Sharin' Hour

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 explores what we need to know about what we think we know.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 interviews Sea Save Foundation at seasave.org’s GEORGIENNE BRADLEY, who swims with the sharks off remote uninhabited islands. What we should know about sharks, shark "car washes", shark finning and the whole aquatic world existing beneath our waves.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 explores the life and times of the ever crazy, always entertaining Jamaican singer/performer/nudist who just sold out at the Hollywood Bowl.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 takes a light-hearted look at grammar, words, punctuation–participles, pronouns, commas, antecedents, ejaculations and such–with much input from New Yorker copy editor Mary Norris’ charming and irreverent book "Between You and Me".

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 offers something cool for these dog days, featuring (tangentially) Lily Allen, Justin Bieber, June Christy, Noel Coward and the life and times of the unique and complicated performer, Elaine Stritch.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 explores why we fear, why we shouldn’t, how to get over it; our #1 fear, phobias, Jung’s "shadow" theory.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on Laguna’s KX 93.5 plays part of her own earlier interview with creativity guru SIR KEN ROBINSON, adds a couple of moving personal stories, describes some famous writers’ writing rooms and provides a one-on-one drawing lesson for you, too, to become your own cartoonist.

Sheran James examines 12 ways to be creative–in life not art–with insights from a variety of economists, scientists, doctors, engineers and others including Sir Ken Robinson (more to come in my own interview with Sir Ken next week) and Kermit the Frog (hint, one way to be creative: avoid the god complex!).

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 examines the current sexual liberation movement which transcends gender/jenner and takes a look back at the 1970’s women’s liberation movement via entertaining archival footage from meetings, TV and film; starring Anita Bryant, Susan Brownmiller, Dick Cavett, Germaine Greer, Hugh Hefner, Jill Johnston, Billie Jean King, Norman […]

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 interviews Claire Fordham anout the ins and outs of self-publishing in relation to her own recently self-published memoir (an extension of her previous, traditionally published memoir PLUS ONE: THE LIFE OF A HOLLYWOOD NOBODY). This latest is a personal book of life lessons addressed to her […]

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 talks to Diana de Gunzburg, co-author with Tony Wild of The Moonstone Legacy trilogy, loosely based on an earlier Wilkie Collins novel. Diana, who currently divides her time between Paris and Madrid, was born to a Pashtun landowner father and a Yorkshire mother, and grew up […]

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 presents the third of her Unusual Love Stories series: – a Holocaust victim shows love for her concentration camp guard at Auschwitz – a gay man deceives for love; another turns straight for love – a long-married couple buckle under the weight of trying to be […]

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 continues her Unusual Love Stories in an interview with a friend dating a semi-paralyzed man in a wheelchair. They discuss the difficulties she’s faced since falling in love with him, and they aren’t necessarily the ones you’d most expect. Plus: how to cope with heartbreak and […]

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 talks to local "Alicia" (pseudonym) about her unusual and unexpected love story; and what Jennifer Lopez has to say about it. More such stories to come.

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 explores how learning music in early childhood can improve intelligence, mathematical skills and spatial problem-solving; and listening to music later in life can help with various ailments and diseases. With input from neurologist Oliver Sacks, and doctors who prescribe music as therapy. Plus: memorable movie scores […]

Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour on KX 93.5 talks to Lagunan Christine Montonna about her involvement with Collaborative Courts, set up to provide an innovative alternative to incarceration; with input from Judges Wendy Lindley, Erica Yew, Peggy Hora and others from both behind and in front of the bench.

At birth we’re allocated one of two gender options and required to fit into assigned norms. Not all of us are Bruce-now-Caitlyn Jenners but we’re a lot more complicated than any binary definitions suggest. So what does it mean to be a woman or a man (or an "other")? Sheran James of The Sharin’ Hour […]