Headlined Guests
Headlined Guests that have appeared on BBS Radio TV
Sheri Pedigo is a talented writer, songstress, and actor who grew up in a small town in Kentucky. At the early age of 8 she started to play piano and began to write her own songs.
Her unique gift is her ability to bring words alive with soul and enthusiasm with a message of hope. She has a gift of the heart felt emotion of Karen Carpenter and then the soul and power of Tina Turner. She is powerful and authentic on stage commanding the audience and delivering her performance with the skill of a world-renowned conductor, taking you on a journey of your soul.
Sharing the stage with many iconic figures including Billy Davis and Marilyn McCoo (Fifth Dimension) Country legend Randy Travis, Toto’s lead singer Bobby Kimball, and Bill Champlin (Chicago) Producer Narada Micheal Walden (Whitney Houston) as well as produced and cowritten songs and videos with Actress Dyan Cannon.
Her voice can be heard on national jingles for Coca-Cola, Kroger's, Hennessy and Pat Boone's song I Had A Dream etc.
Sheri ventured into the European market in 2009 where she cowrote the song Break Away with Swiss Rock band Gotthard’s leads singer Steve Lee. It was released on the “Need To Believe” album and charted twice triple platinum.
Sheri has given many of her professional years to great causes and has been a voice to the voiceless traveling around the world on many stages. She has also helped and instructed many young aspiring singers teaching music workshops and working with inner city schools.
Sheri served as co-producer for Saving K-9 lives which is a nonprofit organization that brings awareness to animals in need.
She has actively been involved with Actor William Shatner's Hollywood Charity Horse show in Burbank California where she has been a Main Stage performer for the events as well as singing the national anthem during Shatner's entry to the arena on horseback. Her love for horses has been her motivation to support and be a voice for the Wild Mustangs whose lives are in danger everyday out on the range.
In May 2017 Sheri was an author in the book “Redeeming the Screens” Her chapter “The flight of a butterfly is her living testament of a life of faith, overcoming fears, proof of a living God and that we are to live our lives with purpose and destiny.
She is now reaching inside and writing powerful screenplays and working with writers and producers to further this new season of her life. She has an incredible gift to bring a story to life and allow the audience into the heart and soul of a person and to feel the life and emotions of those characters.
Sheri is a member of The Screen Actors Guild, women in film BMI, ASCAP and SUISA
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Premadonna Braddick, MA., LPC is a License Therapist, Transformational coach, ordained minister, motivational speaker, author, and actress. She’s a prime example of overcoming nearly insurmountable circumstances. Born and raised in the foster care system in East Oakland, California from age two to eighteen years old, she spent the early years of her life dealing with depression, low self-esteem, and a poor self-image. Despite this, she was surrounded by mentors who offered guidance, wisdom, and inspiration to pursue her purpose in life; therefore, she understands the importance of mentorship. Instead of using her past as an excuse, Premadonna turned her obstacles into stepping-stones to achieve her goals and help young women and teenage girls do the same.
Through the love and support of those around her, Premadonna resolved not to allow past challenges to dictate her future or hinder her from achieving life goals. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio, Television, and Film with a minor in Theatre of Arts from San Jose State University. She’s also an alumna of Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma, where she earned two Master of Arts degrees in marriage/family therapy and Christian counseling. She’s a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Tulsa Rotary Club, and former member of Kappa Phi Beta Honor Society.
Mrs. Braddick was featured in Tulsa People Magazine, and appeared on Tulsa TBN’s Praise the Lord, along with several other community radio and television talk shows. Premadonna has a Podcast talk show called Real Life, Real Talk. Mrs. Braddick received the 2018 Woman of the Year-Pinnacle Award from YWCA and Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women, In 2019 the Oklahoma For Excellence award for her outstanding mentorship work with at-risk teen girls and families in the community. She also received the NBA Oklahoma City Thunder ChangeMaker award, presented to visionaries who strengthen their communities through innovation, inspiration, and empowerment and drive culture forward.
She has a passion to reach teens and women since mentors helped her to finish college and move forward to create her non-profit, Soaring Eagle’s Youth and Family Services Inc. Its mission is to help youth and families rewrite their stories, define their futures, and succeed in life by providing resources to heal intergenerational family trauma and inspire positive growth.
Her organization addresses troubled teens and family issues through counseling, mentorship, an Annual Teen Summits. She currently works as a behavioral health counselor specializing in trauma counseling, depression, anger management, and marriage counseling. In addition to her many jobs, she considers it an honor to serve as a foster mother where she has fostered several children.
Helping others renew their minds and adjust their thinking are two of several ways this passionate woman encourages others to persevere, no matter the difficulties. Leading by example, her goal is to empower youth and families to enjoy a vibrant and fulfilling life. Her motto that drives her is, “When you have a setback, don’t take a step back because God is already preparing your come back!!”
A native son of Chicago’s West Side, John Wesley Fountain is an award-winning columnist, journalist, professor, publisher and author of True Vine: A Young Black Man’s Journey of Faith, Hope and Clarity; and Dear Dad: Reflections on Fatherhood.
A tenured full professor of journalism at Roosevelt University since 2007, he has written for the last 13 years a weekly Sunday column for the Chicago Sun-Times. As a journalist, Fountain has chronicled the story of murder for 30 years, mostly in Chicago. He was a 2021-22 Fulbright Scholar to Ghana, where taught at the University of Ghana at Legon and conducted a research project: “Africa Calling: Portraits of Black Americans Drawn to the Motherland”
He was previously a professor of journalism at his alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is a graduate of Providence-St. Mel School, Chicago.
He has won numerous journalism awards over a nearly 40-year journalism career and is author of five books, including his latest, Soul Cries: In Black & White and Shades of Gray. He is a frequent guest commentator on radio and television.
He often shares his inspirational story of going from poverty and the urban mean streets of Chicago’s West Side to the top of his profession. Fountain is founder of WestSide Press Publishing, Chicago, and more recently FountainWorks NFP, a not-for-profit focused on telling the untold stories of marginalized or underrepresented people in print, digital and other forms.
His decision to become a journalist: “I chose journalism ultimately because of its power to make a difference, to shine the light on hidden corners of the world, to give voice to the voiceless, to make the invisible visible. I see this as more than a profession. It is a calling to which I am committed for as long as I have breath.”
Jason Patton is a 15 year Firefighter/Paramedic at a South Florida based fire department. Jason is also the creator and star of the popular social media series Fire Department Chronicles which has amassed a combined following of 8 million followers and 55 million total monthly views.
Jason is also the Vice President, Co-owner of Fire Department Coffee. Additionally, Jason has traveled the United States for Keynote addresses in front of thousands of First Responders on subjects ranging from Mental Health, Resiliency, and adopting humor to increase firefighter retention.
Dr. Hutan graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1994. He has accomplished his level 1 certification through NUCCA and currently is working on achieving his level 2 certification. With over 20 years of practice in Wisconsin, he has helped thousands of people with global chronic pain and headaches. He has a unique and gentle approach that helps jump start your healing process without the use of drugs or invasive surgeries. He is a married father with three boys and has lived in Sherwood, Wisconsin since 2004. Fun fact about Dr. Hutan is he is in a band and can play the drums and has practiced martial arts since he was 8 years old and continues to do so!
I am an optimist. My underlying philosophy of conservative common sense is shaped from a strong family, from my experience being welcomed to America, and from a core belief that we all have a God-given right to make as much of our lives as possible.The prime responsibility of political leadership is to make policies that encourage people to be happy, healthy and productive.
#1 Amazon Best-selling Author Pens Critically-Acclaimed, War-Themed Historical Novels That Are Inspired By His Heroic Vietnam Helicopter Days & His Family Of Veterans
When Larry Freeland served as a decorated helicopter pilot and an infantry officer with the 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War, he just wanted to do his job, survive the war, and return home to pick up with his life. So do the lead characters in his powerful best-selling series of war-set works of historical fiction.
“Wars define the lives of the men and women who fight them,” says author Larry Freeland. He should know. Not only did he serve our country, but so did his father, who was an officer in the Army Air Corps/United States Air Force during World War II, and his grandfather during world War I as a doughboy. Freeland’s books call upon the many harrowing tales that he personally survived – or heard about from his family.
His newest book, Legacy Of Honor: The Patriarch, is about a doughboy fighting in World War I Europe. It is the follow-up to Chariots In The Sky, which is about a U.S. Army assault helicopter pilot trying to survive his tour of duty in Vietnam.
“In dedication to those who sacrificed their lives so that we can each enjoy freedom and liberty, I wrote these books so that we can appreciate the harrowing moments millions of veterans experience on the battlefield,” says Freeland.
“Each generation that serves, experiences combat in its unique way and then must cope with how our country treats its warriors during and after our wars. Veterans often struggle to survive upon returning home.”
About Chariots of the Sky: It is the final major offensive operation of the Vietnam War.
60 days for 750 helicopters to do battle. Who wants to be the last man killed in Vietnam?
Take a harrowing ride with dedicated combat helicopter pilot Captain Taylor St. James and his aircrew. Follow the Eagles, a Huey assault company with the 101st Airbornbe Division, through A Shau Valley, Khe Sanh, Quang Tri Province, Hue, DMZ, North Vietnam and Laos. Experience combat missions in the air, and rocket attacks and sapper in the wire on the ground.
But the North Vietnamese aren’t the only enemy. Endure an intense Army commander more interested in personal glory than the safety of his men. Add mechanical problems, bad weather, and human error--a recipe for disaster for Captain St. James and his men. This is their story.
About Legacy of Honor: The Patriarch: A tale of courage, sacrifice, love and honor, this 20th century historical fiction saga addresses the horrors of WW1 and the challenges that military men faced upon returning including mental trauma, and physical illness in addition to the hardships of the Great Depression as well as other historical events before WWII, including the Bonus Army March of 1932 and the Little Steel Strikes of 1937.
Patriarch of the family, Sam McCormick, is a dedicated doughboy, US Army Infantryman,
serving with the Rainbow Division of the American Expeditionary Force, fighting in France
during World War I. He just wants to do his job, survive the war, and return home to pick up with his life. To do so, he and his fellow Doughboys must survive being gassed, horrific artillery
bombardments and machine gun fire as they cross "no man's land" repeatedly to attack the Huns and take their trenches. Along the way he will meet several historic figures. Sam falls in love with Marie, a French nurse, whom he meets while recovering from his war wounds. Returning home to a grateful nation, which soon forgets their sacrifices, Sam tries to assimilate back into civilian life. It is a journey full of disappointment, frustration, violence, and pride in who he is and what the men he served with accomplished during the war and later in life as they fought for justice, recognition, and each other.
Praise For His Books
Chariots in the Sky
"A worthwhile peek into the horrors of war.” — Kirkus Reviews
"There are more than enough harrowing flying scenes and firefights on the ground that will keep readers of this genre interested." — The VHPA Aviator
"A nicely written, exciting book. [The author] replays the feeling of time and place extremely well. Well worth reading. — HELICOPTER LIFE
"This fast-paced experience of war comes to life through the eyes and exploits of an Army assault helicopter pilot. This is a dramatic and exciting story that puts you right in the middle of the action." —LCDR B. Hood, USNR
"Right up there with some of the best. I loved the book! [It] really held my attention and let me visualize all of the various scenes as they unfolded." — Tony Mancini
Legacy of Honor: The Patriarch
“Freeland weaves together an exciting, action-packed, and historically accurate tale of war and romance during and after World War 1.” -- James Harvey, author of Grayton Beach Affair
“Freeland writes in nearly encyclopedic fashion as he includes background information about the World War I trenches, the history of the nursing corps, the big increase of cigarette use among American military personnel, the history of “Reveille,” and the meaning of “buying the farm,” among many other things. He also takes the reader on a 30,000-foot overview of a battle about to take place before dropping us down into the action. Freeland’s aim is for his trilogy to explore how this country treats its warriors and veterans during and after our wars. With Book One, The Patriarch, he’s off to a good start. -- Bill McCloud, Vietnam Veterans of America
"An incredible piece of historical fiction centered on Sam. a soldier, a Company First Sergeant, and finally a WW1 vet who returns to an America that does little to support those who bravely fought on its behalf. Larry has created a riveting storyline with well-developed characters that traverse the war and the historical years beyond." -- F. Michelle Jones, Retired Teacher of Creative Writing
"Crawl through the trenches of France with American infantrymen and experience the horrendous brutality of WWI warfare ... reminiscent of the carnage in Civil War battle scenes
in The Red Badge of Courage. Then follow the "doughboys" as they assimilate back into American society, often with heart-breaking and unforgettable outcomes." – Jameson Gregg, Georgia Author of the Year, IBPA Benjamin franklin Award
Larry Freeland Biography
Larry Freeland, a Vietnam veteran, is an author of war-themed historical fiction books. He comes from a long line of military veterans. His father was an officer in the Army Air Corps/United States Air Force whose career spanned 30 years and included World War Il through the early stages of the Vietnam War. His grandfather was a doughboy in World War I, and his two brothers were both war veterans, having served in multiple conflicts that our country has been involved in following the Vietnam War.
Born in Canton, Ohio, he also lived in Biloxi, Mississippi; Syracuse, NY; Riverside, CO; parts of FL; and Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico.
He graduated from the University of South Florida in Tampa in 1968, and then he entered the U.S. Army at the height of the Vietnam War, serving one tour in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division as an infantry officer and a CH-47 helicopter pilot.
Upon release from active duty in 1973, Larry returned to civilian life and pursued a career in the financial industry. He earned an MSA in Management from University of Central Georgia. After retiring from banking in 2001, he worked as an independent financial consultant for three years in the Atlanta area. He then worked as an instructor for six years with Lanier Technical College in their Management and Leadership Development Program.
Freeland’s books, Chariots in the Sky and Legacy of Honor: The Patriarch, are Amazon best-sellers, have earned critical acclaim, and have received hundreds of favorable reader reviews.
Now retired, he lives in North Georgia with his wife Linda, a retired schoolteacher. They enjoy traveling around the country, going on cruises, and visiting historical places in Europe. They are fans of LeMans racing and drive their Corvette to several annual races held in the United States.
They are involved in supportive activities associated with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Veterans-related organizations. For more information, please see: https://larryfreeland.com/
Larry Freeland: (678) 643-4332
As a Political Scientist with a lifelong passion for government service, I took my degrees in Political Science with an advanced degree in International Relations at the University of Southern California. Since that time, with fidelity to purpose, my central focus has remained on issues of National Security.
As a Political Scientist with a lifelong passion for government service, I took my degrees in Political Science with an advanced degree in International Relations at the University of Southern California. Since that time, with fidelity to purpose, my central focus has remained on issues of National Security.
During graduate school, I worked with Top Secret clearances for Analytical Assessments Corporation. I conducted research, analyzed, and wrote on matters of critical concern to the United States. After completing graduate school, I was hired to write on classified projects at Eaton, Information Management Systems Division, a multinational corporation once located in Southern California. Conducting research and working with a team to complete White Papers on intelligence systems, I continued to write on subjects related to the national security interests of the United States.
Following my time at Eaton, IMSD, I instructed courses on California Government, U.S. Government, U.S. International Relations, and other Political Science courses. I have taught at the University of California, Irvine; the Whizin Center of Continuing Education at the American Jewish University; and numerous community colleges, as well as Summit Bible College. I also had the opportunity to serve as Commissioner and Committee Chair of Community and Media Outreach for the County of Kern’s Human Relations Commission; worked on fundraising for a Cambodian Relief Effort to provide clean water to villages inside Cambodia; and, traveled to Domnesti, Romania to part of a Romanian Orphaned and Abandoned Children Relief Effort.
By electing me to be your principled public servant, I will work to always put the people of California and this nation first in order to achieve the America First Doctrine by deregulating the economy and lowering taxes for economic growth and prosperity, securing our borders, restoring the nation’s security, empowering law enforcement and strengthening the Rule of Law, ending California’s water crisis, delivering on school choice for every child, supporting energy independence and protecting the fossil fuel industry, bringing back America’s manufacturing industry, as well as voter integrity.
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Nitki’s Dad is a new author, United States Marine Corps veteran, and Project Manager in the Financial industry. The values and principles instilled within him as a US Marine strengthened the foundation of his personal life and professional career and solidified his spiritual journey as a human being.
He was born into a large family in Toledo, Ohio, and grew up in Oregon, Ohio, a lakefront suburb of Toledo. He was active in sports, a friend to all he met, and became spiritually aware in his teens after a dream had opened more than his eyes, discovering its name decades later. He was “Walking the Red Road,” a spiritual path, living, balancing, and attending to his physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional well-being in creating a direct relationship with the Creator (Great Spirit, God, etc.) and doing his best to do the right thing even if it is hard at times. This spirituality saw him through a few dark times, including a few that were no longer after he wore the uniform.
He is not asking anyone to believe as he does but to understand that life is not a spectator sport. He began writing his own story for a potential significant other because he did not think he would have the emotional strength to go into the same level of detail again, but the universe, controlling the timing, had other plans. Whether you believe it or not, we are all teachers, students, and messengers who can preach a better sermon with our lives than we can with our lips.
He learned to listen to the push and pull of the universe, which has aided in his ability to help others when called upon. In writing his own story, The Warrior Within, he shares the details about the path he has traveled and hopes to continue to travel, including life lessons and some ideas to start the conversation to solve some of the problems that face this country and the world. In his second book, Dear Molly, he writes about the pieces that the universe began moving into place long before he felt the full force of that lightning strike, all of which helped clear his vision and moved him in a way that once seemed unimaginable.
Nitki’s Dad understands now more than ever that what we want may not be what we need, but in asking for what we need, we may find something we want that we never knew we wanted. He knows that it is the connections we make as spiritual beings on this human journey, be it a reason, a season, or a lifetime, that allow us to spread a little light, healing, and inspiring others by being the candle or the mirror that reflects it into the darkness for others to see a way out of their own prison. I hope you will find more than a few things that will resonate with you in these books that provide hope, strength, courage, and resolve to rise above it and live the life the Creator intended for you.
My guest Glynis McCants is internationally known for her accuracy. Fortune 500 companies seek her help to pick the best employees for their success. You have seen Glynis on 60 minutes, The Today Show, Nightline, CBS' The Talk, The View, Entertainment Tonight, The Dr. Phil show, Parade Magazine, and many others. The producers of the movie Number 23 hired her as the Numerology Expert for the Jim Carrey film, and she has a Numerology segment on the Number 23 DVD teaching the Life Path Numbers. Numerologist Glynis says that when we have someone's name and date of birth, we can discover exactly who they are. Numbers are not just in people, but also in our homes, businesses, cities, states, pets, and more. Her mission is to simplify what Numerology is all about, and to help everyone out there change their lives for the better!
My guest Viviane Chauvet is an interstellar being who ascended thousands of years ago. Her Soul Avatar Essence has returned in a projected hybrid human form as an emissary for the re-ascension timeline. Renowned for her advanced healing services, Viviane has conducted over 23,000 private sessions worldwide. As an oracle of Arcturus, her mission includes traveling from star system to star system to assist civilizations on the verge of evolutionary Ascension process. She is a member of the intergalactic Federation of Light and collaborates with Star Regency and interplanetary councils.
See Viviane speak live! Tickets for L.A. Conscious Life Expo: https://consciouslifeexpo.com?ref=yzq2otu
Australian born Craig Hubbard is Founder and principal designer for KiSS Ankle Co. Craig
played NBL basketball (Australian equivalent of the NBA) while he studied Engineering then
later attained a degree in Biomechanics and Exercise Rehabilitation. As an athlete he injured
fingers, thumbs and ankles, and confused and frustrated by rehab and return to play options,
he developed his own he could play or work in. His first US patent was the heat molding
thumb brace now copied around the globe.
He dedicated 1.5 years to understanding the ‘function’ of ankle injury and repair and
consulting Ankle surgeons before designing the ‘form’ of devices to address the injury and
effectively prevent it. Simply titled ‘An Ankle Brace’ his second US Patent forms the basis
for KiSS ankle systems for PPE and for rehab.
He found others wanted protection and function, including some of Australia’s elite ankle and
hand surgeons, athletes and teams, who often competed when they otherwise couldn't.
Surgeons loved the Medical Intent; The products were both medical and safety devices while
others were, and still are just braces, and taping, little more than an anachronism and source
of revenue for trainers and Physiotherapists.
Craig is a passionate advocate for independent testing and standards for Ankle PPE,
lobbying the NOCSAE which tests all other US sports safety equipment, from helmets to
shin pads, but strangely not those devices used on the most common sports injury on the
planet. Craig still lives and works in Australia where he facilitates the local manufacture of
high-quality hand-made ankle PPE and exercise rehabilitation systems for export around the
world.
Derek O. Hanley is a long-time paramedic and disabled veteran combat medic, author, published photographer, multi-instrumentalist, noted video producer, and is the founder of DOHP.
Matt Dixon is a senior national politics reporter for NBC News and the former Florida bureau chief for POLITICO. One of the best-known and -sourced reporters covering Florida politics, Dixon has played a key role in NBC News’s 2024 presidential election coverage and has lived in the Sunshine State, where he moved immediately after graduation to work for The Villages Daily Sun, since 2008. A Wisconsin native and a graduate of Marquette University, Matt now lives in Tallahassee.
Lola Kristine is a singer, pianist and songwriter based in Laguna Beach, California. Known as “the little girl with the big voice,” Lola has been staggering audiences her whole life with the depth of soul she possesses in both her timeless songwriting and penetrating singing. Hearing her sing feeds your soul and reconnects you with what is right in the world.
From humble beginnings in St. Louis, Missouri, Lola has taken her music across the country, touring with noted musicians such as Premik Russell Tubbs (Santana, Sting, James Taylor), Jeff Haynes (Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock), and bass virtuoso Michael Manring. She has collaborated with artists from all over the world, including Kinobe (Uganda) in a series sponsored by American Voices.
Her original music has brought her success worldwide with songs featured on major Spotify playlists. Her 2017 release “Bring My Baby Back to Me” was a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition. In 2022, a live video of Lola performing went viral on TikTok, hitting 4.5M views which boosted her online presence.
She is currently living in Southern California, where she can be found performing at venues and clubs all up and down the coast. Her newest album CHAPTERS is in the process of being released over the next few months. The album has already gained attention from notable music magazines Earmilk, Playground UK, and Music Mecca. Her song “Just Friends” was included on a recent episode of Canadian TV show Children Ruin Everything.
When off the stage, Lola works as a studio musician: session singing, arranging, coaching and playing keyboard. She has worked with Grammy-award winning producers. You can hear her voice on Season 5 Episode 3 of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow as Ava Sharpe’s voice singing “Poison” on the CW network.
