57 - Are U Ok? Kati Morton helping the world care for its mental health, one YouTube video at a time
Kati Morton holds a Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University and is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a private practice in Santa Monica. Over the past several years, she's also used YouTube as a way to further educate the world about all things mental health. Her channel has 656,000 subscribers and more than 44 million video views to date. One of her specialties...
1hr 7m Dec 10, 2018
1hr 7m
56 - Composer Leo Birenberg talks solving the musical puzzles of film and TV
Leo Birenberg is a composer for film and television, whose music has been featured in series like Dreamworks' "Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny" and YouTube’s "Cobra Kai." He's contributed additional music to a films like "Frozen," "Edge of Tomorrow," "The Peanuts Movie," and many more. Leo grew up playing music in Chicago, and after attending NYU, moved west to Los Angeles. He eventually ...
1hr 13m Dec 03, 2018
1hr 13m
55 - Mona S. Edwards, Los Angeles courtroom sketch artist
Mona S. Edwards has been working as a courtroom sketch artist in Los Angeles for more than 25 years. She's illustrated scenes from some of the most high profile trials and drawn many well known people, including Michael Jackson, O.J. Simpson, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Pharrell, Lindsay Lohan, the Menendez brothers and more. She began her career as a fashion illustrator, and having an interest...
1hr 1m Nov 19, 2018
1hr 1m
54 - Thrashbird, LA street artist, talks technology, social media validation and art
If you live in Los Angeles, you may have seen a stencil of a man wearing a hoodie, hunched over and glued to a phone screen. They are stenciled all over the city, left behind by street artist Thrashbird. He calls the man "The Clone," and often puts them intentionally on the ground as a subtle message for people walking and staring at their own phones. Thrashbird is known for his street art th...
1hr 48m Nov 12, 2018
1hr 48m
53 - How to make work more 'human' with workplace strategist & author Erica Keswin
Erica Keswin is a workplace strategist who has spent the past 20 years with some of the most iconic brands working as a consultant, speaker and what she calls a "professional dot-connector." She’s also author of the new book “Bring Your Human to Work: 10 Surefire Ways to Design a Workplace That’s Good for People, Great for Business, and Just Might Change the World.” In her years of experience...
59m Nov 05, 2018
59m
52 - But First, Coffee: Alfred owner Josh Zad on building a memorable brand and launching Calidad Beer
Josh Zad is the founder and CEO of Alfred Coffee & Kitchen, Alfred Tea Room and the new Calidad Beer. The former real estate developer opened his first Alfred location on Melrose Place in 2013. He has since opened several coffee locations and tea rooms around Los Angeles, as well as locations in Austin and Tokyo. Alfred has become somewhat of a cult-favorite LA business for social media influ...
1hr 9m Oct 29, 2018
1hr 9m
51 - Ancient history and Italian travel with archaeologist Darius Arya
Darius Arya is an archaeologist, pro­fes­sor and host in several documentaries for Discover, History and National Geographic channels. Most recently -- he explored three of the most fascinating cities of the ancient world, Athens, Cairo and Istanbul, for PBS's Ancient Invisible Cities. Since 2002, Dar­ius has been the executive director of the nonprofit Amer­i­can Insti­tute for Roman Cul­tur...
1hr 6m Oct 22, 2018
1hr 6m
50 - The art of being fabulous with Derek Warburton
Derek Warburton is the co-owner and creative director of LAPALME Magazine. He's worked as a stylist for celebrities like Beyonce, Jessica Alba and Miranda Kerr, travels across the country doing a lot of fashion-related talk show appearances, he owns his own jewelry line called Mr. Warburton and is about to launch a new magazine under the same name. Derek has also done a lot of philanthropic w...
1hr 31m Oct 15, 2018
1hr 31m
49 - Real estate 101 with Tami Halton Pardee and Marla Tellez
Tami Halton Pardee is a self-made entrepreneur and one of the top ranked real estate brokers in Los Angeles. Her company, Halton Pardee + Partners, has done more than $3 billion in residential and commercial real estate since 2005. Tami is also a mother of four and the CEO and Founder of Life Change Warriors, a foundation aimed at helping women in need overcome their challenges and set goals ...
57m Oct 08, 2018
57m
48 - Norman Aladjem shares life lessons to his daughter in new book 'From Me to You'
Norman Aladjem is a successful Hollywood talent manager, producer and most recently -- author. His new book, "From Me to You: Stories about Life, Love, Family, Faith, and How to Negotiate a Bigger Allowance, is made up of letters that he wrote to his daughter, Mackenzie. She was born a month after Norman's 45th birthday. Being an older parent, Norman wanted to make sure Mackenzie and his two ...
49m Oct 01, 2018
49m
47 - Elie Seckbach, YouTube reporter talks boxing for ESNews, Internet hate and more
If you’re a boxing fan, you’ve most likely stumbled upon one of Elie Seckbach’s videos from his YouTube channel, ESNews. His channel has nearly 331,000 subscribers, 71,000 videos and more than 617 million views to date. The Los Angeles Times recently did a feature on Elie, describing him as “quirky,” “always smiling” and that he could be “the most influential reporter in boxing today.” He’s ...
52m Sep 24, 2018
52m
46 - Dana Pollack: Former magazine photo editor turned successful bakery entrepreneur
Dana Pollack is the CEO and founder of Dana's Bakery, known for taking the traditional French macaron and putting that unique American twist on them with flavors like birthday cake, s'mores, fruity cereal, red velvet and more. But Dana wasn't always sending these delicious love bombs to people in the mail. At 30, she left her career as a photo editor at Muscle & Fitness magazine and enrolled ...
1hr 4m Sep 17, 2018
1hr 4m
45 - Andrew Rayel, world-touring DJ, producer and pride of Moldova
Andrew Rayel tours the world every weekend as a DJ and producer, known for his harmonic style of trance music -- a sub-genre of electronic dance music (EDM). **Songs featured in the episode: * Andrew Rayel & Fernando Garibay feat. Jake Torrey, "Last Summer" (Armada Music) Andrew Rayel, Corti Organ & Max Cameron, "New Dawn" (inHARMONY Music) The 26-year-old is from the country of Moldova. He...
1hr 3m Sep 10, 2018
1hr 3m
44 - Going solo with Girls' Generation superstar Tiffany Young
Tiffany Young was raised in Southern California, and at the age of 15 she was discovered by SM Entertainment—one of Korea's biggest entertainment agencies. She moved to Seoul on her own and trained to become a pop star, eventually making her debut in the popular K-pop group Girls' Generation. With her bandmates, Tiffany enjoyed a decade of number one singles, millions of album sales and more ...
37m Sep 03, 2018
37m
43 - The People Walker: Chuck McCarthy and Ary Sarbaz on walking people for a living
Imagine hiring someone to go on a walk with you around your neighborhood, and at the same time, you could study a new language, learn about the history of an area or just have an accountability partner to exercise with. That's the idea behind The People Walker, an on-demand service that lets you book people to go on walks with around Los Angeles and form new human connections. When Chuck McCa...
54m Aug 27, 2018
54m
42 - Singer-songwriter Conrad Sewell talks 'Firestone,' musical influences and his rockstar hair
Many people first heard the soulful voice of Conrad Sewell in the massive song "Firestone" with Kygo.  Since being released in late 2014, it's racked up billions of streams. The singer-songwriter, originally from Australia, also found success with his debut EP "All I Know," his Coca-Cola collaboration with the late Avicii and touring with Ed Sheeran and Maroon 5, among other things. Life on t...
50m Aug 20, 2018
50m
41 - Hal Eisner, Texas cowboy to award-winning LA journalist
Hal Eisner is currently in his 36th year on television here in Los Angeles. He's a reporter at FOX 11 and also hosts a show called "FOX 11 News In Depth." The longtime broadcast journalist just won an Emmy Award for his news special taking a look at the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Hal got his start in Texas on the radio (by sending in a postcard, believe it or not). Eventually making the transiti...
1hr 2m Aug 13, 2018
1hr 2m
40 - Fact-checking in the fake news era with Snopes founder David Mikkelson
David Mikkelson started one of the first online fact checking sites known as Snopes.com. In a time before social media and the convenience of search engines, David was discussing urban legends in the Usenet newsgroup alt.folklore.urban. In 1994, he started Snopes. Originally, the website focused on his interest in researching urban legends. More than two decades later, in the era of fake new...
52m Aug 06, 2018
52m
39 - Ashley Bell's 'Love & Bananas' documentary will leave you in love with elephants
Ashley Bell's documentary "Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story" will take you on an emotional journey that ends with a love of elephants. Bell is an actress you may know from films like “The Last Exorcism” and “Psychopaths,” but over the past five years, she’s worked on a passion project that she both directed and produced. In the film, she joins Thai conservationist Sangdeaun Lek Chailert on a...
1hr 9m Jul 30, 2018
1hr 9m
38 - Dr. Jacqueline Schaffer on the dos and don'ts of healthy skin
This episode is all about skin! Dr. Jacqueline Schaffer a board-certified medical doctor, author of "Irresistible You," and founder of Schique Skincare. While studying at Semmelweis Medical School in Hungary, her mother was diagnosed with skin cancer. After learning about the harsh chemicals in her mother's beauty products, she was inspired to create her own skin care line full of natural ingr...
48m Jul 23, 2018
48m
37 - Garagiste: Doug Minnick talks winemaking for the rule-breakers
Doug Minnick is the co-founder of the Garagiste Festivals (www.californiagaragistes.com), which bring together small, artisan winemakers and wine lovers in various cities across California. He loves wine, but not in that snobby, intimidating kind of way that the world of wine sometimes holds. "Garagiste" is a French term originally used in the Bordeaux region to criticize small-production win...
52m Jul 16, 2018
52m
36 - For the love of cars with 'Sticker Shock' appraisers Todd Wertman and Nick Smith
Todd Wertman and Nick Smith are both car buffs and are professional appraisers on the Discovery Channel show "Sticker Shock." The 13-episode show features some classic cars and asks the question: "What's my car worth?" It's a show for everyone (even those who are non-car buffs), telling the owner's story behind the vehicle. More often the not, the owner of each car has spent years and thousan...
48m Jul 09, 2018
48m
35 - Drew Manning on purposely gaining and losing 75 pounds, keto diet and vulnerability
Drew Manning was working as a personal trainer when he purposely gained and lost 75 pounds in order to gain a better perspective on the struggles of his clients. He has since become a New York Times bestselling author and hosted the A&E show "Fit To Fat To Fit," which follows other personal trainers from across the country as the undergo a similar experiment in which they intentionally gain we...
1hr 2m Jul 02, 2018
1hr 2m
34 - Photographer Francesco Mastalia captures inner light of world-renowned yogis
Francesco Mastalia is a photographer who takes portraits of people using an old and beautiful photographic technique from the 1850s, called the wet plate collodion process. The photographs are taken on glass plates, and Mastalia uses a large format wooden camera and antique brass lens. The glass plates are hand coated to produce images that are each individually unique -- yet possess an ethere...
1hr 7m Jun 25, 2018
1hr 7m
33 - Tony McEwing: (Almost) tax attorney turned LA news anchor of 25 years
Tony McEwing was surprised this week by Los Angeles City Council with June 13th being proclaimed "Tony McEwing Day." He recently celebrated his 25th anniversary on Los Angeles television at FOX 11, and there were a lot of surprises for him. Tony says he doesn't really like all of the attention on himself, but is very grateful and appreciative for all of the love. He joined me on Olympic & Bu...
33m Jun 18, 2018
33m
32 - Saving Carter with Jen and Samir Sarkar
Jen and Samir Sarkar are the loving parents to 6-year-old Carter and 8-year-old Sophia. Their son, Carter, was diagnosed with a fatal disease called Sanfillipo syndrome, which is sometimes referred to as childhood Alzheimer's. It's a progressive brain disorder in young children -- caused by a missing enzyme. Carter’s parents say as the disease progresses, he will eventually lose the ability to...
39m Jun 11, 2018
39m
31 - Tracy Pattin, host of 'The Wonderland Murders' by Hollywood & Crime
If you're drawn to true crime shows and podcasts, you may have heard the voice of Tracy Pattin. She is the host and co-producer of the popular Hollywood & Crime podcast by Wondery, which delves into the unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short (aka The Black Dahlia) in 1947, as well as the murder of more than a dozen other women who died in similar circumstances around the same time. Most recently,...
1hr 10m Jun 04, 2018
1hr 10m
30 - 'Homeland' director Lesli Linka Glatter on a chance meeting, directing, TV industry
Lesli Linka Glatter is one of the most prolific television directors around. She's received seven Emmy nominations, won two Directors Guild Awards and even received an Oscar nomination. Her work includes "Homeland," for which she also serves as an executive producer, "Twin Peaks," "Mad Men," "The West Wing," "Gilmore Girls" and even "Freaks and Geeks." As part of the Female Forward Initiative...
1hr 10m May 28, 2018
1hr 10m
29 - UCLA Women's Gymnastics Coach Valorie Kondos Field on joy, gratitude and choices
Valorie Kondos Field, or "Miss Val" as she's affectionately known, is the longtime head coach of the UCLA Women's Gymnastics Team with seven NCAA National Championships. Valorie has been named the PAC-12 Gymnastics Coach of the Century and is a member of the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame. Most importantly, she has a unique coaching style with a focus on joy, gratitude and choices. She says a bre...
1hr 16m May 21, 2018
1hr 16m
28 - Heidi Moneymaker, Hollywood's go-to stuntwoman
Heidi Moneymaker is one of Hollywood's go-to stuntwomen and has been doubling for actress Scarlett Johansson for years. She's also doubled for Julianne Moore ("The Hunger Games"), Michelle Rodriguez ("Fast and the Furious"), Drew Barrymore ("Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle") and many more. Before entering the stunt double world, she was a champion gymnast for UCLA. Heidi is the only woman gym...
51m May 14, 2018
51m
27 - Elex Michaelson on becoming a political reporter, new podcast
Elex Michaelson has always been a go-getter. Growing up in Agoura Hills, he was the student body president of his high school, captain of the basketball team and later the president of his fraternity at USC -- among many other things. In college, Elex interned at FOX 11 but not without first showing up unannounced and waiting to meet with the executive producer in person to secure the gig. He...
1hr 7m May 07, 2018
1hr 7m
26 - Craig Cooper talks men's health, entrepreneurship & venture capitalism
Craig Cooper is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, author of "Your New Prime: 30 Days to Better Sex, Eternal Strength, and a Kick Ass Life After 40" and an advocate for health and wellness in men over 40. His life has led him down many different career paths, including skateboarder, lawyer, TV host, co-founder of Boost Mobile USA, head of venture capital firms and more. As a kid, he fell int...
1hr 31m Apr 30, 2018
1hr 31m
25 - Tim Robbins shares stories of refugees in play 'The New Colossus'
Actor, director, producer, musician and more -- Tim Robbins is best known for his roles in "Shawshank Redemption," "The Player," "Mystic River," and the recent HBO series "Here and Now." But 37 years ago, he started a theater company in Los Angeles called The Actor's Gang, and throughout the success of his career, he's continued to act, write and direct plays there. He joined me on Olympic & ...
23m Apr 23, 2018
23m
24 - Araksya Karapetyan on family, her career and Armenia
Araksya Karapetyan is an anchor on FOX 11 in Los Angeles beginning at 4:30 a.m. and is a mother, wife and proud Armenian -- among many other things. Her family left everything behind in Armenia and immigrated to the United States when she was 7-years-old. A devastating earthquake, a brewing conflict with Azerbaijan and the demise of the Soviet Union all contributed to her family's decision to ...
1hr 4m Apr 16, 2018
1hr 4m
23 - Katie Willcox on the modeling industry, body image and media manipulation
Katie Willcox has been working as a professional model for more than 15 years and went on to start her own agency, called Natural Model Management. She is the author of "Healthy Is the New Skinny: Your Guide to Self-Love in a 'Picture Perfect' World" and is responsible for the website and online movement of the same name. Katie also holds body-positive workshops for girls and adult women -- a...
2hr 25m Apr 09, 2018
2hr 25m
22 - History of Los Angeles television with Joel Tator and Mitch Waldow
Television as we know it today is multi-platform, but obviously it wasn't always that way. The early days of TV were very experimental, groundbreaking and sometimes kind of dangerous. Much of television's history was made here in Los Angeles -- as well as some big careers. Joel Tator, who has produced and directed thousands of broadcasts, wrote a book about the history of LA television. Mitch...
1hr 30m Apr 02, 2018
1hr 30m
21 - Shelby Rideout on struggle with infertility, motherhood and entrepreneurship
Shelby Rideout is the creator and founder of Bright Signs Learning, a program that introduces young kids to sign language and basic reading concepts in a fun and interactive way. She and her husband have four children and are currently in the process of adopting a fifth child. When they first got married, however, they started trying right away to have children but were unable to get pregnant...
1hr 30m Mar 26, 2018
1hr 30m
20 - For Danielle Savre, 'Grey's' spinoff 'Station 19' hits close to home
Actress Danielle Savre plays a firefighter in the new "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff called "Station 19." She didn't have to look far to draw inspiration for the role as Maya Bishop.  Her real-life sister Stephanie is a firefighter in Los Angeles and is someone she really looks up to. To quote Danielle, "she's a badass." When filming for the show -- Danielle says she prefers to wear the full, heav...
1hr 14m Mar 19, 2018
1hr 14m
19 - The Compton Robotics Club with Ben Indeglia and Danny Figueroa
Ben Indeglia is a senior at New Roads School in Santa Monica and the captain of the school's robotics team. Three years ago, he and math teacher Danny Figueroa combined forces to bring robotics to young students in Compton, called the Compton Robotics Club. The program started with about 20 kids in eight different schools and has grown to more than 200 students at 24 different schools. Essent...
1hr 4m Mar 12, 2018
1hr 4m
18 - Sexologist Dr. Nikki Goldstein on being 'single but dating,' porn and sex robots
Dr. Nikki Goldstein is a sexologist, podcaster and author. She’s on a mission to educate others about all things love, sex, relationships, dating -- as well as some of the taboo subjects that can come along with those topics. She joined me on Olympic & Bundy to talk about everything from what is means to be “Single but Dating” in 2018, to her recent visit to an Orange County company making sex...
1hr 44m Mar 05, 2018
1hr 44m
17 - Rotten Tomatoes' Grae Drake on movies, Oscars and Ryan Gosling's dish towel
Grae Drake is a senior editor at Rotten Tomatoes. She often comes on Good Day LA to review upcoming films in theaters, but has done many other jobs beyond watching and critiquing movies. She's worked as a producer for reality TV shows like "Women on Death Row" and "Women Who Kill," as well as "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," jobs which she says made her cry on the regular. We talked about wh...
1hr 22m Feb 26, 2018
1hr 22m
16 - Morley, a screenwriter turned Los Angeles street artist
Street artist Morley is responsible for art you've likely seen while walking down the sidewalk or driving through the various neighborhoods of Los Angeles. He's known for creating bold, typographic posters with a cartoon-like image of himself that he wheat pastes on utility boxes, boarded up buildings and other places that won't leave lasting damage. I first learned about Morley when a friend...
1hr 31m Feb 19, 2018
1hr 31m
15 - Bizarre origins to common wedding traditions with LA event planner Kristin Banta
When you get engaged and begin to plan a wedding, you find yourself having to make decisions about this or that: Are you going to wear a white dress? Will you have a best man? Will you do the bouquet and garter toss? I'm getting married, and the planning process has led me to question why some common wedding traditions even exist in the first place. As it turns out, some of them have quite biz...
51m Feb 12, 2018
51m
14 - Lance Bass on NSYNC, space training and married life
Growing up in Mississippi, Lance Bass wanted go to school for space engineering and become an astronaut before he rose to fame in NSYNC. A quick Google search will show you that the former boy band member has done many, many things beyond music -- including acting, TV hosting, cooking, documentaries and more. In fact, Lance moved to Russia in 2002 after NSYNC disbanded and went through severa...
52m Feb 05, 2018
52m
13 - Kombucha: All about the booch with KeVita's Andrew Thomas
Do you drink kombucha? The trendy fermented beverage used to just be found in health food stores and in the kitchens of home brewers, but now it's everywhere. There are a lot of health claims online about kombucha, but is it just hype? Andrew Thomas, director of marketing for KeVita, joined me on Olympic & Bundy to talk all about kombucha. As KeVita is now owned by PepsiCo, his job is an int...
43m Jan 29, 2018
43m
12 - Karena and Katrina of Tone It Up on friendship, openness and their growing community
I first met Karena Dawn and Katrina Scott of Tone It Up during an appearance on Good Day LA and have since continued to workout with them (well, online anyway). Together, they've created a gigantic fitness brand and community for women that offers a place to workout, get nutrition guidance, fashion and beauty tips, and most uniquely -- a place to find friendship. Fittingly, Tone It Up started...
34m Jan 22, 2018
34m
11 - Cool things from CES 2018 with Tshaka Armstrong
The annual CES, also known as the biggest consumer technology show on the planet, wrapped up this week in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event showcases the latest innovations from big corporations and tiny startups, including a technology to "see through" cars in front of you on the road, a robot dog, an Alexa-enabled smart bathroom and more! Tech reviewer and FOX 11 editor Tshaka Armstrong joined m...
38m Jan 15, 2018
38m
10 - Legal pot in California with Kandice Hawes and Stefan Borst-Censullo
It's 2018, and California now has dispensaries selling legal pot. There are some dispensaries that opened January 1, some that may not open for a few weeks or months -- and some local governments that have opted not to open any for the foreseeable future (note: this episode was recorded 1/3/18 ). Two people who have been working to educate others about cannabis and to change the public percep...
1hr 4m Jan 08, 2018
1hr 4m
9 - Bullying, mental health and teen suicide prevention with Jamie Weddle and Mandy Amano
The difference between "old school bullying" and our current culture of connectedness is that it can be a 24/7 problem. You can no longer go home to get away from people at school -- it follows you home. Approximately 43 percent of kids say they have been victim to cyberbullying, according to stopbullying.gov, and 58 percent of them have not told their parents. Jamie Weddle is a school counse...
1hr 1m Dec 31, 2017
1hr 1m
8 - Inside the weird, wonderful world of being a 'pet influencer' with Colleen Wilson
There is something weird and wonderful happening in the world right now, and that is the rise of "animal influencers" on social media. If you're like me, you might be wondering, "How does this cat have almost 4 million followers on Instagram?" And better yet, "How much is his owner making for doing this?!" Colleen Wilson, the founder of animal influencer management firm Pets on Q (and dog mom...
1hr Dec 25, 2017
1hr