This entrepreneur and American engineer founded companies like Atari Corporation and Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time Theatre. Nolan Bushnell is an innovator of his time. Starting his engineering background from the University of Utah College of engineering where he gained his degree in electrical engineering. With colleague Ted Dabney, they were able to build the very popular arcade games. The... read full bio
Maria Bamford is an American stand-up comedian and actress who is best known for her jokes on depression and anxiety. After graduating from high school, Bamford studied at Bates College before transferring to the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. While there, she became the first female member of the improv group The Improverts. After a year there, she went to... read full bio
Whether it's salsa, straightahead jazz, Latin jazz, or even elements of soul and blues, the mesmerizing array of sounds and colors from Poncho Sanchez's youth have telegraphed across the decades and continue to inform his creative sensibilities to this day. ""There's room for a lot of different sounds in our music,"" he says. ""I think people have come to know... read full bio
Pop Evil has developed their following the hard way. Leaving no stone unturned, no fan's question unanswered, and no road untraveled, the group pulled themselves up from their bootstraps and built themselves into a radio rock powerhouse that conjures the dirtiest hooks of the hard rocking 70's, the hair metal 80's and the grunge. Coming from Michigan, one of the... read full bio
Paul Mooney is one of the most dangerous and brilliant comic minds of our time. This is not a show for those considered easily offended. Paul Mooney was the head writer for Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx in addition to being the head writer on the hit TV show In Living Color", on which he created "Homie the Clown". ... read full bio
Me’shell Ndegeocello is a very talented singer-songwriter who began her musical journey on D.C.’s go-go circuit. Me’shell is a singer, rapper, bassist, and multi-instrumentalists. Her music combines the musical sounds from a wide variety of genres including, soul, funk, hip-hop, rock, reggae, and jazz. Me’shell began her solo career with Maverick Records. She performed solo, but played with just a... read full bio
Amerie Rogers, known professionally as Amerie, is an African-Korean American international R&B star. Amerie has released three albums. Her 2002 debut album “All I Have” was highly acclaimed by critics as was her 2nd album “Touch”. In 2005, Amerie burst back onto the music scene with her fourth single “1 Thing”, which was used as the theme song for the... read full bio
"New York-based DJ project, Hercules and Love Affair, was formed in 2008. The bands core member, Andrew Butler, has been involved in music since he was fifteen years old, and he got the idea for the project’s name from his love for Greek mythology. Hercules and Love Affair is especially unique in the way that while Butler always remains,... read full bio
Julie Fowlis is a talented singer and instrumentalist from Scotland. She is the BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year 2008 and in a few short years has taken the music scene by storm. She is somewhat of an enigma as she sings in a language only understood by around 60,000 people - which accounts for only approximately... read full bio
The American Soul & Rock & Roll Choir is a rousing, joyous show packed with wall-to-wall rock classics and soul hits including I Want To Know What Love Is. These songs all owe their inspiration to the cultural roots of gospel, soul and R&B music. The American Soul & Rock & Roll Choir is a powerful celebration of this musical... read full bio
Emmy Award- winning comedienne Vicki Lawrence is one of the most beloved television personalities of her generation. Plucked out of total obscurity as a high school senior, Vicki went on to become part of the now-legendary cast of the Carol Burnett Show. In the seventh season, and hundreds of hilarious sketches later, at the ripe, old age of 24,... read full bio
With 3 Latin Grammy and 6 Latin Billboard nominations, 5 studio album releases, numerous chart topping singles, and millions of fans around the world; Latin urban duo Alexis y Fido are undoubtedly one of Latin musics powerhouse acts that have and will continue to transcend barriers and represent their genre for years to come. Though Alexis & Fido have been... read full bio
Keith Hernandez began his 17-year baseball career playing with the St. Louis Cardinals, where he won the National Leagues Most Valuable Player Award. After leaving the Cardinals, Keith joined the New York Mets and helped lead them to a World Series Championship in 1986. He was also recognized as a six-time All-Star, with eleven consecutive Golden Gloves for fielding. He... read full bio
"Muna AbuSulayman, executive manager of Strategic Studies and Research Initiatives at Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's Kingdom Holding Company, was among the 250 Young Global Leaders chosen by the World Economic Forum for 2007. Riyadh-based Muna Abu Sulayman was the only Saudi to gain a place on the year's list. The Young Global Leaders were chosen from over 4,000 candidates by... read full bio
The Kindle Single Gutenberg the Geek, What Would Google Do, Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live, and Geeks Bearing Gifts: Imagining New Futures for News are all written by Jeff Jarvis. He cohosts the podcast This Week in Google and writes a blog about news and media at Buzzmachine.com. At the... read full bio
Hannah Storm is currently the lead anchor for ESPN’s flagship show SportsCenter, and host of the series Face to Face with Hannah Storm, which is an interview show featuring some of the highest profile figures in sports. She has hosted the NBA Countdown pregame show on ABC as part of the network's NBA Sunday game coverage, and has been a... read full bio
The world's foremost expert on the application and blending of grit and resilience is Dr. Paul G. Stoltz. In addition to being named by HR Magazine as "One of the Top 10 most influential global thinkers" and Executive Excellence as "One of the 100 Most Influential Thinkers of Our Time," he is the author of five internationally bestselling books on... read full bio
Bob Harper is an American personal trainer and author from Nashville, Tennessee. He is best known for appearing as a trainer on the television series “The Biggest Loser” and has gone on to host the show. He has also been an advisor on “The New Celebrity Apprentice”. Harper has previously been a personal trainer for celebrities including Jennifer Jason Leigh.... read full bio
Raul Malo is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer who is best known for being the lead singer of the country music band, The Mavericks. Malo was born in Miami, Florida, and after leaving The Mavericks he went on to pursue a solo career. Apart from his solo career and his career with The Mavericks, Malo is a popular... read full bio
Rex L. Lee is an American actor best known for his role on HBO's Entourage. Prior to landing the role on Entourage, he had various jobs including working as a casting assistant and he was the casting director for the TV movie The Cure for a Diseased Life. Lee has also played roles on a variety of TV shows, including... read full bio
