HOLDER TONIGHT with PETER ANTHONY HOLDER The Week Of MARCH 30-APRIL 3, 2009

MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2009
12:35am		We often hear stories about plane crashes, but what's it like to actually survive one? We talk to crash survivor Tamra Nashman. She's also the author of Shoes for the Spirit. (Click the icon at left to order directly from amazon.ca). (Click or roll over the icon at left to order directly from amazon.com).
1:05am		Architect and housing inspector, Morris Charney, talks about the structural integrity of your home. (For more info check the Alpha-file under "Charney")
2:05am		Joan Rosenberg is the co-author of Mean Girls, Meaner Women: Why Women Hurt and Betray Each Other and How to Heal. (Click the icon at left to order directly from amazon.ca). (Click or roll over the icon at left to order directly from amazon.com).

TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2009
12:35am		Remy Stern exposes the darker side of infomercials in his book, But Wait...There's More!: Tighten Your Abs, Make Millions, And Learn How The $100 Billion Infomercial Industry Sold Us Everything But The Kitchen Sink. (Click the icon at left to order directly from amazon.ca). (Click or roll over the icon at left to order directly from amazon.com).
1:05am		April Fool's day is upon us, but not everybody enjoys a good prank. Los Angeles-based psychiatrist Dr. Mark Goulston says that a fragile mind can be "pushed over the edge" by a April Fools prank, and can have lasting traumatic effects on a person. Mark is the author of Get Out Of Your Own Way At Work: And Help Others Do The Same. (Click the icon at left to order directly from amazon.ca). (Click or roll over the icon at left to order directly from amazon.com).
1:35am		Anyone who has ever hit the open road has seen a sign that sends them into hysterics. Caution: Funny Signs Ahead is the ultimate collection of these accidentally entertaining bits of roadside Americana. We talk to Mark Sedenquist & Megan Edwards who travelled around gathering the great signs. (Click the icon at left to order directly from amazon.ca). (Click or roll over the icon at left to order directly from amazon.com).
2:05am		Edwin Decker is a mixologist and the author of Barzilla & Other Psalms. He's on to talk about some of the prank drinks that you might fall prey to on April Fool's Day. (Click or roll over the icon at left to order directly from amazon.com).
2:35am		Last year we talked to Jensen Karp, the curator of Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles as they were getting nostalgic with their exhibit Toys! Well, now they're back with another exhibit, this one called Idiot Box, a show featuring paintings made by 100 artists depicting TV classics like Saved By The Bell, Small Wonder, ALF, and Fraggle Rock.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2009
12:35am		Matthew M. Quick is the author of The Silver Linings Playbook, the story of how one man regains his memory and comes to terms with the magnitude of his wife’s betrayal. (Click the icon at left to order directly from amazon.ca). (Click or roll over the icon at left to order directly from amazon.com).
1:05am		Andrew Fazekas, "The Night Sky Guy" is back to talk astronomy and share the latest news about the heavens, space exploration and just plain all around star gazing.
2:05am		This weekend Toronto is holding their first ever Elvis Festival, where tribute artists from around the globe will compete to see who reigns supreme in their impersonations of The King. We talk to organizer Nevin Grant.
2:35am		Today was the 31st Annual Saint Stupid's Day Parade in San Francisco. We talk to the organizer, Ed "Bishop Joey" Holmes, leader of the First Church of the Last Laugh.

THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2009
12:35am		Irene Borins Ash and Irv Ash are the authors of Aging Is Living: Myth Breaking Stories From Long Term Care. (Click the icon at left to order directly from amazon.ca). (Click or roll over the icon at left to order directly from amazon.com).
1:05am		Claude Hooten was a popular radio host in the United States who had it all. But he was also fighting his own demons. His father disowned him and he entered a world of drugs, alcohol and lots of women. He talks about his downward spiral and how he's come back in his new autobiography is Drunk and Disorderly Again: My Name Is Hoot, I'm an Alcoholic. (Click the icon at left to order directly from amazon.ca). (Click or roll over the icon at left to order directly from amazon.com).
2:05am		Larry Raskin and Eddie O are part of a documentary series called The 100-Mile Challenge, a 6-part documentary series about eating locally, which will be airing this weekend on The Food Network.

FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2009
12:35am		Steve Walsh, with another segment of Steve Walsh: Our Man In The Heart Of America: Checking Out The Nation's Pulse. Find out what wacky things our Jefferson City, Missouri based correspondant has found in the U.S.
12:45am		Stuart Nulman is in with another edition of Book Banter. The reviewed books are: Baseball: An Illustrated History by Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns, published by Knopf, $65. Summer of '49 by David Halberstam, published by Harper Perennial, $18.95. October 1964 by David Halberstam, published by Ballantine, $20. The Fabulous Feud of Gilbert & Sullivan by Jonah Winter & Richard Egielski, published by Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic, $18.99. Click on the links above to order directly on-line from amazon.com and amazon.ca You can also read selected Kiddie's Korner reviews from Stuart at Sandbox World
1:05am		If you're watching your furniture floating by perhaps it's time to call a plumber. We have one. David Soroka is in to answer your plumbing questions around the house. (For more info check the Alpha-file under "Soroka")
2:05am		Declan Joyce is the producer and one of the stars of a film called Now Here.