January 2005 - December 2005

Monday December 19, 2005 The Chronicles of Narnia & the Works of C.S. Lewis, Guests: Bruce Edwards, author of Further Up & Further In: Understanding C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Broadman & Homan, 2005); Rev. John Keeny, Superintendent of the Dayton South District of the United Methodist Church; and Rev. Duane Anders, Superintendent of the Dayton North District of the United Methodist Church

Monday December 12, 2005 Why we Love the Dogs: The Emotional Benefits of Having a Pet, Guest: Jon Katz, author of Katz on Dogs: A Common Sense Guide to Training and Living with Dogs (Random House, 2005); and Amy Shojai animal behavior consultant, pet journalist and author of 21 pet care books including PETiQuette: Solving Behavior Problems in Your Multi-Pet Household (M. Evans & Co. Inc.)

Monday December 5, 2005 - Miracles & Angels, Guest: Joan Wester Anderson, author of In the Arms of Angels, Where Angels Walk and other books

Monday November 28, 2005 Keeping Your Cool During the Holidays, Guest: James J. Brush, PhD, child psychologist; Gini Maddocks, massage therapist and relaxation coach, and Deborah Crane, founder of Treats for Troops

Thursday November 24, 2005 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?"

Monday November 21, 2005 Demystifying the Mind-Body Connection, Guest: Stanley H. Block M.D. psychiatrist, adjunct professor at Seattle University School of Law and author of Come to Your Senses

Monday November 14, 2005 Metaphysics, Guests: Chris Sheehan, instructor, the School of Metaphysics, Cincinnati; Dr. Laurel Clark, School of Metaphysics and author of Karmic Healing.

Monday November 7, 2005 Sound Healing, Composer and recording artist Steven Halpern

Monday October 31, 2005 Wicca and Earth-based Spirituality Guest: Author, teacher and Wiccan High Priestess, Phyllis Curott

Monday October 24, 2005 The Best of Interconnect Segments of some of the best of our programs during the past year.Monday

October 17, 2005 Positive Energy, Guest: Judith Orloff, M.D, board-certified psychiatrist, assistant professor of psychiatry at UCLA and author of Positive Energy: 10 Extraordinary Prescriptions for Transforming Fatigue, Stress and Fear into Vibrance, Strength and Love

Monday October 10, 2005 101 Exercises for the Soul: A Divine Workout Plan for Body, Mind, and Spirit Guest: Author Bernie Siegel, M.D.

Monday October 3, 2005 Islam in a Judeo-Christian Culture Guests: Shakila Ahmad, Tours and Talks Coordinator for the Islamic Center of Cincinnati; Omar Tarazi, Islamic Studies Teacher at the Dayton Islamic School; and Michael Wolfe, co-founder of Unity Productions Foundation

Monday September 26, 2005 an encore from August 9, 2004: What is a Course In Miracles? Guest: Rev Pat Barker-- Unity minister and teacher of A Course In Miracles.

Monday September 19, 2005 Freeing Your Creative Spirit, Guest: Sark, Artist and author of Sark's New Creative Companion

Monday September 12, 2005 Macrobiotic Living Guest: Macrobiotic teacher and practitioner Charley Kabenji

Monday September 5, 2005 Helping Your Wife and Yourself through a Diganosis of Breast Cancer Guest: Marc Silver, Editor at U.S. News and World Report and author of Breast Cancer Husband (2004, Rodale/Men's Health) (encore from December 20, 2004)

Monday August 29, 2005 Coping with Unexpected Grief Guest: Ken Czillinger, Bereavement Manager, Vitas Hospice Center, Cincinnati; and Rachel Weinstein, Grief Specialist in San Jose, California.

Monday August 22, 2005 Getting Organized for Fall, Guest: Stephanie Denton, professional organizer, author, columnist and president of Denton and Company, Cincinnati.

Monday August 15, 2005 The DaVinci Code: Truth or Fiction? Guests: Margaret Starbird, lecturer, retreat leader and author of The Woman with the Alabaster Jar, The Feminine Face of Christianity and other books; Bart D. Ehrman, PhD, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of Truth & Fiction in The Da Vinci Code: A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary and Constantine.(encore of a show from January 31, 2005)

Monday August 8, 2005 Confronting the Rudeness Epidemic, Guest: Laurie Puhn, attorney, mediator, professional speaker and author of Instant Persuasion: How to Change Your Words to Change Your Life (Penguin 2005).

Monday August 1, 2005 The Cultural Impact of The Beatles, Guest: Steven D. Stark, author of Meet the Beatles: A Cultural History of the Band That Shook Youth, Gender, and the World

Monday July 25, 2005 End of Life Issues Guest: Rick Momeyer, Ph.D, Miami University Professor of Philosophy; Jim Cherney, Ph.D, Miami University Assistant Professor of Communication

Monday July 18, 2005 Healthy Food and True Democracy Guest: Frances Moore Lappe, activist and best-selling author of Diet for a Small Planet and Hope's Edge

Monday July 11, 2005 Changing Ourselves through Prayer, Guests: Prayer Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker, Minister with Hopedale Unitarian Church, Oxford, Ohio; Dr Linda Mintl, licensed clinical social worker, co-author of Lose it for Life: The Total Solution, Spiritual, Emotional, Physical, for Permanent Weight Loss; Rabbi Michael Shulman, Assistant Rabbi at Isaac M.Wise Temple, Cincinnati.Information about Cincinnati area interfaith activities in support of Darfur is available at http://www.savedarfur.org/.

Monday July 4, 2005 No show this week. Instead, The Fourth of July edition of Politics Takes a Holiday from the Capitol Steps

Monday June 27, 2005 95 Theses: Articles of Faith for a Christianity for the Third Millennium, Guest: Author, teacher and former Dominican priest, Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox

Monday June 20, 2005 Pet Therapy, Guests: Jill Grissom, Director of Volunteer Services at Vitas Hospice; Marlys Stahly, Director of Circle Tail; and Bobbi Theis, Director of Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding and Horsemanship

Monday June 13, 2005 A special show in honor of Fathers for this week before Father's Day. Your comments and stories about "Dear old Dad" are welcome this week.

Monday June 6 , 2005 Love Is Letting Go of Fear (25th anniversary of this book) Guest: Psychiatrist,well-known author and lecturer Dr. Gerald Jampolsky, MD and psychotherapist and researcher Diane Cirincione, PhD. (encore presentation of a show that originally aired May 24, 2004)

Monday May 30, 2005 A Month of Sundays: Searching for the Spirit and My Sister (Greycore, 2005) Guest: author Julie Mars

Monday May 23, 2005 Living in the Now, Guest: Leonard Jacobson, teacher, mystic, healer and author of Embracing the Present, Bridging Heaven and Earth and Words from Silence

Monday May 16, 2005 Profiling Your Date, Guest: Caroline Fresno, author, psychotherapist and adjunct instructor at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

Monday May 9, 2005 Religion & Spirituality in the News Guest: Barbara Bradley Hagerty, NPR Religion Correspondent

Monday May 2, 2005 Your Body's Healing System: Guest: Dr. Art Brownstein, M.D, M.P.H, Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Hawaii and author of Extraordinary Healing; Healing Back Pain Naturally and other books.

Monday April 25, 2005 Holocaust Remembrance and the 60th Anniversary of World War II Guest: Dr. Norman Davies, historian and author of Rising 44: The Battle for Warsaw; Europe: A History; and God's Playground: A History of Poland, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2

Monday April 18, 2005 The Future of the Catholic Church and a New Pope: Guests: David Gibson, journalist and author of The Coming Catholic Church: How the Faithful are Shaping a New American Catholicism (Harper-Collins;) and Rev. Anthony Geraci, Catholic priest and pastor of Immaculate Conception Church, Dayton

Monday April 11, 2005 Right Brain, Left Brain Psychology Guest: Dr Charlie Kenny founder of Kenny and Associates Inc, The Right Brain People

Monday April 4, 2005 The Revival of All Girls Schools, Guest: Ilana Debare co-founder of the Julia Morgan School for Girls in Oakland, CA and author of Where Girls Come First; and JoAnn Deak, PhD, speaker, lecturer and school psychologist, co-author of Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters, (with Teresa Barker)

Monday March 28, 2005 One Man's Near-Death Experience Guest: Rev. Howard Storm, pastor and author of My Descent Into Death: A Second Chance at Life

Monday March 21, 2005 Becoming a True PeacemakerGuest: Deepak Chopra, MD, author of Peace is the Way, Quantum Healing and other books;

Monday March 14, 2005 Intuitive Healing, Guests: Meredith Young-Sowers, D.Div. Founder and Director of Still Point Institute & School of Advanced Energy Healing; Judi A. Winall, B.Div, CIH, Founder and Director of the Center for Soul Empowerment, on staff at Tri-Health Integrative Health and Medicine Center

Monday March 7, 2005 The Changing Face of Retirement, Guests: Dr. Suzanne Kunkel, Director of the Miami University Scripps Gerontology Center; Cynthia Kelly and Dick Smith, volunteer coordinators for the Institute for Learning in Retirement at Miami University (513-529-1508)

Monday February 28, 2005 Past Life Therapy, Guest: Dr. Brian Weiss, M.D, psychotherapist and author Same Soul, Many Bodies (2004)

Monday February 21, 2005 Life's Bumps and Bruises: Finding Compassion and Help at Local Churches, GuestsMike and Laura Cummings, volunteers in the Vineyard Growth & Healing Ministry and Mark Lutz, Pastor of Growth & Healing

Monday February 14, 2005 Enhancing Your Relationship thru Ipsalu Tantra, Guests: Richard and Antoinette Asimus, Founders of Tantra Heart and teachers of Ipsalu Tantra throughout the U.S., Mexico and Costa Rica. Information about Ipsalu Tantra available at: http://www.tantrikainternational.com/

Monday February 7, 2005 Sacred Selfishness, Guest: Psychotherapist and author Bud Harris, Ph D.

Monday January 31, 2005 The DaVinci Code: Truth or Fiction? Guests: Margaret Starbird, lecturer, retreat leader and author of The Woman with the Alabaster Jar, The Feminine Face of Christianity and other books; Bart D. Ehrman, PhD, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of Truth & Fiction in The Da Vinci Code: A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary and Constantine.

Monday January 24, 2005 The Old Farmer's Almanac Guest: Janice Stillman, Editor.

Monday January 17, 2005 Holistic Education in a Public School Setting The dream and philosophy behind a new charter school in Richmond, Indiana. Guests: Cheryl Stewart, Speech pathologist and Board Member of the Galileo Charter School; Rudi Kauffman, teacher. Both are members of Citizens for School Choice.

Monday January 10, 2005 The Evolution of God Consciousness, Guests: Unity Ministers, Rev. Pat Parker, Rev. Jack Barker

Monday January 3, 2005 The Probability of God, Guest: Author Stephen D. Unwin, PhD.