Wedding Experts Live

Michael Motylinsky is a wedding enthusiast, entrepreneur and founder of Wanderlust Bay. An online ordination platform. He’s married 2000+ couples and is a dedicated officiant at some of the most premier wedding venues in the Bahamas and beyond.Get ordained now:https://wanderlustbay.comIf you enjoyed this podcast and found it helpful, please take a few moments to consider rating or reviewing on Apple podcasts.

Sarah Levy is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn, NY. She was recently featured in the NYTimes for a brilliant essay entitled, How I Survived Wedding Season in My First Year of Sobriety.

Joined to discuss with Steven Handel author of Small Habits, Big Changes and founder of www.TheEmotionMachine.com

Ian Weldon captures weddings, but says he’s not a wedding photographer. His work has been featured on CNN, the BBC, the Guardian Newspaper and more. He also hosts the Outerfocus Podcast.On CNN:https://www.cnn.com/style/article/ian-weldon-wedding-photos/index.html

Newlyweds Monica and Dean Berckenhoff got a truly priceless wedding day gift when the man who received their son’s donated heart made a surprise appearance at their wedding day with a stethoscope, allowing them to hear their son’s heartbeat for the first time since he tragically passed in 2012 at just eleven years old.Links:www.lifegift.orghttps://www.facebook.com/Coltons-Heart-2337723019629471

A recent facebook comment from Hannah has gone viral on social media. It’s been labeled a rant by some, against wedding guests that ruin her shots with their iPhones. This has placed renewed interest in the concept of “unplugged weddings” where iPhone photos are not allowed.

A make America great again embroidered gown, A red white and blue manicure, bridesmaids wearing the red MAGA hats. Newlyweds Audra Johnson and Jeff Johnson join the podcast to discuss their wedding and respond to the criticism.

Today’s guest, former Silicon Valley tech worker and current immigration reformist based out Washington DC, Roger Ross. We discuss Roger's fight against H1B visa abuse, and the misleadingly named, "Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019." Why is Silicon Valley bringing in hundreds of thousands foreign tech workers to live here? Is it true, there's just not enough skilled Americans? And what about the foreign workers already here and working, with few marriage prospects, and many hurdles to gaining US citizenship, what kind of discontentment sets in? Donate to Roger Ross here: bit.ly/2NmmHQQ

Dad sells fireworks to help raise money for daughter’s wedding — China cracks down on religious weddings, Influencer berated by wedding photographer — church wedding on the decline — These stories plus children locked in cages on the southern border.Leave a rating with one click:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wedding-experts-live/id1418291766

Don Hahn, producer of the original Lion King joins to discuss Favreau's Lion King remake, as well as the Kimba conspiracy, his film Howard, and the evolution of Disney love in era of MeToo, plus much more. Don't miss this episode! Here's a link to Don Hahn's art show in Burbank at CTN Studio: http://www.artgallery.creativetalentnetwork.com/auction.php?seoUri=hahn-solo-the-art-of-don-hahn

Instead of flower bouquets, newlywed Sally Burky had her bridesmaids walk adoptable senior shelter dogs down the aisle. All six shelter dogs walked down the aisle were adopted! Sally Burky joins the podcast to discuss.

A woman suspect was identified on surveillance camera at a wedding in Alabama allegedly taking money that was supposed to be donated to FOXG1 Syndrome research. The newlywed's daughter have the condition. Anna Perez Todd and her husband Lee Todd join the podcast. International FOXG1 Foundation: https://foxg1.org

A fashion influencer on Instagram allegedly pitched her engagement to brands months beforehand and then acted like it was a big surprise engagement. Caroline Moss helped break the story and joins the podcast to discuss this, her book Hey Ladies, and the child “concentration camps” on the border. Here is a link to Hey Ladies on Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/Hey-Ladies-Audiobook/B07FL1XPGG

Corey Ryan Forrester joins the podcast to discuss his decision to officiate same sex weddings in his “yard” for free.

Birmingham’s First United Methodist Church will screen “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone” episode June 15 as part of the Sidewalk Film Festival and the SHOUT LGBTQ festival. Alabama Public Television will not air the episode. Joining the podcast to discuss is Rev. R.G. Wilson-Lyons, pastor at Birmingham’s First United Methodist Church.

What's an H1B Visa and what the hell does it have to do with weddings, anyway?