From My Mama's Kitchen® Talk Radio (FMMKTalkRadio)

Kathleen Koch spent much of her childhood on the Mississippi Gulf Cost, where on August 29, 2005, entire towns were reduced to shoulder-high rubble by Katrina’s roaring winds and unprecedented thirty-plus-foot storm serge.

As a CNN correspondent at that time, she was assigned to cover the storm and its aftermath. Little did she know that this assignment became a very personal one. Kathleen reported form the sites of once-beautiful homes – including her own – stripped to their concrete pads.

Despite her two award-winning documentaries and countless reports on Mississippi’s recovery for CNN, it is Kathleen’s inspiring new book Rising from Katrina: How My Mississippi Hometown Lost It All and Found What Mattered that truly takes us on a journey of human triumph. The catastrophic hurricane may have devastated the landscape but not the hearts and souls of the communities.

Kathleen and I will be discussing a story of courage, hope, faith, and above all else, about bravery and resilience of the Gulf Coast residents coming together as a community of one, and her own personal path to recovery.

Please call 347.327.9995 on Tuesday Sept 28th from 10-11am U.S. CDT to join Kathleen and I live on the air with your questions and personal stories.

Anthony Morrison knew he wanted to be an artist and hair stylist at the young age of 8. Growing up in London’s West End, Anthony trained at the London College of Fashion and apprenticed with international icons like Vidal Sassoon – experiences that served to further fuel his life-long passion for creating beauty. Now, with 25 years of industry experience, he is enjoying the spotlight.

As winner of Bravo’s Shear Genius Season 1, he was one of 12 hairstylists competing in challenges that required more than just talent with a comb and scissors. In the end, Anthony’s telegenic and charismatic nature combined with his superb execution and style wowed the judges. Anthony was then invited to become the ‘Glam Squad’ hair makeover artist on TLC’s hit-show, 10 Years Younger.

Anthony and I will be discussing his proud new breakthrough creation inspired by his clients – Anthony Morrison Weightless Moisture hair care collection that powerfully recharges hair with moisture without weighing it down.

Please call 347.327.9995 on Tuesday Sept 21st from 10-11am U.S. CDT to join Anthony and I live on the air with your questions and personal stories.

The adult entertainment industry and the world of Hasidic Jews couldn’t be more different. Or could they? Here’s novel evidence that all the world really is a stage — it’s only a matter of which costume you wear.

David Arbus will be graduating from high school in the spring of 1975. His divorced parents offer two options: embrace his mother’s Hasidic sect or go into his father’s line of work, running a porn theater in the heart of New York’s Times Square.

What else would a healthy seventeen-year-old with an interest in photography do? He joins the family business. But he didn’t think it would mean giving up his sister and mother altogether.

Joshua Braff’s Peep Show is the story of a young man torn between a mother trying to erase her past and a father struggling to maintain his dignity in a less-than-savory business.

As David peeps through the spaces in the screen that divides the men and the women in Hasidic homes, we can’t help but think of his father’s Imperial Theatre, where other men are looking at other women through the peep holes.

As entertaining as it is moving, Peep Show looks at the elaborate ensembles and rituals, assumed names, and fierce loyalties of two secret worlds, pulling away the curtains of both.

Joshua and I will be discussing, can his novel about pornography and religion possibly be kosher?

Please call 347.327.9995 on Tuesday Sept 14th from 10-11am U.S. CDT to join Joshua and I live on the air with your questions and personal stories.

In a World where Eye Cream is made from Placenta, Gina Barreca is the lone voice calling out “But wait, whose placenta is it?” Why is there no King Charming? Why does no bra ever fit? Why do people say “cougar” like it’s a bad thing? Why do we call it a glass ceiling when it’s just a thick layer of men?

Gina Barreca is a professor of English and feminist theory at the University of Connecticut, the author of several books, a sough-after public speaker, and a writer for the Chronicle of Higher Education and Psychology Today websites. She appeared on “Oprah” where she debated (bested!) the authors of The Rules with her sharp wit.

Gina and I will be discussing her hilarious book “It’s Not That I’m Bitter…” and showing women how they can conquer the world with good friends. “It’s not that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but a girl’s best friends are diamonds.”

Please call 347.327.9995 on Tuesday Sept 7th from 10-11am U.S. CDT to join Gina and I live on the air with your questions and personal stories.