Burke Allen's Big Time Talker Podcast — by SpeakerMatch
Big Time Talker with Burke Allen brings you compelling conversations the best Authors, Entertainers, and Experts with longtime broadcaster Burke Allen. Our sponsor SpeakerMatch is the leading provider of tools and services for emerging and professional speakers, authors, and others with a message to share.
Episodes
April 23, 2024 • 16 mins
"This book literally left me speechless," 5-star Amazon Review for The Flower from the Garbage. G. Edward Martin loves to write and uses his passion to fuel his entire creative process.
He uses his book, The Flower from the Garbage to ask rough, philosophical questions to keep readers engaged in more ways than one.
He's pleased to see his writings earn him a Reader's Favorite Award and it only encourages him to write more.
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April 16, 2024 • 18 mins
"My Best Mistake by Carole Wolfe is a fun and inspiring read," Edith Wairimu for Readers' Favorite
This week Burke is joined by Carole Wolfe, a Reader's Favorite award-winning author, who recently found critical acclaim with her "My Best..." series.
For Carole, being a writer has been a lifelong ambition. It's something she's been excited to do and is thrilled to be recognized for her work.
She talks about why her stories ...
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April 9, 2024 • 23 mins
This week Burke speaks with Terry Birdgenaw, author of the award-winning Antunite Chronicles trilogy of books. He talks about his inspirations and what got him into writing.
Terry shares how his career as a scientist actually informs the way he writes these books.
He was inspired by the altruistic tendencies of ants and how their attitude reflects those of humans. He uses these characteristics to tell a compelling story about...
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April 2, 2024 • 52 mins
During his decade (1975-1985) as one of the lead singers of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group The Drifters, Blunt was privileged to perform alongside the legendary Ben E. King (Stand By Me) and the great Johnny Moore (Under The Boardwalk). During this period, The Drifters experienced a significant career resurgence, especially in England, where the group returned to the top of the charts with several top 10 hits, major tours, an...
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March 26, 2024 • 18 mins
This week Burke speaks with Ryan Wakefield, a Reader's Favorite Award Winner. In Ryan's award-winning book, Journey to Jumbalot, he tells an epic story in a world of animals combined together.
He was always encouraged to create and it's paid off - he's told his books are enjoyed by children who don't usually enjoy books. He's been drawing some of these character since he was in grade school.
To learn more about his book visit...
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March 19, 2024 • 20 mins
This week Burke speaks with award-winning author, Roni Rosenthal. Her book, "Where the Lilacs Bloom Once Again: Friddie’s Story" has earned hundreds of rave reviews on Amazon and has won her a Reader's Favorite Award.
After seeing her father's family tree, she knew it was a story she had to tell.
Friddie is Roni's grandmother's cousin who survived a cruel stint in fascist work camps during World War 2. Her story of perseveran...
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March 12, 2024 • 18 mins
"It's plot-driven and paced perfectly and you can't wait to see what happens," 5-Star Amazon Review.
At the 2023 Reader's Favorite Awards, three sisters accepted an award for their late sister, Karen Foster.
Karen lived her life with 3% visibility and made the most of it every day. Karen was an editor for the CDC.
Her three sisters join Burke this week to discuss Karen's book and to reflect on her life and how that influen...
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March 5, 2024 • 23 mins
K.C. Roy is an award winning author earning critical acclaim for his Elementals Series.
How does somebody go from martial arts to construction and then to being an award-winning author?
It's his love for writing that earned him a reader's favorite award for his original stories told in the Elemental Series. He won an award for the first part of a trilogy of books, Sara's Fear.
He expects to finish the series this year with...
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February 27, 2024 • 29 mins
"I really want to foster a dialogue," David Ross.
How can you write a whole book based on one letter? You can find out in David Ross' award-winning book, And Sometimes Y.
It's a story of diversity and finding the ability to embrace our differences. David works in a school where students speak up to 45 different languages, it's just one thing that's taught him to appreciate diversity.
In his book, David partnered with an il...
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February 21, 2024 • 29 mins
Laurie L.C. Lewis often writes for her Christian audience fulfilling a need for appropriate books for young Christians. In her latest book she found somebody’s incredible story that she took the chance to tell immediately.
In her book, The Letter Carrier, she helps to tell the story of a woman surviving the Nazi occupation of World War 2. A story she helped tell when the woman’s memory failed.
Learn more about her writing by ...
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February 13, 2024 • 58 mins
“Love is in the air this Valentine's Week, so we revisit a classic episode of the Big Talker Talker where Burke spoke with former members of The Supremes, who sang some of the biggest love songs of all time! “Where Did Our Love Go”, “Love Child”, “You Can’t Hurry Love”, “Stop In The Name Of Love”. If you LOVE Motown, you’ll LOVE this week’s show!
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February 6, 2024 • 20 mins
This week Burke speaks with Jessica Flory, a recently award-winning writer who is making waves writing young adult fantasy novels. Her book, Oceans of Sand, won big at the Reader's Favorite Awards in 2023.
Jessica is happy to bring her family into her novels, sharing the highs of being a writer with her children. She also discusses the experience of being a parent and a writer, squeezing in writing time while raising children.
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January 30, 2024 • 12 mins
Sheryl is the author of the Baby Dragon children's book series, a story going back into medieval times.
She mentions her career as a social worker helps her write for children. She also discusses the importance of working with her editor and using online resources to help her write.
You can look at all of Sheryl's books by visiting her Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0BK2R97KQ
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January 23, 2024 • 54 mins
This is a special collaboration with Headline Books.
This week Burke speaks with Tony Hylton, an award-winning author who has spent most of his life as a newspaper editor in Southern WV. Instead of resting Hylton used the stories from his career to fuel his passion as a novelist.
There are few things Tony says are more important to journalism than facts and accuracy, a driving factor in his books.
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January 16, 2024 • 21 mins
This week Burke speaks with Miles Watson, a 12-time award-winning author who writes historical fiction and uses his experiences in law enforcement and martial arts to bring his stories to life.
Miles published his first story at 17. He taps into his experiences working in Hollywood and law enforcement to put his stories together.
You can learn more about Mile and his work by visiting: https://www.mileswatsonauthor.com/
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January 9, 2024 • 20 mins
This episode of the Big Time Talker was recorded as part of the Reader's Favorite Event.
This week Burke speaks with Megan Deliberto, she writes children's literature and recently won her first Reader's Favorite Award. She uses her skills as a writer and an artist to teach children valuable lessons.
Megan is always excited to talk to students and young, aspiring authors.
Megan's website features free pieces of her work a ...
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January 2, 2024 • 21 mins
This week Burke speaks with the recently award-winning author, Eric Westergard. Eric talks about how his time in the Air Force helped shape his love for stories and how he balances a busy home life with writing and a career as a dentist.
Eric is receiving praise for his first release, "Soul Scepter: Time Marauders," an young-adult novel sending his characters throughout time.
Visit Eric's Facebook page to learn more about him...
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December 26, 2023 • 22 mins
Happy Holidays from the Big Time Talker!
This week Burke speaks with T.O. Paine about his newest award-winning book The Excursion. Paine is part of the International Thriller Writers and takes a personal and passionate approach to the stories he writes.
In The Excursion, a trip gone wrong in a snowed-in cabin in the Rocky Mountains, Paine uses his children as inspiration for the book's main characters.
You can learn more a...
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December 19, 2023 • 21 mins
Alison McBain is a magazine editor and professional ghostwriter, writing tens of thousands of words a week for clients across the world. As the conversation about the ethics of artificial intelligence gets more divisive, she is challenging AI.
She will be committing to writing one book every week throughout 2024. Each book will feature different genres. She wants to prove that human writing skills can prove better than the conve...
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December 12, 2023 • 24 mins
This episode of the Big Time Talker was recorded at the 2023 Reader's Favorite Awards in Miami, Florida.
This week Burke speaks with award winning author Tony Selimi. At just 19 Tony was pulled into a civil war, for what seemed like an eternity he drifted from one job to the next even spending some time homeless. He would eventually find his way.
Learn more about Tony and his services by visiting his website: https://tonyseli...
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