AMERICAN VARIETY — SHOW LIST
First show:  February 8, 2004
  1. A treasure and pirate ship finder/explorer who's an underwater archaeologist
  2. On Col. Henry Mucci, who led the raid to rescue the Bataan Death March survivors and who spent the last 20 years of his life in Melbourne Beach
  3. The impact of the Internet on our lives so far
  4. Dog Day--all about dogs with the head of the Space Coast Kennel Club
  5. Culinary Trends: What's Cooking?
  6. Florist To the Stars (local flower-shop owner who does the floral designs for the Academy Awards)
  7. Boomer--a local musician (a "crossover classical percussionist") who has 5 CDs out under the Sony label
  8. The NASA scientist in charge of the Mars Greenhouse--a simulator for growing plants in Mars-like conditions
  9. Developer Extraordinaire--a local resort developer who first made millions in software and now is funding international projects to build up the economies of Third World countries
  10. A treasure and pirate ship finder/explorer who's a pirate himself--the most successful one ever (more than Mel Fisher)
  11. The same guy again talking about his earlier reenactment of famous "voyages of discovery" such as Columbus'
  12. The young, super-dynamic director of the Brevard Zoo who is leaving to go fulfill her real dream to be a wildlife painter 
  13. A former Nashville songwriter who is now a Titusville-based humorist and writer of books about a zany character called Thurmond
  14. Good News Week--all about the uplifting and positive things that have happened recently and that don't make the news
  15. The nation's foremost bridge "detailer"--who also loves to fly his private jets
  16. Alocal author of science fiction novels
  17. The legendary Shuttle Launch Director, whose career spanned from Mercury to Space Station
  18. Arguably the best painter in the area, a woman from Australia
  19. An up-and-coming young author who teaches writing at the University of Miami
  20. The head of the Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute's operations in Florida who's building an ocean research center
  21. Old Florida Day" --talking about the old days with a fifth-generation Floridian who owns a landmark restaurant in the area
  22. A meteorologist from the Melbourne National Weather Service Office, talking about hurricanes
  23. Florida Today newspaper's hurricane expert, talking about hurricanes
  24. A Florida Institute of Technology meteorology professor talking about hurricanes
  25. Discussing the medical-related proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution with a proponent and opponent
  26. Good News Week #2
  27. UFO Day--discussing UFOs and media attitudes toward them with a newspaper columnist
  28. "Old Florida Day #2"--with Patrick Smith, noted author of books about old-time Florida
  29. Hurricane Heroes--stories about people who went out of their way to  help others during the storms
  30. A Brevard-based woman author of books about notorious murderers and serial killers
  31. Good News Week #3
  32. Billy Cox—Extreme Stories
  33. Boom-Boom Benny Koske—a professional daredevil nearing retirement
  34. An archaeologist on his search for the trail of Jesus’ family in Egypt and a resulting TV documentary
  35. The owner of “Forever Florida”, a nature preserve and working cattle ranch
  36. The writer-in-residence at Oxford University on his latest action-adventure novel
  37. NASA’s Cassini Mission Manager on the mission to Saturn and its findings so far
  38. A Canadian two-time world record holder in kayak racing 
  39. “Old Florida Day #3”—with the Viera land use manager who’s a good ol’ boy
  40. Odd News #1
  41. The retired high school principal who coached the first black football team in Florida to break the color barrier and win the state championship
  42. Dog Day #2 with a Miami-based author of books about dogs and the dog-human relationship 
  43. A discussion of Cryptozoology with a local adventurer and writer
  44. IndianHarbour Beach is first “Tsunami-ready Community” on East Coast–w/ NWS meteorologist
  45. A leading designer/builder of motorcycle choppers who is a celebrity in the chopper world
  46. A theologian and mythologist on who/what human beings are
  47. The director of the Florida Puerto Rican/Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on the status of Hispanics in Florida today
  48. Two young guys who do jet-ski exhibitions and stunts in movies and who are trying to establish an “extreme sports” version of jet-skiing
  49. Two NWS meteorologists discussing the outlook for the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season
  50. A woman who runs Project Backyard Brevard, with a website and a book on making wildlife habitats in your yard
  51. A local official on his earlier life as an adventurer on treks such as the search for mokele mbembe, a dinosaur-like aquatic creature in the Congo
  52. Revisiting the WWII operation of Col. Henry Mucci to rescue Bataan Death March survivors, in light of a new movie about it, “The Great Raid”
  53. A local motorcycle designer/builder (different from #44) who will star in an upcoming reality show on the BBC in England
  54. An officer from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Confidence on their recent patrol doing Hurricane Katrina recovery & support
  55. A researcher/historian on an archeological salvage team working a Melbourne Beach wreck
  56. Recap of the record-breaking 2005 hurricane season with an NWS meteorologist
  57. A local songwriter who has a CD of his original songs climbing the British charts
  58. 2005 Year in Review
  59. The retired News Director of the oldest and biggest radio station in Atlanta
  60. A U.S. Navy intelligence analyst and naval historian on his book about legendary Navy Capt. Charles Stewart
  61. A local historian on new research that proves Ponce de Leon landed on Melbourne Beach 
  62. The executive director of the Florida Historical Society on life along the Indian River in the old days 
  63. The two-time women’s world kayak champion (again) on her most recent exploits
  64. A history professor from Florida Tech on his recently published book on Florida history
  65. A prominent local attorney who spent 18 months in Bosnia with a UN agency helping to rebuild a government there after the civil war, and wrote a book about it
  66. A local realtor who had a near-death experience following a car crash, and a program she and others have developed to promote teen safe driving, which they hope to take nationwide
  67. The Chief Scientist on the Mars Rover project, talking about the discoveries the long-lived little robots have made 
  68. Mother’s Day show — inspirational stories about Moms
  69. The second female licensed charter captain in the U.S., who wrote a book based on her adventures running a sailing charter business in the islands
  70. Aguy who just finished a 500-mile ocean catamaran race and is about to do a 1000-mile race
  71. A meteorologist from the Melbourne National Weather Service Office, on the outlook for the 2006 hurricane season
  72. The Brevard County Historian, an author and journalist, telling stories of colorful characters in the area’s past
  73. A Titusville businessman/entrepreneur and former missionary pilot who flies self-contained water purification units to disaster sites around the world and gives them away to save lives
  74. The former owner of a charter-industry licensing school who now writes and publishes mystery novels based along the Treasure Coast
  75. A former Air Force meteorologist who administers a Central Florida-based website devoted to tracking and forecasting hurricanes
  76. A professional medium and spiritualist talking about what he does and what’s “out there”
  77. A Florida Tech biology professor on the evidence for climate change and what it means
  78. Another episode of “Good News Week”
  79. A Florida Tech space science professor on the controversy over the definition of “planet”
  80. Another episode of “Old Florida Day” with a professional “cracker storyteller” 
  81. A young woman painter who is not only highly talented but also an innovative entrepreneur
  82. The director of Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute's operations in Florida with an update on progress with their ocean research center
  83. A Tampa painter on his 1960s painting “The Barefoot Mailman,” which hung in the old Melbourne Beach P.O. and was recently rediscovered and donated to a major Miami museum
  84. A Florida Tech electrical engineering professor who writes mystery thriller novels
  85. The co-founder of Space Coast Ballet on their emigration from Russia and experiences establishing the SCB and a new performing arts center
  86. A Melbourne ophthalmologist who owns a Florida cattle ranch and breeds Cracker cattle
  87. An ocean catamaran racer back from the worlds championships in Brazil
  88. The author of a book on the highest-ranking American military office ever convicted of treason, who lived in Viera
  89. A FIT biologist on stem cells—what it’s all about and what the controversy is based on
  90. Another episode of “Good News Week”
  91. Florida’s Statewide Crisis Response Coordinator, on what she does and how it works
  92. The founder of Operation NOW (Not on Our Watch!), an innovative teen safe driving program
  93. A young painter who has written a book on how to market one’s artwork
  94. A boy who escaped Vietnam by boat and became Executive Chef at a series of major international hotels, and has now opened a restaurant in Melbourne, reflecting on his experiences
  95. The director of FAU’s Center of Excellence in Ocean Energy Technology on various schemes for generating energy from the ocean
  96. The writer-in-residence at Oxford University on his latest action-adventure novel and surfing
  97.  “Mango Man,” on a tropical fruit orchard on S. Merritt Island owned by his family since 1925
  98. A woman astronaut, commander of NASA’s NEEMO mission to an undersea research facility
  99. The Operations Director of “Friends of Bats,” a company that does bat removal and exclusion
  100. Old Florida Day with the owner of the oldest African-American cemetery in the area
  101. The “Julia Child” of the Space Coast—a multimedia food artist on her global adventures
  102. A Palm Bay homicide detective who writes crime novels
  103. Old Florida Day: The Palm Beach County archaeologist on the drought that has exposed miles of Lake Okeechobee shoreline and hundreds of formerly submerged archaeological sites
  104. The Auburn University ornithologist who is leading the search for the ivory-billed woodpecker in North Florida
  105. Our meteorologist from the Melbourne National Weather Service Office, on the outlook for the 2007 hurricane season
  106. A young local woman who was a finalist on “So You Think You Can Dance”
  107. Old Florida Day: The Sanford-based author of several books about Florida’s natural landscape–what’s left and what isn’t.
  108. An astronaut describes how she became an astronaut and what it's like to be one
  109. Author Blair Witherington on "Florida's Living Beaches: A Guide for the Curious Beachcomber"
  110. Treasure-finder Rob Westrick on the search for the missing ship of the 1715 treasure fleet
  111. Dog Day--Miami-based author Mark Derr on our growing national fascination (or obsession?) with our pets--dogs in particular. 
  112. Teacher Dennis Phillips has realized his lifelong dream of circumnavigating the 5000-mile "America's Great Loop" in a small boat 
  113. Titusville entrepreneur Joe Hurston flies his water-purification units to disaster areas around the globe
  114. FIT's Prof. Jean-Paul Pinelli is developing a State-funded hurricane "loss model" for more accurate insurance risk assessment
  115. Sebastian Inlet District Administrator Martin Smithson talks about the history of the Inlet and big changes underway there
  116. Old Florida Day:  Melbourne opthalmologist Dr. William Broussard on his recent sale of a conservation easement to the State for his Crescent J Ranch in Holopaw, and what it means for wilderness lands
  117. Amazing Brevardian:  Col. Henry Mucci, leader of the Great Raid to rescue the Bataan Death March survivors, lived almost unknown in Melbourne Beach for 20 years
  118. Bob Marx, the most successful finder of ancient sunken ships and treasure in modern history, also once managed to reenact Columbus' Voyage of Discovery in every detail--and somehow survived! 
  119. Margaret Broussard owns and operates Forever Florida, a unique ecotourism venture and wonderful piece of Old Florida near St. Cloud
  120. Two intrepid underwater cave explorers on their record-breaking descent into Weeki Wachee Springs, the deepest spring in the U.S.
  121. Surfing event promoter extraordinaire Mitch Varnes created the Sebastian Inlet Pro contest four years ago; it is now one of the 3 top-ranked surfing events in North America
  122. Good News Week with Court Lewis
  123. Author/naturalist Bill Belleville on the natural and human history of the St. Johns River, and other "Old Florida" topics
  124. The Wall Street Journal's Jennifer Saranow explores with us "Seven Missing Wonders of the World"
  125. French Baron John de Bry talks about his grandfather's participation in both the 1907 Peking-to-Paris auto race and the 1908 "Great Race" from New York to Paris.
  126. Birdwatcher Susan Bird advocates making habitats for wild birds in your own backyard
  127. "Genderology" -- the first in a new series on that age-old topic, male-female differences. Vive la difference!
  128. Author Anna Flowers debuts her new book, "Wanton Woman," about S. Carolina's Strom Thurmond and an affair that led to his lover's execution
  129. Genderology #2: Communication Between the Sexes ("I Said What?!")
  130. Old Florida Day: DeLand's unofficial historian Bill Dreggors on Ghost Towns of the St. Johns River
  131. Genderology #3:  Aging for Men and Women--How's It Different? (with Dr. Kim Zipper)
  132. British yachtsman Keith White has just sailed across the Atlantic single-handedly -- that is, alone and without the use of his left arm -- to raise money for charities
  133. Next episode of Genderology #4, on "Changing Roles in Parenting" with Dr. Vicki Panaccione
  134. FIRST Robotics Teams in Brevard are winning top national awards and going for #1 in the World
  135. At 27, Christian Tamburr is an accomplished and much-acclaimed percussionist, currently touring with Julio Iglesias
  136. Hollywood writer/producer Cheryl Dubois gives us the lowdown on the gritty business of making films and TV shows
  137. Steve Wagner, owner of Exotic Encounters near St. Cloud, talks about Florida wildlife and our relation to what's left of it
  138. Attorney Pamela Bress on the need--particularly for women--to advocate for your own rights and interests when dealing with the medical system and other power structures
  139. The outlook for the 2008 hurricane season, with a National Weather Service meteorologist
  140. 20-year-old Nancy Rios is the only woman windsurfer on the U.S. Olympic Team and is heading to Beijing
  141. Dutch master painter (as distinct from "Dutch Master") Frits Van Eeden is one of Central Florida's preeminent artists
  142. Next episode of Genderology, on "What Do Women Want in Men (and vice versa)?" with Brenda McKee
  143. Two Florida men prepare to drive a flats boat--a 21-ft FLATS boat--from Boston to London, unaccompanied 
  144. Using larynx models based on fossil evidence, Florida Atlantic University anthropologist Robert McCarthy replicates the sounds that Neanderthals might have made
  145. Robert Reedy, of the Florida Solar Energy Center, on the rapidly improving outlook for solar cells to produce a substantial share of our electric power
  146. National Weather Service meteorologist Dennis Decker on the mid-season outlook for hurricanes
  147. The Wall Street Journal's Lee Hotz on the possible rediscovery of Leonardo Da Vinci's greatest masterpiece, "The Battle of Anghiari," using advanced technology
  148. Artist Julie Lara Kahn on her large-scale multimedia projects including an exploration of Florida Cracker culture and food in her "Swamp Cabbage" exhibit
  149. Author Shawn Bean on his new book about early 20th-century Jacksonville as "The First Hollywood
  150. Psychic detective Annette Martin on what she does and what it's like to do it
  151. "What's Cookin'?": Melbourne restaurateur Matt Nugnes fills us in on culinary trends nationwide
  152. Alto "Bud" Adams, Jr., has run the Adams Ranch since 1948. We'll talk about how ranching has changed, as well as his renowned cattle breeding innovations
  153. John Brandon is one of the most prolific "treasure finders" of all those who have searched for the riches of the Spanish 1715 fleet
  154. Terence Witt on his concept of "null physics" and how it could revolutionize our view of how the universe works
  155. Palm Bay’s Deanna Bell is a mechanical engineer and the female star of the Discovery Channel’s “Smash Lab”
  156. Entrepreneur Joe Hurston delivers his high-tech water purification systems for free to disaster-ravaged areas around the world
  157. A team of investigators is trying to solve the enduring mystery of what happened to famed aviator Amelia Earhart
  158. With archaeologist Dr. Rachael Wentz, we'll explore the 7500-year old Native American cemetery found at Windover Farms
  159. Sports promoter extraordinaire Mitch Varnes on the upcoming Sebastian Inlet Pro surf contest and Melbourne & Beaches Musical Marathon
  160. Central Florida's Christian Tamburr on highlights of his globe-trotting musical career so far and future plans 
  161. Hayley Downs is a New York City-based documentary filmmaker from Deland, who's making a film on Florida Cracker culture called "Swamp Cabbage"
  162. The Executive Director of the Florida Historical Society, Dr. Ben Brotemarkle, talks about the work of the Society and his own statewide radio show, Florida Frontiers
  163. Southwest Florida singer-songwriter-performer Cindy Hackney has invented a whole musical genre she calls "sawgrass music," rooted in the Everglades
  164. A Colorado woman just won a million-dollar home in Maryland in an online raffle. Now she has to decide what to do with it.
  165. You're all a-Twitter! A look at the new generation of online social and business networking
  166. "Old Florida" meets Disney World -- Forever Florida in Holopaw has upped the ante on its ecotouring venues with a world-class, 2-hour Zipline Safari through the ecological preserve
  167. Diana Gessler is both a painter and a prolific author of successful travel books that she writes and illustrates with her art
  168. Artist and writer Theodore Morris chronicles the many Native American "lost tribes" who populated Florida before the Europeans arrived
  169. MIA Hunters Bryan Moon and Vernon Clobes locate WWII aircraft crash sites and airmen missing in action in far-flung corners of the world
  170. The Dean of Engineering at Florida International University talks about new technology to improve the hurricane-resistance of homes
  171. Capt. Julie Clark is an aviation pioneer -- one of the first female commercial airline pilots 
  172. The Florida Solar Energy Center's Energy Whiz Olympics brings out the inventor in young students around the state
  173. Journalist Chris Kridler leaves the Hurricane Coast to chase tornadoes in Tornado Alley every spring
  174. Palm Bay Homicide Detective Mark Mynheir on his latest mystery suspense novel (and life in homicide)
  175. Author Richard Moorhead tees up to talk about his new history of Golf in Florida: 1886-1950
  176. Psychic Cheryl DuBois takes us on a tour of the spirit world, talks about her new book and her TV series in production on this ephemeral topic
  177. Author Michael Tougias on his book "The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue"
  178. Anthropologist Tom Funk explores with us the surprising scientific and technological sophistication of the Mayans and Incas.
  179. "Sunshine Expedition" adventurers Matt Keene and Jodi Eller recount their 7-month, 2900-mile kayaking and hiking journey throughout Florida
  180. National Weather Service tropical weather specialist Scott Spratt talks with us about the 2009 hurricane season
  181. Water Works: Reshaping Florida's Water Flows for a More Sustainable Future
  182. Autism: The Alienation Disease--Is it Spreading?
  183. South Florida's Barefoot Mailman - The Legend Lives On
  184. The Thinking (Wo)Man's Evangelical: Author Donald Miller's Voyage of Discovery
  185. In his book, The Universe: Order Without Design, NASA physicist Carlos Calle examines what we know--or think we know--about the origins and evolution of the universe
  186. National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Spratt briefs us on a possibly severe tornado threat in Florida this winter and what's causing it
  187. Transportation security expert Dr. Cliff Bragdon on counterterrorism and disaster preparedness
  188. Legendary treasure finder Bob Marx reenacted Columbus' Voyage of Discovery in every detail
  189. Tornado researcher Brenda Phillips on advanced new detection and warning technologies
  190. California "psychic detective" Annette Martin on what she does and what it's like to do it
  191. Project Manager John Callas on the amazing life and times of NASA's Mars rovers
  192. Jamie MacVicar's new book recounts his (mis)adventures as an "advance man" for the circus
  193. NASA's new Kepler space telescope is finding dozens of "exoplanets" orbiting distant stars
  194. Cybersecurity expert Dr. Richard Ford on the growing threat of cyber-attacks from the individual to the national level
  195. Professor Michael Hyde on the quest for "Perfection"--how it brings out both the best and the worst in us
  196. Project Manager John Callas on the amazing life and times of NASA's Mars rovers
  197. Brigham Young University linguistics professor Dallin Oaks on his discoveries about the structure of language as it relates to puns and humor
  198. Underwater photographer Wes Skiles makes PBS films on Florida's waters, above and below ground
  199. Eminent neurobiologist Prof. James McGaugh on how our emotions affect memory
  200. The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War II finally get the recognition they deserve
  201. Poet Joanna O'Keefe on her work, her inspirations, and the experiences they've brought her
  202. Dr. Cheryl Ward built an exact replica of a 3500-year-old Egyptian ship of the Pharaohs and took it sailing on the Red Sea
  203. Prof. John Schultz deploys ground-penetrating radar as a tool for both archaeology and forensics
  204. Roxanne St. Claire is a star in the surprisingly diverse and expanding universe of romance novels
  205. Physics professor Marcus Hohlmann on his work with the Large Hadron Collider atom-smasher in Switzerland
  206. Continuing the Genderology series, psychologist Dr. Kim Deffebach engages with Court on the topic "Who's Happier: Men or Women?"
  207. Nick Wynne and Richard Moorhead's new book, Paradise for Sale: Florida's Booms and Busts, couldn't be more timely
  208. South Florida pioneer family descendant Harvey Oyer III talks about his new children's book based on the "plume trade" that decimated Florida bird populations in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
  209. Dr. Cheryl Ward built an exact replica of a 3500-year-old Egyptian ship of the Pharaohs and took it sailing on the Red Sea
  210. In author John Dufresne's novel Requiem, Mass., a mother believes her children have been abducted by aliens and replaced with identical imposters (suggestion: look up Capgras Syndrome)
  211. Derreck Kayongo started the Global Soap Project to recycle barely-used throwaway soap from hotels nationwide into new soap for displaced people in the Third World
  212. We follow MIA Hunters chief Bryan Moon on their latest and biggest mission to recover downed WWII aircrews
     

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