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DR. BENJAMIN NEUMAN is a biology professor and internationally known virologist who oversees the Texas A&M University Global Health Research Complex, which identified a variant of the COVID virus. He has also served on the international committee on the taxonomy of viruses and has been doing important research into COVID. With all that scientific knowledge you'd think he might be difficult to talk with and understand. Nope. He's a hoot.

DAVID G HALL started working as a radio station gofer when he was 12. Ten years later he was the Program Manager of KFI, Los Angeles, making it the most successful news and talk station in the country. His successes multiplied, his stock soared and now he is widely considered to be the greatest radio programming mind of our generation. As an international consultant, David has guided the talents and fortunes of major market stations across the U.S. and around the world. His formula is simple: passion, energy, and a spark in his eye.

DR. HAROLD BURTON is a retired OB/GYN who practiced for 50 years in Roseville, California, just outside of Sacramento. Among his thousands of adoring patients was Dave Williams' wife, The Lovely-and-Feisty CarolAnn. Dr. Burton is one of those old-fashioned docs who took time to sit down with his patients and their husbands to talk about medical and family issues. Generous with smiles and hugs he earned their trust and eternal respect.

As the war in Ukraine rages on, Russians in exile are making plans to replace Putin and create the world's next great democracy. This is happening now. GREG STEBBEN tells Dave Williams the true story of Ilya Ponomarev and of the historical event that will take place in Warsaw within weeks of this conversation, recorded October 25, 2022.

RAELYN NELSON is the increasingly famous granddaughter of country music icon Willie Nelson. She inherited the singer/songwriter gene from the man she proudly calls, "Papa Willie". Here she talks with Dave Williams about the Family, the loss of her daddy, Willie (Billy) Jr., her kids, her divorce, her songwriting, and the Nashville band that bears her name. ALSO ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbk4pyr_1Aw

JEFF BELL is an author, health advocate, and former radio news anchor. His two books, Rewind, Replay, Repeat and When in Doubt, Make Belief, have established Bell as a leading authority on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In this episode, he tells former radio colleague Dave Williams of his personal battle with his borderline crazy OCD and how he eventually overcame it.

STEVEN RAICHLEN is arguably the most famous barbecue and grilling expert and educator in the world. He has written 32 books, produced and starred in countless TV shows, and circled the earth four times to exchange outdoor cooking cuisine with other cultures. 

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KEN LEVINE is one of the most successful TV writers in the history of the medium. A former head writer for M*A*S*H, along with his partner David Isaacs, Ken has also written, directed, and produced such iconic shows as Cheers and Frasier, plus many others. But that's just the beginning of his amazing creative achievements. In this conversation, Ken explains how he worked hard to become a deejay, a talk host, a Major League Baseball play-by-play announcer, an author, and a cartoonist for the New Yorker. As the late, great John Houseman surely would have said, "He earned it."