Late Night Health

Linda Boardman, CEO of Bragg Live Foods, visits with Mark Alyn on this edition of Late Night Health to share the amazing benefits of apple cider vinegar. Bragg Live Foods has been the name synonymous with apple cider vinegar (ACV), wellness, and trusted natural remedies for over 100 years, and now, the pioneer brand is making history by launching the first-ever National Apple Cider Vinegar Day on September 23, 2025. Join the celebration at the iconic Santa Monica Pier and experience for yourself why some health practices never go out of style.

Mark sits down for a special interview with John L. Lehr, President and CEO of the Parkinson’s Foundation, and Carla Velastegui, a Parkinson’s care partner, to celebrate the contributions of those caring for a loved one living with a chronic disease during November’s National Family Caregivers Month. In this episode, John and Carl share the progress being made in Parkinson’s Disease, emphasize the importance of staying connected, and offer resources to support caregivers to help prevent burnout.

Labor Day is an annual holiday that marks the last vestiges of Summer and the beginning of Fall fun. It’s a holiday worthy of a celebration that can include a backyard bash, a trip to the beach or lake, or a great cookout. One of the true experts in effortless enjoyment, Sam Calagione, Founder and Brewer of Dogfish Head, joins Mark to share some Labor Day inspiration and super secrets for a great long weekend gathering.

Just in time for back-to-school prep and in recognition of Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month, Mark welcomes Dr. Jen Wademan, OD, to discuss the importance of eye care for children and to share vital information from a new study showing that parents are genuinely concerned about how screen time impacts their health. Dr. Wademan is teaming up with ZEISS to introduce lenses using breakthrough technology that adapts to the changing needs of children from age 6 to 19.

In this special interview, Mark sits down with Tucker Perkins, President and CEO of the Propane Education & Research Council, to discover how propane school buses can achieve a cleaner today for a greener tomorrow. PERC is sponsoring the “BETTER OUR BUSES” Campaign to raise awareness of the benefits of propane over diesel fuel, and to further the common goal of providing a cleaner, safer ride to school for students.

Mark Alyn explores the benefits of genetic testing with Karen Grinzaid, Executive Director of JScreen, a national non-profit public health initiative dedicated to preventing genetic diseases. Headquartered in Atlanta at Emory University School of Medicine, the JScreen initiative provides convenient at-home access to cutting-edge genetic testing technology, patient education, and genetic counseling services. Learn how this program enables individuals and families to gain insights into hereditary cancer risks and other genetic diseases, providing the opportunity to be proactive in safeguarding their health.

To honor the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Mark speaks with Travis Bickford, Program Coordinator of the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress, about how his organization is actively seeking stories from all veterans, living or deceased, and particularly from those who served in World War II and around D-Day, June 6, 1944. The Veterans History Project gathers and preserves the personal accounts of military veterans before their stories are lost forever, making them accessible to future generations.

On this edition of Late Night Health, Mark sits down with Julie Burkhart, President of Wellspring Health Access, one of the organizations behind the Wyoming District Court Case that last June successfully blocked a Wyoming law from going into effect that would have banned abortion medication in the state, to find out how Julie and her organization are fighting to protect a woman’s right to choose and have safe access to reproductive healthcare.

Dr. Chris Apfel, MD, PhD, MBA visits with Mark to share a visionary method of helping cancer patients gain access to more comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic options in their treatment plan. Cancer therapy remains disproportionately hit or miss despite the truly impressive advances that have been made in diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, and Dr. Apfel explains how the SAGE Oncotest guides oncologists to select the most effective therapy best suited to each patient, more than doubling their current chances of receiving the most effective treatment.

In this episode, Mark is joined by Veenu Keller “The Parent-Child Whisperer” for an insightful discussion on guiding families through the intricacies of modern parenting. Fervently committed to the ideal that every child deserves a nurturing upbringing free from the need for later emotional repair, Veenu shares how cultivating open, safe, and trusting relationships between parents and their offspring enables families to close generational divides and foster communication that lays the groundwork for collective growth and profound understanding.

Small Business Days is a week-long opportunity from Verizon Business to support small businesses across the country by providing free tech checks, personalized advice, and access to special offers and deals. In this special interview, Michelle Strong of Verizon Business, one of the top small business experts in the nation, will share her expertise on the challenges facing entrepreneurs and what it takes to succeed. She will also reveal new findings from Verizon’s Second Annual Latino Small Business Survey, which provides insight into the needs of Latino entrepreneurs.

Mark welcomes Tom Martin to raise awareness for a special global event celebrating International Women’s Day. On Friday, March 8, Tom Martin Media will be hosting a special Wisdom All Around Us two-hour special conversation featuring inspiring women from around the world. Listen in for information on this free two-hour event, which will feature female coaches, authors, filmmakers, and entrepreneurs from Angola, France, Mexico, the UK, Ukraine, and the United States, with the opportunity for interaction and conversation.

Author Karen Howard joins Mark for a look at her exciting first book, Upset is Optional, sharing the remarkable stories of Bob Duggan, a young priest who left the Vatican to live a life committed to teaching a new worldview of health, worked to legalize acupuncture, founded a school, and created Penn North, a non-profit addiction treatment facility in Baltimore, Maryland. The book explores how these practices can create peace in your body, world of work, and family, with a portion of the proceeds going to support this vibrant community center.

On this edition of Late Night Health, Mark Alyn visits with Sansan Fibri, founder of Wakefully, a mental wellness app providing AI-guided dream analysis and coaching. Before establishing herself as a tech entrepreneur, Sansan was a successful film & TV producer who collaborated with renowned platforms and personalities such as Comedy Central, Bill Burr, and Kevin Hart. Her life is a testament to the power of dreaming big and the determination to make dreams a reality.

Small businesses need to prepare for the holiday shopping season, utilizing business tips and technology tools that will boost the customer experience and build customer loyalty. Dave Hickey of Verizon Business joins Mark Alyn on this edition of Late Night Health to discuss how small businesses can take advantage of technology and tools they can incorporate from online to the point of sale, all while being mindful of cybersecurity threats.

November, National Family Caregivers Month, is an important part of the Parkinson's Foundation's efforts to honor the contributions of the 65 million people in the U.S. caring for a loved one who is aging or living with a chronic condition like Parkinson's disease (PD). We have a special interview with John L. Lehr, President and CEO of the non-profit Parkinson’s Foundation, and Gil Kim, the primary care partner for his wife, Gina, who was diagnosed with PD in 2011.

Monica Mohindra, Director of the Veterans History Project, joins Mark Alyn to discuss the nationwide campaign to collect stories from men and women of the military. Listen in to hear how the VHP is helping the Library of Congress honor those who have bravely served our country, living or deceased, by actively seeking stories from veterans, with their oral history interviews, original photographs, letters, and other correspondence to be archived and made accessible for future generations.

Each October 28th, National First Responders Day provides a poignant reminder of the bravery displayed daily by paramedics, firefighters, police, EMTs, emergency managers, and other public safety professionals who put their lives on the line to protect others. Verizon Frontline President Maggie Hallbach joins Mark Alyn to talk about how important it is to recognize and honor those who help keep our communities safe, and how Verizon Frontline plays a supporting role.

Jean Chatzky and Jason Van de Loo, renowned financial experts from the media and business world, share sneak peek results from the Edelman Financial Engines Study with Mark Alyn to shed some light on the state of America’s personal financial well-being. How healthy are our finances, and are we stressed about the answer to that question?

Sandy Almendarez, VP of Content for SupplySide, joins Mark Alyn to discuss SupplySide West, an upcoming nutrition and supplement industry event in Las Vegas from October 23 - 27. Exhibitors from all over the world will share the latest information on scientific developments, products, and sustainability to bring better health to more people and help them live better lives!

Cybersecurity expert Mike Caralis of Verizon Business joins Mark Alyn to offer essential tips for keeping small businesses safe from criminals. Learn how to implement cybersecurity practices, bolster cyber hygiene, and safeguard against threats as Mike sheds some light on the new technology, solutions, and resources now available to help small businesses protect themselves.

Extreme weather phenomena, such as destructive storms, heat waves, or blizzards, put a strain on the electric grid. To help kick off National Preparedness Month, HGTV host and homebuilding expert Matt Blashaw sits down with host Mark Alyn to share tips on how to proactively prepare for potential disasters, some of which might lead to extended power outages.

Summer fun is giving way to the rush of back-to-school preparations and earlier bedtimes, making the return to a more regulated fall nighttime regime a challenge. On this episode of Late Night Health, Dr. Shelby Harris, NY Times and Today Show Contributor, Clinical Psychologist, and Sleep Specialist, visits Mark Alyn to discuss valuable strategies to get sleep back on track after summer’s much less structured bedtime schedules.

With the new school year starting for students all over the country, Mark gets a transportation update from Tucker Perkins, President/CEO of PERC, the Propane Education & Research Council, who shares cleaner options for the nation’s school bus fleets and a study that shows how low-emission buses are linked to improved test scores.

Lauri Quinn Loewenberg, a professional dream analyst and author of the book Dream on It - Unlock Your Dreams, Change Your Life, and best known as the "Dream Expert to the Stars," joins Mark to delve into the world of dreams. Where do they come from? Is there a purpose behind our dreams? What are they trying to tell us? Does everyone dream? Lauri answers these questions and shares some insight into a dream of Mark's - what's the connection between his dad and boxes?

The overwhelming narrative in the U.S. is that caregiving for older adults is a burden to bear and a problem to be solved. Sarah Teten Kanter, Ph.D., joins Mark to offer a different perspective and a practical methodology that combines positive psychology, mindfulness, reminiscence therapy, and lifestyle medicine to help make caregiving and care receiving a more positive and meaningful experience.

Carol Johnson chats with Mark to describe how her experience with unhelpful results from the medical system when seeking diagnosis and treatment for chronic conditions led her to establish the app, Uterinekind. Because delayed diagnoses cause harm not only to the patient but also collaterally to health systems, providers, and society, Uterinekind is designed to help patients and providers arrive at a diagnosis quickly and achieve shared decision-making, saving lives, resources, and time.

Mark welcomes Kim Cantin, author of Where Yellow Flowers Bloom, who shares her healing journey after suffering the devastating losses of her husband, son, dog, and home in the catastrophic Montecito mudslides in January 2018. Kim recounts how she and her daughter were blessed by the incredible group of people who helped them through the aftermath of the tragedy and subsequent search for her son’s remains, leading to her profound realization that love transcends life.

Thomas Lane, author, poet, and musician, joins Mark to introduce his first novel, The Karma Factor, an exciting work of visionary fiction exploring the boundaries of human consciousness against the backdrop of a classic suspense thriller, combining mysterious forces, a hero’s quest for redemption, righting wrongs through the ages, and the timeless human need for hope.

Almost everyone has run into roadblocks when trying to navigate through the maze of trying to get answers and assistance from the likes of medical companies, banks, and government agencies. It’s even more frustrating and disheartening when a serious medical condition is involved. Mark Alyn welcomes The People’s Advocate, Harold Cameron, to delve into his journey from being diagnosed with two brain tumors to turning his experience with corporate bureaucracy into a way of helping others.

A new national poll finds that a majority of likely voters overwhelmingly support policies that regulate health insurance middlemen companies known as Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), requiring them to provide more value and help lower drug costs. Are these PBMs providing the services they claim or taking advantage of the healthcare system to increase their revenues at the expense of pharmacies, taxpayers, and patients? Mark Alyn talks with Mark Blum, Executive Director of America’s Agenda: Health Care for All, to learn how to hold these companies accountable.

Just in time for Arbor Day, Dan Lambe, the CEO of the Arbor Day Foundation, the largest non-profit member organization dedicated to planting trees, visits with Mark Alyn on this episode of Late Night Health to discuss how trees and forests are the number one nature-based solution for reversing the negative effects of a changing climate.

In the fifth episode of a special series, Mark Alyn moderates the supplements/ingredients/pet “After the Elephant” panel discussion of “Identifying the Elephant in the Room: Critical Communications Strategies in the Face of Sexism” with thought leaders in the natural products industry. Session 5 Guests: Tyshawn Bryant, CEO of Green Regimen, Lillian Cartwright, board member of Naturally New York, and Thomas Aarts, founder and managing director of Nutrition Business Advisors.

In the fourth episode of a special series, Mark Alyn moderates the legal/finance/marketing/retail “After the Elephant” panel discussion of “Identifying the Elephant in the Room: Critical Communications Strategies in the Face of Sexism” with thought leaders in the natural products industry. Session 4 Guests: Alan Lewis, vice president of advocacy and governmental affairs at Natural Grocers, Denise Lamberston, founder and chairwoman of LMS, and Ryan Honeyman, partner and owner of LIFT Economy.

In the third episode of a special series, Mark Alyn moderates the food/beverage/beauty “After the Elephant'” panel discussion of “Identifying the Elephant in the Room: Critical Communications Strategies in the Face of Sexism” with thought leaders in the natural products industry. Session 3 Guests: Eric Schnell, co-founder of BeyondBrands and Beyond SKU, Jasmine Dickens, COO/operations manager of Misha’s Kind Foods, and Miguel Leal, co-founder/CEO of SOMOS Foods.

In the second episode of a special series, Mark Alyn moderates the healthcare/nutrition/science "After the Elephant" panel discussion of "Identifying the Elephant in the Room: Critical Communications Strategies in the Face of Sexism" with thought leaders in the natural products industry. Session 2 Guests: Elan Sudberg, CEO, Alkemist Labs, Salma Fathalla, senior director of quality and regulatory, Bonafide Health, and Gabriel Paulino, chief product officer and co-founder, renegade.bio.

In the first episode of a special series, Mark Alyn moderates the trade media/association "After the Elephant" panel discussion of "Identifying the Elephant in the Room: Critical Communications Strategies in the Face of Sexism" with thought leaders in the natural products industry. Session 1 Guests: Hank Shultz, senior editor at Natural Products Insider, Katrina Tolentino, executive director at Naturally Network, and Craig M. Muckle, senior director of communications at Council for Responsible Nutrition.

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) affects nearly one million people in the U.S., and more than 90,000 are newly diagnosed each year – a 50% increase from previous estimates of 60,000 diagnoses per year. John L. Lehr, President and CEO of the Parkinson’s Foundation, and Vikas Chinnan, a person living with Young-Onset Parkinson’s disease (YOPD), visit with Mark Alyn on Late Night Health to discuss how to recognize the disease and share information about resources available to help the PD community.

Just in time for National Sleep Awareness Week, World Sleep Day, and the change to Daylight Saving Time, Carlos M. Nunez, M.D., visits with Mark Alyn to talk about the importance of quality sleep on mental and physical health, including why the American Heart Association recently added sleep as a metric for cardiovascular health. Learn what’s keeping people up at night, what symptoms of sleep deprivation 4 in 5 people say they have - despite most people saying they’re happy with their sleep - and what a “sleep-sumer” is.

Tucker Perkins, President and CEO of PERC, the Propane Education & Research Council, visits with Mark Alyn on this episode of Late Night Health to reveal an exciting new program designed to provide clean, low-emission school buses and show how they are linked to better test scores.