Isaac W. Oliver earned his Ph.D. at the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan in 2012.

Host Ed Sutkowski talks with Neal D. Barnard, M.D., who is a clinical researcher, author, leading advocate for nutritional low-fat vegan diets, and Founder and President of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

Host Ed Sutkowski talks with David J. Downey an All American, All Big Ten, University of Illinois Basketball Star, and Founder & President of The Downey Group, Inc.

Host Ed Sutkowski talks with Diane Rehm an author, and the host NPR/WAMU's The Diane Rehm Show.

Host Ed Sutkowski talks with John B. Wahlfeld an historian, businessman, and financial development officer.

Host Ed Sutkowski talks with Fred Barnes who's been a FOX News political commentator; a guest on Bret Baier/Special Report; a national political reporter and columnist; a book author; and the Co-Founder/Executive Editor of 'The Weekly Standard'.

Host Ed Sutkowski talks with Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger about his story, the movie "Rudy" and his book.

Stephen A. Cullinan, M.D. is from Pekin, Illinois. He graduated from Northwestern University, University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago, interned and was a resident at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan and received a fellowship in oncology/hematology at the Mayo Clinic. James B. Gerstner, M.D. is from Tremont, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago, interned and was a resident at LaCrosse Lutheran Hospital, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, received a fellowship in oncology/hematology at the Mayo Clinic and was chief of the Department of Medicine of the US Army Medical Corps at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky.

Robert J. Vega was born and raised in Humboldt Park, then his mother moved him at 12 to Indiana for better school options. A stint in the U.S. Navy turned Vega into a teacher. Commissioned as a bugler on the historic U.S.S. Constitution battleship, Vega presented naval artifacts to schoolchildren on a tour called "Ironsides Across the Nation."

Don Carrel graduated from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas with a bachelor's degree in business management, married his college sweetheart, Karen and became a father of two sons, Christopher and Matthew.

Dr. Benita Katzenellenbogen, Swanlund Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was named the recipient of the 2011 Women in Endocrinology Mentor Award.

Host Ed Sutkowski talks with Marilyn Webb distinguished professor of journalism and author of 'The Good Death: The New American Search to Reshape the End of Life'.