Program Highlights for the Week of November 30

When the final leftovers have finally been eaten from this week’s Thanksgiving dinner, there’s still lots of great ear “food” to look forward to, including the opportunity to work off all those holiday calories as Joan Hamburg pays her annual visit to Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Massachusetts!   Plus Mayor Bloomberg returns to WOR!

Here’s some highlights of what’s to come next week on News Talk Radio 710, WOR:

MONDAY:

• Take a look back at all the Thanksgiving weekend sports action when Len Berman talks with John Gambling.
• It’s a topic filled with questions, and it’s affecting an increasing number of us: caring for aging parents.  Famed actors Michael Tucker & Jill Eikenberry, married in real life, have put together “Family Meals,” a beautifully told memoir that explores the meaning of family and examines the sacrifices we make for those we love.  They’ll stop by and talk with Joan Hamburg about it today!

TUESDAY:

• So you’ve survived Thanksgiving with the in-laws and relatives.  Ahh, but it’s just the beginning of the holiday season…and they’re not all love and joy for everyone.  Get tips on surviving the holidays as Washington Times personal advice columnist Debbie Robins talks with Joan Hamburg!

WEDNESDAY:

• It’s Joan Hamburg’s last show of 2009 from Sardi’s restaurant!  Join Joan as she heads down the Great White Way…guests include Michael Feinstein & David Hyde Pierce, two of the county’s biggest entertainers who are joining forces in a collaboration which will feature holiday favorites and standards…they’re coming to Sardi’s and rumors are there will be some singing going on! Plus Terri White, star of Finian’s Rainbow tells Joan the amazing story of how this stage veteran just 18 months ago found herself homeless for 3 months! And Today show co-host Al Roker stops by for a preview of tonight’s big tree lighting at Rockefeller Center and to tell us about his new novel, “The Morning Show Murders.”  (Someone want to tell Matt and Meridith?)

THURSDAY:

• Get the latest from Albany when Governor David Paterson talks with John Gambling.
• Murder from A to Z — best-selling author Sue Grafton gives Joan Hamburg a sneak-peek at her latest, “U is for Undertow.”  And just what will happen when she gets to Z?

FRIDAY:

• Mayor Michael Bloomberg returns to WOR for his weekly visit with John Gambling!
• What’s ahead this weekend in sports?  John Gambling gets the scoop from Len Berman.
• Hear from the country’s leading experts in health and wellness as Joan Hamburg leads her annual broadcast from Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Massachusetts!  Topics include how to achieve one’s personal best, new information on maintaining muscular strength and endurance, Chinese medicine for stress and exhaustion and more!