The Sharin' Hour
The Sharin' Hour is a weekly interview and music show hosted by Sheran James, a British expat in Laguna Beach. Each episode explores what makes people tick, why they choose their particular lives and careers, and the backstories behind interesting guests. James also digs into archival material or picks a psychological topic and scores it with relevant songs. The show airs on KXFM 104.7 FM in Laguna Beach and is available as a podcast.
Episodes
A Past Look at the Future
Things don't always progress at the rate we fear. It pays to be optimistic. Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM digs up a decade-old show predicting a future that never quite happened.
How to find your Right Career
If you've always wondered what you should be doing with your life, check out this show suggests Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM
Wild and Crazy Animals
It's amazing, the way that some animals operate in this world, suggests Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM
Perspective
Developing a sense of perspective could be our most valuable contribution Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM discovers
Reject or Embrace AI and all that other stuff
Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM explores our strange new world...
British accents
British accents change every few miles and some are barely decipherable. Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM offers some examples.
How to Pack and Pack For A Vacation
Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM offers tips on organizing a vacation for optimum joy.
What's with all this Meanness
Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KXFM discusses why we're mean, and whether the counteraction is caring more or caring less.
How to cope with uncertainty
Uncertainty unnerves us. How to reframe it into something positive is examined by Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM.
Arcane Words
For those who love words, test your knowledge of these rarefied ones offered up by Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM
Is Dating Worth It?
Key questions to ask of future and current partners can prove invaluable, suggests Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM
Lisi Harrison isnt a mean girl but she plays one in her head
Best-selling novelist Lisa Harrison in conversation with Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM discusses her fascination with cliques and their leaders.
How to be a Man
It's hard to know how to be a man these days. Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM explores.
Old fashioned
Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM reminisces about things that used to be.
Piper and Jenny Grant Rankin on cognitive dissonance
Mother/daughter Piper and Jenny Grant Rankin discuss cognitive dissonance, trauma and how to talk to people with opposing positions with Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM
Sleep Matters
Sleep and our health is examined by Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM
Hair today, gone tomorrow
How your hair--or lack of it--may portray who you are is examined by Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM
Things that are Annoying...and not
Why does life feel sent to torture us? Maybe there's a reason, as Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM explores.
The Language of Food
How food speaks to us culturally and emotionally as well as practically is examined by Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM
New vs Familiar
What breaking out of your comfort zone can do for you explored by Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM
The Unconscious Mind on Creativity
Where or from whom do creative ideas come from? Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM explores.
Struggles with Attention mp3
Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM shares how to beneficially focus your attention
Heartache and Heartbreak
Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM explores matters of the heart
Solitude vs Isolation
We can learn to embrace our aloneness even if it doesn't come naturally suggests Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM.
COMPARTMENTALIZING EMOTIONALLY
Sometimes emotional compartmentalization is necessary for our sanity suggests Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM
Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM suggests that no one sings as honestly, humbly and beautifully as Ella Fitzgerald
Budget Tips
Ways to save and stretch your money offered by Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM
Fritz Coleman Aging for Fun
Former NBC weatherman Fritz Coleman talks to Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM about his renewed passion for performing stand up comedy
Whether Weather is disposable
Weather may be out of our hands, but climate isn't. Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM explores.
Genius in Middle Age (and beyond)
Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour talks about maximizing your potential in older age
How to Find Your Inner Peace
Your life may be better than you realize. Sheran James of The Sharin Hour on KX FM offers way to make it even better.
Expectations
What we should and shouldn't expect from life and love is explored by Sheran James on The Sharin' Hour on KX FM
THE STORIES BEHIND MEMORABLE SONG LYRICS
If you ever wondered who a song was about, Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM has some answers.
THE VOICES IN YOUR HEAD
Are those voices in our head guiding or misleading us? Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM explores.
British accents
London-born Sheran James of KX FM's The Sharin' Hour presents different British accents for you to try to pinpoint.
The Joys of Aging
Aging can be a lot more fun than you think. Try it, you'll like it. Less to lose, more to gain explains Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM.
HOW TO COPE WITH LOSS
What to say, and what not to say to someone experiencing loss explored by Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM.
Jeanette Thibeau's Year of New Things
Doing one NEW thing every day for a year was Jeanette's New Year's resolution. Here she describes some of the 365 things she attempted to The Sharin' Hour's Sheran James.
COLOR, WHAT IT DOES FOR YOU AND TO YOU
Sheran James of KX FM's The Sharin' Hour explores how much power the colors we choose to surround ourselves with have in our lives.
WHAT IS LOVE
The different kinds of love and why we love one person over another explored by Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM
The Range of Winter Bonnin
Finding her dream career after a false start was lifechanging for Winter Bonnin, as revealed to Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM.
WHO IS BILLY FRIED?
Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM in conversation with the entrepreneur Billy Fried on why and how he has taken over Laguna Beach's KX FM radio station
hair and hairdressers
Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM explores our obsessions with our hair, how to treat and not to mistreat it and why our hairdressers can be temperamental.
My Golden Oldies
Sheran James of KX FM's The Sharin' Hour presents a chronology of jazzy musical standards from her youth and maybe yours.
Is Winning A Losing Proposition
Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM examines whether winning is the fastest route to success.
Who You Didnt Think Could Sing Singing
The title says it all...be prepared for some surprises, suggests Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM..
Ode to KX FM Founder Tyler Russell and Laguna Beach
What went right and what went wrong: the amazing story of how Laguna Beach got its FM Radio air waves, as revealed to Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM by the kid who did it.
Reading as Read-Hab
Reading expands your brain and innovators like writer/publisher Dave Eggers want to make it fun for every kind in the world; Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM explores.
ARCANE WORDS
Play a word game with Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM by guessing the meaning and application of a few unusual little-known words.
COMPARTMENTALIZING WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Ways to curb anxiety with emotional intelligence include practicing nostalgia for the present explains Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM
Best selling Poet and Author Dorothy Randall Gray
Poet, author, artist, crafter Dorothy Randall Gray in conversation with KX FM's Sheran James of The Sharin' hour about her process and workshops.
YOUR ATTACHMENT STYLE
Your "attachment" style--avoidant, anxious, insecure--can threaten your relationships. But you can change it. Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM explains.
The Way You Wear Your Hat
You can learn a lot about a person's way of thinking through their body movements. Sheran James of KX FM's The Sharin' Hour reveals how.
BECOMING THE PERSON YOU WANT TO BE
To become your best self, it helps to adopt a worldview--an ethic you can apply to any moral situation you may face-- suggests Sheran James of KX FM's The Sharin' Hour
HOW TO SAY GOODBYE
Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM explores how to deal with the various goodbyes we must face over a lifetime.
SMILE
Our smile can make someone's day...for life. Sheran James of KX FM's The Sharin' Hour reports.
THE SHADOW SELF
Instead of repressing the inner parts of ourselves we consider unsavory or sinful, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung suggested we should embrace it, give it a much needed hug. Sheran James of KX FM's The Sharin' Hour presents some arguments in favor.
WHEN THE WORLD IS GOOD
The world is best and we are happier when we trust in it and our relationships, suggests Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM.
MEMORY
What are our memories for, and are they forming or misforming us? Sheran James of KX FM's The Sharin' Hour explores.
WHO IS ENGLANDS NEW KING CHARLES
What kind of king will King Charles be? Sheran James of KX FM's The Sharin' Hour examines this and coronations past.
FAITH (secular and non) to plus 58
Flukes and Coincidences
Is a fluke really a fluke, a coincidence really a coincidence? Why do some people encounter more coincidences than others? Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM explores.
New Years Concepts
Sheran James of KX FM's The Sharin' Hour offers some more fun and manageable ways to approach New Year's resolutions.
HOW TO BE A MAN
A man's role is a more complicated thing these days. Sheran James of KX FM's The Sharin' Hour explores.
Look What Ive Become
Who did you imagine yourself becoming and did you become it? Our identity lies in one half of of our brain. Sheran James of KX FM's The Sharin' Hour explores.
Heartache and heartbreak
Relationships. One of you is often more invested than the other, hence heartache; but that can change, do an about turn. Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM has stories.
Acquired Situational Narcissists and Other Syndromes to plus 58
The Sharin' Hour 10/3/22: ACQUIRED SITUATIONAL NARCISSISMAcquired Situational Narcissism and a bunch of other human/social syndromes (prosopagnosia, anyone?) examined by Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM.
INFLUENCERS
Influencers. They're a new thing to be. How should we think of them? Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM explores...and more.
AWE to minus 60
Feeling awe make us healthier and happier through its unique mental component. Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM suggests how and why to go in search of it.
NOT DYING to plus 59
Want to live to 100? Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM has some clues how.
THINGS YOU CAN DO
Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM offers some fun and/or valuable things you can do for yourself and/or others (poop research, anyone?).
The Sharin' Hour 6/20/22: AWKWARD PEOPLE
We could learn a lot from socially awkward people, concludes Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM.
The Sharin' Hour 5/30/21: HOW TO BREATHE
It's the thing we do without thinking until we don't. But applying thought to its application can provide major unexpected health benefits. Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM quotes from James Nestor's book BREATH.
The Sharin' Hour 5/9/22: HOW NOT TO RAISE A BRAT
It can be hard not to indulge your kids when you've got the means. But you can also teach them not to take their privilege for granted. Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM shares advice on how, from a few experts.
The Sharin' Hour 4/25/22: WHEN AI is not AOK
We're told not to worry about artificial intelligence taking over...but let's do worry. Sheran James of KX FM's The Sharin' Hour presents prognoses from experts in the field.
The Sharin' Hour 4/11/22: PAUL AND SANDRINE BOWLER
Former Cirque de Soleil performers and new Laguna Beach residents, English Olympic gymnast Paul Bowler and his Corsican ballet dancer wife Sandrine, talk to The Sharin' Hour's Sheran James about their upbringings, careers and adventures.
The Sharin' Hour 3/28/22: BOREDOM
How interesting is boredom? Well quite, it turns out, re what's going on with us physiologically as well as emotionally. Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM discovers there's an upside to boredom, despite what our parents insinuated.
The Sharin' Hour 3/7/22: FRIENDSHIP
Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM explores the science of friendship: what it means to be a friend and its biological as well as emotional importance in our lives.
The Sharin' Hour 1/14/22: COPING WITH FEAR
If we're the authors of our fears, can we simply change the story we told ourselves? Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM presents a variety of worriers who've discovered ways around their fears.
The Sharin' Hour 1/31/22: ARE GRUDGES GOOD
Is it good to hold a grudge? Maybe. Depends. Sheran James of The Sharin' Hour on KX FM explores, offering examples.
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