Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day, when women decorated the graves of fallen soldiers. Ken Davis joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the Civil War origins of Memorial Day and the declaration of the national holiday in 1967.

Citizen soldiers have fought beside regular soldiers since America’s beginning. Ken Davis joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the role of U.S. citizen soldiers from America’s independence to today, plus the bicentennial of the War of 1812.

Online marketing should only change where you are, not who you are. Gail Goodman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to make online connections by asking for people to follow you and be relevant to them.

Technology has created broader connection platforms. Gail Goodman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why customers want to connect online and the power of leveraging customer communities.

Online platforms are moving to local and mobile. Gail Goodman joins Jim Blasingame to predict the future of online platform is local and mobile and why you need a mobile strategy to stay relevant.

Even before it went public, most people don’t see Facebook as a good investment. Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the long-term prospects of Facebook stock and whether the business model can endure.

Creating a social media buzz is only one tactic in an online strategy. Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to correctly create and use a social media buzz as part of your overall social media strategy.

Could bending solar panels make them better? Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how researchers are wrinkling solar panels, like the surface of leaves, to make them absorb more energy and the panels more efficient.

Patents cannot include natural processes. Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report the Supreme Court upheld a challenge to a patent that included a process that is part of nature.

How mice can help you have strong bones. Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report that tests on mice in space has produced research to help humans recover and increase bone density..