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Understanding America
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Born in South Africa, Nina Booysen grew up during the changes of Apartheid and gained her degree in Psychology before doing work in the South African Police force. She moved into a safer career in talk radio focusing on advertising sales.
Moving to Australia in 2002 she continued to be involved in Talk radio with Radio 2GB. She moved to the UK and gained experience in Newspapers and difficult relationship breakups returning to Australia in 2005. 2 years later she was on a flight to Kuwait with a new job in aviation and hopes for a new realtionship.
Now, three years, and two young children later, she is currently in Dayton Ohio adjusting to her new life as mother and wife, as well as a new country and culture. Curious and fiesty, Nina shares experiences on many lessons learn't, and asks for advice on many lessons to come |
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DEBORAH SASS |
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Born in England, Deborah Sass grew up on a council estate in the not so posh part of Richmond. She was always a performer and would often entertain the kids on the estate & her own family much to their infrequent dismay. During high school Deborah found her voice, her bossy in your face manner, by becoming the school councils secretary. She would get on stage in front of 3500 people every week, talking to them like she was in your lounge room. There in Perth her media affair was born.
She has worked in some of the most prestigious media outlets from the Mirror newspaper, to The Times newspapers to Channel 9,7 & 10 in Australia. Before her TV jaunt she also worked in Radio at both 96fm & 2GB where she met her now co-host Nina Booysen. Nina & Deborah shared a great little flat on Bondi Beach for almost 2 years, concreting their friendship. She then moved back to the UK and landed a role working with all things Digital & Entertainment with clients such as Amazon, iTunes & Blockbuster.
While at a Music event in Cannes, Deborah fell in love with an older married man, caused a scandal in the music industry and starting spending lot more time in LA. She and the love of her life have a big fuck-off house in the Hollywood hills, go to all the right & not so right parties & constantly travel the world attending the global media events that you read about daily. Deborah brings to the show a world view of how Americans live, both good & bad!
Understandingamerica@hotmail.com
 
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Listen to Nina & Deborah Live
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Show Summary & Guests |
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Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
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Thursday, May 3, 2012 |
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Thursday, April 26, 2012 |
Heather Horton Astropsychology
Heather joins us on this fast paced show talking about how Astrology ties in with Psychology and is becoming a popular trend. We ofcourse digress onto a couple of other topics including the alpha male being the bain of the planet, but its never that straight forward! Enjoy. |
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
Pop Culture, backstage and growing up GAY in the Australian bush
Today Deborah gets to chat with Marc Andrews the Co-author of POPLIFE – Inside Smash Hits Australia 1984-2007
Marc Andrews is a pop culture anthropologist. He has worked as a media and entertainment journalist for 25 years, starting as a writer for the Australian version of "pop Bible" Smash Hits. he spent two years working for the UK edition where he met Janet Jackson, went to Madonna's parties and created "SexKylie" during an interview with the more famous Minogue sister.
He then edited the Australian edition of Smash Hits for three years during the Beverly Hills, 90210 era. For the past ten years he has worked for trade journal Mediaweek, as well as being a Contributing Editor to DNA, Australia's biggest selling gay glossy magazine. For DNA he writes monthly music and DVD review columns, as well as contributing interviews and travel stories. He is currently attempting to break into the heady world of gay porn in his mid 40s. He should be so lucky, lucky, lucky.
Marc is also the author of two books - a novel, "Revelations: 2 Weeks In Tel Aviv" based on a gay hate crime in Israel in 2009 - and co-author of "Pop Life - Inside Smash Hits Australia 1984-2007" which charts the rise and fall of the pop magazine. It is available to purchase in hardcopy and e-book format from www.affirmpress.com.au. |
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Thursday, April 5, 2012 |
Health benefits of sex
Doc Pete joins us for this casual, educational and humorus talk about the health benefits of sex. From stress relief to pain management sex has its place in hleping with certain ailments. Psychologically, sex can swing both ways (excuse the punn) causing anxiety, as well as well being. We have a frank and open discussion as always. |
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 |
GET YOUR VOICE ON
Michele Mattia and Jennifer S. Wilkov, both from New York, NY are the organisers of Get Your Voice On: A Celebration of Women, a carefully orchestrated and uniquely fortifying 36-hour event scheduled for New York City, March 1 - 2, 2013. The event hopes to Celebrate the past, present and future of women’s voices: all ages and cultures, Connect with like-minded individuals in support of mutually-aligned interests, passions and values, Collaborate on ideas, missions, visions, philosophies, businesses and causes, to generate more positive local and global impact and Create a well-defined path toward a future filled with women’s acceptance everywhere, effectiveness, accomplishment, and freedom to speak up and speak out.
We have a frank and open discussion about each ladies personal motivations as well as a general look at how woman are, and what we can get from this event. I look forward to seeing this become an empowering movement for all woman seeking to make a more positve change for themselves.
For more info go to www.getyourvoiceon.com |
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
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Thursday, March 8, 2012 |
American Polygamy
Deb and Nina welcome Sanjiv Bhattacharya, a British, Indian Aetheist who spent a year living with, and researching Mormon Polygamy practising family's. His Book "Secrets and wives. The hidden world of Mormon Polygamy" describes his journey and why he has come to the conclusion that it should be decriminalised. Not because he agrees with it, infact he feels that it breeds fanatics who are a danger to others, it is because of those victims of child,sexual and Psychological abuse that society needs to lift the veil of secrecy so that those embroiled in it can seek help with no fear of reprisals. Currently with Mitt Romney is the leading the Republican race for President. Being a Mormon (this doesn't mean he approves of Polygamy) whose Grandfather and Great Grandfathers had multiple wives, and whose religion only recognised the equality of Black Americans in 1978, just how much of a Morman is he?
Hopefully we will have Sanjiv back for more of a chat. In the meantime go www.sanjivb.com to find out more.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012 |
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Thursday, February 23, 2012 |
Welcome back Doctor Peterson. The show took a turn, we started with our intended subject of "sexting" and how it is becoming an addiction, as well as a curse, for those who are not aware of the legal implications of receiving explicit pictures from under age individuals. We made our way into talking about gender issues as a result of a programme I watched recently on Discovery Health Network about a Transgender couple having a baby. I found it to be interesting as it tested my beliefs and ideas of what is acceptable or not. The discussion is a good way for you as a listener to question how open minded are you really? |
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Thursday, February 16, 2012 |
Heather Horton is a Astrologer, Life coach and Radio show host. She joins us as Deb and nina catch up with a quick overview of the Grammy's and how Deb enjoyed it. Heather talks a bit about Whitney Houstons death chart, then we move into using examples of oursleves and family to clarify how this all works. Not having a huge education on Astrology the show was a fountain of information which makes alot more sense to me now, something I will definitley look into further. The Energy from the planets affect us whether we want them to or not, so why not have a knowledge of this energy and use it to our advantage in life? To find out more go to www.IndigoLifeDesigns.com |
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Thursday, February 9, 2012 |
Josh Langley is the Australian author of "The Frog and the Well, unconventional happiness", this is a wonderful little book that is sure to put a smile on your face. A mixture of cartoons and anicdotes, Josh urges us to embrace the human condition and start the journey to happiness by beginning with ourselves. We also delve into his experiences with learning more about the afterlife as well as his future endeavours. Down to earth and 'happy' Josh is a pleasure to talk to. To find out more go to www.frogandthewell.com or www.facebook.com/frogandthewell or to order a copy online www.bigskypublishing.com.au |
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Thursday, February 2, 2012 |
Last minute changes, Doc Pete was detained so we had an open discussion with Christy about pregnancy, possible issues and birthing in America. Congratulations to Glenn and Marji McCracken on the birth of their twin boys finally.... in the early hours of this morning. All natural all the way. Is Medical science being too nosey when it comes to pregnancy, should we stick to old fashioned and perhaps dangerous methods? |
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
What a night, It's Australia Day, so happy birthday Australia! Also I have the honour of being with our good friends Glenn and Marji McCracken in the hospital room awaiting the arrival of their twin boys. On the line we also have a great chat with Bob Marshall a fitness trainer based in LA who has had the great job of training celebs as well as us everyday folk. We have a talk about fitness, and the state of health of Americans in general giving a few helpful tips. |
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
Dysfunctional Families
We all have one and this is defiantly a topic we can talk about for hours! Deborah discusses her family, growing up and the things that really make us who we are as adults. They say the first school is at home and this couldn't be a truer statement. On tonights show we have the lovely Danielle Morgan who is currently writing about some of her interesting findings based on her own family. Are they dysfunctional or are they not….listen to the show to find out. |
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
We welcome back Doctor Peterson for our first sex orientated show for 2012. Tonight we carried on the anatomy series focusing on the PENIS, from silly names its called to practical health advice and secrets it holds. We discuss these and other aspects surrounding the penis in a very relaxed and open manner so if you are prudish in any way, please don't download. |
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Thursday, January 5, 2012 |
Making it in Hollywood
This week on the show Deborah & Nina interview the lovely and beautiful actress Ilka Urbach. Raining from Germany, Ilka came to Hollywood with a dream and that dream is coming true. Listen to her talk about some funny 'casting couch' moments and how she is making it, in her own time, in her own way, in Hollywood. To see more of her work please have a look at her IMDB page http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1403734/ |
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Thursday, December 29, 2011 |
If you like the Sex Pistols, Van Halen, Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Brothers, Roxy Music and many more- you will love this.
It all about the music on todays show!
Nina & Deborah get to have a chat with one of the music business living legends, Ted Cohen!
Known throughout the technology & music industries as being 'part ambassador and part evangelist' Cohen was instrumental in crafting the licensing agreements upon which the Rhapsody & iTunes Music stores were built.
In an industry slow to embrace change, Cohen is the exception to the stereotypical music-exec rule. Of course when you start a career on the road with Alice Cooper & Van Halen, you're more primed for the unexpected.
Nina gets to ask about all the artists she grew up loving as Cohen worked with so many of them over his 3 decade career.
For anyone who loves music this is a great show to listen to.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
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Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
All things Va Jay Jay, pink taco, peach, well...... you get the meaning. Tonight Dr Peterson joined us once more, to discuss the female vagina. From different names and shapes to interesting facts that most woman probably don't know about their own bodies. Also some helpful suggestions on material for woman who have never experienced orgasm! It was an education, thank you Dr Peterson. |
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
Kelly Sullivan Walden, what can we say, what a lovely woman to speak to. "The Dream Doctor" as she is known, Kelly talks to us about our dreams. From literal meanings to how to remember them and how to bring them into your life to work for you. She is a clinical hypnotherapist and top selling author on Amazon.com with "I had the strangest dream.....a dreamers dictionary for the 21st century." As an author she has been very busy with other titles which you can find out more about at www.kellysullivanwalden.com . She is also the founder of the " The Dream Project" an educational program that inspires students (grades 6–12) to discover and invent solutions to the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (goals to combat, by 2015: poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women. Tonight we only scratched the surface with Kelly and hope to have her back on soon to finish the interpreation of nina's very disturbing dream! |
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Thursday, December 1, 2011 |
Deb is back in the house! or should I say USA. Joining us tonight was Eric Herm, a West Texas farmer who went and discovered the world but came back to his roots, a 6000 acre cotton farm, only to see the destruction of the land due to current farming practices. These include GMO's(genetically modified organisms), Hebacides such as roundup, and genetically modified seed manufacturers who dominate the markets. We chat about the implications of this , the effect it is having on us as human consumers now, and what is it each person can do to help ourselves be healthier and encourage a better way of farming for the future?
Thank you Eric for being on the show and I will endeavour to support GMO labelling on all foods, and to buy healthier choices for my children and myself. Interestingly there are more prisoners in the USA than farmers! |
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Thursday, November 17, 2011 |
We were lucky to have Dr Frederick Peterson join us to continue our series on Sexual Health. Tonight we focused on Oral sex and the myths and facts associated with it. A little history on the American approach to the "disease" of masterbation and the circumcision. Taking the topic of sex, and oral sex seriously is important, but it is also important to be relaxed enough to have frank and open discussions about it, and maybe learn a thing or two which I did tonight. |
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Thursday, November 3, 2011 |
Joining me on tonights show was Dr Frederick L Peterson ,Jnr. PsyD Clinical Psychologist and Sexual Health Practioner. He is a lecturer, therapist, and writer, contributing regularly to magazines,as well as associate editor of Innovations in Clinical Practice: Focus on Sexual Health (2007 Professional Resource Press; Sarasota FL) and is coauthor of the Guide to Healthy Sex: The Fundamentals of Joyful Sex (2008, BK Publications; New Delhi, India).
Easing into our Sexual series he explains the need for the awareness of your own sexual health, which extends from medical through psychological and emotional parameters. 'Sexaphrenia' is discussed. It is the level of anxiety a person feels from sex and any pleasure derived from it. This anxiety results from generations of parental teaching that "masterbation will make you go blind" or that woman are not supposed to enjoy sex or voice what they enjoy. We left listeners with an exercise to try at home which may give you an idea of how intouch you are with your body and self. |
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 |
October is Breast Cancer awareness month for those of you who were wondering why everything had suddenly turned pink! Tonight we talked to Jane Esprit, an extremely brave woman and dedicated mother, fighting breast cancer. Jane talks about her diagnosis and the journey she has taken medically and emotionally. Behind the 230 480 invasive cases (of which 2140 are men) which will be diagnosed this year, is an individual fighting a monster. 39 520 of those individuals will not survive. It's these stories that we should hear to keep up the efforts for fundraising and research for all cancers. |
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Thursday, October 20, 2011 |
"Childbirth, there are many options available to woman today. What are the trends and experiences for woman all over the world? Christy Kinnaird joins us as we disect the different systems from the USA to the UK . Being a personal experience the ladies discuss their birthing stories and how nothing ever goes according to plan. We welcomed our first caller and certainly encourage more listeners to contribute. |
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Thursday, October 13, 2011 |
This week on 'Understanding America', Nina and Deb begin to open the Pandoras box "Sex". Touching on what sexual health is, they disect the World Health organisations definition and add a few stories along the way.Not to shy away from anything, the girls enjoy a good chat about sex, but it is more to introduce the topic for future shows. Once a month an isolated aspect of the genre will be discussed with guests and those "in the know". |
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Thursday, October 6, 2011 |
On 'Understanding America' today, Deborah and Nina discuss 'woman who are deciding between career or children'.
A topic which is personal to every woman, raises questions about salary disparity between men and woman, the cost of raising a child today, what does it mean to "have it all" and what does it take to get there. With Deb being a career orientated woman who has made the conscious decision not to have children, and Nina who has found herself in the role of mother and wife in a short space of time, they contemplate regrets and future plans. |
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Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
On their premiere show on LA Talk Radio, Deborah and Nina introduce themselves to you and spend an hour touching on many different topics which they will expand on in later shows. Almost like catching up over a cup of coffee, they cover topics from classism, to Catholicism, to healthcare, politics and ask alot of questions which will hopefully be answered in future shows with relevant guests.
Help them try to answer these questions and give your point of view. Can the rest of the world show America how to do things correctly, or is it doing just fine on its own? |
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