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Be sure and catch Mark Lieberman’s interview with Martha Anne Toll on the video and podcast show, The World According to Mark. Watch the video of the interview below and on YouTube. The audio version can be heard on Google, Spotify and other podcast sites.
Martha talks about her debut novel Three Muses, published by Regal House, which awarded her the Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafter Fiction. Three Muses has received rave reviews from Pulitzer Prize-winning and highly acclaimed authors from around the country. The novel follows two main characters. The first is a man whose memories take him back to the time of the concentration camps in Germany, and how he was forced to sing to survive. The other character is a flourishing ballerina, working under a demanding and abusive choreographer.
Martha also talks about her other interests and passions, including her essays and book reviews for NPR Books, the Washington Post, Pointe Magazine, The Millions, and elsewhere. Toll brings a long career in social justice to her work covering BIPOC and women writers.
18/04/2022
Exactly two years ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing a real hero on “The World According to Mark.” Here is the audio link: https://blubrry.com/worldaccordingtomark/.
Robert Bilott a noted environmental attorney from Cincinnati, Ohio had spent more than twenty years litigating hazardous dumping of the chemicals called perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). Bilott sued the chemical company DuPont after discovering it contaminated the drinking water of communities along the Ohio-West Virginia border with PFOA, sometimes referred to as “the forever chemical” because it hardly degrades and it shows up in people and wildlife all round the world.
DuPont later settled the litigation for $671 million, a result chronicled in a book Bilott wrote on the trial and a 2019 Hollywood film “Dark Waters,” starring actors Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway.
So what is Robert Bilott up to now?
While American companies have phased out PFOA, they still use a wider class of hundreds of sister chemicals called PFAS in consumer products like nonstick pans, food packaging, and waterproof products and clothing. More than 97% of Americans have some form of PFAS in their blood, and most of them have not been as extensively studied as PFOA.
So Bilott’s law firm joined with two other prominent law firms and filed a new federal court case (Hardwick v. 3M Company et al in 2018 in Ohio on behalf of an Ohio firefighter who has these chemicals in his blood as well as class of folks across the country who have the forever chemicals in their blood. The class could include as many as 11 million people who have dangerous levels of PFOA in their blood. Bilott and his team of lawyers are asking the Court to issue an order to set up a process where these types of studies and monitoring can be done, and have the companies fund it. Predictably the chemical companies are fighting class certification and the case is now on appeal in The Sixth Circuit.
You have an opportunity to listen to this engaging interview and then read up on what is likely to be precedent-setting case of yet another case in which cases in which business leaders pursued a strategy that could cause human harm long after the risks had come to their attention.
The World According to Mark Interviews and opinions on regional, national and world affairs and on arts and culture
Who can stop Madison Cawthorn?
Mark Lieberman talks to Steve Woodsmall who is trying to do just that by running against the controversial Mr. Cawthorn. Mr. Cawthorn is the youngest member of Congress and also hails from the State of North Carolina. Steve Woodsmall has a record of military service, business experience, a college education and advanced degrees. Steve served as an Air Force Officer for over 20 years and held positions with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration. He has a Master’s in Business Administration and a Phd in Organization and Management.
David Madison Cawthorn has had no prior governmental service, was a college dropout, and has no business experience, although he falsely claimed to be a “CEO” of a real estate investment firm. He was actually a one-person company and owned just one vacant lot, and reported no income when he made that claim. During his campaign, Madison also claimed he was accepted to the Naval Academy before a car accident which left him paralyzed from the waist down. He admitted in a sworn deposition that he had actually been rejected before the accident.
Both Democrats and Republicans are seeking to unseat Mr. Cawthorn, sensing his vulnerabilities in light of his false claims, extreme statements that have insulted the sensibilities of both the right and the left, and Cawthorn’s empty record in the House.
We have launched a podcast version of this show that is available on Blubrry Podcasting, one of the oldest and most well-established podcast companies in the country. All you need to do is click on https://blubrry.com/worldaccordingtomark/. You will be able to listen to this and other podcasts on The World According to Mark. It will soon be available on Google, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.
06/04/2022
For those loyal followers of “The World According to Mark” who enjoyed my interviews on Asheville’s WPVM, LP over the last 5 years, I’ve got some exciting news. Videos of brand-new shows and replays of some of my best interviews with experts in government, politics, law, the arts and sciences from around the country will be available anytime you want to watch on my new Facebook business page “The World According to Mark.” In addition, we have launched a podcast version of the show that is available on Blubrry Podcasting, one of the oldest and most well-established podcast companies in the country. Three new shows are available right now. All you need to do is click on https://blubrry.com/worldaccordingtomark/. It will soon be available on Google, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.
First is my interview with Palina Prysmakova, Ph.D. and Associate Professor in the School of Public Administration at Florida Atlantic University and the Secretary of The Rada, the oldest existing governmental institute of the Belarusian government in exile. Professor Palina talks about her perspectives on the Ukraine crisis and similarities and differences with the state of affairs in Belarus.
A second podcast interview you can listen to is my interview with Victoria Browning Wyeth, the only grandchild of iconic artist Andrew Wyeth who talks about her family.
It’s a challenging time to be a pharmacist and to own an independent pharmacy. Just ask Taylor Jones who with his wife Jonna Munroe own, HealthRidge Pharmacy, serving the Black Mountain and the Swannanoa Valley in North Carolina since 1995.
Mark Lieberman did just that by engaging Taylor in an informative and candid interview on how independent pharmacists are finding ways to provide personal service in an increasing consolidated and impersonal pharmacy world.
30/03/2022
The audio of this interview can be found at this link: https://blubrry.com/worldaccordingtomark/84237207/interview-with-taylor-jones-independent-pharmacist/
It’s a challenging time to be a pharmacist and to own an independent pharmacy. Just ask Taylor Jones who with his wife Jonna Munroe own, HealthRidge Pharmacy, serving the Black Mountain and the Swannanoa Valley in North Carolina since 1995.
Mark Lieberman did just that by engaging Taylor in an informative and candid interview on how independent pharmacists are finding ways to provide personal service in an increasing consolidated and impersonal pharmacy world.
In the US, the drugstore market is dominated by two major players—CVS Health and Walgreens whose revenue on prescription drugs is estimated at nearly $200 billion. CVS’s share of the prescription drug market is nearly 25%, while Walgreen’s is just over 19%.
The companies have an even greater dominance in metropolitan areas. CVS and Walgreens control at least half of the drugstore market in around 70 of the top 100 metropolitan areas.
But it turns out that independent pharmacists have found ways to survive and, in many cases, thrive because of personal service, assisting customers in getting the right medications in the form and dosage that best suits their needs and finding ways to save customers money on their prescriptions.
Tune in tomorrow, Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 11:00 am to 103.7 FM on WPVM LP or stream the interview on wpvmfm.org.
The World According to Mark is moving and expanding. Facebook video interviews will be posted on Facebook's "The World According to Mark" page so you can pick it up anytime. Podcast interviews can also be found by going to https://blubrry.com/worldaccordingtomark/. Every week new podcasts will be available at this URL.
Soon you will also be able hear the podcasts on Google, Apple Podcasts and Spotify as well.
29/03/2022
It’s a challenging time to be a pharmacist and to own an independent pharmacy. Just ask Taylor Jones who with his wife Jonna Munroe own, HealthRidge Pharmacy, serving the Black Mountain and the Swannanoa Valley in North Carolina since 1995.
Mark Lieberman did just that by engaging Taylor in an informative and candid interview on how independent pharmacists are finding ways to provide personal service in an increasing consolidated and impersonal pharmacy world.
In the US, the drugstore market is dominated by two major players—CVS Health and Walgreens whose revenue on prescription drugs is estimated at nearly $200 billion. CVS’s share of the prescription drug market is nearly 25%, while Walgreen’s is just over 19%.
The companies have an even greater dominance in metropolitan areas. CVS and Walgreens control at least half of the drugstore market in around 70 of the top 100 metropolitan areas.
But it turns out that independent pharmacists have found ways to survive and, in many cases, thrive because of personal service, assisting customers in getting the right medications in the form and dosage that best suits their needs and finding ways to save customers money on their prescriptions.
Tune in tomorrow, Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 11:00 am to 103.7 FM on WPVM LP or stream the interview on wpvmfm.org.
The World According to Mark is moving and expanding. Facebook video interviews will be posted on Facebook's "The World According to Mark" page so you can pick it up anytime. Podcast interviews can also be found by going to https://blubrry.com/worldaccordingtomark/. Every week new podcasts will be available at this URL.
Soon you will also be able hear the podcasts on Google, Apple Podcasts and Spotify as well.
Mark Lieberman interviews Victoria Browning Wyeth, the granddaughter of celebrated artist, Andrew Wyeth, the great granddaughter of illustrator N.C. Wyeth and the niece of contemporary painter Jamie Wyeth on The World According to Mark.
Victoria, who earned her B.A. in American Cultural Studies from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, has made presentations and conducted lectures all over the world discussing the art and the lives of her famous family members. Victoria not only talks about the art, the inspiration and the technique, but she provides quotations and observations gained from hours of discussions she had with "Andy", the name she prefers to use in referring to her late grandfather Andrew Wyeth. These details add nuance and richness to her lectures, gallery talks and exhibitions of the Wyeth collections. Mark Lieberman's interview will be appreciated by the many admirers of the works of the Wyeths, and also coincides with a special exhibition, The Wyeths: Three Generations: Works from the Bank of America Collection. Ms. Wyeth will be conducting a one-hour presentation at the Asheville Museum of Art on March 26, 2022 on the life and work of her grandfather.
With the war raging in the Ukraine, Mark Lieberman interviews Palina Prysmakova, the Secretary of The Rada, the oldest existing governmental institute of the Belarusian government in exile on The World According to Mark.
Presently, Dr. Prysmakova serves as an Associate Professor at the School of Public Administration at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and as an Affiliate for FAU’s Peace, Justice and Human Rights (PJHR) Initiative.
Like Ukraine, Belarus, a nation of 9.5 million, is caught in rivalry between the West and Russia. Belarus’s President Lukashenko, an ally of Russia, has been nicknamed "Europe's last dictator". He has been in power for 26 years, keeping much of the economy in state hands, and uses censorship and police crackdowns against opponents.
There are parallels and distinct differences between Ukraine, currently subject to invasion by Russia, and the independent country of Belarus. With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, both Ukraine and Belarus became independent republics, but unlike other post-Soviet states Belarus’ independence did not mean democratization.
Prysmakova in this engaging interview talks about lessons learned from the history of Belarus and possible foreshadowing of what might ultimately happen in Ukraine.
You can pick up the entire interview on video by going to Mark Lieberman’s page, YouTube and soon you can listen on your favorite podcast site.
With the war raging in the Ukraine, Mark Lieberman interviews Palina Prysmakova, the Secretary of The Rada, the oldest existing governmental institute of the Belarusan government in exile on The World According to Mark.
Presently, Dr. Prysmakova serves as Associate Professor in the Associate Professor School of Public Administration at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and as a core lecturer for FAU’s Peace, Justice and Human Rights (PJHR) Initiative.
Like Ukraine, Belarus, a nation of 9.5 million, is caught in rivalry between the West and Russia. Belarus’s President Lukashenko, an ally of Russia, has been nicknamed "Europe's last dictator". He has been in power for 26 years, keeping much of the economy in state hands, and uses censorship and police crackdowns against opponents.
There are parallels and distinct differences between Ukraine, currently subject to invasion by Russia, and the independent country of Belarus. With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, both Ukraine and Belarus became independent republics, but unlike other post-Soviet states Belarus’ independence did not mean democratization.
Prysmakova in this engaging interview talks about lessons learned from the history of Belarus and possible foreshadowing of what might ultimately happen in Ukraine.
Tune in tomorrow, Wednesday, March 23rd at 11:00 am to “The World According to Mark” on WPVM on 103.7 FM, or stream at wpvmfm.org.
You will also be able to pick up the entire interview on video by going to Mark Lieberman’s page, YouTube and soon your favorite podcast site.
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