Entertaining Insights with Dr. Nancy Berk – Details, episodes & analysis

Beloved comedy icon Norman Lear joined Nancy in 2016 to talk about his career, comedy culture, shifts, and the similarities we all share.

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Grammy winner Michael Bublé joined Nancy in 2019 to talk about his music, Super Bowl commercials, and the power of humor.

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Annette O'Toole joins Nancy to talk about her her role as Hope McCrea in the hit series Virgin River, her creative career from early years as a teen actor appearing in Gunsmoke and portraying David Cassidy’s love interest in The Partridge Family to her adult career in feature films like Superman III and series like Smallville, and her continued love of acting and the theater.

Plus, Annette discusses collaborating with husband Michael McKean including songwriting (their Oscar-nominated song "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow” appears in the 2003 Mockumentary  A Mighty Wind), playwriting, and appearing as a backing vocalist for Spinal Tap.

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Cory B. Savage joins Nancy to discuss his atypical career journey and new role as CEO of new record label One Vision Music Group (1:26), the power of developing skillsets, the importance of brand strategy, and how authenticity can build the best artists.

Plus Nancy talks with custom guitar builder Ron Mason about his later in life decision to become a luthier and begin his business RWM Guitars (32:39).

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R&B hitmaker Johnny Gill joins Nancy to discuss the inspiration behind his music and latest album Game Changer II, the debut single “Soul of a Woman” and music video with Tiffany Haddish. And Gill reveals whether we can expect a New Edition reunion (1:23).

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Plus Nancy shares an opportunity for women screenwriters from The Writers Lab— the creative force that is helping to change the age and gender disparity in screenwriting and films (29:51).

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Emmy Award-winning comedy writer and producer Mike Reiss joins Nancy to discuss his career journey including decades with The Simpsons, his books, advice for writers in a competitive industry, (1:37) and upcoming appearance at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop (35:10). 

Plus Nancy shares a magazine humor column inspired by goats (47:12).

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Author Amy Ephron joins Nancy to discuss The Other Side of the Wall, the third book in her trilogy for young readers, her creative career, and writing process (1:54). Plus, website developer Rene Morozowich offers some tips and strategies for creating an effective website (31:29).

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Comedy Cellar owner Noam Dworman joins Nancy to discuss the history and highlights of the legendary New York City comedy institution, why famous Comedy Cellar alums keep coming back, and the ever-changing world of stand-up (1:27). Plus, television comedy writer, producer and stand-up Joel Madison (Roseanne, Crashing) shares a lesson learned from the comedy stage (37:07).

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Comedian Wendy Liebman joins Nancy to discuss her stand-up journey from earlier performances to popular late night show appearances and comedy specials, and the importance of mentoring and being memorable (1:48). Plus, a review of the popular Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop (22:00, 25:23) and a humor essay that helped change Nancy’s writing world (37:48).

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Emmy Award-winning cartoonist Cathy Guisewite joins Nancy to discuss the history of her daily comic strip Cathy, finding humor in challenging topics, her creative process, why she ended the popular comic strip after three decades, and her new book Fifty Things That Aren’t My Fault (1:45).

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And to kick off the new year, career success and work-life expert Kathy Caprino talks with Nancy about her love-hate relationship with New Year’s resolutions and how we can maximize the likelihood of reaching our goals in 2020 (38:21).

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