Mr. Ed Malloy is the mayor of Fairfield, Iowa, the home of KRUU 100.1 FM.
Ed recently spear headed a campaign, which got Fairfield designated, as
one of Iowa’s great places. The town will receive a five hundred
thousand dollar grant as a result. Mr. Malloy is also a successful
businessman who is currently President of Danaher Oil.

U.S. Congressman Jim Leach

Richard DeAngelis

U.S. Congressman Dave Loebsack

Buddy Biancalana

Buddy Biancalana is the former first round draft pick and shortstop for the Kansas City Royals. He was the star of the 1985 World Series and received the highest number of MVP votes for any position player. Mr. Biancalana is currently coaching professionally as well as working to develop peak performance in athletes. Buddy has appeared on Late Night with David Letterman and the Today Show.

Jonathan Freeman

Jonathan Freeman is a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army having recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. He has his BA from the University of Michigan and has an MA from Harvard University.

Steve Posner

Steve Posner is a Lecturer at the University of Southern California. He is also an expert on the Middle East and the author of Israel Undercover, Secret Warfare and Hidden Diplomacy in the Middle East. Mr. Posner’s newspaper commentaries have appeared in the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and the International Herald Tribune. Steve holds Masters degrees from the University of Southern California and Harvard University.

Tim and Laya Hawthorne

Tim and Laya Hawthorne. Tim is the president and founder of Hawthorne Direct, America’s leading long form advertising agency. Tim has also worked for CBS and ABC Television. Laya is the producer, director, and writer of a documentary that was done for the non-profit organization, World Teach.

Ari Berman

Mr. Ari Berman is a contributing writer for The Nation Magazine and a Nation Institute Puffin Foundation writing fellow. Ari is a graduate of the Northwestern University. Ari has appeared on MSNBC and the Fox News network as a political analyst.

Ed Petersen

Mr. Ed Petersen is a former agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He retired from the FBI in 1987 after twenty-seven years of service. During that time Mr. Petersen investigated a wide range of federal violations including general criminal matters, international and domestic terrorism, and foreign counter intelligence.  He has also served as the director of security for major league baseball.  Mr. Petersen is currently one of the directors of Buckley Petersen Global, a private investigative and consulting company.

Dr. Stanley Cheren

Dr. Stanley Cheren is a medical doctor who is a former faculty member of Boston University Medical School. Dr. Cheren has published numerous articles including a series on violence in sports, which appeared in the New York Times. He recently returned from Guatemala where he has been working with a Maya village to improve the community’s quality of health care. Dr. Cheren is a graduate of Harvard University and Tufts University Medical School.

Pedro Noguera

Dr. Pedro Noguera is a professor of education at New York University. He has also been a professor at the University of California Berkeley and Harvard University. Dr. Noguera is the author of several books and over one hundred and fifty articles. He is considered one of America’s leading authorities on urban education. Dr. Noguera has appeared on numerous television and radio programs including the O’Reilly Factor.

Kevin Clawson

Mr. Kevin Clawson is the president of the non-profit, Reach the Children. Reach the Children provides underprivileged children opportunities for self-reliance by strengthening families and communities.

They operate in fourteen countries throughout Africa.

Mary Lou Johnson Pizzaro

Ms. Mary Lou Johnson Pizzaro works for the U.S. State Department and is currently stationed in the U.S. Consulate’s Office in Lagos, Nigeria. She works closely with the local community there and has also done State Department work in South Africa. Ms. Pizzaro has degrees from the University of Nebraska and Harvard University.

Gil Alba

Gil Alba. Former New York City Police Department Dectective, Mr. Alba now heads up Alba Investigations, www.gilalba.com. Gil has appeared on numerous radio and television shows including MSNBC, CBS News, ABC News, and the O'Reilly Factor.

Noel Boxer

Mr. Boxer worked in the Clinton White House and is now the country coordinator in the Republic of the Congo for the non-profit, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs,
www.ndi.org/.

Dennis Raimondi interviews presidential candidate Barack Obama

U.S. Congressman Dave Loebsack

US Congressman Dave Loebsack grew up in Sioux City, Iowa. Dave attended Iowa State University, where he earned a Bachelor’s and a Master’s Degree. Dave then went on to earn a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Davis. In 1982, Dave moved back to Iowa and became a political science teacher at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon. Today, Dave has the honor to serve as a Professor Emeritus at Cornell College.

Congressman Loebsack is currently serving his first term in the United States House of Representatives. He represents Iowa’s Second Congressional District which encompasses much of Southeastern Iowa. He serves on The House Education and Labor Committee and The House Armed Services Committee.

Michael R. Otterson

Michael Otterson has served as director of media relations for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints since 1997. Mr. Otterson was born and educated in England. For 11 years, from 1965-1976, he worked as a journalist on newspapers in Britain, Australia and Japan, with emphasis on politics and business

"Hannah Riley Bowles" is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School and on the staff of the Center for Public Leadership. She is engaged in research on negotiation and leadership. She is interested in how people negotiate for resources and opportunities to advance into leadership positions and when gender differences tend to arise in negotiation expectations and performance. She teaches and has conducted case research on leadership in crisis and complex multi-party conflict. Earlier in her career, she was a research associate at Harvard Business School, Strategic Environmental Associates, and Conflict Management Group.

She was a technical advisor to the Minister of Natural Resources, Energy & Mines of Costa Rica and served in 1995 on the Costa Rican delegation to the UN Climate Change negotiations. She was fellow at the Argentinean National Institute of Public Administration, the West German Parliament, and Oxford University's Forestry Institute. Bowles is the faculty director of Women & Power, the Kennedy School's executive program for women leaders from the public, private and non-profit sectors. She won the Kennedy School's 2003 Manuel Carballo Award for Excellence in Teaching. She has a DBA from the Harvard Business School, an MPP from the Kennedy School, and an AB from Smith College.

Former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach has recently been named the new director of Harvard University's Institute of Politics.

Mr. Leach has agreed to take a leave from Princeton University, where he is the John L. Weinberg Visiting Professor of Public and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School.

Prior to his arrival at Princeton, Leach served 15 terms in Congress as a Republican representative from eastern Iowa. During his congressional career he served as chairman of the House Banking and Financial Services Committee and the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, and was author or co-author of several significant pieces of legislation, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, reforming the financial services industry. He was educated at Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University, and the London School of Economics.

This will be the former Congressman's second appearance on Speaking Freely.

Craig Jessop,
Music Director, Mormon Tabernacle Choir

When Jessop became music director of the Choir in October 1999, he stepped into a position tailor-made for him. Not only had he served as the Choir's associate director from 1995 to 1999, he had also been a member of the Choir for four years during college. Growing up, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir was his musical inspiration.

Under his leadership, the Choir has continued to live up to its tradition of excellence and has explored new territory in the musical and performance realms. As the music director of not only the Choir, but also the Orchestra at Temple Square and the Temple Square Chorale,

Jessop draws on the strengths of these three entities and combines them as appropriate to enhance the level of musical excellence in performance.

Mr. Steven White is a producer, director, and actor. Steven’s grew up in the film industry. His father was a cinematographer for Cecil B. DeMille. Steven is currently the founder and president of the Shakespeare Ensemble Company based in Fairfield, Iowa.

Walter Frederick ("Fritz") Mondale was born in Ceylon, Minnesota on Jan. 5, 1928, the son of Theodore Sigvaard Mondale and Claribel Cowan Mondale. He spent his boyhood in the small towns of southern Minnesota, where he attended public schools. After he helped manage Hubert H. Humphrey's first successful U.S. Senate campaign in 1948, he earned his B.A. in political science from the University of Minnesota in 1951. After completing service as a corporal in the U.S. Army, Mondale received his LL.B (cum laude) from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1956, having served on the law review and as a law clerk in the Minnesota Supreme Court.

This week on Speaking Freely, host Dennis Raimondi has a short interview with Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giulliani. Giulliani, the former mayor of New York City, who was traveling through Iowa, is the Republican national frontrunner, though he is presently fourth in the polls in Iowa.

A lawyer, businessman, and politican from the state of New York, Giuliani served in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, eventually becoming U.S. Attorney.

Giuliani later served two terms as as Mayor of New York (1994–2001). Giuliani gained international attention during and after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. In 2001, Time magazine named him "Person of the Year" and he was knighted by Quenn Elizabeth II.

This week on Speaking Freely, host Dennis Raimondi has an interview with former Ambassador Joe Wilson, who came into KRUU-FM studios.

Wilson was in town stumping for Hillary Clinton. Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, is the CIA covert operative allegedly outed by administration officials in retaliation for Wilson's Op-ed piece in the NY Times. Wilson's personal and direct challenge caused the President to withdraw claims Bush made in his 2003 State of the Union address that Saddam Hussein was seeking yellowcake uranium for nuclear weapons, the White House's central justification for invading Iraq.

Plame has just released a book, "Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House," about her experiences which led to Dick Cheney's chief of staff Scooter Libby being convicted of perjury. Libby's sentence was commuted by President Bush this past July. 'Fair
Game' was the term the president's then-chief strategist, Karl Rove, used regarding the vicious smear campaign unleashed against Plame and Wilson, in hopes of softening the serious blow to White House credibility.

Michelle Obama, wife of United States Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Ms. Obama received her BA with honors from Princeton University and her Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama

Ari Berman

Mr. Ari Berman is a contributing writer for The Nation Magazine and a Nation Institute Puffin Foundation writing fellow. Ari is a graduate of the Northwestern University. Mr. Berman has appeared on MSNBC and the Fox News network as a political analyst.

Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) was the 70th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Elected in 2002, Romney served one term and did not seek re-election in 2006; his term expired January 4, 2007. Romney is a Republican candidate in the 2008 United States presidential election.

He is a former CEO of Bain & Company, a management consulting firm, and the co-founder of Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm. He also served as president and CEO of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games held in Salt Lake City.

Dal LaMagna

JACQUELINE MUREKATETE
Internationally recognized for her work as a humanitarian, speaking out for victims and survivors of genocide. Jacqueline was not yet ten when she lost her immediate and extended family in the Rwanda genocide of 1994. Her story has been featured in the NY Times, the Washington Times, NPR, CNN, PBS, NBC, ABC, and other leading media outlets worlwide.

Josh Romney, the thirty-three-year-old son of presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Josh is on the campaign trail for his Dad. Josh recently visited all ninety-nine Iowa counties.

Allan Cox, the author of Your Inner CEO, and founder of Allan Cox and Associates, Inc. Allan has authored seven previous books, including the best seller, Confessions of a Corporate Headhunter.

GOVERNOR BILL RICHARDSON OF NEW MEXICO

Governor Richardson is currently a candidate in the 2008 United States presidential election. He previously served as a U.S. Representative, Ambassador to the United Nations, and as the Secretary of Energy. He was chairman of the 2004 Democratic National Convention as well as Chairman of the Democratic Governors' Association.

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Richardson

GUSTAVO COLLANTES OF HARVARD

Gustavo Collantes is a Research Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, who focuses on energy and climate change policy, particularly as they relate to transportation, and the economics and politics of low-carbon energy alternatives.

Gustavo will be at the Kennedy School of Government, while retaining collaborative research with the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California at Davis. Until recently, he led the Policy and Business Strategy track of the Hydrogen Pathways project at UC Davis.

Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut.
Senator Dodd served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1975 until 1981, when he became a U.S. Senator. He served as general chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1995 to 1997. He is now the state's senior Senator. He currently serves as Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.

Representing John McCain

Dennis Raimondi speaks freely with Iowa Senator Charles Grassley

Charles Ernest "Chuck" Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is the senior United States Senator from Iowa. He is a member of the Republican Party. He chaired the Finance Committee from January to June 2001, and from January 2003 to December 2006, and currently serves as the committee's Ranking Member.
Grassley has been ranked as high as the third most powerful senator. A late December 2007 poll shows Grassley remains highly popular in Iowa, with 66% approving of his job.

This Week's Guests:
FORMER U.S.CONGRESSMAN MICKEY EDWARDS. Congressman Edwards was a member of Congress for 16 years and chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee. He was national chairman of the American Conservative Union and one of three founding trustees of the Heritage Foundation. He has taught at Harvard and Georgetown and is now on the faculty of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a vice president of the Aspen Institute. He has been a regular columnist for the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles
Times and a weekly commentator on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. He lives in Hingham, Massachusetts and Washington, DC.
Congressman Edwards is the author of the book RECLAIMING CONSERVATISM. How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost and How it Can Find Its Way Back.

OMAR MCDOOM IS A RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE BELFER CENTER AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT. His research agenda covers civil wars, genocides, and ethnic conflicts, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. His current research project looks at Rwanda's genocide and in particular the question of civilian participation in violence. He spent a year interviewing genocide perpetrators in Rwanda's prisons.

FORMER MINNESOTA GOVERNOR JESSE VENTURA.

Governor Ventura was elected in the Minnesota gubernatorial election of
1998 as an Independent and member of the Reform Part. His victory is
considered one of the greatest political upsets in U.S. history. His
most recent book is entitled, "Don't Start the Revolution Without Me."

ARTHUR S. BERGER, THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MUSEUM'S SENIOR ADVISOR FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

In this position, he focuses on the Museum’s international relations, VIP and Development-related outreach, and key aspects of the Museum’s public relations.

Camie Bargerstock designed her a curriculum entitled The Cultural Organization of Death and Dying in which she studied America's perceptions, rituals, and systems surrounding death, dying, and grief, a reality she observes as rooted in a culture of fear and denial. She envisions a new paradigm, one that nurtures and embodies the end of life journey as a part of life and creative rite of passage worth crossing.

Robby Benson
is an American film and television actor, television director and educator. As an actor he was nominated for the three Golden Globe Awards. As a director Robby helmed over 100 episodes in television, from Friends to an entire season of Ellen.As a composer Robby has written scores for films, received two RIAA Gold Records for songwriting for Diana Ross and for The Breakfast Club soundtrack. Open Heart the musical by Robby Benson will open at Fairfield's Sondheim Center June 20.

Laura Dawn is a political activist and singer/songwriter. She has been the Cultural Director for MoveOn.org and the MoveOn PAC since March 2004.She appears on Moby's latest album Hotel, and she toured the world with him for 7 months in 2005.

Andy Zelleke is the co-directorof the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Prior to joining Harvard’s Kennedy School faculty, Zelleke was a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.His articles on corporate governance have appeared in Sloan Management Review, Harvard Business Review, Directors & Boards, and Corporate Governance: An International Review.

Laura Dawn is a political activist and singer/songwriter. She has been the Cultural Director for MoveOn.org and the MoveOn PAC since March 2004.She appears on Moby's latest album Hotel, and she toured the world with him for 7 months in 2005.

Dennis Raimondi speaks with Broadway and popular star Randy Jones who will be featured in the Stephen Sondheim Center production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor live in the studio. Dates & times of the show are as follow:

July 11-13, Fri/Sat 7:30pm & Sat/Sun 2pm; July 17-20 and 24-27, Thurs/Fri/Sat 7:30pm
& Sat/Sun 2pm. Also,
the world premiere of Banjo Boy will be August 8-17.

Constance Brenneman is currently an On-Air television host for My 64 Cincinnati, cable channel 11, and an intervention counselor working within an alternative school in the Ohio Public School System. She is completing a documentary on the Maharishi Effect, or Superradiance Effect called Waves of Peace. Constance has guest starred on the ABC TV shows "The Practice" (1997) and "Alias" (2001) and co-starred in the feature film Swing (2003/I), shot in the San Franscico Bay area and directed by Martin Guigui.

Austan Dean Goolsbee is a senior economic adviser to the Obama campaign. He is an economist and is currently the Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Graduate School of
Business. He is also a Research Fellow at the American Bar Foundation, Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a member of the Panel of Economic Advisors to the Congressional Budget Office. He has been Barack Obama's economic advisor since Obama's successful U.S. Senate campaign in Illinois..

AWARD WINNING TEENAGE CLASSICAL PIANISTS REBECCA WEN, MEIGEN YU, AND JOHN WEN ALONG WITH THEIR TEACHER FEILIMN LIN. John Wen was this year's winner of the Annual Chopin Youth Competition. They will be performing this Saturday Sept 6 at 7:30 pm at the Sondheim Center of the Performing Arts. www.icpianists.com

RABBI ABRAHAM COOPER
is the associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading Jewish
Human Rights organization he helped found in 1977. For over three
decades, Rabbi Cooper has overseen the Wiesenthal Center’s
international social agenda ranging from worldwide anti-semitism, Nazi
war crimes and Restitution, to extremist groups and tolerance
education. Rabbi Cooper'S editorials have appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Toronto Star, Le Monde and the Japan Times. www.wiesenthal.com

Dr. George Weiner is one of the chief authors of the Obama - Biden Plan to Combat Cancer, announced by Senator Obama September 5, 2008. Dr. Weiner is an Iowa cancer doctor and researcher who worked on the plan in a personal capacity. He also serves as Director of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa and is the chair of the Iowa Consortium for Comprehensive Cancer Control.

James Glave is a former magazine senior editor and a onetime editor for Conde Nast’s Wired News. He has contributed to numerous other publications including Wired, Details, The New York Times Magazine, and This Old House magazine.

His most recent book is "Almost Green."

www.glave.com

Wayne Fortin is the Founder and CEO of Trauma Intervention Programs of San Diego County, Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer organization of specially trained citizen volunteers who provide immediate emotional and practical support to victims and their families in the first few hours following a tragedy.

Mr. Ed Petersen is a former agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. During his time with the Bureau, Mr. Petersen investigated a wide range of federal violations including general criminal matters, international and domestic terrorism, and foreign counter intelligence. He has also served as the director of security for major league baseball. Mr. Petersen is currently one of the directors of Buckley Petersen Global, a private investigative and consulting company

Neil Cunningham is an American actor who has appeared in numerous movies. Among them: The Taking of Pelham 1,-2-3, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Sweet Dreams, Alice's Restaurant, On the Brink, and One Across the Ground. He most recent role was in the HBO movie, You Don't Know Jack. Directed by Barry Levinson and starring Al Pacino the film is about Dr. Kevorkian.

Peggy O'Neill is an advocate for positive living. Having triumphed over many challenges as a business women standing only 3’8” tall, Peggy now soars high on the wings of success! Celebrating her uniqueness, Peggy has gone on to become one of the nation's top transformational leaders and diversity experts. Peggy is the author of two books. Walking Tall: Overcoming Inner Smallness, No Mater What Size You Are, a personal-growth book for teens and adults, and Little Squarehead, a self-affirming,  children’s picture book.

Michael Badnarik is an American software engineer, political figure, and former radio talk show host. He was the Libertarian Party nominee for President of the United States in the 2004 elections, and placed fourth in the race. Badnarik's political philosophy emphasizes individual liberty, personal responsibility, and adherence an originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.

Ali Stephens has taken the fashion industry by storm appearing in campaigns for Prada, CK Calvin Klein, Chloe, Gap, Uniqlo , Lacoste, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, George Rech, Karen Millen and shooting for publications such as Vogue, V, Numero, Dazed & Confused, Another & POP. Following up her debut in Milan, Ali opened the Spring 2009 Calvin Klein show and shot the CK Jeans campaign with world-renowned photographer Steven Meisel, securing her place in model history.

Leonard Pitt is an author. His latest books is Paris Postcards-The Golden Age. He is currently working on a one man show with director Arne Zaslove. In 2009, Mr. Pitt and James Donlon opened the Flying Actor Studio in San Francisco offering a two-year program in the art of physical theater.

Dr. James Handlin is an experienced educator having been the headmaster of three private high schools. Dr Handlin is also a poet having been published in numerous magazines and journals. He was chosen along with Walt Whitman, William Carlos Williams, and Amiri Baraka, among others, to have a poem put in marble in New York City's Penn Station.

Speaking Freely host Dennis Raimondi talks with Ari Berman about his new book HERDING DONKEYS, an in-depth look at the Democratic Party from Howard Dean's adoption of a 50-state strategy through Obama's triumph in 2008 and beyond.

Jennifer Hamilton was trained as a nurse at the University of Iowa. After the passing of her sister, Jennifer was drawn to the study of conscious dying. She has been involved with hospice care for the last ten years.

Mr. Lothar Pirc is an international proponent of Ayurveda and holistic health. He is the President of the award winning Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center in Bad Ems Germany and President of Maharishi Health Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Dr. Karin Pirc is the first individual outside of India to be awarded the prestigious India "Global Hakim Ajmal Khan Award" for best Ayurveda physician 2006.

United States Congressman Dave Loebsack is the Representative for Iowa's 2nd Congressional district. He serves on the Committee for Armed Services and the Committee for Education and Labor. He was elected to his current post in 2007.

Mr. Philip Goldberg is an author and public speaker. His latest book is titled American Veda.

Mr. Andrew DiDonato is the author of the book, Surviving the Mob. It is the amazing story of one man's journey from being a part of organized crime to becoming a respectable citizen.

Don Hansen is a pioneer of American surfing. He is celebrating his 50th year of owning an operating Hansen's Surfboards, one of the world's top surf shops located in Encinitas, one of the epicenters, in the world of surfing.

Meital Dohan  is an Israeli actress, who is perhaps best known in the U.S. for her recurring role in season 2 of Weeds. Meital was born in raised in a small village in central Israel. She began studying acting at thirteen, and later joined Nissan Nativ – a highly prestigious acting school regarded as being the best in Israel. Ms.

Despite being deaf since birth, Stephen J. Hopson enjoyed fifteen years of extraordinary success in the turbulent world of Wall Street before switching gears in 1996 and becoming a transformational speaker, author and eventually a pilot.  His latest book is Obstacle Illusions, Transforming Adversity Into Success.

Meredith Leighton is a dietician working for Fresenius Medical Care of North America. Ms. Leighton discusses nutrition and health. She focuses specifically on kidney health as March is National Kidney Health Month.

Paul Dalio is a fourth-year graduate student at the New York University's prestigious School of Film. He is currently working on a project with filmmaker Spike Lee. Paul discusses his work in film and also his experiences dealing with and understanding bi-polar disorder.

Lawrence Roeck is an accomplished director of feature films and documentaries. Most recently he directed the international art forgery movie Carmel-by-the-Sea starring Lauren Bacall, Alfred Molina, Hayden Panettiere and Josh Hutcherson. He also filmed Clint Eastwood for the Morgan Freeman narrated documentary produced by Warner Brothers. The Eastwood Factor.

Scott Eastwood, son of legendary actor and filmmaker, Clint Eastwood, is a film actor. Scott has appeared in the films Flags of Our Fathers, Pride, and Gran Torino. Lawrence and Scott are currently working on The Crags, an action thriller that will premiere in 2012. 

Rick Cutler is a jazz drummer and pianist. He studied at Julliard and with jazz great Chick Corea. For eighteen years he served as musical director and keyboardist for tap dance legend Gregory Hines.

Mr. Cutler was one of the original percussionists for Leonard Berstein's "Mass" which was performed for the opening of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. He has performed with the likes of Lisa Minnelli, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Billy Eckstine, and Donna Summer to name a few. He currently tours as drummer for Lisa Minnelli.

David S. Ware, the legendary jazz saxophonist. Ware's band became the avant- garde supergroup of the 90's. Wrote one critic, " His knowledge of functional harmony is above and beyond that of virtually any other free saxophonist. He is a true heir to Coltrane."

Joe Kapp is the former quarterback of the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings. He was also the quarterback of the University of California at Berkeley where he led the Golden Bears to their last Rose Bowl appearance. He finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting. Kapp is only one of seven players to have played in the Rose Bowl and the Super Bowl, and he is the only player to quarterback in the Rose Bowl, the Super Bowl, and the Grey Cup.

Joe Kapp is the former quarterback of the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings. He was also the quarterback of the University of California at Berkeley where he led the Golden Bears to their last Rose Bowl appearance. He finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting. Kapp is only one of seven players to have played in the Rose Bowl and the Super Bowl, and he is the only player to quarterback in the Rose Bowl, the Super Bowl, and the Grey Cup.

Host Dennis Raimondi talks with jazz legend Paul Horn and his wife singer/author Ann Mortifee, an amazing discussion on music, life and the art of improvisation.

Paul and Ann are keynote speakers for this weekend's Music & Consciousness Symposium at MUM on Saturday, May 14th and 15th. On Sunday at 7:45pm they perform in the Golden Dome with special guests Ed Sarath and Eugene Watts of the Canadian Brass. Tickets available at the Chocolate Shop and MUM Bookstore.

Gregory Carroll is the CEO of the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City. Prior to coming to the museum, Mr. Carroll served as director of Jazz Studies at the University of Colorado. He is a vibraphonist and continues to perform with his own group, Midnight Blue Jazz Quartet.

Speaking Freely host Dennis Raimondi speaks with Brahmachari Girish Varma and Harris Kaplan.

Sean O'Harrow is the Director of the University of Iowa Museum of Art. Prior to his appointment at the University of Iowa, Dr. O'Harrow was the Director of the Figge Art Museum in Davenport. Dr.O'Harrow received his BA in Art History from Harvard University and his doctorate from Cambridge University.

Mike Ragogna (part 2) has been a professional singer song writer since the age of fifteen. Over the last four decades Mike has worked in all ends of the music business. He currently host a show with KRUU LP 100.1 FM and a twice weekly contributor to the Huffington Post.  http://kruufm.com/user/206

Brian Finnerty is the U.S. communications director for Opus Dei, an international Catholic organization. Brian Finnerty has been quoted in numerous print and broadcast outlets, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CNN and Fox News. 

Paul Anderson is the Seattle Times and ABC's KOMO 4 News career columnist, TV co-host of weekly show, "How to Get a Job in Seattle," and nationally recognized speaker. Mr Anderson will be giving great advice on effective job hunting.

Ryan Olson just returned from participating in Occupy Wall Street protest in NYC. He will give us his observations and insights on the protests.

Mike Ragogna has been a singer song writer since the age of fifteen. Mr. Ragogna has worked in all ends of the music business. He currently is a regular contributer to the Huffington Post and host the radio show Mike Ragogna 2.0 on KRUU-FM. Recent interviews include Smokey Robinson, Herbie Hancock, Tori Amos, Graham Nash, George Benson and John McLaughlin.

Michael Sternfeld will discuss a course he is teaching, The Art of Ramayan, Ramayan as Art. He will also discuss the classic Indian literature.

Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon was a partner with McKinsey and Company before forming Tandon Capital Associates, Inc., a financial advisory and investment firm. She shares her management and financial skills with students as a member of the Board of Overseers of New York University’s Stern School of Business and the President’s Council of International Activities at Yale University. Ms. Tandon will be giving a benefit concert for the Maharishi Vedic Pundits, Sunday, November 6, 7:45pm at the Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts.

Dr. Carol Christ is the president of Smith College. Smith College, located in Northampton, Massachusetts, is a liberal arts college and one of the Seven Sisters colleges.

Dr. Christ has her B.A. from Douglas College and her Ph.D from Yale University.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_T._Christ

Ms. Tina Atherall is the Executive Vice President of the non-profit Hope for the Warriors. Hope for the Warriors supports wounded U.S. service members and their families.  www.hopeforthewarriors.org

Singer/songwriters Mike Ragogna and Theo Shier.

Mr. Ragogna has worked in all areas of the music industry and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. They discuss Theo's entry into the music industry.

Mr.Greg Ryan has  made more than forty trips to the Appalachia region that includes many of the impoverished areas in the coal mining communities of West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania. He transports a twenty eight foot box truck filled from floor to ceiling with food, clothing, furniture and baby items for those in need. At Christmas a special trip is made to transport approximately 20,000 toys to be distributed to the Christian Appalachia project based in Louisa, Kentucky.

Phil Black went to Yale University where he starred on the basketball team. Upon graduation he joined the firm Goldman Sachs. Deciding that was not for him, he enlisted in the Navy and became a Navy Seal. In 2000, he returned to civilian life and attended and graduated from Harvard Business School. He then returned to Goldman Sachs. Once again, he found the investment world unfullfilling so he packed his family and headed for San Diego where he joined the fire department. Mr. Black is still with the SDFD and also runs the company he founded, FitDeck, Inc. www.fitdeck.com

Dr. Ron Abrons is an anesthesiologist at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. He is also an Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa Medical School.

Clinton Emerson is a former Navy Seal and the author of the book, Escape the Wolf. He is a respected authority on preemptive risk mitigation for global travelers.

Steve King is the U.S. Representive for Iowa's 5th congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. King is considered an outspoken fiscal and social conservative.

After winning the 2002 Republican nomination, he said that he intended to use his seat in Congress to "move the political center of gravity in Congress to the right."

Rick Santorum is the former United States Senator from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was the chairman of the Senater Republican Conference, making him the third-ranking Senate Republican from 2001 until his leave in 2007. Senator Santorum is currently seeking the Republican nomination to run for President in 2012.

The 3rd part in a series of interviews with Paul Jones.

Swami Atmavidyananda is a swami of the Ramakrishna Order of India. He is currently the treasurer of the Vedanta Society of Southern California. He is also campus minister for Hinduism at the University of Southern California and has served as secretary and president of the University Religious Conference at UCLA.

Dr. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee is a Sufi Teacher, author, and lecturer. His latest book is "Prayer of the Heart in Christian and Sufi Mysticism". He lectures worldwide and is the founder of the Golden Sufi Center in Northern California. Dr. Vaughan-Lee recently appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Super Soul Sunday. http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/super-soul-sunday.html?filter_tag=Llewellyn%20Vaughan-Lee

Glen Fullmer is the Director of Communications for the Bahai Faith in the United States.  He also served as an information officer at the Bahai World Centre, in Haifa, Israel. From 1995 to 1999, as communications manager at the Bahai Office of External Affairs in Washington DC, he supported diplomatic efforts in the defense of the persecuted Bahai community in Iran. 

Dr. Don Ingwerson was appointed to the Christian Science Committee on Publication for Southern California in August 2006. In this capacity, Dr. Ingwerson oversees all media and legislative relations on behalf of the Christian Science Church.

Radanath Swami is a monk in the Krishna-bhakti lineage. He is a member of the governing body of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Radhanath Swami has been instrumental in founding the Bhaktivedanta Hospital in Mumbai, India. His is the author of book, The Journey Home, a memoir of his search for spiritual truth.

Zen Master, David Rynick, has been studying and practicing Zen Buddhism for over thirty years. Mr Rynick is the founder of Boundless Way Zen and is the author of the forthcoming book, "This Truth Never Fails - A Zen Memoir in 4 Seasons".

Jazz pianist Keelan Dimick is entering his senior year at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. Keelan is three-time winner of the prestigious Lional Hampton Jazz Festival. He will be performing at the Sondheim Center on June 1 along with trumpeter Benny Benack.

Dr. Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee is a Sufi Teacher, author, and lecturer. He will be discussing his latest book, "Prayer of the Heart in Christian and Sufi Mysticism".  Dr. Vaughn-Lee lectures worldwide and is the founder of the Golden Sufi Center in Northern California.  He recently appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

Award-winning jazz musicians Benny Benack III and Keelan Dimick. Benny is a trumpet player who has won every major jazz trumpet competition in the United States and has played with the likes of Wynton Marsalis.  Keelan is a jazz pianist who has won the prestigious Lionel Hampton International Jazz Competition three times. Both gentlemen are entering their senior year at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.

Richard Incorvia is school teacher at Maharishi School in Fairfield, Iowa currently developing on-line technologies to revolutionize how students learn in the clasroom. Lessonadventure.com

Filmmakers John Aramian and Louis Ferrarese discuss their recently released documentary film, "Arthur Avenue, Little Italy in the Bronx." There will be a special showing of the documentary at this coming weekend's All Things Italian Street Festival. [Click on pic to see a trailer.]

Speaking Freely host Dennis Raimondi interviews sgrouples.com founder Mark Weinstein.

Dr. Donathan L. Brown, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at Ithaca College and Editor-Elect for the Journal of Race and Policy. Dr. Brown conducts research at the intersection of race, rhetoric and public policy, particularly pertaining to African Americans and Latinos.

Dr. Jack Springer is a Medical Doctor with advanced training in tropical medicine. He is a member of the faculty of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego, California.

Jack Garcia is a retired FBI agent and the most notorious infiltrator in the history of the Bureau. He is the author of the book, The Making of Jack Falcone.  The book became an instant New York Times Bestseller.  A movie based on the book and Garcia's life is currently in the works with actor Benicio del Toro cast to play the lead role.

Steven Druker is the author of the recently released book, Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public. The book tells the story of how the massive enterprise to reconfigure the genetic core of the world’s food supply was born, how it has routinely advanced through illicit means, and how it is subjecting our health and the health of the environment to unacceptable risks.

Master artist/instructor/curator William Teeple, founder and director of ICON Gallery in Fairfield, IA.

Philip Goldberg has been studying India's spiritual traditions for over forty years. He is the author of 19 books, his most recent being, American Veda. Mr Goldberg's blogs appear regularly in the Huffington Post.

Dennis talks with actor/comediene Cindy Williams, who starred in the "Laverne & Shirley Show" and the seminal movie "American Grafitti." Cindy discusses her career and upcoming performance for the Sondheim Center production of Nunset Boulevard. That's right, folks. Cindy will be in Fairfield for one night only Thursday, November 15th.

Timothy McCarthy is a professor of History and Literature and is the Director of the Sexuality, Gender, and Human Rights Program athe the Carr Center for Human Rights at Harvard.  

He is a founding member of President Obama's National LGBT Leadership Council and serves on the board of the Harvey Milk Foundation.

Xander Mozejewski is the survivor of a near fatal motorcycle accident. This young man is an inspiraton for all who face adversity in life.

Tobias Grace is the Editor emeritus of the magazine Out in Jersey. He will be discussing issues and challenges facing the LGBT community.

Hossein Alizadeh is the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission's Regional Program Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa.

Malika Zouhali-Worral and Katherine Fairfax Wright are the directors of the award winning documentary film, "Call Me Kuchu." The film explores the struggles of the LGBT community in Uganda, focusing in part on the 2011 murder of LGBT activist David Kato. Click on the pic to view trailer.

Ging Cristobal the Project Coordinator for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission for Asia and the Pacific Islands.

Jonas Wang was the Co-Chair of Queer Students and Allies while at Harvard. Jonas did a range of things at Harvard, including doing research on LGBTQ asylum and refugee cases.  Jonas also won the prestigious Ames Award, given the the two most outstanding "unsung heroes" of each Harvard graduating class. 

Ryan Thoreson is the current President of the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus, and an expert in his own right on LGBT civil rights issues. He's a former Rhodes Scholar, has done work in South Africa, is now at Yale Law School.

Dr. Eric Topol is the former chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. He is currently the Director of Scripps Translational Science Institute in La Jolla, CA. Dr Topol is considered the world's foremost authority on wireless medicine. 

His new book is titled The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How The Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care. It’s about how social networking, smartphones and connectivity will change the medical field.  Dr Topol was recently featured on NBC News with Brian Williams.

Doug Rauch is the former President of Trader Joe's. His current work is with Urban Food Initiative, a non-profit solution to the issue of “food waste” and hunger/obesity by bringing high quality, nutritious food at affordable prices to the underserved in our inner cities.

Swami Tyagananda is a Hindu monk of the Ramakrishna Order. He is currently the head of the Vedanta Society in Boston and the Hindu Chaplain for Harvard and MIT.

Miriam Katz is a New York based curator and writer. She has organized exhibitions and performances for MoMA PS1, The Kitchen, Art21, Columbia University, and Deloitte Consulting. Ms. Katz has written on the relationship between comedy and art and recently conducted a panel discussion at MoMA on Andy Kaufman's Influence on Contemporary Comedians.

Ms. Kelly Rappuchi is known for her work as an instructional consultant, curriculum strategist, researcher, and writer. Ms Rappuchi recently collaborated with Dr. Ron Heifetz, professor at Harvard University and the founder of Adaptive Leadership, on an innovative program for developing advanced leadership skills.

Dennis Raimondi interviews classical musician Paul Jones

Dr. Candida Moss is a professor of New Testament and early Christianity at the University of Notre Dame.  

A graduate of Oxford University, Dr Moss earned her doctorate from Yale University.

Her latest book is The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom.

Dr. Eben Alexander is a neurosurgeon and the author of the NY Times best seller, Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife in which he describes his 2008 near-death experience.  Dr Alexander has served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and Duke University Medical Center.