloomfield, M.D, psychiatrist, psycho-spiritual therapist and New York Times best-selling author

Monday February 24, 2003 The Spirituality and Philosophy of the Anti-War Movement Guests: Dr. Phil Shriver, President Emeritus of Miami University; Dr Lonnie Valentine, Associate Professor of Peace and Justice Studies, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana; and Zach Fisher, recent Miami University graduate with plans to attend grad school at the University of Cincinnati.

Monday February 17, 2003 Aminatta FornaAuthor of The Devil that Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Memoir, an autobiographical account of an idyllic childhood in postcolonial Africa that became the stuff of nightmare

Monday February 10, 2003 Affirmative Action TodayGuest: Jerald Steed, Executive Director, Dayton Human Relations Council (937-228-5854)

Monday February 3, 2003 Mullato America, At the Crossroads of Black and White Culture: A Social HistoryGuest: Author Stephan Talty, critic and journalist who has contributed numerous pieces on race and American culture to publications such as the New York Times Magazine, Vibe, George, Chicago Review, the Irish Times, and Playboy. Originally from Buffalo, New York, he now lives in Brooklyn

Monday January 27, 2003 Mothers and Fear of Child Loss Guest: Janna Malamud Smith, psychotherapist and author of A Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear (Houghton Mifflin)

Monday January 20, 2003 Should America Pay? Slavery and the Debate on Reparations Guest: Raymond Winbush, PhD, author and Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD.

Monday January 13, 2003 The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People Guest: David Niven, PhD, author