Food and wine, is there a better combination? The Halli Casser-Jayne Show brings you from the world of food two time James Beard Award-winner David Leite the founder of the popular website Leite’s Culinaria and now the author of a brave and moving memoir, NOTES ON A BANANA: his story of food, love and manic depression. And also joining Halli at her table is wine maven Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan to talk about the new Rosé revolution going on the subject of her fun, informative book ROSE WINE: THE GUIDE TO DRINKING PINK.

David Leite has tackled everything from chocolate chip cookies to fried clams, from the foods of Portugal to the tribulations of being a super taster—for print, radio, and television. In 1999, he founded the website Leite’s Culinaria, and in 2006 he had the distinction of being the first winner ever of a James Beard Award for a website, a feat he repeated in 2007. A regular correspondent and guest host on NPR’s “The Splendid Table,” David is out with a brave and moving memoir, NOTES ON A BANANA: his story of food, love and manic depression, a story riff with exhilarating highs and shattering lows of his life, peppered with David’s trademark sense of humor.

Rosés have long been the Rodney Dangerfield’s of wine. They have gotten no respect. But according to wine maven Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan, forget your grandmother’s blush. There is a Rosé revolution going on and Simonetti-Bryan tells all in her new fun, informative book ROSÉ WINE: THE GUIDE TO DRINKING PINK. Move over dark red wines, Simonetti-Bryan rejoices. It’s time for some Rosé! Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan, MW, comes with her bonafides. She is the fourth woman in America to qualify as a master of wine, the world’s top wine credential. She has appeared on the Today Show, The Anderson Cooper Show, Fox & Friends, Fox Business, Fox News, Bloomberg, ABC, CBS, and NBC; on Sirius XM, Martha Stewart, Bloomberg and in print Fortune, Oprah, and Wine Enthusiast.

Food and wine, memoir, Julia Child, Rosé wine, depression, gay rights, bipolar disorder, Halli brings it all together,  on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, the podcast posted at 3 pm ET at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

Spiritual leader and activist Matthew Fox has been called many names from renegade, to radical to heretic to warrior. Wednesday, December 28, 3 PM ET on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show the former brother of the Dominican order of the Roman Catholic Church for 34 years before his expulsion by Cardinal Ratzinger, who later became Pope Benedict XVI sits down with Halli for an in-depth conversation in an hour you won’t soon forget.

Fox became a member of the Episcopal Church in 1993. He has written 33 books that have been translated into over 40 languages. Among them are ORIGINAL BLESSING, THE COMING OF THE COSMIC CHRIST, A SPIRITUALITY NAMED COMPASSION, THE POPE’S WAR and his astonishing biography CONFESSIONS, THE MAKING OF A POSTDENOMINATIONAL PRIEST. Following a stay in Paris which he admits politicized him, he became a champion for the rights of the poor, women, people of color, and gays and lesbians and the founder of the University of Creation Spirituality in California. Spiritually he began to question the teachings of his faith. Fox is the recipient of the Abbey Courage of Conscience Peace Award, other recipients being the Dali Lama, Mother Teresa, and Rosa Parks.

From altar boy to Catholic Priest to Prophetic warrior, Matthew Fox is a spiritual force to be reckoned with. Meet spiritual leader Matthew Fox on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Wednesday, December 28, 3 pm ET. For more information visit Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

Zuzu Bailey in the quintessential Christmas flick It’s a Wonderful Life tells George Bailey, played by the iconic Jimmy Stewart: “Look, Daddy, teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.” Ring those bells. T’is the season of angels on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show when we talk to two experts on the subject The New York Times bestselling author of A BOOK OF ANGELS, Sophy Burnham and with Belinda J. Womack, author of  LESSONS FROM THE 12 ARCHANGELS.

Sophy Burnham is an award-winning playwright, novelist, and non-fiction writer. Three of her books have appeared on The New York Times and other best seller lists. Her works have been translated into twenty-four languages. Her articles and essays have been published in Esquire, New York, The New York Times Magazine, Town & Country, Reader’s Digest and many other magazines. She has been featured on such television shows as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, Today, and Good Morning America.

Belinda J. Womack is a spiritual counselor who has been channeling Angelic wisdom to support individuals, couples, and families for 25 years. She is the creator of the 12 Archangels University, an online “change your everyday reality to Heaven on Earth” education platform. A scientist by training, she holds dual master’s degrees in microbiology and environmental science.

Angels Sing. We’re all about angels on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Wednesday, December 21, 3 pm ET when we post our new podcast featuring bestselling author Sophy Burnham and Belinda J. Womack. For more information visit Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.