This Week in America with Ric Bratton

This Week in America with Ric Bratton

This Week in America is about issues that matter to you. This Week in America is informative, educational and entertaining. Hosted by veteran broadcaster Ric Bratton.

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October 30, 2025 32 mins

A DEEPLY PERSONAL BATTLE AGAINST RACISM - RIPPLE OF HOPE: FROM THE BOILING FROG’S PERSPECTIVE by Darrell Nathaniel Bridgers


Kai Jones is a Black male attorney living in New York City. He is in an interracial relationship, married to an Italian woman that he met in law school. They thought they were living the American dream, living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and raising two young daughters. But when they come u...

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Endtime Prophecies Amplified by David D. Ceiga


Amazing and thought provoking. Down to earth informative. It gives the readers nuggets, food for thought; not to be confusing. Different from any other book on the subject matter. The Author backs it up with Biblical scriptures and historical facts. Never about believing the Author, it is the readers choice to search for the truth for themselves. God wants His "Faithful" ch...

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A Personal Journey of Overcoming Life's Challenges - Dark Nights for Brighter Days by Simone Tuyell White

Dark Nights for Brighter Days came to exist because of my life experience, different tests and trials, experiencing mental illness, and setbacks. It's about my Christian journey and different things I had to encounter, how my faith was tried, and how I overcame many obstacles. There were times I experienced some...

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Choose to Move & Enjoy Nature’s SuperFoods for Vitality & Successful Weight Loss


If you want extraordinary health and successful weight loss, you need the two-prong approach. You’ve got to get moving and also consume some superfoods that help fuel and energize your miraculous body and keep your body rejuvenated year-round. It’s really all about common sense. You’ve probably heard the old saying that success is “...

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A Long-Running Chinese Plot To Infiltrate The U.S. Infrastructure - "The Chinese Conspiracy" by John Mariotti  


"Not since The Manchurian Candidate have I read such a compelling thriller about global conspiracy. But Mariotti goes much further, linking his masterfully fast-paced narrative to the clear and present danger of total cyberwar. This novel is a call to action that our society must answer now."

--Richard S. Levic...

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Based On True Crime Stories - "Cold Case Investigators Series" by Merrill Vaughan

Featured Book - The Happy Paperhanger"   For over five years, an individual has been writing checks that do not have sufficient funds in the accounts. He is able to obtain state driver's licenses that he uses to open checking accounts with just enough money to keep the accounts open. He does not really steal other people's identification; ...

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Spirit Nation: Poems From A Heretical Faith by John Patrick Acevedo


John Patrick Acevedo's forthcoming book entitled "SPIRIT NATION Poems From A Heretical Faith" is about the Logos, Pathos, and Ethos that his life, love, and work has given him as well as taken away from him. It is also a book of Truths, especially the dynamics of the world of have and have-not's. In it, John Patrick Acevedo suggests that the inequit...

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The Bloody Road of Gold by Michael Schall Johnson


The Bloody Road of Gold follows Jack Neuman, a determined orphan who finds a home with the Lakota before becoming a U.S. Army scout. Though he marries his childhood sweetheart, his obsession with justice costs him his marriage. Partnering with legends like Calamity Jane and D. Boone May, Jack faces outlaw gangs, hostile Sioux, and deadly stagecoach ambushes. Their da...

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October 23, 2025 18 mins

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October 23, 2025 29 mins

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Ocean Wisdom: Lessons from the Seashell Kingdom by Michelle Hanson


Ocean Wisdom teaches you about the mysteries of the ocean and unlocks the mysteries of self through the study of seashells. Just like the animals that inhabit and create them and the many people that study them, each shell is unique and offers powerful and eye-opening insights into the world around us. The Ocean Wisdom books cover a variety of master...

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October 16, 2025 16 mins

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October 16, 2025 29 mins

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October 16, 2025 26 mins

Kobo by Richard Allen


Kobo, a 14-year old boy, is the pampered pet of two grobs on the planet Pavin near the center of the Milky Way galaxy whose ancestors were brought to Pavin millennia before and domesticated as pets. Kobo, like other humans on Pavin, is raised largely in isolation from other humans and therefore without language or culture. Soon his grobs acquire a companion for Kobo, a 15-year old girl named Ra. Th...

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The Crying Window: Memoir of a Female Scientist Looking for Truth by Helene Z. Hill, PhD


How does a debutante become a scientist? And what happens when she uncovers the dark underbelly of academic research?

In The Crying Window, renowned radiation biologist and professor emerita Dr. Helene Z. Hill shares her extraordinary, decades-spanning journey where she went from cocktail dresses and finishing schools to Harvard labs...

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