Welcome Regina Brett to WKSU


Most people don't go to bed thinking about Senate bills or Supreme Court appointments or the politics in China or the hole in the ozone. They are important issues, but not the most pressing in the daily lives of most Americans. Instead, thoughts turn towards issues like concerns in the workplace, struggling with interpersonal relationships or being a successful parent in a new and different world. Everyone can find themselves searching for new and better approaches when they are sidetracked by life's detours.

On Wednesdays at 7 p.m., explore better ways to interact with the modern world with The Regina Brett Show, an hour-long call-in show hosted by columnist and author Regina Brett. The weekly radio show was inspired by Brett's book God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life's Little Detours, an inspirational collection of essays and stories about the lessons that life had taught based on a popular column she wrote after turning 50. Each show features guests with insights, tips or fresh concepts to help people create a greater life for themselves and for others. Programs will revolve around themes of life's transitions and universal issues of home, work, community and finding a personal balance.

Listeners will be invited to call and share their comments and concerns at (888) WKSU-897, or email Regina@WKSU.org. The program will also have its own page on the WKSU website at WKSU.org/regina.

WKSU General Manager Al Bartholet says, "WKSU is very lucky to have Regina adding her talents to the station. The promise of this new show is exciting. It is a chance to spend an hour every week focusing on the very real challenges we all face daily in our lives. We look forward to beginning a weekly dialogue with listeners."

Regina Brett is a columnist at The Plain Dealer and is the author of God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life's Little Detours. She was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist twice, in 2009 and 2008 for columns she wrote for The Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest newspaper. Regina has been writing professionally since 1986 and she began writing columns in 1994 at The Beacon Journal in Akron. She has received numerous national and state writing awards for her newspaper column, which focuses on issues of everyday life.

She has a master's degree in religious studies and a bachelor's degree in journalism. Brett has been a guest lecturer at John Carroll University, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, Kent State University and Ursuline College.

Brett is married and has a daughter, two stepsons and a grandson. She lives in Greater Cleveland.

Support for The Regina Brett Show is provided by the Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging, serving Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and Medina counties; the Area Agency on Aging 10B, serving Summit, Stark, Portage and Wayne counties; and the Area Agency on Aging 11, serving Ashtabula, Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbia counties.