Category Archives: Host Highlight

Kid Host Colin Brennan Invited To Autism’s Got Talent

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Colin Brennan

photo via insideHalton.com

At the age of 10, BlogTalkRadio host Colin Brennan is now garnering a fan base around the world according to a recent article on insideHalton.com. He was just invited to perform at the 600-seat Mermaid Theater for Autism’s Got Talent in London this May. Colin will be performing Different from the musical Honk.

Collin is the host of Colin Brennan’s Music/Autism Show, which is a show about how music affects children like himself on the Autism spectrum.  He came to BlogTalkRadio originally as a guest on the Positively Autistic Show for an episode which was recorded in New York City when Colin was performing at The Genius of Autism.  This one show received 12,000 listeners and prompted him to launch his own program.  In his first 15 episodes, Colin has reached over 40,000 listeners.

According to the insideHalton.com article, Colin’s parents have started a fundraiser to help pay for their airfare to Autism’s Got Talent, which you can help support here: www.gofundme.com/22brtc.

You can tune in to Colin Brennan’s Music/Autism Show here.  Best of luck to host Colin on his journey to London!

Meet BlogTalkRadio Host Nia, One Ambitious 9-Year Old

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Nia Bakari, BlogTalkRadio host

At 9 years old, Nia Bakari is one of  the youngest hosts on BlogTalkRadio.  She is quite an inspiring young lady and is off to a running start with her show, which launched just this month. Nia was kind of enough to answer a few questions about her program and what’s up next for her. 

What’s your show all about?
My show is all about meeting interesting people and learning from them.

How did you decide to start your own show?
My mom and I planned last summer of 2012, but we did not get around doing it till early this year. I learned that you have to have a good idea to have a good show. I want people to know that kids see things differently from adults.

What’s your favorite part about hosting your own show on BlogTalkRadio?
My favorite part about hosting my own BlogTalkRadio show is being able to talk to my guests by just being online or on the phone.

Who have you interviewed so far?
I have interviewed Disney talent, Cameron Goodman, who was my improv mentor, Daniel Hooven, lead investigator of Bio’s Haunted Encounters and Hawaii’s ukulele wonder kid, Aidan James.

Who’s next?
Jeff Kinney, the author of the Diary of a Whimpy Kid, Michelle Borth of Hawaii Five-0 and Atlanta’s upcoming musical duo from All The Two of Us, Maggie Schneider and Riley Duggan.

We’re so excited to see Nia’s show grow.  Be sure to tune in to Nia and Friends.

Catch Actress Meagan Good on Film Festival Radio

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This Friday at 7PM EST, Meagan Good stops by BlogTalkRadio to speak with Film Festival Radio.  Meagan stars in NBC’s midseason drama Deception as Joanna Padget Locasto, a San-Francisco narcotics detective with childhood ties to a notoriously secretive and powerful New York family, the Bowers. In addition, Megan is also establishing a name for herself as a successful executive producer of indie films. It’s a lot to chat about with Megan on this edition of Film Festival Radio.

Also don’t miss special guest Dr. Joanna Dolgoff, pediatrician and expert in the areas of childhood obesity. She is now a part of The Biggest Loser show’s team of experts who’s advising teens and kids on how to successfully overcome being overweight on season 14 of show.

Save the date and follow Film Festival Radio to get updates on this show.

How to Land Great Guests According to Host Paul Lawrence Vann

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Paul Lawrence Vann, Host of The Wealthy Speaker Show on BlogTalkRadioWe were happy to welcome BlogTalkRadio veteran host, Paul Lawrence Vann to BlogTalkRadio University recently. During his 5 years on the network, he has hosted over 400 episodes of The Wealthy Speaker Show, interviewing bestselling authors, social media experts, actors, relationship gurus, creative thought leaders, and more.

On the show with us, he shared his wisdom for landing great guests & more valuable hosting tips.  Tune in here.

 

 

How MomBizCoach Grew a Successful Small Business on BlogTalkRadio

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It was a pleasure to have BTR Host Lara Galloway, AKA MomBizCoach on BlogTalkRadio University this week.  Lara is a business coach to mom entrepreneurs and was recently named by Forbes as one of the top 30 women entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter (She has over 20K Twitter followers:).  In her interview she shares how she built her brand on BlogTalkRadio along with what she has learned from hosting her show since 2009.  This is a don’t miss episode if you are using BlogTalkRadio to help promote your business, brand, book or project!  Tune in here.

BTR Summer Quotes Winner This Week: Lizzy and Hazel

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Congratulations to Hosts Lizzy and Hazel of Almost Heaven! The hosts received the largest number of votes this week for her entry in the BTR Summer Quotes Contest.

We’ll be coming back with another Quotes Contest in September so look out for a chance to win exposure to millions as a Staff Pick feature on our homepage, inclusion in the BlogTalkRadio monthly newsletter and promotion on our blog, Facebook and Twitter.

BTR Summer Quotes Contest Winner of the Week: Vanessa Halloum

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Congratulations to Host Vanessa Halloum of Empowering The Feminine Soul!  Vanessa received the largest number of votes this week for her entry in the BTR Summer Quotes Contest. She submitted a quote from her episode, “Healing the Weight-Loss Wounds with Carmela Ramaglia”:

“No one questions the diet and exercise model. We question ourselves. ‘What’s wrong with me? Why am I not motivated enough? Why am I not committed enough? Why do I stuff my emotional and intimacy issues or my fear of failure with food? If I could just figure out what’s wrong with ME I could be successful in the diet and exercise teeter-totter.’ But there is no success in a diet and exercise teeter-totter. It doesn’t work!” – Author Carmela Ramaglia; timestamp: 34:34

Host Vanessa Halloum is both an actress and a coach.  On her show, she interviews women from around the world on different topics and discusses ways for modern women to be successful and still celebrate their femininity.  Tune in to Empowering the Feminine Soul with Vanessa here.

Enter a quote in this week’s BTR Summer Quotes Contest for a chance to win exposure to millions as a Staff Pick feature on our homepage, inclusion in the BlogTalkRadio monthly newsletter and promotion on our blog, Facebook and Twitter.

BlogTalkRadio Hosts Representing at BlogHer ’12 Conference

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BlogHer is the largest network of women bloggers.  Each year, the organization hosts a conference to bring their community together to learn and meet one another. This year’s conference, BlogHer ’12, featured a number of insightful panels on blogging, social media, podcasting, etc. in addition to some outstanding speakers including Martha Stewart, Katie Couric, Soledad O’Brien, Christy Turlington, Malaak Compton Rock. This year, via satellite, President Obama addressed conference attendees.

This past weekend, we were pleased to run into three of our very own hosts at the BlogHer ’12 Conference.  Host Lara Galloway of Mom Biz Solutions with Lara Galloway, The Mom Biz Coach spoke on a panel about Streamlining Your Technical Toolkit: How to Do More with Less and Host Deborah Shane of Deborah Shane Metropolis spoke on a panel entitled Podcasting 101.   We also ran into Host Kathy Crowley of Talking with Toastmasters who was a conference attendee.

If you missed out on BlogHer ’12 this year, don’t fret because BlogHer ’13 is already in the works and will be landing in Chicago next year.  Read more about it here. And if you are a woman blogger or interested in starting your own blog, take the time to become part of the BlogHer community. It’s a great way to network and meet other women that are interested in building their brands online.