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With streaming Television and platforms like Netflix and Hulu providing opportunities for Indie Filmmakers, that more are finding their own way to express and produce their creativity by-passing the normal, "take it to Hollywood" route. Aaron Ashby left the comfort of his hometown in North Carolina to join the vibrant entertainment and arts community of Los Angeles.  During his first year at USC, Aaron and a team of other film students revamped the African American Cinema Society, a professional network committed to empowering students of color by connecting them with each other and the film industry. Loudin D. Krueg, is CEO of Dirty Llama Film Crews and head visionary for future company goals. Appointed to oversee all productions start to finish as producer and director, he advises the crew creatively for all projects at every stage of development.Join Host Celeste Duckworth and her interview with Aaron Ashby and Loudin Krueg both talented new filmmakers.  Wednesday - October 26th 2016 at 6:00PM MST - 8:00PM

"For those who love thrillers, paranormal twists, epic adventures, mystery, and adrenaline spiked tales; this one book you will not be able to put down!Join me Host Celeste Duckworth with guest Vanta M. Black Author of Oubliette, "A Forgotten Little Place!"  Partly inspired by True Historic Events  – During the 1920s, The Oubliette at Leap Castle one of the Famous Most Haunted Castles in Ireland – was unearthed.  Remains of over 150 bodies were rolled out in a wheelbarrow.  A pocket watch from the mid-1800s revealed how recent the Oubliette had claimed victims.Hear the fascinating story behind Oubliette and how it spans history through the Reformation Era to the Inquisition and beyond.October 19th, 6:00PM MST - 8:00PM Central - 9:00PM EST Listen atHear this podcasts at VERTIKAL Live Radio @ITunes, Sticher, Mixcloud, and Soundcloud.  Interested in Advertising on our podcasts for TheReading Room, contact [email protected] for advertising opportunities.  VERTIKAL Life Magazine and VERTIKAL Live Radio

A child of Africa, trained to be a child soldier, Deng Mayik Atem came to the United States in 1995 and received his College Degree from Arizona State University. Deng Mayik Atem was one of the first Lost Boys of the Sundan to arrive in America.  The Lost Boys of Sudan were over 20,000 boys of the Nuer and Dinka ethnic groups who were displaced or orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005); He hopes that his soon to be published memoir, "A Journey Across Worlds," with Kenneth Weene, will help Americans to understand the plight of South Sudan refugees, and the people of his homeland to understand the rest of the world.Host Celeste Duckworth and featured Guest Deng Mayik Atem as we talk about his journey from the wars in the Sudan to America and his passion, to help the children of South Sudan.Sunday, Oct 16th at 3:00 PM MST - 5:00 PM Central - 6:00 PM ESTAs part of his personal efforts to help the children of South Sudan, Deng asks you to support The Foundation for the Children of South Sudan.He

Listen to Music, Poetry and  Prose of some of the best Poets and Writers Worldwide.  Tonight we present Writer/PoetArlene McGuire - She had her own radio show through WGOV in Atlanta. At Community Radio Station WRFG she narrated commercials and Public Service Announcements.She uses her voice to entertain by reading to Seniors Citizens  Today she writes her own heart-felt poems about life. As part of her ongoing desire to help others she is developing the ideaPoem - Beauty - S. ThibouMusic - End of a Nightmare - Moth LanternPoem - Days End - Arlene McGuirePoem - Kisses - Arlene McGuireMusic - Feels Like - Jodie SchofieldPoem - The Dance - C Stene DuckworthMusic - Let's Run to a Place - Vernon FullerPoem - Pure Poetry - C. Stene DuckworthMusic - He Forgave Me - Marcus Gameface BoydHaiku - Arlene McGuireSunday October 9th, 6:00 PM Please post comments in the Reading Room Page at Facebook.  Interested in advertising with us contact [email protected]

Each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental health condition. - Join your Host Celeste Duckworth and Guest Yassin Hall, who  is a Mental Health Advocate, Educator, and Motivational Speaker born and raised on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Seen on CBS and PBS. She resides in Atlanta, Georgia and is the visionary Founder and Program Manager of Milestones Mom’s Support Group, an entity providing support and resources to Mom’s who share similar unspoken experiences and challenges of raising a child suffering from some form of mental illness.Yassin has personal experience growing up with a schizophrenic mother meant embarrassment, fear, shame, and anticipation of the unexpected. In her Amazon bestseller, Journey Untold - Twisted Love, Yassin and co-author, Loán, unravel the string of childhood and mend it with goals and achievements of adulthood.  Yassin uses two voices -- one to tell the story and one to reflect her inner thoughts to the reader.Saturday, October 8th at 10:00AM EST -