NSSM w/ Guest Co-Host Alicia Hunter. GUEST: Walter Newkirk

Jill & Alicia are back with a LIVE pre-holiday show.  Hear Alicia's tips on avoiding Holiday bloat, some celeb award show chit-chat and Jill's beauty tips.  

Our guest is Friend of the Show Walter Newkirk! 

In the new memoir, The Secret Life of Walter Newkirk, a veteran publicist confronts all aspects of his life including bouts with depression from 1978-2013, four hospitalizations between 2004-2013, the paralyzing and overwhelming fear of becoming homeless in 2011, his gay relationships from 1978-present day, in addition to his PR career in the fine and performing arts with backstage stories.

Newkirk states: "The title of my book refers to the 1947 film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty starring Danny Kaye. The book has backstage stories with actors and celebrities including Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis, Louis Zorich. Eartha Kitt, Academy Award winners James Ivory & Ismael Merchant, Ron & Betty Galella, Quentin Crisp, Paul Cadmus, Arlene Dahl, Deborah Gregory (The Cheetah Girls). Connie Francis, Kim G of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Pat Loud, Edie Beale, Bob Paris, Celeste Holm, , Richard Wesley, Nikki Haskell, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Sarah Jessica Parker, Andrea McArdle and Lena Horne.

"It's funny, sad, and goes all over the place. It has a happy ending which is my life now without medications," said Mr. Newkirk.

LIVE 10amEST, 9Central on Thursday 11/13/14.  Callers welcome    347-989-8006