Kim’s Radio Shows

Bill Henry joined Army immediately upon high school graduation. He did multiple tours Vietnam, and was treated for both obvious, and then not so obvious wounds. Bill is the Past President of Vietnam Veterans of America Omaha. He started a Memorial Day ceremony at Memorial Park Omaha, now the largest in Nebraska,restored Korea Vietnam Memorial 1997 Omaha Memorial Park, and has a permanent static display Sac Museum of articles left at the Wall. Bill is a Member of Heroes of the Heartland Foundation, Returning Veterans Resource Network, Nebraska Veterans Coalition, Nebraska Appreciation Rally. He is presently training to become Peer Counselor for PTSD.

Bill started the Missing in America Project, January 2013. The purpose of the MIA Project is to locate, identify and inter the unclaimed cremated remains of American veterans through the joint efforts of private, state and federal organizations. To provide honor and respect to those who have served this country by securing a final resting place for these forgotten heroes.

Much loved Dr. Maria Romanas will join us to discuss tools for Memory and Organization Part 1. If you’ve struggled with these concepts after your brain injury, Maria’s presentation and discussion will leave you with tools to help for a lifetime! Maria has shared her experience with mentor, Dr Larry Schutz founder of GiveBack, a non-profit organization that provides education and support so that survivors can learn how to become recoverers. He has written 2 free manuals that can be accessed via the GiveBack websites at www.givebackorlando.com and www.givebackla.com.

Kelly Sanders served her country from the early eighties to 1997, where she suffered no lasting ill effects. In Sept 1997, she survived a traumatic brain injury, and was evaluated for acceptance to the TBI, TRC Program in August 1998. In the following years, Kelly received further education, allowing her to work in massage, recreational, and physical therapy. Due to lack of employment options, she applied for employment in Developmental Services for the county, and completed the fifty three courses offered by the college of Developmental Disabilities in June 2008. She later went on to earn her CNA, and completed The Council on Developmental Disabilities “Partners in Policymaking” leadership course. www.rejuven8bykelly.com

With Veteran’s Day approaching, we honor our Vets and see how the spirit of service to our country, continues from Military to TBI life.

My guest is Debra Pyka, a mother who is trying to bring awareness to not only prevent suicide, but to warn of the dangers of sports and head trauma to our youth. She will be discussing her son Joseph’s life story, playing sports, CTE which led to years of depression and ultimately, his suicide. Joseph’s brother Seth will join us, since they played sports all through their childhood together. She has tried to contact politicians, White House and Michelle Obama, with no one concerned or responding to her. She also wants to shed light on the responsibility of the NFL with the research started 20 years ago, to warn all parents of the dangers of concussions/head trauma and future effects, which the NFL denied for many years. More young people are dying from sports related injuries than ever. www.sportslegacy.org/research/legacy-donors/joseph-chernach

Michael V. Kaplen, Professorial Lecturer in Law, George Washington University Law School. Michael is a member of the New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Services Coordinating Council and chaired the council from 2007 to 2013. He is president of the American Academy of Brain Injury Attorneys.

He is a New York Super Lawyer for the last nine years, named as one of the top 100 trial lawyers in New York State by the American Association of Trial Lawyers. He is co-author of the chapter on NeuroLaw in the Psychiatric Clinics of North America’s special edition on Traumatic Brain Injury published by the American Psychiatric Association and has co-authored the expert column on Traumatic Brain Injury published by the New York Law Journal. www.brainlaw.com

George Visger is a former NFL football player for the 49er’s in 1980-1981, as well as a champion of Super Bowl XVI. He is Survivor of 9 NFL caused brain surgeries. Recipient of Zero NFL benefits. As a result, he has become an expert as a TBI Consultant, sharing his cautionary tale all over the country. The hell he has had to live through as a result of those glory years, has changed his life forever. Please join us as George shares his compelling personal story, his take on the current law suits against the NFL, and his involvement with Wilderness Unlimited Foundation. Learn more about George at www.thevisgergroup.org

Give Up!! SPECIAL EDITION!!

Bob Calvert is the Founder and Host of the Talking With Heroes Talk Show www.talkingwithheroes.com and the Editor of our Online News Site www.thankyouforyourservice.us Great stories on others, but his own is amazing too!

The TalkingWithHeroes Program is not your average Radio Show. Since late 2005 we’ve been doing interviews with Active Duty Military from across our great Country and from 2006-2011 We made 5 trips to Iraq and 3 to Afghanistan bringing back our troops mostly unreported Progress and Positive stories. Unedited footage is at: www.youtube.com/bobc9246 and audio programs since are at: www.blogtalkradio.com/talkingwithheroes1 Over 227,000 have watched one or more of our unedited footage on YouTube.

In 1995, Bartley Williams was a typical 16yr old, who had just gotten his driver’s license. Life was good. He was playing football, had just seen a Beach Boys Concert, was enjoying the company of his girl…And then as happens far too often, an accident changed his life for good. Bartley will share his story with us, but even more, with his germinating interest in TBI Awareness. He is an administrator on “The Patient Directed Health Care Group”, started by Ruth Lycke, and hopes to help others who are struggling with the trials of Brain Injury.

Indie Music (Including by Survivors), who have expressed the depth of their emotions through song, or maybe they just get inspired by a passing spoof. Any way they do it is theuraputic…For someone. Listen in if you want to kick back and hear some great tunes, with a variety of genres.

Random thoughts…By Me, and You too I hope. Not all of us can express ourselves through music. Some do it by art, musing, writing…a myriad of possibilities. Express yourself through the airwaves of the radio. If you are looking for a soft place to land. Join me tonight.

Host Kim Justus, regular Hump Night host..