This week on Night Time Live with Jason Spiess:

Jeffrey Taylor:  Does AA get it wrong with alcoholics?    
Jeffrey Taylor is the founder of Jeffrey Taylor Group, a holding company for Jeffreys various operating businesses which include, Showbiz Management Advisors, a film and TV production advisor, Scottsdale Luxury Cruises, a luxury cruise agency and Deep Discount Business Travel, a business consolidator.

Jeffrey Taylor is no stranger to the self-help book market. He has previously published two textbooks for the equipment leasing industry (Selling Leasing In A Tough Economy and The Future of Equipment Leasing) and an innovative primer on starting a new business (Going from W2 to 1099).

Jeffrey, a recovering alcoholic, has been sober since April 15, 2003 and has spoken to audiences all over the world about the subject of alcoholism.

As part of his recovery, he wrote a book called, A Gentleman Drunk.

A Gentleman Drunk is a story about recovery from alcoholism. Although he drank for 40 years he never outwardly showed any signs of alcoholic behavior. Then all of a sudden, at 2:00 a.m. on 3rd Avenue in New York City, the police found him in a gutter clinging onto life. This is his story on how he survived, despite often seemingly insurmountable obstacles and challenges, in order to conquer the debilitating effects of alcoholism.

In order to help others he has previously hosted a weekly radio show called, Cocktails at 5, on wsradio.com. As part of that responsibility he conducted interviews with the founder of Moderation Management, Rational Recovery, the founder of the first alcoholic recovery program for the U.S. Navy, the President of MADD and the Executive Director of the Betty Ford Clinic.

He maintains a free website, called Alcohol411.info used by alcoholics and their families to educate them on various programs and steps they can take to deal with this physical and mental illness.

Between his busy business schedules, Mr. Taylor teaches several commercial real estate courses at the Professional Institute of Real Estate.

To learn more about Jeffrey Taylor, please visit http://jeffreytaylorpressroom.com

Bob Rinear:  3.8Trillion dollar budget proposal and 1.2Trillion dollar debt.    

InvestYourself was founded in October 1997 by Robert Rinear, who owned several successful business ventures primarily in the jewelry industry. In fact, his introduction to the financial world began as the result of his experience timing the price of tangible assets, including gemstones, gold and silver, all on a daily basis—a talent critically needed to be successful in the jewelry industry.
 
As Bob Rinear saw the price of gold soaring in the late 1980s, he needed to find the causes of that move. What he found was intriguing. Political issues, global economics and even something as simple as the industrial output in Japan would move the price of tangible assets.
 
He needed to learn more.
 
As he became more “in tune” with the global economic process, he noticed that one of his best customers traded stocks and options on a daily basis. With Mr. Rinear’s views on the overall economic situation and “Charley’s” ability in picking stocks, they found a winning combination. But it still wasn't complete.
 
Once introduced to the intricacies of the equity markets, it didn’t take Mr. Rinear long to realize that he had a knack for predicting the everyday flows of the stock and options markets. He began to attend trading seminars and training camps with the desire to learn how to make profitable trades on a daily basis.
 
One thing became abundantly clear—none of the classes gave him the total picture about how to accomplish his goal. Something was still missing in regards to how to make a living by trading stocks and options. Likewise, he realized that not all opportunities came in just stocks and options. Sometimes it was a quick move in precious metals or Treasury bonds. Other times it may have been a move in a currency.
 
Not to be defeated, Mr. Rinear slowly developed his own trading style that began to produce profits. After taking what he learned from the seminars and injecting his own methods of calculating stock movements, options movements, currency, real estate and Treasury movements, a successful concept emerged. He expanded this trading concept into a workable platform that anyone could follow. That was the beginning of his newsletter “Market Insight & Outlook” (now the Financial Intelligence Report). From those first few issues it became clear that the public would benefit from his years of research. He decided to offer it to the masses.
 
From that humble beginning a company called “InvestYourself” was created. Its main goal is to help investors of every experience level gain the investing knowledge necessary to win in a tough game that includes enabling investors to grow in their knowledge of real estate, stocks, bonds and finances in general.

Matthew Stein:  What to do when your power goes out.  Everything from a 24-hour emergency to 3-months. 

Matthew Stein is the author of the highly praised book When Technology Fails (Chelsea Green 2008) a comprehensive manual on sustainable living skills.

As the owner of Stein Design & Construction, he has built hurricane resistant, energy efficient and environmentally friendly homes.  The mechanical engineering side of his firm specializes in product design and development. Among other things, Mat has designed consumer water filtration devices, photovoltaic roofing panels, medical bacteriological filters, emergency chemical drench systems, computer disk drives, and portable fiberglass buildings.

In recognition of his expertise, Stein has appeared on numerous radio and television programs and is a repeat guest on Fox News, Lionel, Coast-to-Coast AM, and the Thom Hartmann Show.  He has also written several articles on the subject of sustainable living and is a guest columnist for the Huffington Post.

Stein is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he majored in Mechanical Engineering.

He is an active mountain climber and serves as a guide and instructor for blind skiers with the Ski for Light cross-country program.

Stein currently resides with his wife Josie in the High Sierra Mountains near Lake Tahoe, California.
 

Allan St Pierre: Medical marijuana will be making on the ballot in South Dakota.  North Dakota wants to grow hemp. 

 Mr. St. Pierre has written, debated, and lectured extensively on the topic of cannabis, its prohibition, and ugly little stepchildren (such as):

• asset forfeiture
• ban on the cultivation of non-psychoactive cannabis (Hemp) in the U.S.
• drug tax stamps
• legal struggle for medical access of cannabis
• Partnership for a Drug Free America
• drug education (esp. D.A.R.E.)
• mandatory minimum sentencing
• drug screening
• the use of the military in domestic law enforcement
• history of cannabis prohibition
• and numerous other legal sophistries concerning the prohibition of cannabis.
• Mr. St. Pierre has been cited in hundreds of international, national and local news publications (New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, London Times, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Economist, Newseek, Time, etc...).

Mr. St. Pierre has appeared on hundreds of nationally televised news programs (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, C-Span, Fox, PBS, etc...) and on over 1,000 radio shows representing NORML's point of views on the topic of marijuana.

Mr. St. Pierre was hired by NORML in early 1991 as Communications Director, in 1993 he became the organization's Deputy National Director. In January 2005 Mr. St. Pierre became the Executive Director of NORML. Mr. St. Pierre serves on both NORML and the NORML Foundation's Board of Directors and is secretary to both. Early in 1997, The NORML Foundation was created and Mr. St. Pierre currently serves as it's founding Executive Director. Mr. St. Pierre is the Executive Editor of NORML/The NORML Foundation's reports, publications and webpage as well as the organizations' archivist.

The NORML Foundation is a non-profit legal, research and educational organization whose main focus is to work with its sister organization (NORML) and other organizations that seek to advance the agenda of marijuana law reform.
 

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Alphabetical by First Name

Alan Phillips:  Alan G. Phillips, Esq., is the author of The Authoritative Guide to Vaccine Legal Exemptions and  Dispelling Vaccination Myths: An Introduction to the Contradictions Between Medical Science and Immunization Policies.

Allan St Pierre:  Mr. St. Pierre has written, debated, and lectured extensively on the topic of cannabis, it's prohibition, and other drugs.  Mr. St. Pierre has been cited in hundreds of international, national and local news publications (New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, London Times, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Economist, Newseek, Time, etc...).  Mr. St. Pierre was hired by NORML in early 1991 as Communications Director, in 1993 he became the organization's Deputy National Director. Early in 1997, The NORML Foundation was created and Mr. St. Pierre currently serves as it's founding Executive Director. Mr. St. Pierre is the Executive Editor of NORML/The NORML Foundation's reports, publications and webpage as well as the organizations' archivist.

Andre Van Heeren. Andre has worked in nearly every aspect of film and video production for over 15 years. As a new face of Cloud Ten, Andre is working to re-establish the company as a leader in Christian entertainment. He is widely respected and liked by the cast and crews that he works with, and has become one of the most well-known and accomplished filmmakers in the Christian film market.

Ann Boroch.Ann is a Naturopath, Certified Nutritional Consultant, Certified Hypnotherapist, Certified Iridologist, educator, author, and inspirational speaker. More importantly, she is one of the few health practitioners who knows first hand that we can—and do—heal from incurable disease. At age 24 she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a progressively debilitating disease for which modern medicine has no cure. While her doctor told her to “get ready for the wheelchair,” she was determined to beat not just that prognosis, but also the disease itself. Forced to seek help outside the established medical community, she was symptom free four years later and has stayed that way for the last 14.

Her book entitled, Healing Multiple Sclerosis: Diet, Detox & NutritionalMakeover for Total Recovery, launched nationwide in bookstores April 2007. Barnes & Noble featured it in a storefront display. In her book, Ann reveals her personal journey ofhealing from MS, it’s causes, and a self-help treatment program for others to reverse it. Ann believes that the human body, given the right environment, has the innate intelligence to heal itself from nearly anything—and that perfect health, on every level, lies within our own power. Ann has been in private practice for ten years in Studio City, California. She specializes in allergies, digestive disorders, hormonal imbalances, weight loss, autoimmune diseases, and is an expert on the silent epidemic, Candida overgrowth.

Bill Keller:  Pastor Bill Keller has hosted the only live call-in faith and values-based program airing nationally on major secular television network affiliates for nearly 6 years. Live Prayer with Bill Keller is now seen exclusively on the internet, Monday through Friday from 11 PM to midnight EST on Liveprayer.com.

Dr. Cass Ingram:  Dr. Cass Ingram, physician and researcher, is the author of over 12 books, including How to Eat Right and Live Longer, Self-Test Nutrition Guide, and Lifesaving Cures. He is a popular radio/TV personality and has appeared on over 3,000 media interviews.

Catherine Austin Fitts:  Catherine Austin Fitts is the Founder and President of Solari. She served as Managing Director and Member of the Board of Directors of the Wall Street investment bank, Dillon, Read & Co., Inc. She also served as Assistant Secretary of Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner at HUD in the first Bush Administration and was the President and Founder of Hamilton Securities Group, Inc.

Catherine has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from the Wharton School, and studied Chinese at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Catherine serves on the board of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee and publishes a column, Mapping the Real Deal, in Scoop Media in New Zealand.

Christopher Dodson, executive director and general counsel to the North Dakota Catholic Conference

David Blume - David Blume has been at the forefront of alternative fuel technology since the 1970s, when he was a member of the Mother Earth News Eco Village alternative energy team. He teaches people how to produce and use low-cost alcohol fuel and he wrote and hosted the 10-part PBS series Alcohol As Fuel. In addition, Dave is the Executive Director of the International Institute for Ecological Agriculture. He also consults for governments, farmers, companies, and others interested in turning waste into fuel and profitable products.

Dr. David Resnick:  Dr. Resnik has an M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and J.D. from Concord University School of Law. He received his B.A. in philosophy from Davidson College. Dr. Resnik was Assistant and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wyoming (UW) from 1990-1998, and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Ethics at UW from 1995-1998. Dr. Resnik was an Associate and Full Professor of Medical Humanities at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University (ECU) from 1998-2004, and an Associate Director of the Bioethics Center at ECU and University Health Systems from 1998-2004. Dr. Resnik has published over 150 articles on various topics in philosophy and bioethics and is the author of 7 books. He serves on several editorial boards and is an Associate Editor of the journal Accountability in Research. Resnik is also Chair of the NIEHS Institutional Review Board.

Deborah King:  Deborah King, J.D., is a speaker, attorney, and author of the national bestselling book, Truth Heals: What You Hide Can Hurt You (Hay House, 2009). She is featured regularly in broadcast (she’s been on over 100 national and regional television and radio shows), online and print media (including W Magazine, USA Today and Woman’s World). Deborah has appeared on CNN, Fox, ABC and NBC, discussing cultural flashpoints and serious issues, and she posts regularly to Psychology Today, The Huffington Post and her blog. A celebrated speaker, Deborah has inspired millions around the world, sharing her breakthrough methods for health and happiness with humor and wisdom. She received her Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the University of California Davis.

Dr. Edu Erasmus:  For almost two decades, Udo Erasmus has dedicated his time to understanding the effects of fats and oils on human health, as well as the nature of health itself.

Eric Black:  Eric Black is a former reporter for the Star Tribune and Twin Cities blogger. He writes about politics and government of Minnesota and the United States, the historical background of topics and other issues.

Gerald Celente: As the founder of the Trends Research Institute, Gerald Celente is well respected for his track record of picking business, consumer, political, andeconomic trends before they come to pass. It is his job to see the futureand understand how the issues and events of today will determine the trendsof tomorrow.

Ilan Berman: Ilan Berman is Vice President for Policy of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC. An expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation, he has consulted for both the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Department of Defense, and provided assistance on foreign policy and national security issues to a range of governmental agencies and congressional offices.

Mr. Berman is Adjunct Professor for International Law and Global Security at the National Defense University, and a member of the Associated Faculty at Missouri State University's Department of Defense and Strategic Studies. He also serves as a member of the reconstituted Committee on the Present Danger, and as Editor of The Journal of International Security Affairs.

Mr. Berman is the author of Tehran Rising: Iran's Challenge to the United States (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), co-editor, with J. Michael Waller, of Dismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), and editor of Taking on Tehran: Strategies for Confronting the Islamic Republic (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007). His latest book, Winning the Long War: Retaking the Offensive Against Radical Islam, was published by Rowman & Littlefield in July 2009. 

John Robinson, will be talking about his theory that heaven is right here on earth.

Kate Hanni is the founder of the Coalition for Airline Passengers Bill of Rights.

Katherine Albrecht:  Katherine Albrecht is a consumer privacy expert and the Founder and Director of CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering), a national consumer organization created in 1999 to educate consumer-citizens about shopper surveillance. Ms. Albrecht is widely recognized as one of the world's leading experts on consumer privacy. She regularly speaks on the consumer privacy and civil liberties impacts of new technologies, with an emphasis on RFID and retail issues.

She has testified on RFID technology before the Federal Trade Commission, the California state legislature, the European Commission, and the Federal Reserve Bank, and she has given over a thousand television, radio and print interviews to news outlets all over the world. Katherine graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in International Marketing, and holds a master's degree in Instructional Technology from Harvard University. She is currently completing her Doctorate in Education at Harvard where her research focus is consumer education, privacy and psychology.

Madeline Pickens:  Madeleine Pickens, wife of billionaire T. Boone Pickens is a philanthropist and life-long animal lover. She is currently in negotiations to purchase one million acres of land to turn into a wild horse sanctuary in order to protect the animals from potential slaughter by the Bureau of Land Management. She has appeared on numerous media outlets to promote her cause and was recently named ABC television's "Person of the Week" for her efforts.

Mark Underwood  Is it absent-mindedness or is it Alzheimer’s? As we age, forgetting where we put the car keys or being unable to recall a person’s name can be cause for concern. And rightly so, for over 5 million people are living with Alzheimer’s. It’s even showing up in people in their 30’s and 40’s. However, the public’s growing awareness of this thief of memory is helping to accelerate research efforts, says neuroscience researcher Mark Underwood, president of the Madison Wisconsin-based biotech company, Quincy Bioscience. According to Underwood, research is revealing that ‘calcium overload’ within the neurons is a culprit in the cognitive impairment associated with Alzheimer’s. But the good news is help for this impairment in a natural, but unlikely source—the protein found in jellyfish! Join us Saturday for an informative discussion on the latest findings regarding Alzheimer’s and what may be the best approach for relieving calcium-overload and improving memory function.

Michael Carbone, executive director of ND Homeless Coalition

Michael Robinson:  Michael Robinson, Conservation Advocate, is a writer and advocate for the recovery of wolves, jaguars, and grizzly bears. He also handles education and outreach on the history and successes of the Endangered Species Act. With a master’s in literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a bachelor’s from the University of Texas at Austin, Michael has authored dozens of articles and opinion pieces on conservation issues that have appeared in publications ranging from High Country News to the New York Times. His book Predatory Bureaucracy: The Extermination of Wolves and the Transformation of the West has been reviewed as “a work of tremendous scholarship,” that “captures the feel of western landscapes and the ethos of early 20th-century America.”

Mike Marcil, CEO of the Marcil Group

Mitch Battros:  Mitch Battros has dedicated his professional life to helping people prepare for the coming Earth Changes. Mitch was among the first to recognize the preeminent role of solar flares and lunar eclipses in producing extreme weather disruptions. He began production of his syndicated television show "Earth Changes TV" in 1995. In November 2002, he switched to radio/internet broadcasting.

Dr. Neal Bernard: Neal Barnard, M.D., is a clinical researcher, author, and health advocate. He has been the lead investigator on several research studies on diet and health, including a recent major study on a new dietary approach to diabetes, funded by the National Institutes of Health. He is the author of many publications in scientific journals and more than a dozen books for lay readers. Dr. Barnard is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine, a Life Member of the American Medical Association, and a member of the American Diabetes Association.

Dr Nick Begich:  Dr. Nick Begich serves as Executive Director of The Lay Institute on Technology, Inc., a Texas non-profit corporation. He is also the publisher and co-owner of Earthpulse Press Incorporated, an Alaska based organization. Dr. Begich is the eldest son of the late United States Congressman from Alaska, Nick Begich Sr., and political activist Pegge Begich. He is well known in Alaska for his own political activities. He was twice elected President of both the Alaska Federation of Teachers and the Anchorage Council of Education. He has been pursuing independent research in the sciences and politics for most of his adult life.

Begich received his doctorate in traditional medicine from The Open International University for Complementary Medicines in November 1994.He co-authored with Jeane Manning the book Angels Don't Play This HAARP; Advances in Tesla Technology. Begich has also authored Earth Rising I & II, both with the late James Roderick. He has published articles in science, politics and education and is a well known lecturer, having presented throughout the United States and in nineteen countries. He has been featured as a guest on thousands of radio broadcasts reporting on his research activities including new technologies, health and earth science related issues. He has also appeared on dozens of television documentaries and other programs throughout the world including BBC-TV, CBC-TV, and TeleMundo.

Paul Payack:  Paul JJ Payack, President and Chief Word Analyst of the Global Language Monitor is also a founder and former president of yourDictionary.com. Together these two language sites attract some millions of page views a month. Payack taught scientific and technological communications and other forms of expository writing at the University of Massachusetts, and has lectured at the University of Texas, Babson College, and many others including the Federal Reserve Bank, GM/Hughes Aircraft, and the like. (In a previous and parallel life, Payack was a senior executive at three Fortune 500 companies, including Unisys, Dun & Bradstreet, and StorageTek, as well as numerous Silicon Valley startups and re-starts.)

Robert Felix:  Robert Felix, a former architect, became interested in the ice-age cycle back in 1991. He spent the next eight and a half years, full-time, researching and writing about the coming ice age. He then concentrated on spreading the word. Robert's book, "Not by Fire but by Ice" has achieved international acclaim with readers around the world. Today, Felix continues his research, and is more firmly convinced than ever that the next ice age could begin any day. In fact, he believes it has already begun.

Robert Peters - Peters is president of Morality in Media, Inc., a nonprofit organization founded in New York City in 1962 to combat obscenity and uphold standards of decency in the media.

Todd Scarborough Todd Scarborough is an accomplished bodybuilder having won the state title of Mr. Arkansas twice, first in 1984 at the age of 19, still to date the youngest on record, and again, in 2003 at the age of 38. To his credit, he also won Mr. Teenage Arkansas at the age of 17 and Masters Mr. Arkansas at age 40. Still active in bodybuilding at age 42, Todd’s passion is living a healthy lifestyle through fitness and nutrition. He shares this wealth of knowledge and experience through public lectures and media appearances. A long time advocate of healthy food and natural products, Todd also owned and operated a health food store in Harrison, Arkansas called the Almond Tree for over 9 years.
 

 Walid Shoebat, Shoebat was born in Bethlehem, the grandson of the Mukhtar of Beit Sahour, whom Shoebat describes as an associate of Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Mohammad Amin al-Husayni. Shoebat's great grandfather, Abdullah Ali Awad-Allah, was also a fighter and close associate of both Abdul Qader and Haj Amin Al-Husseini.  Shoebat joined the Palestine Liberation Organization in his youth and was involved in attacks against Israel.

In interviews, he confessed to being involved in a bombing at Bank Leumi in Bethlehem.  Upon his release, Shoebat continued his anti-Israeli activism until he emigrated to the United States, where he became involved with the Arab Student Organization at Loop College in Chicago. Shortly afterwards Walid worked as a software engineer and became a US citizen. In 1993, Walid converted to Christianity after studying the Jewish Bible for 6 months in response to a challenge from his wife, initially trying to persuade her into converting to Islam.