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Bill Horan learns about the Nassau County SPCA, which offers resources for pet owners, assisting in the care and placement of homeless pets, enforcing animal protection laws, preventing animal cruelty, and serving victims of animal cruelty. He speaks with Kathy Payne, the Disaster Response Assistant Coordinator, and Beverly Poppell, the Disaster Response Outreach Coordinator, at the Nassau County SPCA.
Bill Horan talks with Erika Horwitz, author of IMPROBABLE and EXTRAORDINARY. Erika will discuss what happens to our brain when we live in constant stress, how can we rewire our brain for happiness, what does it mean to move from emotional reactivity to emotional balance and why unresolved stress makes it hard to think clearly.
Bill Horan and Riya Pantel discuss food insecurity - which many don't even realize is a problem on Long Island. They speak with Robert LaBarbara, the VP for Procurement & Supply Chain Oversight, at Long Island Cares, the Harry Chapin Regional Food Bank, a non-profit that benefits people dealing with food insecurity.
Bill Horan talks with Joe Alagna, author of HOW TO GET YOUR OWN TOP LEVEL DOMAIN. Joe will discuss what is a top level domain, why would someone want a top level domain, who are these top level domain names for and how top level domain names are valued.
Bill Horan and Riya Pantel talk with Angelik Bell, a registered nurse and case manager at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital, part of Northwell Health. Besides being a terrific nurse, she has spent the weekend before Thanksgiving making sure families in her community have what they need for the holiday - and she's been doing it for the past 18 years through her non-profit, Harvest For The World.
Bill Horan talks with Turgan Zulfikar, author of E-Commerce A to Z in 5 Units. Turgan will discuss why there is a growing trend in solopreneurship, who makes the best solopreneur, how do you decide what products to sell and why you don't need a warehouse or inventory.
Bill Horan meets 17-year-old Kendall Aufenanger, a junior at Great Neck North High School, who has been named a youth ambassador for the National Baseball Poetry Festival and was also recognized as a 2025 youth contest winner - an honor that reflects both her writing talent and her growing role in helping promote creative writing among young people. Founded in 2022, the National Baseball Poetry Festival takes place at Polar Park in Massachusetts with programs on readings, workshops, panels, performances, a ballpark tour, two ballgames, fireworks, and conversations that bring together poets, educators, baseball fans, and community members.
Bill Horan meets the creators of FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS - a weekly event that takes place in the spring, summe and fall in Levittown, NY - so bring some money and an empty stomach, because this community event is sure to fill up your heart - and your stomach! He talks with Wendy Lantigua, the CEO and Creator of Food Truck Fridays, along with Joe Fradella, the owner of The Lemon Life, a fresh lemonade vendor who can be found at the event.
Bill Horan talks with Eli Potter, author of ROLE MODELSHIP. Eli will discuss why we should ask ourselves, 'What am I role modeling today?', how one moment in time can define you, why being promoted is not about you but the value you add, and what a Humanity Day is all about.
Bill Horan and Riya Pantel learn about PRONTO of Long Island: People Helping People, with a mission to feed the hungry, clothe the needy, welcome the strangers & provide healing and hope to everyone who walks through their doors. They speak with Merlisa Fairley, Chief Operations Officer, and Keith Scott, the President & CEO.
Bill Horan talks with Deborah Mallow, author of 6 STEPS TO FEWER DAYS THAT SUCK. Deborah will discuss why we should have a daily decision journal, why she says our enemy is self-made constraints, how we can tailor our inner dialogue for success and why the brain likes patterns.
Today, we're talking Long Island music royalty… without needing backstage passes! Bill Horan and Riya Pantel talk with Norm Prusslin, the Co-Founder, and First Vice Chair on their Board of Directors, and a 2026 inductee to the Hall of Fame, at the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame in Stony Brook. Norm is also a professor at Stony Brook University and a past General Manager of their college radio station, WUSB.
Bill Horan talks with Justin Hai, author of STRESS NATION. Justin will discuss what is stress, how does stress manifest itself, what is the difference between stress and anxiety and how we can reduce the stress in our lives.
Bill Horan and Riya Panel talk with Cosmo Leone, the author of YES, IT'S COSMO! He is an alum of WHPC and Nassau Community College, and his book is all about his career in the radio industry.
Bill Horan talks with Laura Thompson, author of A CULTURE OF VALUES. Laura will discuss value driven leadership, the benefits of value driven leadership, how can we find out our true values and why communication is such an important part of understanding and sharing our values.
Bill Horan and Riya Pantel talk with Hilary JM Topper, who is the former owner of HJMT Public Relations, and is now the author of "Unlocking the Triathlon: The Beginner's Guide to Competing in a Triathlon", which tells her story of how, as a 53-year-old non-swimming mom and business owner, she trained for and completed her first triathlon.
Bill Horan talks with Dean Carter, author of EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE DESIGN (EXD). Dean will discuss why we should focus on the employee, what are some common misconceptions about EXD, why he says EXD is designing with people not for them and what is the hardest thing to convince people about EXD.
Bill Horan and Riya Pantel talk with Kristen Stucchio-Suarez, the Project Director at RRDA, the official tourism and promotions agency for Nassau County, about fun things to do around the county this spring and summer, including Long Island Restaurant Week, events at UBS Arena, The Gold Coast Book Festival and more.
Bill Horan talks with Steve Williams, author of NOTORIOUS. Steve will discuss why he wrote a book about "bad" people who were great leaders, who was his favorite "bad guy", how 1+1=3 and why he says everything is a negotiation.
Get your dancing shoes ready - Bill Horan talks with Nicole Loizides Albruzzese, the Executive Artistic Director of New York Dance Theatre and the affiliated Ohman School of Ballet. She is also the Executive Producer of the Gold Coast Dance Festival.
Bill Horan talks with David D'Oraz,i author of SELL SELL SELL. David will discuss how he got into sales, what makes him so successful, how 20% of his clients provide 80% of his income and talk about his most interesting sale.
Bill Horan talks with Diana Pagano, author of THE MORE MINDSET. Diana will discuss how your pain is your power, why you are what you believe, why to appreciate success you must experience failure and what the "change the channel" tool is.
Bill Horan and Riya Pantel talk with Laura A. O'Connell, the internship coordinator, and a professor in the Communications Area within the Humanities, Fine and Performing Arts Department at Nassau Community College. She is the author of a new book, "The Internship Companion: Guiding You Through Each Phase of Your Journey."
Bill Horan talks with Lamell J. McMorris, author of THE POWER TO PERSIST. Lamell will discuss why he developed his 22 days of gratitude program, what are the 8 habits that build resilience, how your attitude determines your altitude and why we need resilience for both the good and bad things in our lives.
Bill Horan talks with John Coleman, author of GOOD MONEY. John will discuss what is good money, how financial achievement can be impressive without being fulfilling, what he means when he says we should save for freedom not retirement and how much is enough.
Bill Horan and Riya Pantel Leora talk with Leora Lanz, a Huntington resident, who is a full-time professor at Boston University. She is the former Global Director of Marketing and Communications for HVS, a hospitality consulting firm then located in Mineola, and the former Director of Public Relations and Advertising for the ITT Sheraton Hotels of New York, among other jobs. She is the author of a new book called, Developing Your Marketing Mindset.
Bill Horan talks with Dr. Pamela Pyle, author of ANTICIPATING HEAVEN. Dr. Pyle will discuss how uniting faith and medicine changes our approach to life, what are the 3 questions to ask ourselves every day, why we experience life with the illusion of control and why failure of communication is the most common medical error.
Bill Horan and Riya Panel meet East Meadow resident Spencer Cook, who wants to help people who are struggling with addiction. He struggled himself, and was even arrested back in 2014, when he was 27. In 2020, after six and a half years of incarceration and a year under house arrest, he dedicated his new lease on life to becoming sober, creating the SoberIn40 Program.
Bill Horan talks with Suzanne Smith about the 3Qs. Suzanne will discuss what are the 3Qs, why she calls emotional quotient a superpower, the 4 components of your emotional quotient and why she says our emotional quotient is not about being nice.
Bill Horan and Riya Pantel talk with Peter Hewitson, the owner of Uncle Bacala's Italian Seafood and More, on Jericho Turnpike in Garden City Park, about what makes his restaurant stand the test of time, being open since 2004.
Bill Horan talks with Dr. Natalie Pickering author of LEADING BECOMES YOU. Dr. Pickering will discuss what fragmented leadership is, why the most powerful leaders are deeply rooted in self, what are the 4 "A" s of leadership and how you will default to survival if you don't develop your own leadership style.
Bill Horan and Matt Leonard talk with Liz Suter, an environmental science professor at Molloy College, who she is at the forefront of a genomic revolution in marine research, using environmental DNA to decode the hidden life of oceans and reshape how scientists monitor ecosystems, from Long Island bays to global waters.
Bill Horan talks with Jared Lindzon, author of DO MORE IN FOUR. Jared will discuss how the 5-day work week came about, how the 4-day work week would be structured, what is Parkinson's law and how it applies here and what are the benefits to a business to have a 4-day work week.
Bill Horan and Gabby Seudath talk with Mr. Lester Paldy, a professor emeritus from Stony Brook University, who was tapped by the CIA in 1988 to join the agency for a “trial run” as they faced a troubling new situation in Russia. That “temporary” assignment would last for 25 years. He extends an invitation to join him on his life- changing journey as the professor with his new book titled, “No Cloak, No Dagger.”
Bill Horan talks with Christopher Livezey, author of THE SHORTCUT TO MAGNIFICENCE. Chris will discuss why most people never go after what they want, what are our "mind tools", why faith is the first principle of magnificence and how people confuse faith with hope and wishes.
Bill Horan and Gabby Seudath talk with Mr. Anthony DeVito, a Long Islander who lost his father, Joseph DeVito on January 18th, 2023, at the hands of a drunk driver. But he turned that huge negative into a bigger positive by partnering with MADD, whose work includes advocating against drugged driving, supporting victims of both drunk and drugged driving, and preventing underage drinking.
Bill Horan talks with William Vanderbloman, author of WORK HOW YOU ARE WIRED. William will discuss why success and happiness may not be the same, how playing to your top trait can lead to happiness at work, why success and happiness hinges on knowing yourself and what he means by "the fast."
Bill Horan and Gabby Seudath learn about a Long Island based, family-run, non-profit organization, driven by a shared commitment to honor a lost father's legacy of compassion, service, and love. Bill: The organization is called HOWIE'S HEART, named after HOWIE CONKLIN, with a mission to inspire children, teens, and families to find joy in helping others through meaningful, carefully created volunteer opportunities that contribute to the greater good of our community and spread kindness. They speak with the co-creators of Howie's Heart… Howie's daughter Jen Camacho, and his son James Conklin.
Bill Horan talks with Stephen Post, author of PURE UNLIMITED LOVE. Stephen will discuss what pure unlimited love is, what is carefrontation, what he means by "give and glow" and what the 2-hour shift effect is all about.
Bill Horan talks with Scott Hutcheson, author of BIOHACKING LEADERSHIP. Scott will discuss what is it about a leader's presence or tone that can change a room, how much of a person's influence happens before a word is said, how our bodies respond before our brains catch up and how leadership becomes a performance.
Bill Horan talks with Frank E. Danna, author of LOVE AS A CHANGE STRATEGY. Frank will discuss how we can be either proactive or reactive, why we resist change, why everyone wants to change the world, but no one wants to change themselves and what the "magic wand" exercise is.
Bill Horan and Gabby Seudath learn about a Long Island organization that is trying to make a positive difference in people's lives through their homes. People with disabilities & financial hardships struggle every day with tasks that most people find second nature. They want to make lives easier by improving and/or eliminating hurdles in homes. It's called RESCUING FAMILIES, and they talk to the founders of the organization, Gina and Vinny Centauro.
Bill Horan talks with Tim Elmore, author of THE FUTURE BEGINS WITH Z. Tim will discuss what age group makes up Gen Z, why managers say they are the most difficult generation to work with, why Gen Z suffers from the Peter Pan Paradox and what that means and why managers must do more listening and coaching.
Bill Horan and Gabby Seudath learn about a program that was created by students at JFK High School in Bellmore that connects teens with senior citizens across Long Island called Senior Teen Joy, Long Island's first Jewish intergenerational program. They speak with the co-founders, Zachary Hoberman and Benji Balshin, along with their Social Media Director, Brianna Balshin.
Bill Horan talks with Kyle Austin Young; author of SUCCESS IS A NUMBERS GAME. Kyle will discuss what are the 2 hidden numbers attached to every goal, why we assume odds are unknowable and unchangeable, how you can go from someone who could win to someone who should win and why you don't have to beat the odds, just play them.
Bill Horan and Gabby Seudath meet Pete Benney and Mark Novak, the local entrepreneurs and creators of a ping-pong game called BATZ, online at www.playbatz.com.
Bill Horan talks with Bianca D'Alessio, author of MASTERING INTENTIONS. Bianca will discuss why she says the quality of your life is shaped by the intentions you set, what are the 10 practices to turn adversity into a source of strength, why she seeks out failure and how small steps can lead to big results.
Bill Horan talks with Pat Alacqua, author of OBSTACLES TO OPPORTUNITY. Pat will discuss what the leadership lessons he learned as an entrepreneur are, what is the 3C process, what are the phases in the entrepreneur to enterprise journey, and how to avoid problems in advance.
Bill Horan talks with Coach Lou Pelliccioni Jr., author of SUCCESS IS MORE THAN WINNING. Coach Lou will discuss how we can become the best version of ourselves, why it is important to stay in the present, what is "cocky walking" and what "future memory" is.
Bill Horan talks with Lida Citroen, author THE NEW RULES OF INFLUENCE. Lida will discuss what influence is, how influence differs from presence, why you don't have to be transparent and how to spot a phony influencer.