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Children's book author, Becky Bell, joins the podcast to talk about her book, The Gnomes of Fibberton. Show Host - Toni Ann Marcolini

Internationally best selling author Tess Gerritsen returns to the podcast to talk about the latest installment in her spy series, The Summer Guests. https://www.tessgerritsen.com/ Show Host - Toni Ann Marcolini

Zara Phillips is a singer and songwriter, actor, author, and activist. As an adoptee herself, much of her work is centered around the adoption world and is focused on improving understanding the lifelong impact of adoption. She joined the podcast to discuss the new movie release based upon her book. Video podcast Show Host - Toni Ann Marcolini Follow the Podcast Instagram

Multi-talented singer/songwriter DeeAnn has received numerous well-deserved accolades in her hometown of Buffalo, New York's 10th Annual “JazzBuffalo” musical greats poll. She was awarded “Jazz Female Vocalist of the Year”, receiving the most votes for her still-popular 2023 album “It's My Time”, and was chosen runner-up for “Most Memorable Performance” and the “John Hunt Jazz Artist of the Year” Award. Her new single “Simply Beautiful,” was been released, which is a sensual, deep soul bluesy twist on an early 70's Al Green song from his landmark #1 Billboard album “I'm Still in Love with You”. She collaborated with her new producer Ted Perlman, on this song and the upcoming new album featuring both originals and re-imaginings of classic songs from various eras. Working with Perlman puts DeeAnn in the classic company of the multi-genre greats he has produced, arranged, recorded, and toured with over the past five decades - including Burt Bacharach, Whitney Houston, Manhattan Transfer, Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan, Ronald Isley, Jermaine Jackson, Edwin Hawkins, CeCe Winans, Brian Wilson, Dr. Dre, Diana Ross, Ringo Starr, Joe Cocker, Chicago and Young MC. She joined the podcast to discuss it all. Podcast Host: Toni Ann Marcolini

Dr. David Weill is the former Director of the Center for Advanced Lung Diseases and the Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program at Stanford University Medical Center. He now provides assistance to transplant programs across the country that seek his advice about how to improve the delivery of transplant care. He joined the podcast to talk about his latest book, All That Really Matters . Podcast Host: Toni Ann Marcolini Podcast

Alan Locher joined the podcast to talk about his wildly popular talk show The Locher Room and a career surrounded by the stars and shows we love. Podcast Host: Toni Ann Marcolini Podcast

Author Amelia Diane Combs joined the podcast to talk about her latest novel, Drop Dead Sisters. Podcast Host: Toni Ann Marcolini Podcast

Writer William Keck joined the podcast to discuss his book When You Step Upon a Star. Podcast Host - Toni Ann Marcolini Podcast

Bestselling author Robert Dugoni joined the podcast with his co-authors Jeff Langholz and Chris Crabtree to discuss their new book Hold Strong , a WWII historical fiction masterpiece. Podcast Show Host: Toni Ann Marcolini Video

Multiple Grammy winner George Whitty joined the podcast to chat about his new collaboration with fellow music legend Ellis Hall and recording their explosive contemporary twist on classic R&B. Spotify Show Host: Toni Ann Marcolini Follow the Podcast

Geoffrey Mark is a walking encyclopedia of show business history. Born in Brooklyn, NY and raised all over the country, Mr. Mark has worked as an actor, singer, stand-up comedian, radio host, and Grammy nominated writer. He writes and produces documentaries and reality shows for cable television. During the interview he talks about writing theTHE LUCY BOOK published with the support of the Arnaz family and ELLA: A Biography of the Legendary Ella Fitzgerald. Show Host: Toni Ann Marcolini Follow the Podcast

Jae is the author lesbian romance novels. She joined the podcast to talk about her popular historical fiction book Backwards to Oregon. She lives in the sunniest city in Germany, near the French and Swiss borders and previously worked as a psychologist. A great interview! Podcast Show Host: Toni Ann Marcolini

Bestselling author and attorney, Victor Methos joined the podcast to talk about his new thriller series beginning with the novel, THE SILENT WATCHER. It is set in Las Vegas and features an unusual protagonist for the genre—a guardian ad litem (GAL). Lawyer Piper Danes was once a vulnerable youth herself, and a GAL gave her hope when she needed it most. Now she's determined to pay it forward, leaving her hotshot firm behind to represent the legal interests of young victims of trauma. Victor Methos immigrated to the US from Kabul and has since written fifty novels, hitting bestseller lists and earning literary accolades, including an Edgar Award nomination for best novel (A Gambler's Jury) and the 2020 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction (The Hallows). #Writers, #Thriller Show Host: Toni Ann Marcolini PODCAST PAGE PODCAST

Co-stars from The Donna Reed Show, Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen, joined the podcast to talk about the show, on and off scree, their musical collaboration with James Darren and so much more. A great interview with 2 icons in the entertainment industry. Video Podcast Show Host: Toni Ann Marcolini FaceBook LinkedIn

A popular writer of books that critics around the world have praised as “electric,” “unexpected,” “tension-soaked,” and “seriously addictive,” Pip Drysdale makes her American breakout with the novel, THE CLOSE-UP. Her previous books—The Sunday Girl, The Strangers We Know, The Paris Affair, and The Next Girl—have all been international bestsellers, propelling Australia's Stellar magazine to crown her the next Liane Moriarty. This is a great interview with an exciting new novelist. Podcast Show Host: Toni Ann Marcolini

Author Linda Broenniman joins the podcast to talk about her book The Politzer Saga. A housefire in 2011. A box survives. Its contents became the catalyst for a quest whose seeds were planted in 1983 – the day Linda Ambrus Broenniman learned that her Catholic father was Jewish and what little family history she knew was a lie. Searching for truth, Linda pieced together the astonishing story of eight generations of her Jewish ancestors — the Politzer family — their remarkable lives lost to her father's secrets. Show Host: Toni Ann Marcolini Podcast LinkedIn

Bestselling author Robert Dugoni returns to the podcast to talk about the latest installment in the Keera Duggan Series. Dugoni Webpage Podcast Show Host - Toni Ann Marcolini, Esq. Podcast LinkedIn Page

Stan Zimmerman is an author of a new book titled The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore , as well as a writer on many television series, including the legendary Season One of Golden Girls, Brothers, Fame, Hooperman, Something Wilder, Roseanne, Wanda at Large and Gilmore Girls. They have two WGA nominations to their credit: "Rose's Mother" from The Golden Girls and"Don't Ask, Don't Tell", the infamous lesbian kiss episode of Roseanne. Jim and Stan created and exec produced two seasons (40 episodes) of Rita Rocks, a half hour comedy series on Lifetime. The first season is out on DVD. In the world of webseries, they created Skirtchasers, for tellofilms.com. Stan made his scripted directing debut with that show. secs & EXECS, their next project for tellofilms, also directed by Stan, earned Mindy Sterling her first Emmy nomination. Besides writing/producing many television pilots, Stan worked on a few TV movies, including rewriting the Emmy and Peabody award winning Annie for ABC. They also rewrote Christmas Bounty for ABC Family. Most recently he, along with James Berg, created and wrote the all-star female comedy, Ladies of the 80's: A Divas Christmas for Lifetime. Their feature film credits include both now iconic Brady Bunch movies. Podcast Host: Toni Ann Marcolini

Hailing from Bradenton, Florida, Dr. James R. Gregory is an expert in corporate branding and its effect on Wall Street. The author of six influential business books, Zephyr's War marks his debut novel. Melding his real-life business background as the leader of an unconventional consultancy with the freedom the fiction genre affords, James is thrilled to present this fast-paced thriller which contains all the elements of business realism along with plenty of thrills to captivate and entertain. PODCAST HOST - Toni Ann Marcolini, Esq.

Bestselling authors Jeffrey Deaver and Isabella Maldonado joined the podcast to talk about their first joint collaborative book, Fatal Intrusion, an explosive new Sanchez & Heron Series. Podcast Host: Toni Ann Marcolini

Actor, writer and producer Dean Butler joined the podcast to chat about his new book, Prairie Man: My Little House Life & Beyond: An illuminating, insider's journey through the world of Little House on the Prairie. Dean's Webpage Podcast Podcast Host - Toni Ann Marcolini

Robert Wittman wrote the New York Times best-selling memoir Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures, with 2009 Pulitzer Prize Finalist John Shiffman. Priceless follows Wittman through his career with the FBI, providing a first-perspective account of some of the most well-known art heists in modern history and the undercover FBI stings that sought to foil them. He joined the FBI as a Special Agent in 1988 and was assigned to the Philadelphia Field Division. As a result of specialized training in art, antiques, jewelry and gem identification, he served as the FBI's investigative expert in art and cultural property crime investigations. During his 20 year career with the FBI, he recovered more that $300 million worth of stolen art and cultural property resulting in the prosecution and conviction of numerous individuals. In 2005, he was instrumental in the creation of the FBI's rapid deployment Art Crime Team (ACT). He was named the ACT's Senior Investigator and was tasked with instructing the team's founding members in cultural property investigation techniques. He has represented the United States around the world conducting investigations and instructing international police and museums in investigation, recovery and security techniques. Show Host - Toni Ann Marcolini PODCAST PODCAST INSTAGRAM

These two successful authors collaborated to write a new thriller, Echo Road, where they bring together two of their iconic characters FBI Special Agent Mercy Kilpatrick and Sheriff Bree Taggert to stop a ruthless serial killer. Melinda Leigh Kendra Elliot Show Host: Toni Ann Marcolini Podcast

Jonathan Sheldon has worked professionally in film and television for over 15 years. Starting in film development, Sheldon produced several well-regarded independent films and co-authored a seminal book on filmmaking titled “The Declaration of Independent Filmmaking”. As post production entrepreneur, Mr. Sheldon boot-strapped a post production company from a desk in Beverly Hills building it to contribute post production expertise and services to over 100 feature films and several network television shows.He's a Post-Producer at Buffalo 8 and stopped by the podcast to chat about movies.Show Host: Toni Marcolini Instagram Podcast

Best selling author Lee Goldberg put himself through UCLA as a freelance journalist, writing for such publications as American Film, Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times Syndicate, The Washington Post and The San Francisco Chronicle. He's written the novels Lost Hills, True Fiction, My Gun Has Bullets, The Walk, King City, and Watch Me Die, which was nominated for a Shamus Award for Best Novel from the Private Eye Writers of America. He was also the co-author with Janet Evanovich of the five international bestselling Fox & O'Hare novels (The Heist, The Chase, The Job, The Scam and The Pursuit) and two New York Times bestselling prequel novellas (The Shell Game and Pros & Cons). His most recent books include Dream Town (the 5th novel in the Eve Ronin series), Malibu Burning (the first novel in the Sharpe & Walker series) and the genre-bending thriller Calico, a 2024 Spur Award finalist for Best Contemporary Western from the Western Writers of America. We chat today mostly about Eve Ronin and her latest escapade. Lee's TV writing & producing credits have covered a wide variety of genres, including sci-fi (seaQuest), cop shows (Hunter, The Glades), martial arts (Martial Law), whodunits (Diagnosis Murder, Nero Wolfe), the occult (She-Wolf of London), kid's shows (R.L. Stine's The Nightmare Room), T&A (Baywatch, She Spies), comedy (Monk) clip shows (The Best TV Shows That Never Were). He co-created the hit Hallmark movie series Mystery 101. His two careers, novelist and TV writer, merged when he wrote the eight books in the Diagnosis Murder series of original novels, based on the hit CBS TV mystery that he also wrote and produced. He followed that up by writing fifteen bestselling novels based on Monk, another TV show that he worked on. Lee's Webpage Show Host - Toni Ann Marcolini Follow the Podcast

Caroline Cleveland's stunning debut novel, When Cicadas Cry, is about a high-profile murder case in a small South Carolina town rife with racial tension. Her character's are these interesting and flawed people intersecting at a pivotal moment in all of their lives. Website Buy the Book Show Host - Toni Ann Marcolini Instagram Podcast Facebook Page

New York Public Library, Jefferson Market Branch Manager Frank Collerius joined the podcast to discuss the importance of the library to the community, his podcast, The Librarian is In, and the latest books on his radar. Webpage Jefferson Market Branch The Librarian is In Podcast FaceBook Page

Award-winning producer Kirk D'Amico founded Myriad Pictures in 1998 and has positioned the company as a leading sales and distribution home for diverse films and emerging talent. D'Amico has produced or executive produced over 60 films and Myriad has distributed hundreds of films worldwide. The current release slate includes Walter Hill's DEAD FOR A DOLLAR starring Christoph Waltz and Willem Dafoe, and April Mullen's SIMULANT starring Sam Worthington and Simu Liu and SxSW Official Selection, REVIVAL69: THE CONCERT THAT ROCKED THE WORLD directed by Ron Chapman. D'Amico produced THE LAST WORD starring Shirley MacLaine and Amanda Seyfried and is serving as Executive Producer on Rebecca Snow's THE BOY IN THE WOODS. In 2010, D'Amico also co-founded Canadian distributor and production company Photon Films. Based in Toronto, Photon has released a diverse slate of bold films in Canada both theatrically and across all platforms. Notable films include THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER starring Tilda Swinton, SOUND OF METAL starring Riz Ahmed, and THE HATING GAME starring Lucy Hale. Myriad Pictures Show Host: Toni Ann Marcolini Podcast

Two time Edgard Award winning author Lori Roy joined the podcast to talk about her latest book, Lake County. Her debut novel, Bent Road, was awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel by an American Author. Her work has been twice named a New York Times Notable Crime Book and has been included on various “best of” and summer reading lists. Until She Comes Home was a New York Times Editors' Choice and a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel. Let Me Die in His Footsteps was included among the top fiction of 2015 by Books-A-Million and named one of the best fifteen mystery novels of 2015 by Oline Cogdill. The novel also received the 2016 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel, making Roy the first woman to receive an Edgar Award for both Best First Novel and Best Novel—and only the third person ever to have done so. Gone Too Long was named a People magazine Book of the Week, was named one of the Best Books of Summer 2019, and was excerpted by Oprah magazine. Lake County, Lori's latest work, will hit stores June 2024. Author Webpage Podcast Show Host - Toni Ann Marcolini

Adam Harris Engelhard is a film producer & former literary manager with over 10 years of industry experience. Starting his career at ICM Partners, Adam worked in the MP Talent department where he cut his teeth in film packaging. From there he worked for Academy Award winning producer Dan Jinks at CBS Studios. In 2016 Adam founded Mailroom Entertainment where he managed a roster of 15 budding writers and directors. He graduated from The University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Business Administration.Presently, he is Head of the Executive Producer division of Buffalo8, a full-service film and media company focused on production, post-production, distribution, design, and finance. Buffalo8 Show Host: Toni Marcolini Podcast

For Earth Day - author Sheri Miller talks about her children's book - THINK ! Podcast Host - Toni Marcolini

The famous unsolved double homicide in New Jersey from the 1920's that caused a media frenzy around the Trial of the Century is analyzed on the podcast. Historian: Honorable John J. Jorgensen, J.S.C. (Ret) Guest Host: Honorable Bradley Ferencz, J.S.C. (Ret) Middlesex County Bar Association in connection with Main Street Theatre presents Trial of the Century: The Hall Mills Murder Trial on June 22 and 23 For More Info: www.mcbf.org or call 732-828-3433 ext 102 Show Host: Toni Marcolini Podcast

New York Times Bestselling author Christopher Reich joined the podcast to talk about his latest book, Matterhorn . Show Host: Toni Ann Marcolini Podcast

Best selling author Robert Dugoni returned to the podcast to discuss his latest book, A Killing on the Hill. Follow the podcast on Instagram Show Host Toni Ann Marcolini Podcast

A discussion about Alternative Dispute Resolution and particularly the use of mediation in settling cases. Panelists: Shaun Blick Hon. Bradley Ferencz, J.S.C. (Ret) Show Host: Toni Ann Marcolini Podcast

The original voice of Stephanie Plum, audiobook narrator and actress, C.J. Critt joined the podcast. While she is known to many audiobook fans from the Janet Evanovich series, as the Voice of America's favorite bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum, C.J. has brought to life the works of Anne Tyler, Larry McMurtry, Patricia Cornwell, Margaret Maron, Haven Kimmel, Joan Hess, J.A. Jance and Barbara Kingsolver, among many others, in 200 works of Popular Fiction for Harper Audio, Recorded Books, BBC America Audiobooks, Library Ideas and Listen-up!, garnering a dozen EARPHONES awards and fans nationwide. She also records assorted anime voices for CrunchyRoll, Sound Cadence and Studio Nano. CJ Critt Webpage Show Host - Toni Marcolini Podcast Page

We like to focus on creativity on the podcast. Instead of books, film, characters or performances, today we discussed creating a different outcome for the devastating effects of alcoholism in the lives of its victims, along with a transformative cultural shift. The participating panelists were Hon. Bradley J. Ferencz, J.S.C. (RET.), Dana Vasers, Senior Associate, Synergy Enterprises, working on the STOP Act Project, retired attorney James Durek. Hon. Bradley J. Ferencz, J.S.C. (RET.) Show Host: Toni Marcolini Follow the podcast for clips.

"The Moth Project" – a multi-media production, music album, and book marries art, science, and an innate connection to the environment. Crafted by Peter Kiesewalter, the NYC based artist behind the East Village Opera Company, "The Moth Project" showcases how artists and musicians are stepping into the spotlight, collaborating with scientists to amplify the call of climate change in a captivating manner, filling the gaps where scientific data falls short. Esteemed botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer, the voice behind Braiding Sweetgrass

Independant filmmaker Nancy Kates joined the podcast to chat about creating documentaries that have an impact. BIO BROTHER OUTSIDER PBS SHOW HOST- Toni Marcolini INSTAGRAM PODCAST

Tess Gerritsen joined the podcast to discuss her latest book The Spy Coast and her Rizzoli & Isles series. Tess's Webpage

Actress and improv coach Samantha Jones co-hosts this lively interview of Director Michael Schiralli. Michael - Facebook Samantha - Facebook Show Host - Toni Ann Marcolini Podcast

Sasha Prendes is a rising Latin Popstar & Black Belt Badass and has a top 40 Pop hit #ShakeThis Sasha's webpage Video Podcast Show Host - Toni Marcolini Podcast Page

Author Jamie Fiore Higgins joined the podcast to talk about her best-selling book, Bully Market, a rare, riveting insider's account on Wall Street. She speaks of a culture ripe with greed coupled with misogyny and discrimination in the upper echelons of Goldman Sachs. Jamie's Webpage Podcast Show Host

TikTok sensation Emilee Moore joined the podcast to discuss her song and video honoring COVID victims through an epic hot air balloon performance.Follow Emilee on Instagram Follow Toni Marcolini on Instagram Follow the Podcast on FaceBook Follow the Podcast on Instagram

New York Times Bestselling author, screenwriter and TV producer Lee Goldberg joined the podcast to talk about his latest novel Malibu Burning. He also chatted about his Fox & O'Hare series with Janet Evanovich and his Eve Ronin series, writing and producing Diagnosis Murder, working with Dick Van Dyke, writing for the hit TV series Monk and so much more. Website Show Host - Toni Marcolini Twitter Podcast Podcast Instagram Plin-Mar Productions Video Podcast

Accomplished music executive, partner at the global management company ATC Management and hitmaker Emily Cameron joined the podcast to chat about the music industry. Show Host - Toni Ann Marcolini Podcast

Robert Dugoni is a critically acclaimed New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and #1 Amazon bestselling author, reaching over 9 million readers worldwide. He is best known for his Tracy Crosswhite police series set in Seattle. He is also the author of the Charles Jenkins espionage series, the David Sloane legal thriller series, and several stand-alone novels including The 7th Canon, Damage Control, The World Played Chess, and Her Deadly Game. His novel The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell received Suspense Magazine's 2018 Book of the Year, and Dugoni's narration won an AudioFile Earphones Award. Washington Post named his nonfiction exposé The Cyanide Canary a Best Book of the Year. Several of his novels have been optioned for movies and television series. Dugoni is the recipient of the Nancy Pearl Award for Fiction and a three-time winner of the Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl Award for best novel set in the Pacific Northwest. He has also been a finalist for many other awards including the International Thriller Award, the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, the Silver Falchion Award for mystery, and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award. Dugoni's books are sold in more than twenty-five countries and have been translated into more than thirty languages. Website Show Host Podcast

Brendan is a author, musician and teacher. He published his first novel, THE VIOLIN CONSPIRACY (Anchor Books), a GMA Book Club Pick, the riveting story of a young Black musician who discovers that his old family fiddle is actually a priceless Stradivarius: when it's stolen on the eve of the world's most prestigious classical music competition, he risks everything to get it back. In 2023, Brendan published his second novel, SYMPHONY OF SECRETS (Anchor Books), about a music historian who discovers that the world's greatest composer may have stolen the music from a neurodivergent Black woman – and the powers-that-be will do anything to silence the historian. Brendan is now at work on his third novel, to be published in early 2025. Brendan's webpage - https://www.brendanslocumb.com/ Show Host: Toni Marcolini https://twitter.com/amarcolinilaw?lang=en https://www.instagram.com/tmarcoliniesq/ Follow Plin-Mar Productions: https://www.instagram.com/plinmarproductionsllc/ https://twitter.com/PlinMarProd Follow the podcast for clips: https://www.instagram.com/imiytk/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100024005523298

Actor, writer and award-winning audiobook narrator Scott Brick certainly knows how to tell a story, in a way that keeps publishers, best-selling and award-winning authors, critics and the public at large begging for more. Hailed by Audible in 2012 as their most prolific narrator, Brick has narrated almost 900 audiobooks including titles such as: Jurassic Park, the Jack Reacher series, Alexander Hamilton, the Hunt For Red October, The Passage trilogy, In Cold Blood, the Bourne trilogy, Atlas Shrugged, Helter Skelter, Fahrenheit 451 and the Dune series. Brick's venture into audiobooks is now considered legendary. To date he's won over 60 Earphones Awards for his narrating skills, as well as five Audie Awards, five SOVAS Awards for voiceover, and a Grammy nomination for the multi-cast recording of The Mark of Zorro (2011). After recording 250 titles in his first five years, AUDIOFILE MAGAZINE named Brick “one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy,” and proclaimed him a Golden Voice, but it was the WALL STREET JOURNAL that sealed the moniker with a front-page article in November, 2004. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY then honored Brick as Narrator of the Year in both 2007 and 2011. That honor was followed up with another feature in the WSJ in 2019 and a recent appearance on the CBS Sunday Morning news show. And the ultimate distinction - being inducted into the Audible Narrator's Hall of Fame in 2018. Scott's Webpage Show Host - Toni Ann Marcolini Instagram Podcast

Jamie began her foray into youth development after being requisitioned to write an original children's musical. After years spent as a recording artist, Jamie transitioned full-time into running after school programs. She has worked for Good Shepherd Services (formerly Groundwork), Manhattan Youth, Cambridge Learning Center. South Asian Youth Action, LEAP, Broadway Bound Kids, and Kaplan at elementary, middle and high schools across New York City. Jamie has a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and a Master's Degree in Nonprofit Management and Organizational Change. She also works as the Project Manager for The New School's “Management and Social Justice” conversation series. She cultivated valuable program partnerships with the Department of Youth and Community Development, The After School Corporation, the Department of Education, The United Federation of Teachers, and numerous private and public schools. Driven by their vision to revolutionize informal education with innovative solutions and limited resources, Jiyoung and Jamie joined forces to create a groundbreaking model for youth and adult programming that places creativity and mindfulness at the core. Check out Creative Muse. CREATIVE MUSE PODCAST SHOW HOST - TONI MARCOLINI

Col. Terry Virts (ret) served as a U.S. Air Force test fighter pilot, is a NASA veteran of two spaceflights, an International Space Station Commander, Space Shuttle Pilot and a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Harvard Business School. He is a celebrated thought leader, speaker and author whose ?seven months in space included: piloting the Space Shuttle; commanding the International Space Station; three spacewalks; and performing scientific experiments, while working closely with multiple international partners. Also, while in space he took more than 300,000 photos – more than on any other space mission. The images are an integral component of the National Geographic IMAX film ?A Beautiful Planet?, which Virts also shot and stars in. His first book for National Geographic, ?View From Above?, combines his best photography with stories about spaceflight alongside his perspectives about life on earth and our place in the cosmos.? Virts has also written a book entitled How To Astronaut: An Insiders Guide to leaving Planet Earth, a wildly entertaining account of his experiences in space travel. Webpage Show Host Podcast