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Support the show and receive bonus episodes by becoming a Patreon producer over at: www.themidnighttrainpodcast.com  Archives of terror Archivos del Terror were found on december 22, 1992 by a lawyer and human rights activist, strange how those two titles are in the same sentence, Dr. Martín Almada, and Judge José Agustín Fernández. Found in a police station in the suburbs of Paraguay known as Asunción.   Fernandez was looking for files on a former prisoner. Instead, stumbled across an archive describing the fates of thousands of Latin Americans who had been secretly kidnapped, tortured, and killed by the security services of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay with the help of our friendly neighborhood CIA. Known as Operation Condor.   “Operation Condor was a U.S. backed campaign of political repression and state terror involving intelligence operations and assassination of opponents.”   Let's go back a ways toward the beginning. One day, a young guy, wanted to fuck up the world and created the CIA. JK… but not really.   So we go back to 1968 where General Robert W. Porter said that "in order to facilitate the coordinated employment of internal security forces within and among Latin American countries, we are ... endeavoring to foster inter-service and regional cooperation by assisting in the organization of integrated command and control centers; the establishment of common operating procedures; and the conduct of joint and combined training exercises."   According to former secret CIA documents from 1976, plans were developed among international security officials at the US Army School of the Americas and the Conference of American Armies in the 1960s and early 1970s to deal with perceived threats in South America from political dissidents, according to American historian J. Patrice McSherry. "In early 1974, security officials from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia convened in Buenos Aires to prepare synchronized attacks against subversive targets," according to a declassified CIA memo dated June 23, 1976.   Following a series of military-led coups d'états, particularly in the 1970s, the program was established: General Alfredo Stroessner took control of Paraguay in 1954 General Francisco Morales-Bermúdez takes control of Peru after a successful coup in 1975 The Brazilian military overthrew the president João Goulart in 1964 General Hugo Banzer took power in Bolivia in 1971 through a series of coups A military dictatorship seized power in Uruguay on 27 June 1973 Chilean armed forces commanded by General Augusto Pinochet bombed the presidential palace in Chile on 11 September 1973, overthrowing democratically elected president Salvador Allende A military dictatorship headed by General Jorge Rafael Videla seized power in Argentina on 24 March 1976   According to American journalist A. J. Langguth, the CIA organized the first meetings between Argentinian and Uruguayan security officials regarding the surveillance (and subsequent disappearance or assassination) of political refugees in these countries, as well as its role as an intermediary in the meetings between Argentinian, Uruguayan, and Brazilian death squads.   According to the National Security Archive's documentary evidence from US, Paraguayan, Argentine, and Chilean files, "Founded by the Pinochet regime in November 1975, Operation Condor was the codename for a formal Southern Cone collaboration that included transnational secret intelligence activities, kidnapping, torture, disappearance, and assassination." Several persons were slain as part of this codename mission. "Notable Condor victims include two former Uruguayan legislators and a former Bolivian president, Juan José Torres, murdered in Buenos Aires, a former Chilean Minister of the Interior, Bernardo Leighton, and former Chilean ambassador Orlando Letelier and his 26-year-old American colleague, Ronni Moffitt, assassinated by a car bomb in downtown Washington D.C.," according to the report.   Prior to the formation of Operation Condor, there had been cooperation among various security services with the goal of "eliminating Marxist subversion." On September 3, 1973, at the Conference of American Armies in Caracas, Brazilian General Breno Borges Fortes, the chief of the Brazilian army, urged that various services "expand the interchange of information" in order to "fight against subversion."   Representatives from Chile, Uruguay, and Bolivia's police forces met with Alberto Villar, deputy chief of the Argentine Federal Police and co-founder of the Triple A killing squad, in March 1974 to discuss collaboration standards. Their purpose was to eliminate the "subversive" threat posed by Argentina's tens of thousands of political exiles. Bolivian immigrants' bodies were discovered at rubbish dumps in Buenos Aires in August 1974. Based on recently revealed CIA records dated June 1976, McSherry corroborated the kidnapping and torture of Chilean and Uruguayan exiles living in Buenos Aires during this time.   On General Augusto Pinochet's 60th birthday, November 25, 1975, in Santiago de Chile, heads of the military intelligence services of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay met with Manuel Contreras, commander of the Chilean secret police, to officially establish the Plan Condor. General Rivero, an intelligence officer in the Argentine Armed Forces and a former student of the French, devised the concept of Operation Condor, according to French writer Marie-Monique Robin, author of Escadrons de la death, l'école française (2004, Death Squads, The French School).   Officially, the targets were armed groups (such as the MIR, the Montoneros or the ERP, the Tupamaros, etc.) based on the governments' perceptions of threats, but the governments expanded their attacks to include all types of political opponents, including their families and others, as reported by the Valech Commission, which is known as The National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture Report. The Argentine "Dirty War," for example, kidnapped, tortured, and assassinated many trade unionists, relatives of activists, social activists such as the founders of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, nuns, university professors, and others, according to most estimates.   The Chilean DINA and its Argentine counterpart, SIDE, were the operation's front-line troops from 1976 forward. The infamous "death flights," which were postulated in Argentina by Luis Mara Menda and deployed by French forces during the Algerian War (1954–62), were widely used. Government forces flew or helicoptered victims out to sea, where they were dumped to die in premeditated disappearances. According to reports, the OPR-33 facility in Argentina was destroyed as a result of the military bombardment. Members of Plan Condor met in Santiago, Chile, in May 1976, to discuss "long-range collaboration... [that] went well beyond intelligence exchange" and to assign code names to the participating countries. The CIA acquired information in July that Plan Condor participants planned to strike "against leaders of indigenous terrorist groups residing overseas."   Several corpses washed up on beaches south of Buenos Aires in late 1977 as a result of extraordinary storms, providing evidence of some of the government's victims. Hundreds of newborns and children were removed from women in prison who had been kidnapped and later disappeared; the children were then given to families and associates of the dictatorship in clandestine adoptions. According to the CIA, Operation Condor countries reacted positively to the concept of cooperating and built their own communications network as well as joint training programs in areas like psychological warfare.    The military governments in South America were coming together to join forces for security concerns, according to a memo prepared by Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America Harry W. Shlaudeman to Kissinger on August 3, 1976. They were anxious about the growth of Marxism and the consequences it would have on their dominance. This new force worked in secret in the countries of other members. Their mission: to track out and murder "Revolutionary Coordinating Committee" terrorists in their own nations and throughout Europe.Shlaudeman voiced fear that the members of Operation Condor's "siege mindset" could lead to a wider divide between military and civilian institutions in the region. He was also concerned that this would further isolate these countries from developed Western countries. He argued that some of these anxieties were justified, but that by reacting too harshly, these countries risked inciting a violent counter-reaction comparable to the PLO's in Israel.   Chile and Argentina were both active in using communications medium for the purpose of transmitting propaganda, according to papers from the United States dated April 17, 1977. The propaganda's goal was to accomplish two things. The first goal was to defuse/counter international media criticism of the governments involved, and the second goal was to instill national pride in the local population. "Chile after Allende," a propaganda piece developed by Chile, was sent to the states functioning under Condor. The paper, however, solely mentions Uruguay and Argentina as the only two countries that have signed the deal. The government of Paraguay was solely identified as using the local press, "Patria," as its primary source of propaganda. Due to the reorganisation of both Argentina's and Paraguay's intelligence organizations, a meeting scheduled for March 1977 to discuss "psychological warfare measures against terrorists and leftist extremists" was canceled.   One "component of the campaign including Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina envisages unlawful operations beyond Latin America against expatriate terrorists, primarily in Europe," according to a 2016 declassified CIA study titled "Counterterrorism in the Southern Cone." "All military-controlled regimes in the Southern Cone consider themselves targets of international Marxism," the memo stated. Condor's fundamental characteristic was highlighted in the document, which came to fruition in early 1974 when "security officials from all of the member countries, except Brazil, agreed to establish liaison channels and to facilitate the movement of security officers on government business from one country to the other," as part of a long-tested "regional approach" to pacifying "subversion." Condor's "initial aims" included the "exchange of information on the Revolutionary Coordinating Junta (RCJ), an organization...of terrorist groups from Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, and Paraguay" with "representatives" in Europe "believed to have been involved in the assassinations in Paris of the Bolivian ambassador to France last May and a Uruguayan military attache in 1974." Condor's primary purpose, according to the CIA assessment, was to eliminate "top-level terrorist leaders" as well as non-terrorist targets such as "Uruguayan opposition figure Wilson Ferreira, if he should travel to Europe, and some leaders of Amnesty International." Condor was also suspected by the CIA of being "involved in nonviolent actions, including as psychological warfare and a propaganda campaign" that used the media's power to "publicize terrorist crimes and atrocities." Condor also urged citizens in its member countries to "report anything out of the norm in their surroundings" in an appeal to "national pride and national conscience." Another meeting took place in 1980, and Montensero was apprehended. The RSO allegedly promised not to kill them if they agreed to collaborate and provide information on upcoming meetings in Rio.   So, after all of this mumbo jumbo, let's recap.    50,000 people were killed, 30,000 disappeared, and 400,000 were imprisoned, according to the "terror archives."  A letter signed by Manuel Contreras, the chief of Chile's National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) at the time, inviting Paraguayan intelligence personnel to Santiago for a clandestine "First Working Meeting on National Intelligence" on November 25, 1975, was also uncovered. The presence of intelligence chiefs from Argentina, Bolivia, and Uruguay at the meetings was also confirmed by this letter, indicating that those countries were also involved in the formulation of Operation Condor. Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela are among the countries named in the archives as having collaborated to varying degrees by giving intelligence information that had been sought by the security agencies of the Southern Cone countries. Parts of the archives, which are presently housed in Asunción's Palace of Justice, have been used to prosecute former military officers in some of these countries. Those records were used extensively in Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón's prosecution against Chilean General Augusto Pinochet. Baltasar Garzón interviewed Almada twice after he was a Condor victim.   "[The records] represent a mound of shame and lies that Stroessner [Paraguay's ruler until 1989] used to blackmail the Paraguayan people for 40 years," Almada said. He wants the "terror archives" to be listed as an international cultural site by UNESCO, as this would make it much easier to get funds to maintain and protect the records.   In May 2000, a UNESCO mission visited Asunción in response to a request from the Paraguayan government for assistance in registering these files on the Memory of the World Register, which is part of a program aimed at preserving and promoting humanity's documentary heritage by ensuring that records are preserved and accessible.   Now that we are all caught up, let's talk about a few noteworthy events. First we go to Argentina.   Argentina was ruled by military juntas from 1976 until 1983 under Operation Condor, which was a civic-military dictatorship. In countless incidents of desaparecidos, the Argentine SIDE collaborated with the Chilean DINA. In Buenos Aires, they assassinated Chilean General Carlos Prats, former Uruguayan MPs Zelmar Michelini and Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, and former Bolivian President Juan José Torres. With the support of Italian Gladio operator Stefano Delle Chiaie and Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie, the SIDE aided Bolivian commander Luis Garca Meza Tejada's Cocaine Coup (see also Operation Charly). Since the release of secret records, it has been revealed that at ESMA, there were operational units made up of Italians who were utilized to suppress organizations of Italian Montoneros. Gaetano Saya, the Officer of the Italian stay behind next - Operation Gladio, led this outfit known as "Shadow Group." The Madres de la Square de Mayo, a group of mothers whose children had vanished, began protesting every Thursday in front of the Casa Rosada on the plaza in April 1977. They wanted to know where their children were and what happened to them. The abduction of two French nuns and other founders of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in December 1977 drew worldwide notice. Their corpses were later recognized among the deceased washed up on beaches south of Buenos Aires in December 1977, victims of death planes.   In 1983, when Argentina's democracy was restored, the government established the National Commission for Forced Disappearances (CONADEP), which was chaired by writer Ernesto Sabato. It gathered testimony from hundreds of witnesses about regime victims and known atrocities, as well as documenting hundreds of secret jails and detention sites and identifying torture and execution squad leaders. The Juicio a las Juntas (Juntas Trial) two years later was mostly successful in proving the crimes of the top commanders of the numerous juntas that had composed the self-styled National Reorganization Process. Most of the top officers on trial, including Jorge Rafael Videla, Emilio Eduardo Massera, Roberto Eduardo Viola, Armando Lambruschini, Ral Agosti, Rubén Graffigna, Leopoldo Galtieri, Jorge Anaya, and Basilio Lami Dozo, were convicted and sentenced to life in prison.   Following these trials, Ral Alfonsn's administration implemented two amnesty laws, the 1986 Ley de Punto Final (law of closure) and the 1987 Ley de Obediencia Debida (law of due obedience), which ended prosecution of crimes committed during the Dirty War. In an attempt at healing and reconciliation, President Carlos Menem pardoned the junta's leaders who were serving prison sentences in 1989–1990.   Due to attacks on American citizens in Argentina and revelations about CIA funding of the Argentine military in the late 1990s, and despite an explicit 1990 Congressional prohibition, US President Bill Clinton ordered the declassification of thousands of State Department documents relating to US-Argentine relations dating back to 1954. These documents exposed American involvement in the Dirty War and Operation Condor.   Following years of protests by the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo and other human rights organizations, the Argentine Congress overturned the amnesty legislation in 2003, with the full support of President Nestor Kirchner and the ruling majority in both chambers. In June 2005, the Argentine Supreme Court deemed them unlawful after a separate assessment. The government was able to resume prosecution of crimes committed during the Dirty War as a result of the court's decision.    Enrique Arancibia Clavel, a DINA civil agent who was charged with crimes against humanity in Argentina in 2004, was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the death of General Prats. Stefano Delle Chiaie, a suspected Italian terrorist, is also said to have been involved in the murder. In Rome in December 1995, he and fellow extreme Vincenzo Vinciguerra testified before federal judge Mara Servini de Cubra that DINA operatives Clavel and Michael Townley were intimately involved in the assassination. Judge Servini de Cubra demanded that Mariana Callejas (Michael Townley's wife) and Cristoph Willikie, a retired Chilean army colonel, be extradited in 2003 because they were also accused of being complicit in the murder. Nibaldo Segura, a Chilean appeals court judge, declined extradition in July 2005, claiming that they had already been prosecuted in Chile.   Twenty-five former high-ranking military commanders from Argentina and Uruguay were charged on March 5, 2013, in Buenos Aires with conspiring to "kidnap, disappear, torture, and kill" 171 political opponents throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Former Argentine "presidents" Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone, both from the El Proceso era, are among the defendants. Prosecutors are relying on declassified US records collected by the National Security Archive, a non-governmental entity established at George Washington University in Washington, DC, in the 1990s and later.   On May 27, 2016, fifteen former military personnel were found guilty. Reynaldo Bignone was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Fourteen of the remaining 16 defendants were sentenced to eight to twenty-five years in prison. Two of the defendants were found not guilty.  A lawyer for the victims' relatives, Luz Palmás Zalda, claims that "This decision is significant since it is the first time Operation Condor's existence has been proven in court. It's also the first time former Condor members have been imprisoned for their roles in the criminal organization."    Anyone wanna go to Brazil?   In the year 2000, President Fernando Henrique Cardoso ordered the publication of some military documents related to Operation Condor. There are documents proving that in that year, attorney general Giancarlo Capaldo, an Italian magistrate, investigated the "disappearances" of Italian citizens in Latin America, which were most likely caused by the actions of Argentine, Paraguayan, Chilean, and Brazilian military personnel who tortured and murdered Italian citizens during Latin American military dictatorships. There was a list containing the names of eleven Brazilians accused of murder, kidnapping, and torture, as well as several high-ranking military personnel from other countries involved in the operation.   "(...) I can neither affirm nor deny because Argentine, Brazilian, Paraguayan, and Chilean soldiers [military men] will be subject to criminal trial until December," the Magistrate said on October 26, 2000.   According to the Italian government's official statement, it was unclear whether the government would prosecute the accused military officers or not. As of November 2021, no one in Brazil had been convicted of human rights violations for actions committed during the 21-year military dictatorship because the Amnesty Law had protected both government officials and leftist guerrillas.   In November 1978, the Condor Operation expanded its covert persecution from Uruguay to Brazil, in an incident dubbed "o Sequestro dos Uruguaios," or "the Kidnapping of the Uruguayans." Senior officials of the Uruguayan army crossed the border into Porto Alegre, the capital of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, with the permission of the Brazilian military administration. They kidnapped Universindo Rodriguez and Lilian Celiberti, a political activist couple from Uruguay, as well as her two children, Camilo and Francesca, who are five and three years old.   The unlawful operation failed because an anonymous phone call notified two Brazilian journalists, Veja magazine reporter Luiz Cláudio Cunha and photographer Joo Baptista Scalco, that the Uruguayan couple had been "disappeared." The two journalists traveled to the specified address, a Porto Alegre apartment, to double-check the facts. The armed men who had arrested Celiberti mistook the journalists for other political opposition members when they came, and they were arrested as well. Universindo Rodriguez and the children had already been brought to Uruguay under the table.   The journalists' presence had exposed the secret operation when their identities were revealed. It was put on hold. As news of the political kidnapping of Uruguayan nationals in Brazil made headlines in the Brazilian press, it is thought that the operation's disclosure avoided the death of the couple and their two young children. It became a worldwide embarrassment. Both Brazil's and Uruguay's military governments were humiliated. Officials arranged for the Celibertis' children to be transported to their maternal grandparents in Montevideo a few days later. After being imprisoned and tortured in Brazil, Rodriguez and Celiberti were transferred to Uruguayan military cells and held there for the next five years. The couple were released after Uruguay's democracy was restored in 1984. They confirmed every element of their kidnapping that had previously been reported.   In 1980, two DOPS (Department of Political and Social Order, an official police unit in charge of political repression during the military administration) inspectors were found guilty of arresting the journalists in Lilian's apartment in Porto Alegre by Brazilian courts. Joo Augusto da Rosa and Orandir Portassi Lucas were their names. They had been identified as participants in the kidnapping by the media and Uruguayans. This occurrence confirmed the Brazilian government's active involvement in the Condor Operation. Governor Pedro Simon arranged for the state of Rio Grande do Sul to legally recognize the Uruguayans' kidnapping and compensate them financially in 1991. A year later, President Luis Alberto Lacalle's democratic government in Uruguay was encouraged to do the same.   The Uruguayan couple identified Pedro Seelig, the head of the DOPS at the time of the kidnapping, as the guy in charge of the operation in Porto Alegre. Universindo and Llian remained in prison in Uruguay and were unable to testify when Seelig was on trial in Brazil. Due to a lack of proof, the Brazilian cop was acquitted. Later testimony from Lilian and Universindo revealed that four officers from Uruguay's secret Counter-Information Division – two majors and two captains – took part in the operation with the permission of Brazilian authorities. In the DOPS headquarters in Porto Alegre, Captain Glauco Yanonne was personally responsible for torturing Universindo Rodriquez. Universindo and Lilian were able to identify the Uruguayan military men who had arrested and tortured them, but none of them were prosecuted in Montevideo. Uruguayan individuals who committed acts of political repression and human rights violations under the dictatorship were granted pardon under the Law of Immunity, which was approved in 1986. Cunha and Scalco were given the 1979 Esso Prize, considered the most significant prize in Brazilian journalism, for their investigative journalism on the case.  Hugo Cores, a former political prisoner from Uruguay, was the one who had warned Cunha. He told the Brazilian press in 1993: All the Uruguayans kidnapped abroad, around 180 people, are missing to this day. The only ones who managed to survive are Lilian, her children, and Universindo.   Joo "Jango" Goulart was the first Brazilian president to die in exile after being deposed. On December 6, 1976, he died in his sleep in Mercedes, Argentina, of a suspected heart attack. The true cause of his death was never determined because an autopsy was never performed. On April 26, 2000, Leonel Brizola, Jango's brother-in-law and former governor of Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul, claimed that ex-presidents Joo Goulart and Juscelino Kubitschek (who died in a vehicle accident) were assassinated as part of Operation Condor. He demanded that an investigation into their deaths be launched. On January 27, 2008, the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo published a report featuring a declaration from Mario Neira Barreiro, a former member of Uruguay's dictatorship's intelligence service. Barreiro confirmed Brizola's claims that Goulart had been poisoned. Sérgio Paranhos Fleury, the head of the Departamento de Ordem Poltica e Social (Department of Political and Social Order), gave the order to assassinate Goulart, according to Barreiro, and president Ernesto Geisel gave the permission to execute him. A special panel of the Rio Grande do Sul Legislative Assembly concluded in July 2008 that "the evidence that Jango was wilfully slain, with knowledge of the Geisel regime, is strong."   The magazine CartaCapital published previously unreleased National Information Service records generated by an undercover agent who was present at Jango's Uruguayan homes in March 2009. This new information backs up the idea that the former president was poisoned. The Goulart family has yet to figure out who the "B Agent," as he's referred to in the documents, might be. The agent was a close friend of Jango's, and he detailed a disagreement between the former president and his son during the former president's 56th birthday party, which was sparked by a brawl between two employees. As a result of the story, the Chamber of Deputies' Human Rights Commission agreed to look into Jango's death.   Later, Maria Teresa Fontela Goulart, Jango's widow, was interviewed by CartaCapital, who revealed records from the Uruguayan government confirming her accusations that her family had been tracked. Jango's travel, business, and political activities were all being watched by the Uruguayan government. These data date from 1965, a year after Brazil's coup, and they indicate that he may have been targeted. The President Joo Goulart Institute and the Movement for Justice and Human Rights have requested a document from the Uruguayan Interior Ministry stating that "serious and credible Brazilian sources'' discussed an "alleged plan against the former Brazilian president."   If you thought it wasn't enough, let's talk about Chile. No not the warm stew lie concoction you make to scorn your buddy's stomach, but the country.   Additional information about Condor was released when Augusto Pinochet was detained in London in 1998 in response to Spanish magistrate Baltasar Garzón's request for his extradition to Spain. According to one of the lawyers requesting his extradition, Carlos Altamirano, the leader of the Chilean Socialist Party, was the target of an assassination attempt. He said that after Franco's funeral in Madrid in 1975, Pinochet contacted Italian neofascist terrorist Stefano Delle Chiaie and arranged for Altamirano's murder. The strategy didn't work out. Since the bodies of victims kidnapped and presumably murdered could not be found, Chilean judge Juan Guzmán Tapia established a precedent concerning the crime of "permanent kidnapping": he determined that the kidnapping was thought to be ongoing, rather than having occurred so long ago that the perpetrators were protected by an amnesty decreed in 1978 or the Chilean statute of limitations. The Chilean government admitted in November 2015 that Pablo Neruda may have been murdered by members of Pinochet's administration.   Assassinations   On September 30, 1974, a car bomb killed General Carlos Prats and his wife, Sofa Cuthbert, in Buenos Aires, where they were living in exile. The Chilean DINA has been charged with the crime. In January 2005, Chilean Judge Alejandro Sols ended Pinochet's case when the Chilean Supreme Court denied his request to strip Pinochet's immunity from prosecution (as chief of state). In Chile, the assassination of DINA commanders Manuel Contreras, ex-chief of operations and retired general Ral Itturiaga Neuman, his brother Roger Itturiaga, and ex-brigadiers Pedro Espinoza Bravo and José Zara was accused. In Argentina, DINA agent Enrique Arancibia Clavel was found guilty of the murder.   After moving in exile in Italy, Bernardo Leighton and his wife were severely injured in a botched assassination attempt on October 6, 1975. Bernardo Leighton was critically injured in the gun attack, and his wife, Anita Fresno, was permanently crippled. Stefano Delle Chiaie met with Michael Townley and Virgilio Paz Romero in Madrid in 1975 to plan the murder of Bernardo Leighton with the help of Franco's secret police, according to declassified documents in the National Security Archive and Italian attorney general Giovanni Salvi, who led the prosecution of former DINA head Manuel Contreras. Glyn T. Davies, the secretary of the National Security Council (NSC), said in 1999 that declassified records indicated Pinochet's government's responsibility for the failed assassination attempt on Bernardo Leighton, Orlando Letelier, and General Carlos Prats on October 6, 1975.   In a December 2004 OpEd piece in the Los Angeles Times, Francisco Letelier, Orlando Letelier's son, claimed that his father's killing was part of Operation Condor, which he described as "an intelligence-sharing network employed by six South American tyrants of the time to eliminate dissidents."   Letelier's death, according to Michael Townley, was caused by Pinochet. Townley admitted to hiring five anti-Castro Cuban exiles to set up a booby-trap in Letelier's automobile. Following consultations with the terrorist organization CORU's leadership, including Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch, Cuban-Americans José Dionisio Suárez, Virgilio Paz Romero, Alvin Ross Daz, and brothers Guillermo and Ignacio Novo Sampoll were chosen to carry out the murder, according to Jean-Guy Allard. The Miami Herald reports that Luis Posada Carriles was there at the conference that decided on Letelier's death as well as the bombing of Cubana Flight 455.   During a public protest against Pinochet in July 1986, photographer Rodrigo Rojas DeNegri was burned alive and Carmen Gloria Quintana received significant burns. The case of the two became known as Caso Quemados ("The Burned Case"), and it drew attention in the United States because Rojas had fled to the United States following the 1973 coup. [96] According to a document from the US State Department, the Chilean army set fire to both Rojas and Quintana on purpose. Rojas and Quintana, on the other hand, were accused by Pinochet of being terrorists who lit themselves on fire with their own Molotov cocktails. Pinochet's reaction to the attack and killing of Rojas, according to National Security Archive analyst Peter Kornbluh, was "contributed to Reagan's decision to withdraw support for the regime and press for a return to civilian rule."   Operación Silencio   Operación Silencio (Operation Silence) was a Chilean operation that removed witnesses from the country in order to obstruct investigations by Chilean judges. It began about a year before the "terror archives" in Paraguay were discovered. Arturo Sanhueza Ross, the man accused of assassinating MIR leader Jecar Neghme in 1989, departed the country in April 1991.    According to the Rettig Report, Chilean intelligence officers were responsible for Jecar Neghme's killing. Carlos Herrera Jiménez, the man who assassinated trade unionist Tucapel Jiménez, flew out in September 1991. Eugenio Berros, a chemist who had cooperated with DINA agent Michael Townley, was led by Operation Condor agents from Chile to Uruguay in October 1991 in order to avoid testifying in the Letelier case. He used passports from Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil, prompting suspicions that Operation Condor was still active. In 1995, Berros was discovered dead in El Pinar, Uruguay, near Montevideo. His corpse had been mangled to the point where it was hard to identify him by sight.   Michael Townley, who is now under witness protection in the United States, recognized linkages between Chile, DINA, and the incarceration and torture camp Colonia Dignidad in January 2005. The facility was founded in 1961 by Paul Schäfer, who was arrested and convicted of child rape in Buenos Aires in March 2005. Interpol was notified about Colonia Dignidad and the Army's Bacteriological Warfare Laboratory by Townley. This lab would have taken the place of the previous DINA lab on Via Naranja de lo Curro, where Townley collaborated with chemical assassin Eugenio Berros. According to the court reviewing the case, the toxin that allegedly murdered Christian-Democrat Eduardo Frei Montalva could have been created at this new lab in Colonia Dignidad. Dossiê Jango, a Brazilian-Uruguayan-Argentine collaboration film released in 2013, accused the same lab in the alleged poisoning of Brazil's deposed president, Joo Goulart.   Congressman Koch   The Condor Years: How Pinochet and His Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents was released in February 2004 by reporter John Dinges. He reported that in mid-1976, Uruguayan military officers threatened to assassinate United States Congressman Edward Koch (later Mayor of New York City). The CIA station commander in Montevideo had received information about it in late July 1976. He advised the Agency to take no action after finding that the men were inebriated at the time. Colonel José Fons, who was present at the November 1975 covert meeting in Santiago, Chile, and Major José Nino Gavazzo, who led a team of intelligence agents working in Argentina in 1976 and was responsible for the deaths of over 100 Uruguayans, were among the Uruguayan officers.   Koch told Dinges in the early twenty-first century that CIA Director George H. W. Bush informed him in October 1976 that "his sponsorship of legislation to cut off US military assistance to Uruguay on human rights concerns had prompted secret police officers to 'put a contract out for you'." Koch wrote to the Justice Department in mid-October 1976, requesting FBI protection, but he received none. It had been more than two months after the meeting and the assassination of Orlando Letelier in Washington. Colonel Fons and Major Gavazzo were sent to important diplomatic postings in Washington, D.C. in late 1976. The State Department ordered the Uruguayan government to rescind their appointments, citing the possibility of "unpleasant publicity" for "Fons and Gavazzo."  Only in 2001 did Koch learn of the links between the threats and the position appointments.   Paraguay The US supported Alfredo Stroessner's anti-communist military dictatorship and played a "vital supporting role" in Stroessner's Paraguay's domestic affairs. As part of Operation Condor, for example, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Thierry of the United States Army was deployed to assist local workers in the construction of "La Technica," a detention and interrogation center. La Technica was also renowned as a torture facility. Pastor Coronel, Stroessner's secret police, washed their victims in human vomit and excrement tubs and shocked them in the rectum with electric cattle prods. They decapitated Miguel Angel Soler [es], the Communist party secretary, with a chainsaw while Stroessner listened on the phone. Stroessner asked that tapes of inmates wailing in agony be presented to their relatives.   Harry Shlaudeman defined Paraguay's militarized state as a "nineteenth-century military administration that looks nice on the cartoon page" in a report to Kissinger. Shlaudeman's assessments were paternalistic, but he was correct in observing that Paraguay's "backwardness" was causing it to follow in the footsteps of its neighbors. Many decolonized countries regarded national security concerns in terms of neighboring countries and long-standing ethnic or regional feuds, but the United States viewed conflict from a global and ideological viewpoint. During the Chaco War, Shlaudeman mentions Paraguay's amazing fortitude in the face of greater military force from its neighbors. The government of Paraguay believes that the country's victory over its neighbors over several decades justifies the country's lack of progress. The paper goes on to say that Paraguay's political traditions were far from democratic. Because of this reality, as well as a fear of leftist protest in neighboring countries, the government has prioritized the containment of political opposition over the growth of its economic and political institutions. They were driven to defend their sovereignty due to an ideological fear of their neighbors. As a result, many officials were inspired to act in the interest of security by the fight against radical, communist movements both within and beyond the country. The book Opération Condor, written by French writer Pablo Daniel Magee and prefaced by Costa Gavras, was published in 2020. The story chronicles the life of Martin Almada, a Paraguayan who was a victim of the Condor Operation.   The Peruvian Case   After being kidnapped in 1978, Peruvian legislator Javier Diez Canseco announced that he and twelve other compatriots (Justiniano Apaza Ordóñez, Hugo Blanco, Genaro Ledesma Izquieta, Valentín Pacho, Ricardo Letts, César Lévano, Ricardo Napurí, José Luis Alvarado Bravo, Alfonso Baella Tuesta, Guillermo Faura Gaig, José Arce Larco and Humberto Damonte). All opponents of Francisco Morales Bermudez's dictatorship were exiled and handed over to the Argentine armed forces in Jujuy in 1978 after being kidnapped in Peru. He also claimed that declassified CIA documents and WikiLeaks cable information account for the Morales Bermudez government's ties to Operation Condor.   Uruguay   Juan Mara Bordaberry declared himself dictator and banned the rest of the political parties, as was customary in the Southern Cone dictatorships of the 1970s. In the alleged defense against subversion, a large number of people were murdered, tortured, unjustly detained and imprisoned, kidnapped, and forced into disappearance during the de facto administration, which lasted from 1973 until 1985. Prior to the coup d'état in 1973, the CIA served as a consultant to the country's law enforcement institutions. Dan Mitrione, perhaps the most well-known example of such cooperation, had taught civilian police in counterinsurgency at the School of the Americas in Panama, afterwards renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.   Maybe now we can talk about the U.S involvement? The U.S never gets involved in anything so this might be new to some of you.   According to US paperwork, the US supplied critical organizational, financial, and technological help to the operation far into the 1980s. The long-term hazards of a right-wing bloc, as well as its early policy recommendations, were discussed in a US Department of State briefing for Henry Kissinger, then Secretary of State, dated 3 August 1976, prepared by Harry Shlaudeman and titled "Third World War and South America." The briefing was an overview of security forces in the Southern Cone. The operation was described as a joint effort by six Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay) to win the "Third World War" by eliminating "subversion" through transnational secret intelligence operations, kidnapping, torture, disappearance, and assassination. The research begins by examining the sense of unity shared by the six countries of the Southern Cone. Kissinger is warned by Shlaudeman that the "Third World War" will trap those six countries in an ambiguous position in the long run, because they are trapped on one side by "international Marxism and its terrorist exponents," and on the other by "the hostility of uncomprehending industrial democracies misled by Marxist propaganda." According to the report, US policy toward Operation Condor should “emphasize the differences between the five countries at all times, depoliticize human rights, oppose rhetorical exaggerations of the ‘Third-World-War' type, and bring potential bloc members back into our cognitive universe through systematic exchanges.” According to CIA papers from 1976, strategies to deal with political dissidents in South America were planned among international security officials at the US Army School of the Americas and the Conference of American Armies from 1960 to the early 1970s. "In early 1974, security officials from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia convened in Buenos Aires to arrange synchronized attacks against subversive targets," according to a declassified CIA memo dated June 23, 1976. Officials in the United States were aware of the situation.   Furthermore, the Defense Intelligence Agency revealed in September 1976 that US intelligence services were well aware of Operation Condor's architecture and intentions. They discovered that "Operation Condor" was the covert name for gathering intelligence on "leftists," Communists, Peronists, or Marxists in the Southern Cone Area. The intelligence services were aware that the operation was being coordinated by the intelligence agencies of numerous South American nations (including Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia), with Chile serving as the hub. Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile, according to the DIA, were already aggressively pursuing operations against communist targets, primarily in Argentina.   The report's third point reveals the US comprehension of Operation Condor's most malevolent actions. "The development of special teams from member countries to execute out operations, including killings against terrorists or sympathizers of terrorist groups," according to the paper. Although these special teams were intelligence agency operatives rather than military troops, they did work in structures similar to those used by US special forces teams, according to the study. Operation Condor's preparations to undertake probable operations in France and Portugal were revealed in Kissinger's State Department briefing - an issue that would later prove to be immensely contentious in Condor's history.   Condor's core was formed by the US government's sponsorship and collaboration with DINA (Directorate of National Intelligence) and other intelligence agencies. According to CIA papers, the agency maintained intimate ties with officers of Chile's secret police, DINA, and its leader Manuel Contreras.  Even after his role in the Letelier-Moffit killing was discovered, Contreras was kept as a paid CIA contact until 1977. Official requests to trace suspects to and from the US Embassy, the CIA, and the FBI may be found in the Paraguayan Archives. The military states received suspect lists and other intelligence material from the CIA. In 1975, the FBI conducted a nationwide hunt in the United States for persons sought by DINA.   In a February 1976 telegram from the Buenos Aires embassy to the State Department, intelligence said that the US was aware of the impending Argentinian coup. According to the ambassador, the Chief of the Foreign Ministry's North American desk revealed that the "Military Planning Group" had asked him to prepare a report and recommendations on how the "future military government can avoid or minimize the sort of problems the Chilean and Uruguayan governments are having with the US over human rights issues." The Chief also indicated that "they" (whether he is talking to the CIA or Argentina's future military dictatorship, or both) will confront opposition if they start assassinating and killing people. Assuming this is so, the envoy notes that the military coup will "intend to carry forward an all-out war on the terrorists and that some executions would therefore probably be necessary." Despite already being engaged in the region's politics, this indicates that the US was aware of the planning of human rights breaches before they occurred and did not intervene to prevent them. "It is encouraging to note that the Argentine military are aware of the problem and are already focusing on ways to avoid letting human rights issues become an irritant in US-Argentine Relations." This is confirmation.   Professor Ruth Blakeley says that Kissinger "explicitly expressed his support for the repression of political opponents" in regards to the Argentine junta's continuous human rights violations.  When Henry Kissinger met with Argentina's Foreign Minister on October 5, 1976, he said, ” Look, our basic attitude is that we would like you to succeed. I have an old-fashioned view that friends ought to be supported. What is not understood in the United States is that you have a civil war. We read about human rights problems but not the context. The quicker you succeed the better ... The human rights problem is a growing one. Your Ambassador can apprise you. We want a stable situation. We won't cause you unnecessary difficulties. If you can finish before Congress gets back, the better. Whatever freedoms you could restore would help.”   The démarche was never provided in the end. According to Kornbluh and Dinges, the decision not to deliver Kissinger's directive was based on Assistant Secretary Harry Shlaudeman's letter to his deputy in Washington, D.C., which stated: "you can simply instruct the Ambassadors to take no further action, noting that there have been no reports in some weeks indicating an intention to activate the Condor scheme."   President Bill Clinton ordered the State Department to release hundreds of declassified papers in June 1999, indicating for the first time that the CIA, State, and Defense Departments were all aware of Condor. According to a 1 October 1976 DOD intelligence assessment, Latin American military commanders gloat about it to their American colleagues. Condor's "joint counterinsurgency operations" sought to "eliminate Marxist terrorist activities," according to the same study; Argentina developed a special Condor force "structured much like a US Special Forces Team," it said. According to a summary of documents disclosed in 2004, The declassified record shows that Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was briefed on Condor and its "murder operations" on August 5, 1976, in a 14-page report from [Harry] Shlaudeman [Assistant Secretary of State]. "Internationally, the Latin generals look like our guys," Shlaudeman cautioned. "We are especially identified with Chile. It cannot do us any good." Shlaudeman and his two deputies, William Luers and Hewson Ryan, recommended action. Over the course of three weeks, they drafted a cautiously worded demarche, approved by Kissinger, in which he instructed the U.S. ambassadors in the Southern Cone countries to meet with the respective heads of state about Condor. He instructed them to express "our deep concern" about "rumors" of "plans for the assassination of subversives, politicians and prominent figures both within the national borders of certain Southern Cone countries and abroad."   Kornbluh and Dinges come to the conclusion that "The paper trail is clear: the State Department and the CIA had enough intelligence to take concrete steps to thwart the Condor assassination planning. Those steps were initiated but never implemented." Hewson Ryan, Shlaudeman's deputy, subsequently admitted in an oral history interview that the State Department's treatment of the issue was "remiss." "We knew fairly early on that the governments of the Southern Cone countries were planning, or at least talking about, some assassinations abroad in the summer of 1976. ... Whether if we had gone in, we might have prevented this, I don't know", In relation to the Letelier-Moffitt bombing, he remarked, "But we didn't."   Condor was defined as a "counter-terrorism organization" in a CIA document, which also mentioned that the Condor countries had a specific telecommunications system known as "CONDORTEL."  The New York Times released a communication from US Ambassador to Paraguay Robert White to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance on March 6, 2001. The paper was declassified and disseminated by the Clinton administration in November 2000 as part of the Chile Declassification Project. General Alejandro Fretes Davalos, the chief of staff of Paraguay's armed forces, told White that the South American intelligence chiefs engaged in Condor "kept in touch with one another through a United States communications installation in the Panama Canal Zone that covered all of Latin America."   According to reports, Davalos stated that the station was "employed to coordinate intelligence information among the southern cone countries". The US was concerned that the Condor link would be made public at a time when the killing of Chilean former minister Orlando Letelier and his American aide Ronni Moffitt in the United States was being probed."it would seem advisable to review this arrangement to insure that its continuation is in US interest." White wrote to Vance. "Another piece of increasingly weighty evidence suggesting that U.S. military and intelligence officials supported and collaborated with Condor as a secret partner or sponsor." McSherry rebutted the cables. Furthermore, an Argentine military source told a U.S. Embassy contact that the CIA was aware of Condor and had played a vital role in establishing computerized linkages among the six Condor governments' intelligence and operations sections.   After all this it doesn't stop here. We even see France having a connection. The original document confirming that a 1959 agreement between Paris and Buenos Aires set up a "permanent French military mission" of officers to Argentina who had participated in the Algerian War was discovered in the archives of the Quai d'Orsay, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was kept at the offices of the Argentine Army's chief of staff. It lasted until 1981, when François Mitterrand was elected President of France. She revealed how the administration of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing secretly coordinated with Videla's junta in Argentina and Augusto Pinochet's tyranny in Chile.   Even Britain and West Germany looked into using the tactics in their own countries. Going so far as to send their open personnel to Buenos Aires to discuss how to establish a similar network.  MOVIES   https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=military-coup&sort=num_votes,desc&mode=detail&page=1&title_type=movie&ref_=kw_ref_typ https://islandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/terror%3Aroot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archives_of_Terror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20774985 https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB239d/index.htm

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is humbled and honored to bring You the World's #1 Authority on Trust Based Selling.Ari Galper is one the most experienced sales growth advisors in the world. He is the creator of Unlock The Game®, a completely new revolutionary sales approach that overturns the notion of selling as You know it today. With clients in over 35 countries, his global sales systems have become the most successful Trust-Based Selling systems of our time.The Joy of Living is broadcast live Tuesday's at 12noon ET / 9AM PT.The Joy of Living TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast on K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com).The podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is truly honored to Welcome one of the world's most dynamic writers, playwrights, and performers: Alison Wearing. You will be captivated by Alison's insights and ideas as related in her newest book, Moments of Glad Grace. Barry and Alison discuss such topics as Why Memoir is NOT about You and Why we all feel compelled to write our story. Most importantly what Memoir writing can bring You.The Joy of Living is broadcast live Tuesday's at 12noon ET / 9AM PT.The Joy of Living TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast on K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com).The podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, brings You the leading edge guru of learning how to WIN in every aspect of LIFE, JM Ryerson.You will learn how To Build an All-Star Team and Thriving Business WITHOUT Destroying Your Work/Life Balance in the Process. Are You building your team and your business at the expense of what matters most? Are you sacrificing what's most important in life for the success you crave? Barry and JM dig deep to reveal the secrets that will enable You to Soar.The Joy of Living is broadcast live Tuesday's at 12noon ET / 9AM PT.The Joy of Living TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast on K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com).The podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, brings You a Wizard of Wonder; Yes, WOW! Get ready for insights that will make You Think and ACT. Dov successfully helps clients use “backwards” networking to reach their fullest potential, consistently. You'll learn how to gain referrals and build relationships that nourish and nurture. Listen carefully as Barry and Dov share how to become an “under the radar leader” in Your industry.The Joy of Living is broadcast live Tuesday's at 12noon ET / 9AM PT.The Joy of Living TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast on K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com).The podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is honored to share Chris Ruden with You. Chris is an international keynote speaker, elite powerlifter, entrepreneur, disabled model, and advocate. Despite being born with only two fingers on his left hand and a shorter left arm, he can deadlift over 675 pounds and is on track to becoming the World's strongest adaptive athlete.The Joy of Living is broadcast live Tuesday's at 12noon ET / 9AM PT.The Joy of Living TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast on K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com).The podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is honored to share the Co-Founder of one of the world's most Empowering Organizations: Operation Smile. Yes, listen to the stirring words of Kathy Magee who along with her husband Bill brings Hope and Care to People around the world who suffer from Cleft Lip/Palate. Operation Smile was founded in 1982 by Dr. Bill P. Magee, Jr., a plastic surgeon, and his wife Kathleen (Kathy), a nurse and clinical social worker.The Joy of Living is broadcast live Tuesday's at 12noon ET / 9AM PT.The Joy of Living TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast on K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com).The podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, brings You the leading edge guru of learning how to WIN in every aspect of LIFE, JM Ryerson.You will learn how To Build an All-Star Team and Thriving Business WITHOUT Destroying Your Work/Life Balance in the Process. Are You building your team and your business at the expense of what matters most? Are you sacrificing what's most important in life for the success you crave? Barry and JM dig deep to reveal the secrets that will enable You to Soar.The Joy of Living is broadcast live Tuesday's at 12noon ET / 9AM PT.The Joy of Living TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast on K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com).The podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is honored to introduce Jordan Montgomery. Jordan is the distillation of everything clean, good, and Iowan. JM, as he is affectionately known, is a highly regarded performance coach and keynote speaker whose clients include business executives, sales organizations, and entrepreneurs.The Joy of Living is broadcast live Tuesday's at 12noon ET / 9AM PT.The Joy of Living TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast on K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com).The podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Hold on as Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, discusses life with the world famous editor-in-chief and publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul. Yes, it's Amy Newmark, who has published 170 NEW Books (!) since 2008 in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Amy has collected 101 heart touching stories of people responding to the lock down of the pandemic. You will be laughing and crying and cheering as Barry and Amy share insights into Making ME TIME amidst the panic.The Joy of Living is broadcast live Tuesday's at 12noon ET / 9AM PT.The Joy of Living TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast on K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com).The podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is humbled and honored to share with YOU Mr. Eli Beer. Eli Beer is the father of five children, a social entrepreneur and president and founder of United Hatzalah of Israel, an independent, non-profit, fully volunteer EMS organization that provides fast and free emergency first response throughout Israel. Eli recently survived contracting the Covid-19 Coronavirus. He was hospitalized in Miami, intubated in an induced coma for 30 days before recovering. Barry and Eli will discuss that he is now even more dedicated to saving lives than before.United Hatzalah's model of using community-based lifesavers has been implemented in 21 countries and has resulted in hundreds of thousands of lives being saved. Eli has shown the world the SMART Way to save lives. Everyone said: No Way. He said WAY! And he was RIGHT. You'll be inspired to listen again and SHARE with everyone in Your social world. The JOY of LIVING promotes LIFE!

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is humbled and honored to share with You Steve Gatena, the founder of pray.com, the world's #1 app for daily prayer and faith-based audio content. As a social impact company, Pray.com is driven by a mission to solve society's biggest challenges by growing faith and cultivating community. Steve was an NCAA Champion who played football for USC where he won a Rose Bowl Championship as well as at UC Davis where he won a Great West Conference Championship. Barry and Steve will discuss how he started pray.com in 2016, shortly after his late mentor and business partner Alan Purwin died in a tragic plane crash. In addition to becoming the #1 app for faith and prayer, Pray.com has been named as one of the Best Places to Work by the LA Business Journal and TinyPulse. In 2019 Steve was honored with CSQ Magazine's 40 Under 40 Visionary Award. This is the episode to listen to multiple times and SHARE with everyone You know.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is honored to share with YOU my friend EZ, aka Eron Zahavi. Eron is the creator of the Warrior Code: Intelligent Fearlessness, a life-changing, experiential course that guides you through an exploratory journey to the Source of your divine power, and brings you back out to fearlessly and passionately create the Life that you choose. https://soultivation.teachable.com/. Barry and Eron discuss his life changing challenge surviving a 40-foot freefall in the middle of the desert. He is here to create, to laugh, to love, to dance, to share, to sing, to build, to serve, and to celebrate the impermanence of our wondrous adventure as humans Being. Eron also Co-founded a start-up through a $60 Million Series A; co-founded a social engagement movement that reached millions of people in support of the global refugee crisis and is now navigating through the shift of experiencing life as a paraplegic.You'll want to listen again and SHARE this with 5 people.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is truly honored to introduce YOU to a spiritual master. Judi Miller started her career as a Certified Public Accountant and went on to excel in the world of corporate finance for over 20 years. Most of her life has been dedicated to personal development and helping others excel in a constantly changing environment. Over the past several years, Judi's interest shifted toward spirituality. Her growth was no longer aimed at making herself better; instead, she began to focus on finding her intrinsic wholeness. Barry and Judi will discuss this shift which has brought her numerous lessons around the nature of the creator, forgiveness and the trajectory each soul follows throughout the course of many lives. Judi has trained with some of the world's most spiritual visionaries and is certified in The Energy Codes, Happy for No Reason and The Passion Test. Truly a MUST SHARE Episode with Loved Ones and especially people You don't love.... yet!

Your Ambassador of jOY, Barry Shore, is honored to bring You the NY Times Bestselling Author Michael Levin. Michael has written, co-written, edited, ghosted, or published more than 750 books, of which 20 are national best sellers, 2 are New York Times best sellers, and one is an Amazon Kindle number one best selling business book. Barry and Michael will discuss his astounding premise that everyone needs a book. You'll be energized to learn how and why this will make a difference in Your life, whether for business, pleasure, legacy, or all these. Michael has taught writing at UCLA, NYU, and around the world. He appeared on the first episode of Season 3 of Shark Tank, is a regular contributor to Huffington Post, and edited Zig Ziglar's final book, Born To Win. He has appeared on BBC worldwide TV and radio, been quoted in Inc. Magazine and in BloombergBusiness. Oh, he's also a recovering attorney.You'll want to listen again and certainly SHARE this with Your World.

Your Ambassador of JOY, barry Shore, is honored to introduce You to Preity U¨pala. Preity is a former Investment banker turned Thought Leader, Media Personality and Hollywood Entrepreneur. Global Peace dominates her life and drives her to connect people through a series of spiritual endeavors and media productions. She is a former Miss India International and has appeared in numerous commercials, TV and movie productions in both Bollywood and Hollywood. She is a Global Brand Ambassador for several lifestyle brands such as Oenoviva, PenApp, Thea Resorts, and Chloe & Isabelle Jewelry. You'll be enthralled as Barry and Priety discuss finding Spirituality amidst the Pandemic. Born in Dubai, Preity spent her formative years in India, United Arab Emirates, France and Australia. This multi-cultural upbringing enabled her to learn global cultures and values. Having travelled to more than 100 countries and speaking five languages, Preity has established herself as a global citizen. Listen SHARE

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, brings You the indomitable world renowned entrepreneur Alan Levy. Alan's latest project is so aspirational and global that we are humbled and honored that he is making his world wide podcast debut on The JOY of LIVING. Alan Levy was raised in South Africa. He placed 1st in his graduating class at the Univ of Johannesburg and Cum Laude in Economics as number 2 at the University of South Africa. Alan Lectured in economics for an NGO. While he worked at the Gauteng Legislature he met many of South Africa's most prominent political figures. He joined the London Pie Company was appointed as C.E.O. and sold the business for a massive profit. By that time it was one of the largest franchising companies in Africa. He secured the license to operate Virgin Cosmetics in South Africa, built it and then sold it back back to the Virgin Group. Barry and Alan discuss the problem of world hunger and the CREATIVE way Alan sees of solving the Issue. READY to CHEER!

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is honored to bring You Dr Marina Bruni, aka The Global Brain Activation Strategist. Marina is a mentor, lawyer, executive coach, and international speaker who specializes in brain integration strategies and energy. She gives her clients the keys to unlock creative solutions to all the problems they're facing. Dr Marina is featured as one of the Global Thought Leaders in the movie How Thoughts Become Things, sequel to the hit movie The Secret. Barry and Marina will discuss how she helps businesses identify additional revenue streams within their existing business through strategic relationships and delegation. Marina is also a qualified lawyer with over two decades of experience in the financial services industry. Marina has seen firsthand the destructive consequences of poor choices. She is on a mission to empower men and women to use her proven methods to make the right choices with ease and consistency. You'll want to Listen again and SHARE.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is honored to present Dr. Carol Swain, the host of the podcast "Be the People" and an author or editor of ninebooks, one of which (Black Faces: Black Interests) has won three national awards. Another of her books, The New White Nationalism in America, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. She was a professor of political science and law at Princeton and Vanderbilt Universities, and a nationally known political commentator. This is a LISTEN and SHARE Episode.The Joy of Living is broadcast live Monday's at 3PM PT.The Joy of Living TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast on K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com).The podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is honored to introduce You to the world's leading Spirit Translator, Diana Cole. Diana is in addition a thought leader and best selling author. Passionate about spirit guidance, she is committed to teaching people how to access it for themselves so they may find freedom from pain and limitation and live a life of abundance, fun, and inspiration. Diana offers her empowering tools for spirit guidance in group settings, speaking engagements, live workshops, and through her vibrant Instagram and Facebook communities. Barry and Diana will share insights from her useful book “Spirit Translator: Seven Truths for Creating Well-Being and Connecting With Spirit” (St. Martin's Press, August 2020). She is also a coauthor of “Pillars of Success” (August 2020) with Jack Canfield. Diana's first children's book, “Alina the Positive Thought Warrior,” is due to be released at the end of 2020. Your SPIRIT will be moved. SHARE and ENJOY!

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, welcomes the dynamic Mike C-ROC, aka The People Builder. Mike shares his personal story of "what are you made of" to enable everyone to recognize the Power of their SELF TALK . You will be buoyed by the UP BEAT insights and practical CAN DO ideas. Mike is both FUNN and Seriously devoted to helping All People Build their Dreams. HOPE is his byword.You'll want to listen repeatedly and SHARE with everyone You care about.The Joy of Living is broadcast live Monday's at 3PM PT.The Joy of Living TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast on K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com).The podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, brings You a Unique Being. Meet Henry Kaminski, Jr. If You know what the 2 Comma Club is then You'll lean in to learn how to leverage Henry's talents in Your own Business. If You don't know the 2 Comma Club then Buckle UP! You want to make a difference in other people's lives and that's why you felt the push to own your own business, instead of taking the easy route (aka a JOB) like most people do. Henry began Unique Designz because he has a passion for helping people achieve their dreams. he is the BRAND DOCTOR. Barry and Henry will discuss success stories that will make You SMILE. When You hear the inconceivable heights thanks to the branding that Henry and his team provide You'll CHEER. We're all here to make a difference. Henry makes a difference with branding that is as unique as your business… and at Unique Designz that's exactly what he DOES! You'll want to Listen to this Episode repeatedly and SHARE with everyone You care about.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, brings You the effervescent positive purposeful powerful and pleasant Mabel (pronounced Mah-Bell) Katz. You will be captivated by this elfin being who originated in Argentina, migrated to Los Angeles, became a star in the Latin Community on Radio and as an author and through years of dedicated study has become a world renowned transformational figure for International Peace. You will want to watch and listen and SHARE with Everyone! what an UPLIFTING Episode.The Joy of Living is broadcast live Monday's at 3PM PT.The Joy of Living TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast on K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com).The podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, barry Shore, dances with the ever exuberant effervescent Pam Christian. You will thrill as Barry and Pam discuss her role as mindset coach, motivational speaker, and host of The Juice Podcast. Pam is obsessed with helping You Live Your best Life. Not just a good or better life but Your BEST Life. She deals with enabling people to SHIFT their Thinking and embrace themselves while shedding their limiting beliefs. You'll be able to hear how to have the Right Mindset in the Right Time (NOW!) and how this Changes Everything. We will laugh, learn, and GROW! You'll want to Listen again and certainly SHARE this Uplifting Episode with at least 5 of Your dearest friends/family.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, welcomes businessman Nathan James to discuss the breakthrough technology that can test millions of people with an accurate (98.2%), fast (5 minutes average) and inexpensive (under $20) test. The NY Times declared that what America needs is "kitchen sink style testing" naming just these parameters. And we need this soon to fight the pandemic of FEAR that is gripping the nation. You'll surely want to hear again and SHARE this Episode.The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast live at 3pm PT Mondays on K4HD - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com ) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). This podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is honored to bring You Marie Diamond. Marie has since her child hood experienced and lived a Magical Live. Her life is a story where she manifested her most incredible dreams, living in all her favorite places in the world, meeting and helping millions of people worldwide. For the last 25 years she has been the Spiritual mentor and Feng Shui Master of hundreds of thousands of students worldwide, top public speakers, international best-selling authors, celebrities in the music and movie industry, politicians and top athletes. She has become a global house hold name in the field of the Law of Attraction and Self Help, using the Energy Systems of Feng Shui, Dowsing, Law of Attraction and Meditation. Recognized as a Global Energy master, she is known for her love for people and her ability to explain very complicated spiritual and energy knowledge in a practical and down to earth way. She is a successful spiritual business woman, a mother and wife. AH

Your Ambassador of JOY, barry Shore, gladly introduces You to Marvelous Meagan Fettes. Meagan, founder of RISE Yoga School, RISE Entrepreneur Center and Entrepreneur Fit, is known for teaching world-wide tools that people can use to access greater joy, abundance and success in their lives and business. She breaks down the science and fundamentals of our mind, holding patterns and vibrational shifts to support people in stepping into a higher potential and live with more fulfilling relationships and work life. Meagan's teachings come from a deep understanding of Yoga Philosophy, Universal Laws, Psychology and embodying the skills of balancing our lower and higher minds to live a life with ease, balance, and abundance. You'll enjoy listening to this again and again and be happy to SHARE with All You LOVE.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, has the distinct honor of interviewing Jon Harmon, a distinguished American, chairman of McGuireWoods law firm, West point Graduate, husband, father, and author of a moving WSJ op-ed regarding race relations. Jon says his father drew from the example of Dr. King and “embraced the teaching that love is the only antidote to hate.” His family would not retreat in fear or behave as victims. This is a gripping Episode that You will want to SHARE widely.The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast live at 3pm PT Mondays on K4HD - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com ) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). This podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is honored t bring You the dynamic irrepressible Travis Fox. “TRAVIS HAS PERFECTED A STEP-BY-STEP PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR THOSE WHO ARE READY TO TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES AND WAKE UP FROM THE HYPNOSIS OF THE DAY TO DAY BOREDOM.” Travis Fox has been Architecting lives, cultures and stages for 30 years, holding doctorates in both psychology and clinical hypnotherapy. Reaching beyond the common uses of conscious and subconscious models. Travis has perfected a step-by-step program designed for those who are ready to transform their lives and wake up from the hypnosis of the day to day boredom. Travis' online training program allows anyone, anywhere to unwind their mind's thoughts to redefine and refine their habits, processes, interrupt negative thoughts and arrive with skills to Architect not only their lives, but their lifestyle. You'll lean in and listen attentively and will certainly SHARE this those You LOVE.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, invites amazing Lori Lakin Hutcherson to share her wonderful insights about current societal situations. Lori is a successful film, tv writer and producer, wife, and mother who excels in whatever she does. She is the founder and editor of the positive powerful website GoodBlackNews.org which has 300,000+ views per month across social media. Lori curates and originates positive news stories and features about black people in the US and around the world AMAZINGThe Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast live at 3pm PT Mondays on K4HD - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com ) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). This podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, shares a heart warming Episode with amazing Atara Twersky. Atara is an attorney in NY with a loving husband and three children. Atara is the founder of the Curly Girlee movement, the author of the book series and Curlee Girlee.com, a global online magazine for Curlee Girlees, inspired by Atara's young daughter and written for all young curly girls in an effort to ensure they love and embrace their natural hair so they can become the women they are meant to be. Atara was inspired to write the Curlee Girlee book series by her young daughter, whose own curly hair made her feel different—not in a good way. Her Curlee Girlee books were selected as a TODAY Show Style Hero. Atara has been interviewed on CNN, Today, Huff Post, and Parade Magazine. Further, Atara hosts TWO podcasts :an inspiring legal podcast that follows industry leaders and Changing the Course with celebrities and societal change makers. This is a Must SHARE Episode that will help MANY.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is honored to introduce You to the embodiment of Passion: Peter Taunton. Peter is a highly successful pioneer in the fitness industry. In 2003, he had a vision for Snap Fitness: to create an affordable, 24-7, results and value driven gym concept that was differentiated from the impersonal, expensive big-box experience. Today he has over 6,000 locations worldwide and serves 165 Million workouts. Taunton credits his success to the fundamental advice passed down from his father: go get it! For Peter, as with Barry, it comes down to one word: PASSION. He has it, he teaches it, and the results speak for themselves. Even as his operations expand, he remains ever-committed to providing knowledge and sharing his own firsthand experiences to help others find their way in life or in their own entrepreneurial journey in the quest for personal financial freedom. You will be ENERGIZED and UPLIFTED by this dynamic Episode. SHARE with All You Love. ACTION NOW

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, introduces You Aaron McCormick who should have “destined,” as he says,” to be crippled by almost every externally imposed and therefore, self-imposed limitation you could imagine.”In fact, he succeeded spectacularly! With no college education he became a successful corporate enterprise software salesman, making millions of dollars and honored with the prestigious “Best of IBM” award bestowed on only 1% of the company's 400,000 employees.The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast live at 3pm PT Mondays on K4HD - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com ) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). This podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore welcomes the inspiring and disrupting Sean Callagy. Mr. Callagy is the creator of the Unblinded Formula with hundreds of hours of content on integrity based human influence, which empowers and co-creates results that fulfill dreams through unparalleled human breakthrough technologies in sales, business and life. Barry and Sean discuss going from Hello to Yes and what to do with that access for success. He is the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Unblinded Sales Mastery. The first 1,600 person Unblinded Event went from an and a startup in 3 months to $250k+ in sales per month, including Jack Canfield being a paid member of the program and promotional partner. Jack Canfield interviewed Barry and was interviewed by Barry. See our Podcast history. Jack is co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, which has more than 500 million copies in print. You will Learn how to Energize Your LIFE and DSOAR to SUCCESS. Must Hear and SHARE.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, engages the dynamic spirit of Stacy Madison, Founder of Stacy's Pita Chip and now refrigerated BeBOLD bars. Stacy started with a career in social work. With a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a sandwich cart in Boston, she sold pita bread sandwiches during lunch and then used the leftover pita bread to bake natural, healthy chips when she returned to the prep kitchen. When winter came, she decided to package and start selling the chips to local stores. The company experienced rapid growth and became a top-selling international snack food brand. After spending some time working in the private equity world and homeschooling her twins while traveling Southeast Asia, she returned home and opened Stacy's Juicebar. This is where BeBOLD bars were born! The growing demand once again inspired Stacy to manufacture and market the bars nationwide. Barry and Stacy discuss the role of the modern entrepreneur as Change Maker. This Episode will help YOU greatly.

Your Ambassador of JOY welcomes the conscious film producer and Law of Attraction expert Kate Yurenda to share insights so You can become Your best YOU. Kate discusses the power of boomerang thoughts, a responding universe, and the manifestation of positive, purpose in Your Life. Together Barry and Kate bring You the ability to take care of Your Health, Wealth, and Your Mind even int he midst of the world wide pandemic. You'll rejoice to hear that You are SUPER HUMAN. Follow Kate and You'll WIN.The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast live at 3pm PT Mondays on K4HD - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com ) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 MediaNetwork (www.talk4media.com). Thispodcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, introduces You to the inspiring founder of Second Chance Athletes, Darryll Stinson. Former defensive end for a nationally ranked school, dynamic TEDx speaker, hip-hop artist, pastor, husband and father Darryll shares his life experiences of overcoming addiction, rejection, depression, and suicide attempts. Barry and Darryll discuss how emerging from these traumas enabled Darryll to become a pastor, coach, and guide to help other athletes transition from the clutches of waywardness into the light of success. You will thrill to the stories of lives rebuilt to thrive with acceptance, belief, discovery, purpose, and persistence. You will be delighted to hear the journey of discovery as Darrylll emerges like the Phoenix and now helps people GO MAD: Go Make A Difference. You will be better for hearing this transforming discussion. Be sure to SHARE with Your family and friends.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, introduces You to the world famous "modern day Napoleon Hill", Douglas Vermeeren. You will thrill to the positive, purposeful, powerful insights that Doug shares from his research with over 400 successful business leaders on the planet. From American Airlines, to Disney to Microsoft, Uber, KFC, and FedEX, Doug has gleaned practical usable tips and tools that You can learn. His new film, How Thoughts become Things is one of the most watched of its kind. SHAREThe Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast live at 3pm PT Mondays on K4HD - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com ) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 MediaNetwork (www.talk4media.com). Thispodcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, welcomes Ben Fuchs the nationally recognized on-air pharmacist/nutritionist host of the popular "The Bright Side" radio program. Listen well as Ben regales You with the ways and means to avoid inflammation, disaster, and blocked energy by nourishing the 3 things Your CELLS need most: Oxygen, Food, and Toxin elimination. Barry and Ben explore the ways to bring Your body the healing power of correct breathing, increased energy, and stress reduction. SHARE Now.The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast live at 3pm PT Mondays on K4HD - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com ) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 MediaNetwork (www.talk4media.com). Thispodcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, brings You the most hard and smart working person in the Social Marketing World, Travis Huff. Travis is the Chief Social Marketer for the Realtime Agency, chief Strategist, Podcaster, Investor, Motivator, Music Producer and frenetic Fresno fountain of energy. You will learn so much by leaning in and listening to the insights of this human dynamo. Learn why major brands like Lexus, Papa Johns and Toyota trust Travis. His unique approach to full-service optimization specializing in all things social media will give You an edge. Social networking has transformed advertising, marketing, PR, customer relations, and HR for businesses and people.Barry and Travis will show You how to optimize and perfect the art of social networking. This is a MUST HEAR and SHARE episode. You can increase Your brand's engagement, likability, and fan base, whether as a business or as a person. As always The JOY of LIVING is about You and Your success.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, brings You America's leading Social Justice Entrepreneur, Dr. Hubie Jones. Hubie is among mainly other accolades, Dean Emeritus Boston University School of Social Work and the founder of the Boston Children's Chorus. His "Do It Well" philosophy enabled him to coordinate the team that led to the first ever legislation to guarantee an education for all children. This landmark bill became the model for the national law. Read more about this remarkable man.The Joy of Living Radio Show is broadcast live at 3pm PT Mondays on K4HD - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com ) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 MediaNetwork (www.talk4media.com). Thispodcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, welcomes a man that can make You Healthier, Wealthier, and Wiser. Jonathan Medved is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and angel investor in Israel's high-tech scene. He is the founder and CEO of OurCrowd, a leading equity crowdfunding platform. Medved was named one of the “50 Most Influential Jews” by the Jerusalem Post, where he was dubbed “the startup nation's guru.” OurCrowd was started in 2013 and has its global headquarters in Jerusalem with additional offices in the USA, Toronto, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney. As of January 2020, OurCrowd has raised over One BILLION Dollars for nearly 200 startup companies and venture funds in its portfolio. In 1995, Medved co-founded Israel Seed Partners with Michael Eisenberg and Neil Cohen in their garage with $2 million in funding. Saul Singer and Dan Senor, in their best-selling book, Start-up Nation, describe Medved as “one of Israel's legendary business ambassadors. You will ENJOY

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, welcomes the indomitable David Meltzer, the Co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and former CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire. Listen as Dave and Barry discuss their life's mission to empower OVER 1 BILLION people to be Happy and live in Joy. This simple yet powerful mission has led David on a remarkable journey to provide one thing…VALUE. In all his content and communication that's exactly what he delivers. David is a three-time international best-selling author, a Top 100 Business Coach, the executive producer of Entrepreneur‘s #1 digital business show, Elevator Pitch, and host of the top entrepreneur podcast, The Playbook. His newest book, Game-Time Decision Making, was a #1 new release, David has been recognized by Variety Magazine as their Sports Humanitarian of the Year and awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Must Listen and SHARE with Everyone You Love.

Your Ambassador of JOY seeks out the Best to Encourage and Enthuse YOU. Meet Josh Gavin, an 18-year-old digital entrepreneur. This talented fellow founded InboundAgencyClients.com and Twoccommaclubcopy.com which enables his clients to sell their products while earning Josh over 6 Figures. Barry digs deeply to uncover what this TEEN does and how it will help YOU. Josh started his journey at just 14-years-old with a passion to avoid going to college so he could live a life of freedom. Josh started his first business running Facebook ads for local businesses and then expanded to any business anywhere in the world. While running his own agency Josh started sharing his secrets online to his community on Facebook. Today Josh has over 5,000 active service providers. Josh's agency works with multiple 7-figure earners writing copy and building funnels. Josh's goal is to become the youngest higher performing funnel builder in the world! And Josh is a talented fast ball pitcher. SHARE THIS!

Your Ambassador of JOY welcomes Marcus Kowal a professional MMA fighter, kick-boxer and boxer, who dedicates a lifetime's worth of training to his Mission: help People Learn how to protect themselves. He joined Swedish Special Forces (Rangers) and acquired the fighting spirit. A serious injury left him crippled for months and not knowing if he was ever going to walk properly again. Three years later he was “Sportsman of the Year,” in kickboxing in England. While working on a Master's Degree in Sports Management at California State University, he got into Krav Maga while serving as a kickboxing instructor. As Marcus competed he saw the growth and popularity of Mixed Martial Arts. Within a year Marcus was a Master in MMA.He has also trained celebrities, including Sasha Baron Cohen, Rachel McAdams, Brendan Fraser, Hilary Swank, and Erika Elaniak. Tragedy struck in 2018 with the death of his 2 year old son, Liam, at the hands of an elderly drunk driver. The real struggle began. SHARE!

Your Ambassador of JOY, barry shore, brings Sunil Bhaskaran, the Global Business Mastermind. Sunil is an innovative and much in demand trainer that can help You build an audience and collaborate with Sunil's large audiences and his generous partners. Sunil has a Meetup.com organization of more than 120,000+ business owners and professionals which is growing internationally at more than 80 people per day. He has been featured by the CEO of Meetup in Global webinars on bringing and facilitating online interactions. He has been mentoring business owners and running businesses for 3 decades. He lives in the Bay area of Northern California with his lovely wife and musical producer, Glenda Benevides. Listen as Barry and Sunil discuss being a radio show host, published author and an in-demand speaker. He is also the Director of Strategic Outreach for the Healthy Climate Alliance - an organization dedicated to restoring the climate to healthy levels for our future generations. MUST SHARE.

Your Ambassador of JOY brings You Dr. Sarah Young the internationally recognized print/broadcast journalist, seminar speaker, disabilities advocate and therapist. You will cheer Dr. Young who is familiar to people worldwide. She currently holds two doctorates and certificates in 12 alternative health modalities and willingly shares her knowledge with her followers. Her community work in advocating for the disabled and especially veterans is known throughout the world. She recently received the Oprah Winfrey Up From Her Bootstraps Award from San Diego Women, Inc.Her position as Chairperson of the American Cancer Society Mira Mesa Relay For Life has led to her membership in the ACS Action Network, a national cancer advocacy group With her second doctorate in Clinical Hypnotherapy she founded The So Brave Foundation for active-duty and veterans with PTSD and TBI. Her role as a mentor in the DBA-sponsored Youth Entrepreneurial Program has made a major impact in Southern California. WOW!

Your Ambassador of JOY brings YOU the Amazing Chris Cooper. Chris has a great passion for elevating the performance of leaders, teams and building highly engaged work forces. He has acquired an exceptional reputation as a business coach, facilitator, consultant and speaker working with small businesses to global brands. Together Barry and Chris will enable You to UP Your Game. He is co-Author of 'The Power To Get Things Done (Whether You Feel Like It Or Not)' published by Penguin Random House (New York). Prior to this he had a senior corporate and international career to board level with Mars Inc, United Biscuits and Punch. He also created and sold his share of a successful international consultancy. Chris is a fellow of the Professional Speaking Association. He competed in one of the toughest endurance challenges in Scotland supporting charities. He lives in the UK with his wife a GP and two sports mad boys. Oh, in his spare time Chris hosts an international talk show. SHARE This.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is honored to bring You one of the most dynamic, prolific, creative beings on the planet: Endre Balogh. If You have ever thrilled to the trill of the violin and been captivated by soul moving photography then You will want to listen to this remarkable Episode. When a Master speaks it is incumbent upon people who want to GROW to Listen. You will be captivated and motivated by the upward soaring discussion of Barry and Endre as they discuss how the intertwining aspects of ART in both the Visual and Aural Worlds can enhance Life. Endre collaborated with the effervescent Deidre Hade and the wizardly Will Arntz (both of whom have appeared on The JOY of LIVING) on the most intriguing The (not so) Little Book of Surprises which has become a cult classic for its enchanting words, ideas, and photographs. You will be glad You tuned in, turned on, and rose above Your daily routine to Experience a Trip through paradise. SHARE this with Everyone You LOVE.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, brings You one of the most dynamic Business Leaders in the World: Mitch Russo. Here is the thought leader that Tony Robbins and Chet Holmes TRUST for business and personal insights. You will learn more in this one Episode with Barry and Mitch than an immersive weekend of rah rah. Lean in and learn how Mitch personally built the largest time tracking Software Company in the world and sold it for tens of millions. Mitch then went on to join long time friend Chet Holmes and Tony Robbins to build Business Breakthroughs Int'l which served thousands of people with coaching, consulting and training. Your SUCCESS is the essence of The JOY of LIVING. Mitch will help You find and unleash the best You possible. You'll want to Listen and Share this Powerful Episode. The BEST in the World trust Mitch and Barry to find the best way to success. So should YOU.

Your Ambassador of JOY Barry Shore brings You Graham Weihmiller is Chairman & CEO of BNI, a position he has held since 2014. Graham is extremely passionate about BNI's unique ability to foster job creation, economic growth, and lifelong relationships through collaboration amongst purpose-driven business leaders. Graham also serves as a Director of the BNI Foundation, which helps underprivileged children access life changing educational opportunities throughout the world. Be mesmerized as Barry and Graham discuss leveraging Your Giving Muscle. Graham received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his BBA from the College of William & Mary. He is a Certified Franchise Executive and a Six Sigma Blackbelt.He has participated in seminars and panels at Harvard University, Stanford University and Georgetown University. He also mentors several US based growth-oriented companies on strategy and operations. You will be mesmerized and enthused to learn about the Power of DREAM BIG!

Your Ambassador of JOY, barry shore, enthusiastically invites You to meet the dynamic indomitable ever abundant Susan Fowler. Susan shares her message on optimal motivation, self leadership, and thriving together, worldwide. Her bestselling book, Why Motivating People Doesn't Work and What Does, Susan Fowler implores leaders to stop trying to motivate people because it just doesn't work and it aggravates everyone involved. And she provides alternatives that DO work. Now, with her latest book, Master Your Motivation: Three Scientific Truths for Achieving Your Goals, Susan is on a mission to help individuals master their own motivation, achieve their goals, and flourish as they succeed. As always, the JOY of LIVING is for You to enhance Your skills and become the Best You possible. Listen as Barry and Susan discuss motivation and personal empowerment.Susan is also the creator and lead developer of The Ken Blanchard Company's Self Leadership. This is a MUST listen and SHARE episode.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, brings You one of the most engaging, conscious expanding, educators, Dr. John Chuckback. While Dr. Chuback has been in private practice for 16 years as a cardiovascular surgeon, his passion to assist patients with weight management, smoking cessation, personal development, and academic achievement led him to found Chuback Education, LLC, which offers written/audio programs to help people achieve personal excellence. Barry and Dr. John discuss his new book, Make Your Own Damn Cheese. Dr. Chuback is an engaging, thought-provoking, and entertaining public speaker. He teaches the very learnable skill of turning lofty goals into reality. He uses an easy to master step by step process of personal development that is foolproof when faithfully applied. And John Chuback's personal story is compelling. No matter what career you are in, this dynamic speaker will generate tremendous enthusiasm for YOU to be the best YOU possible. This Episode is a Must Share.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is happy to bring You a highly successful young venture capitalist turned entrepreneur who in addition to building a business is building a family. Aaron Hirschhorn was the Founder and CEO of DogVacay, a consumer marketplace app for dog sitting and dog walking. Since its founding in 2011, DogVacay raised $47m from investors including Benchmark Capital and Andreessen Horowitz and generated over $100m in revenue. DogVacay merged with Rover (rover.com) in April 2017 to create what is now a $1B pet services company. Currently Aaron is a Venture Partner at Bold Capital and is the Founder of a NewCo practicing regenerative medicine for pets. Prior to DogVacay, Aaron was a venture investor with Upfront Ventures and worked at Monitor Group and Kayne Anderson Capital. He is on several private company boards, a member of YPO, an active angel investor, and was a 2016 finalist for E&Y entrepreneur of the year. You will surely find this FUNN and beneficial.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, brings YOU one of the most dynamic and beneficial people in the podcasting/business world today: Tony Durso. Get ready to leverage the best part of YOU and learn how to GROW Your business, whether You're a Business Owner, thinking of becoming one, or understand that YOU ARE a BUSINESS and want to maximize Your potential.Tony D as he is affectionally known in the high stakes business community is a teacher, author, entrepreneur, and above all a GUIDE. Barry has been trying to have Tony D on the show for more than a year and the opportunity is NOW. You will learn how to utilize what You have and Grow from where You are no matter how much or how little money You have. Money is not a help or impediment in the World of Tony D: Your MIND SET is the KEY that unlocks the Treasure that is YOU. Be ready to LISTEN, and hear it again and SHARE this Episode with everyone You care about. This is a Game Changer. ENJOY and send me a note saying THANK YOU!

Buckle UP because Your Ambassador of JOY brings an international superstar to supercharge YOU. Mark Layder joins us from the UK and You'll hear that in his accent. Mark is the Founder of the QOL Movement. And if You don't yet know what QOL is then all the more reason to tune in because it will help You be the Best YOU. He is also the author of SuperYou a unique 12 volume self coaching work book program as well as the author of BC BusinessConnectors. Mark is a force of good and was recognized and featured along with Tim Ferris in Entrepreneurs On Fire book. Barry and Mark will delve deeply into those special items that enable YOU to SOAR. He did this for Tony Robbins in TR's first UK tour as well as the first E-Myth Consultant in the UK. Quite simply Mark is focused on bringing benefit and value to people everywhere. He did this in the USA as Dean of Life Plus University and has shared the stage with Jim Rohm, Edward DeBono, and Ted Nicholas, Howard Berg and Alexander Everett ENJOY

Your Ambassador of JOY, barry shore, welcomes the world renowned author, coach, pole vaulter Adam Lewis Walker. YOU will learn how to Awaken Your Alpha with tales and tactics to thrive. Listen as Adam and Barry discuss soaring and then falling amidst injury and despair. Thrill to the fact that ALW rose up, researched, and determined to Live his life to the FULL and become the ALPHA that he writes about in his best selling books. You'll learn how to gain greater Awareness and take ACTION and rise with Ascension to Achieving Mastery and Legacy. The goal is true happiness as a result of learning how to move forward with 1% improvement, daily. You know that barry shore, Your humble host, was rendered completely paralyzed overnight by a rare neurological disease and through prayer, therapy,and love able to regain many, though not all, of his movements. Adam discusses his struggles and resolve to Make A Difference which he does as a devoted husband, father, friend, TEDX presenter, and coach

Your Ambassador of JOY welcomes the NEW YEAR and the opportunity for YOU to have a NEW MIND SET. Wonderful Chris Salem joins us. Chris is a Certified MINDSET Expert. Did You even know there is such a thing? Listen in to learn and share the insights of Barry and Chris as they explore the wondrous world of GROWING in JOY, Health, Wealth, and Wisdom. And what could be better! Your Life will be Touched and likely Transformed by knowing how to channel Your 4P's: Positive, Purposeful, Powerful, Pleasant essence. Celebrate as Chris describes his PROSPERNEUR insights. And this award winning author and speaker is responsible for building better families by his Empowered Fathers in Action. Whether You are a father or know someone who is this is a MUST hear segment. After all what could be better than Living in JOY in a FUNN Family environment. Chris and Barry join forces to bring You the Force that WILL Transform Your 2020. This is a Must Share with 5 people Episode. You'll LOVE this! HNY.

Your Ambassador of JOY welcomes the What the BLEEP! producer William Arntz. Will is a physicist, software entrepreneur, filmmaker and author. He wrote simulators for the early Star Wars program, created software that the Fortune 500 world runs on, created the What the BLEEP Do We Know!? movie and co-created the book of visionary prophesies –The (not so) Little Book of Surprises - with Deirdre Hade . His newest Book Shouts Volumes : How to Suffer…. in 10 Easy Steps. So we invite him to emote. And together Barry and Will explore the World of ...Suffering! We all suffer, and yet rarely do we address the issue directly. The one thing everyone does is rarely talked about.Bringing suffering out of the closet and into the light is what this Episode is all about.The Ambassador of JOY enables You to Learn from a master story teller. By seeing how we easily fall into suffering, one can take steps to knock it off. There are ways to get out of the rut. Listen. Share. Soar above Suffering. EN-JOY

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, interviews one of the most dynamic, energetic, powerful CEO's in US Business. September Dohrmann is the current President of CEO Space International, which Forbes.com terms a “must-attend” for entrepreneurs. You will be buoyed by September's story of modest background coupled with a positive, purposeful, powerful and pleasant outlook that enables her to lead a worldwide organization. For over 30 years, CEO Space International has brought together business leaders, investors and entrepreneurs to create a successful networking environment unlike any other. By developing meaningful, mentor-driven relationships, professionals are able to get the help they need in a cooperative environment. Barry and September will discuss Mindset and how vital the 4 P's are. Because the show is all about You, they will also discuss the importance of Leadership and the all important factor of Scaling business for Success. You will want to SHARE with Everyone. GO MAD.

Your Ambassador of JOY welcomes the incomparable Tom Ziglar to The JOY of LIVING. Tom has the rare privilege of having spent his life surrounded by top leaders, innovators, and motivators. After all his father was the world's TOP motivator Zig Ziglar. As a result, Tom's arsenal of experience and information is absolutely unparalleled. As You'll hear Tom carries on the Ziglar philosophy: “You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” Tom Ziglar was a key collaborator with his father on Zig Ziglar's 30th book, Born to Win. The Born to Win philosophy is both “profoundly simple” and “simply profound.” You must plan to win and prepare to win, then and ONLY then can you expect to win! Barry and Tom discuss how You can have a life of Success and Significance and You can leave a Legacy that will ripple through eternity. You'll learn the seven key areas of SUCCESS: mental, spiritual, physical, family, financial, personal, and career.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, brings YOU the OLDEST, most indefatigable children's advocate in the entire World: Anne Lorimor. Get ready to engage with this 89 year YOUNG bundle of boundless energy and JOY as she relates her story of climbing the Tallest Mountain in all of Africa. The famous 19,000 Plus foot Mt Kilimanjaro. And here's the juicy part: she first did it at age 85! Then wanted to do so AGAIN because she wanted to be the oldest human to do this. Still shaking Your head in amazement: this is ALL to raise awareness and funds for her Child Empowerment Foundation. Talk about GO MAD. Anne embodies the Make A Difference spirit with her CAN DO being. There ain't no mountain tall enough to keep her from Being of Benefit to others, especially those under the age of 15 and disadvantaged. Barry brings You the people that enable YOU to be the Best YOU possible and Anne is a shining example. You will WANT to hear this, Share this, and Urge Everyone You know to do the same. LIFE!

Your Ambassador of JOY brings YOU the opportunity to touch Your very essence. Welcome Misty Diaz who has always enjoyed pushing limits.In early 1991, she would enter in 50 yard, 100 yard dash races, competing in her walker and sometimes crutches. Proving to herself nothing is impossible, while showing others you can do anything! Still hanging in her home are the very ribbons she won, 1st and 2nd place. A vivid reminder how far she has come. Being born with Myelomeningocele the most serious form of Spina Bifida in 1984, Misty was already fighting. Having multiple operations just three days after being born premature, things were definitely going to be different, she just didn't know things would be this great.Life has really changed for her, once she decided to get rid of old thinking and start fresh. She finally let go of all the labels people gave her and accepted the fact she was born with Spina Bifida, but that wasn't going to stop her and she can use this as a way to help others

Your Ambassador of JOY, barry shore, brings YOU the Founder and CEO of the Happiness Hall of Fame. Yes, Mike Duffy himself will be sharing with You the secrets to unlocking the Power of: Happiness. There is no other speaker like Mike Duffy. Mike is a top authority on happiness and money. Yes, there are experts on happiness and experts on money, but not both. Everybody wants to be happy. Everybody wants to be financially secure. Mike started The Happiness Hall Of Fame to recognize, encourage and celebrate people and organizations that make other people happy. Members of The Happiness Hall Of Fame include the mist famous accomplished people in the World. (Yes, including Your humble host).Mike Duffy is also the CEO of Happiness Wealth Management in San Carlos, CA.He has worked with some of the wealthiest people in Silicon Valley. Mike has been researching happiness for over 30 years and is friends with and has interviewed the brightest minds in the field of positive psychology. You WIN!

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, discusses abundant Good HEALTH with Dr. Herman Williams. This is a MUST Listen and Share Show as Dr. Williams will be talking about his book The Kindness Scale. Here he lays out the system that enables YOU to do activities that make a positive impact on people's lives – and on YOU as well. These range from small but significant actions like “Smile” to major ones such as performing CPR or a Heimlich Maneuver. The JOY of lIVING is all about YOU becoming the best YOU possible and Dr. Williams will share his insights gained form decades of research and application. At age 31, about to achieve his dream of becoming an orthopedic surgeon to elite athletes, Herman Williams experienced a life-changing event that left him depressed and disabled. With the love and support of family, friends and mentors, he reinvented himself – and created a deeply fulfilling life and career that helps more people than he ever could have imagined in his original dream.

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, brings YOU the Executive Director of GENEROSITY.org, the most powerful force in the world for bringing clean water to those most in need. Victor Hailey is a most atypical leader of an international benefit organization. He hails from a city that was one of the murder capitals of the country. Victor emerged from trying circumstances and on a soul-searching journey he now heads the nonprofit organization focused on breaking the cycle of poverty, restoring dignity, and inspiring dreams for people in developing countries. Over the last decade Generosity.org has impacted the lives of nearly 500 thousand people. By empowering and equipping people through the spirit of generosity, they become self sufficient and repeat the same spirit of helping their neighbor; ultimately paying it forward. That is how we change the world. You will be mesmerized and energized to listen repeatedly and SHARE with everyone You know. Their Goal is to make charities obsolete.

Barry Shore, Your Ambassador of JOY, welcomes the best of the best of Elite Corporate Trainers: Aaron Scott Young. Aaron is an author, mentor, trainer, and is regularly featured in Forbes.com, ABC, CBS, Entrepreneur, and Inc magazine. He is a consummate story teller that brings You wit and wisdom that will directly benefit Your home and office. His UNSHACKLED program is one of the most sought after programs in the USA. Aaron written Twenty Critical Steps to Business Success as well as the acclaimed Freedom Formula: 7 Step Process to Maximize Your ROI. Aaron has experience the full range of business success and the absolute low of personal difficulties. Due to his unique experiences and insights You will benefit greatly by listening and utilizing the Sparks that will Ignite Your ability to do better in every aspect of Your Life. Tune in and be ready to share this powerful episode. You'll be glad You did.