American Variety Radio with Court Lewis

AMERICAN VARIETY — SHOW LIST
First show: February 8, 2004

A treasure and pirate ship finder/explorer who's an underwater archaeologist
On Col. Henry Mucci, who led the raid to rescue the Bataan Death March survivors and who spent the last 20 years of his life in Melbourne Beach
The impact of the Internet on our lives so far
Dog Day--all about dogs with the head of the Space Coast Kennel Club
Culinary Trends: What's Cooking?
Florist To the Stars (local flower-shop owner who does the floral designs for the Academy Awards)
Boomer--a local musician (a "crossover classical percussionist") who has 5 CDs out under the Sony label
The NASA scientist in charge of the Mars Greenhouse--a simulator for growing plants in Mars-like conditions
Developer Extraordinaire--a local resort developer who first made millions in software and now is funding international projects to build up the economies of Third World countries
A treasure and pirate ship finder/explorer who's a pirate himself--the most successful one ever (more than Mel Fisher)
The same guy again talking about his earlier reenactment of famous "voyages of discovery" such as Columbus'

12) the young, super-dynamic director of the Brevard Zoo who is leaving to go fulfill her real dream to be a wildlife painter
13) a former Nashville songwriter who is now a Titusville-based humorist and writer of books about a zany character called Thurmond
14) Good News Week--all about the uplifting and positive things that have happened recently and that don't make the news
15) the nation's foremost bridge "detailer"--who also loves to fly his private jets
16) a local author of science fiction novels
17) the legendary Shuttle Launch Director, whose career spanned from Mercury to Space Station
18) arguably the best painter in the area, a woman from Australia
19) an up-and-coming young author who teaches writing at the University of Miami
20) the head of the Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute's operations in Florida who's building an ocean research center
21) "Old Florida Day" --talking about the old days with a fifth-generation Floridian who owns a landmark restaurant in the area
22) a meteorologist from the Melbourne National Weather Service Office, talking about hurricanes
23) Florida Today newspaper's hurricane expert, talking about hurricanes
24) a Florida Institute of Technology meteorology professor talking about hurricanes
25) discussing the medical-related proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution with a proponent and opponent
26) Good News Week #2
27) UFO Day--discussing UFOs and media attitudes toward them with a newspaper columnist
28) "Old Florida Day #2"--with Patrick Smith, noted author of books about old-time Florida
29) Hurricane Heroes--stories about people who went out of their way to help others during the storms
30) a Brevard-based woman author of books about notorious murderers and serial killers
31) Good News Week #3
32) Billy Cox—Extreme Stories
33) Boom-Boom Benny Koske—a professional daredevil nearing retirement
34) an archaeologist on his search for the trail of Jesus’ family in Egypt and a resulting TV documentary
35) the owner of “Forever Florida”, a nature preserve and working cattle ranch
36) the writer-in-residence at Oxford University on his latest action-adventure novel
37) NASA’s Cassini Mission Manager on the mission to Saturn and its findings so far
38) a Canadian two-time world record holder in kayak racing
39) “Old Florida Day #3”—with the Viera land use manager who’s a good ol’ boy
40) Odd News #1
41) the retired high school principal who coached the first black football team in Florida to break the color barrier and win the state championship
42) Dog Day #2 with a Miami-based author of books about dogs and the dog-human relationship
43) a discussion of Cryptozoology with a local adventurer and writer
44) Ind. Harbour Bch is first “Tsunami-ready Community” on East Coast–w/ NWS meteorologist
45) a leading designer/builder of motorcycle choppers who is a celebrity in the chopper world
46) a theologian and mythologist on who/what human beings are
47) the director of the Florida Puerto Rican/Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on the status of Hispanics in Florida today
48) two young guys who do jet-ski exhibitions and stunts in movies and who are trying to establish an “extreme sports” version of jet-skiing
49) two NWS meteorologists discussing the outlook for the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season
50) a woman who runs Project Backyard Brevard, with a website and a book on making wildlife habitats in your yard
51) a local official on his earlier life as an adventurer on treks such as the search for mokele mbembe, a dinosaur-like aquatic creature in the Congo
52) revisiting the WWII operation of Col. Henry Mucci to rescue Bataan Death March survivors, in light of a new movie about it, “The Great Raid”
53) a local motorcycle designer/builder (different from #44) who will star in an upcoming reality show on the BBC in England
54) an officer from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Confidence on their recent patrol doing Hurricane Katrina recovery & support
55) a researcher/historian on an archeological salvage team working a Melbourne Beach wreck
56) recap of the record-breaking 2005 hurricane season with an NWS meteorologist
57) a local songwriter who has a CD of his original songs climbing the British charts
58) 2005 Year in Review
59) the retired News Director of the oldest and biggest radio station in Atlanta
60) a U.S. Navy intelligence analyst and naval historian on his book about legendary Navy Capt. Charles Stewart
61) a local historian on new research that proves Ponce de Leon landed on Melbourne Beach
62) the executive director of the Florida Historical Society on life along the Indian River in the old days
63) the two-time women’s world kayak champion (again) on her most recent exploits
64) a history professor from Florida Tech on his recently published book on Florida history
65) a prominent local attorney who spent 18 months in Bosnia with a UN agency helping to rebuild a government there after the civil war, and wrote a book about it
66) a local realtor who had a near-death experience following a car crash, and a program she and others have developed to promote teen safe driving, which they hope to take nationwide
67) the Chief Scientist on the Mars Rover project, talking about the discoveries the long-lived little robots have made
68) Mother’s Day show — inspirational stories about Moms
69) the second female licensed charter captain in the U.S., who wrote a book based on her adventures running a sailing charter business in the islands
70) a guy who just finished a 500-mile ocean catamaran race and is about to do a 1000-mile race
70) a meteorologist from the Melbourne National Weather Service Office, on the outlook for the 2006 hurricane season
71) the Brevard County Historian, an author and journalist, telling stories of colorful characters in the area’s past
72) a Titusville businessman/entrepreneur and former missionary pilot who flies self-contained water purification units to disaster sites around the world and gives them away to save lives
73) the former owner of a charter-industry licensing school who now writes and publishes mystery novels based along the Treasure Coast
74) a former Air Force meteorologist who administers a Central Florida-based website devoted to tracking and forecasting hurricanes
75) a professional medium and spiritualist talking about what he does and what’s “out there”
76) a Florida Tech biology professor on the evidence for climate change and what it means
77) another episode of “Good News Week”
78) a Florida Tech space science professor on the controversy over the definition of “planet”
79) another episode of “Old Florida Day” with a professional “cracker storyteller”
80) a young woman painter who is not only highly talented but also an innovative entrepreneur
81) the director of Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute's operations in Florida with an update on progress with their ocean research center
82) a Tampa painter on his 1960s painting “The Barefoot Mailman,” which hung in the old Melbourne Beach P.O. and was recently rediscovered and donated to a major Miami museum
83) a Florida Tech electrical engineering professor who writes mystery thriller novels
84) the co-founder of Space Coast Ballet on their emigration from Russia and experiences establishing the SCB and a new performing arts center
85) a Melbourne ophthalmologist who owns a Florida cattle ranch and breeds Cracker cattle
86) an ocean catamaran racer back from the worlds championships in Brazil
87) the author of a book on the highest-ranking American military office ever convicted of treason, who lived in Viera
88) an FIT biologist on stem cells—what it’s all about and what the controversy is based on
89) another episode of “Good News Week”
90) Florida’s Statewide Crisis Response Coordinator, on what she does and how it works
91) the founder of Operation NOW (Not on Our Watch!), an innovative teen safe driving program
92) a young painter who has written a book on how to market one’s artwork
93) a boy who escaped Vietnam by boat and became Executive Chef at a series of major international hotels, and has now opened a restaurant in Melbourne, reflecting on his experiences
94) the director of FAU’s Center of Excellence in Ocean Energy Technology on various schemes for generating energy from the ocean
95) the writer-in-residence at Oxford University on his latest action-adventure novel and surfing
96) “Mango Man,” on a tropical fruit orchard on S. Merritt Island owned by his family since 1925
97) a woman astronaut, commander of NASA’s NEEMO mission to an undersea research facility
98) the Operations Director of “Friends of Bats,” a company that does bat removal and exclusion
99) Old Florida Day with the owner of the oldest African-American cemetery in the area
100) the “Julia Child” of the Space Coast—a multimedia food artist on her global adventures

Court can be reached at courtlewis@americanvarietyradio.com