The Motivation Show

Larry Hankin has appeared in 184 TV shows & movies including a classic episode of Seinfeld where he plays a character auditioning for the role of Kramer. Escape from Alcatraz with Clint Eastwood, Breaking Bad, In the early days as a comedian, he opened for Woody Allen & The Kingston Trio. When the hard part is over, then the hard part begins.

Imagine being the son of a Godfather…the crime boss of all crime bosses. Jack O’Halloran is the son of Albert Anastasia, known as the Lord High Executioner, who was infamously gunned down while getting a haircut in the Park Central Hotel in NYC. Jack went on to win the first 16 fights of his professional boxing career and fought Ken Norton and George Foreman & narrowly missing a chance to fight Muhammed Ali in 1973. He then played the villain Non in the two Superman movies starring Christopher Reeve. In this history-making world exclusive episode, Jack reveals WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO JFK!!!

Willie Jolley is the author of It Only Takes a Minute to Change Your Life and A Setback is a Setup for a Comeback. He is a radio host on Sirius XM, podcaster, singer & media personality who was inducted into the Motivational Speakers Hall of Fame. Willie was named as one of the outstanding five speakers in the World by Toastmasters international. In this supercharged interview, Willie reveals how he overcame enormous challenges and how you can as well. He also reveals why in just one minute, you can transform your life…and…he reveals the formula on how to do just so! Find out from Willie why you need to stay motivated daily, how he does it and how easy it is for you to follow the same blueprint for inspiration, motivation and then ultimately great success!!!

A bullied overweight kid from Brooklyn without any money or connections built a comedy club empire in New York City, all starting from a date daring him to get on a comedy stage. Hear about the struggles and the joys, and all the monkey business in between as the comedian who bombed, but businessman who flourished Al Martin reveals how you can succeed in business, despite the odds being stacked against you. Most of the well known comedy clubs in NYC are now gone, but Al has not only survived after 30 years, but thrived as his name is synonymous with comedy in NYC. He currently owns Broadway Comedy Club and Greenwich Village Comedy Club. Oh….and listen to the infamous Sarah Silverman incident and how that played out, as well as some of the famous comedy stars that played his clubs when they were unknowns.

Mitzi Perdue is the wife of the late great legendary Frank Perdue, CEO of Perdue farms, a pop culture icon for his famous TV commercials. If that isn’t impressive enough, her father co-founded & was the President of the Sheraton Hotel Chain!  A Harvard graduate, public speaker & prolific book author, Mitzi’s latest book she co-wrote with none other than Mark Victor Hansen, my ole friend & the great Chicken Soup for the Soul co-author, called How to be Up in Down Times. She is also the author of How to Make Your Family Business Last and who better to be an authority on this? In this interview, she reveals some astonishing stories of how her large family stood the pressures of success over time & how they remained close knit. She talks about what she & her husband decided to do to honor their 20,000 employees. It will have you wishing you were their employee. She also discusses the remarkable decision her father made to show his employees how valued they were.

Dr. Bernie Siegel is a pioneer in the Mind-Body healing relationship. His NY Times best seller Love, Medicine & Miracles revolutionized the way doctors & patient harnessed the power of the mind to heal. He has inspired people with a multitude of diseases to beat the odds & even gain remission. He has given hope to tens of millions that a diagnosis does not have to be your prognosis. Listen to this riveting interview with Dr. Siegel four decades after his groundbreaking book was originally published!

Dannion Brinkley had three of the most profound Near-Death Experiences ever recorded. Imagine dying 3x & coming back to life! Saved by The Light was on the NY Times best seller list for 26 weeks & made into a motion picture starring Eric Roberts as Dannion. Perhaps the greatest story teller of our time, Dannion is able to take death & instill great humor in the retelling of his remarkable story. Wait til you hear what The Beings of Light on “The Other Side” revealed to him & what he has come back to this realm to tell all of us about how to live Life…and how to handle Death!!!

Brenda Watson is one of the foremost authorities in America on optimum nutrition and digestion, natural detoxification methods & herbal internal cleansing. Brenda has invested decades into researching the Gut Microbiome. Her breakthrough findings has helped people achieve vibrant, lasting health through improved digestive function. In this interview, you will get a dose of her intensely studied philosophies of health & healing with the premiere teachers of our time.

The Motivation Show interviews Motivational Speakers, Celebrities, NY Times best-selling Book Authors, World Class Experts in Success & Achievement, Alternative Health gurus & anyone that can lead you to master and perfect your life! It is hosted by Motivational Speaker Eli Marcus, who has produced over 2,800 Adult Education seminars and has read hundreds of books on self help. Eli has worked with everyone from Michael Jackson to Motivational Speakers Les Brown, Iyanla Vanzant & Denis Waitley to Mark Victor Hansen, who with his partner Jack Canfield are the #1 non-fiction booksellers of all-time (Chicken Soup for the Soul). Eli is the Executive Director of Davler Media Group in New York City and has sold over $125 million in advertising, on a local level, likely more than anyone in the world, so he knows a thing or two about success.

Denis Waitley is a pioneer in Human Psychology and Winning and is the author of 16 books including the all-time bestseller The Psychology of Winning, Seeds of Greatness, Being The Best, Winner’s Edge & his newest book Winning for Life. Take in every word of this interview with a Motivational giant who has studied & inspired winners in every field from Fortune 500 execs to NASA astronauts to Olympic athletes & Super Bowl Champions. No one know more about personal mastery than Denis Waitley.