Destination: The Universe! With King of Funk George Clinton

This episode, Deborah Howell is privileged to chat with the utterly mesmerizing Alicia Keys on the eve of her second stint at hosting the Grammy Awards.  We talk about the 62nd Annual Grammys, her new single, "Underdog", her upcoming world tour--and of course, her favorite place in the world!

This time, Deborah Howell shares the mic with two beautiful women who know something about the Bahamas!  Cory Bassett is the Business Manager of Entercom Los Angeles and is of Bahamian descent.  Her lovely daughter, Bernika, was crowned "Miss Bahamas" in 2010-2011 and went on to compete in the Miss World and Miss Universe pageants. She traveled the world as an ambassador, but always left her heart in the Bahamas. Bernika and Cory share their insights about their beloved islands and give us plenty of reasons to visit there on our next vacation, reminding us that what the Bahamas need most right now to recover is for tourism to thrive. Conk salad, fresh fish, turquoise waters and a lovely welcoming people await you!

This time, Deborah Howell sits down with the Executive Director of the Sandals Foundation, Heidi Clark,  to talk about recovery efforts in the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. Ms. Clark explains that while there is devastation in the northern islands, the Southern Bahamas were untouched and are now mobilized to help their brothers and sisters who've lost everything.

She also reminds us that without tourism, these islands can't survive, so one of the best ways to help is to book your next vacation in the awesome islands called the Bahamas. Heidi gives us plenty of reasons to do that--from the turquoise waters to the lovely Bahamian people to the conk-cuisine to the water sports--including swimming with pigs! 

Kindly consider a Bahamas vacation and a donation to SandalsFoundation.org  

It will make a world of difference.

This episode, Deborah Howell chats with Marni Zipper, Digital Marketing Coordinator for radio stations Fire Lane, Channel Q and 94.7 The Wave about her recent trip to London and Southhampton.  Marni shares her travel tips on what to see (Mary Quant Exhibit) what to do (shop on the Portobello Road) what to eat (hot restaurant Circulo Populaire) and what not to miss (the New Forest near Southhampton, where wild horses and donkeys roam free--but will let you pet and feed them.) Welcome to this city and country fairyland across the pond!

This time, Deborah Howell has the pleasure of visiting on-site with four of the Hyatt Ziva Los Cabos' happiest humans--those who work there day in and day out. We speak to Pilar Alvarado about the property itself, with Director of PR for Playa, Mexico, Wally Dagri about the region and its pleasures, with Oscar Ortiz about all the incredible excursions, and with Carolina Payan about the wonders of the Ziva spa.  

If you're into water polo, tequila tastings, spin class, yoga on the beach, whale watching, releasing baby turtles back into the sea, riding camels on the beach, scuba diving, a trip to the Arch to watch the sea lions frolic, and so much more--here's your 8 minute ticket to paradise!

This time on Destinations, Deborah Howell chats with restauranteur Sarah Jenkins about her two favorite spots on earth:  her olive grove in Tuscany and her  4-star destination restaurant in Rockport, Maine:  Nina June. (Good luck getting a reservation unless it's January!)

Do olive trees have souls? The Mediterranean people think they do.  And your soul will be filled with fabulous food and day trips to Sienna, Arrezzo, Assisi--and further south to Umbria, where Sara reveals her favorite wine bar, Botego di Asu. 

Then we pop back up to Maine for some steamers and halibut at Nina June before hiking, biking, and taking the ferry to another favorite seafood spot. Foodies: this episode is two mouthwatering vacations in one!

This time, Deborah Howell chats with Alex Zhang, Creative Director of an amazing festival/conference called "Summit L.A.", which brings together the finest minds in hundreds of different areas to meet, talk, play, dance and learn. Folks like Al Gore, the Dalai Lama, Jane Fonda, Jeff Bezos and countless other celebs and artists gather in downtown L.A. for 3 days to exchange cutting edge ideas, artistic techniques, mindfulness, and so much more...and then dance like crazy with over 40 live musicians, DJ's and musical groups at night. Alex is behind the entire production and shares how all the magic is created.

This episode, Deborah Howell sits down with one of her musical idols, Parliament-Funkadelic's own George Clinton, the Atomic Dog of the music universe. George tlaks about his upcoming "One Nation Under A Groove" tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fishbone & many more, and leaks that Samuel L. Jackson will portray him in an upcoming film George himself is also the voice of King Quincy in the upcoming Trolls 2 movie that drops in April. prepare to be funked up with this celebrated citizen of the world, and emperoro of his own fantastic planet. I mean, who  elese has their dreads and their mothership installed in the Smithsonian!?!?

This week, Deborah Howell does something a little different. She speaks with a man who's particular about his vernacular--Grammy Award winning artist and actor, Common!  Find out where this phenom likes to perform, what he feels his mission is in life,  juice about his new album, "Let Love"-- and, of course, where his very favorite spot on the planet happens to be. An uncommonly good listen. 

In this episode, Deborah Howell chats about Stockholm and beyond with Swedish-born Peter Rehn.  We'll ferry-hop to the Acappella Islands--no cars allowed--for a serious nature fix; we'll head up north to the land of the Midnight Sun and wind down our journey by daring to take a bite of the smelliest food in the entire galaxy!  Just ask anyone who's sampled surstromming! Bring your nose plugs.